Suggestion for the Anvil Penalty Mechanism

The current anvil penalty system and Mending have rendered material repairs all but useless.

I propose a new enchantment, Free Forge – it prevents penalty accumulation when using an anvil.
This enchantment is mutually exclusive with Mending and was designed to give players an alternative repair method.

It also helps rebalance villager trades: since librarians no longer sell max-level enchanted books, the anvil penalty becomes a major barrier.

Moreover, enchanted books found while exploring or fishing often contain multiple enchantments.
Applying them one by one quickly exceeds players’ XP budgets due to penalty stacking.
With Free Forge, players can venture farther and actually use those loot-found books without worrying about escalating repair costs.