Card Apprentice Daily Log

Date- XX XX 2X00

Time- XX:XX

Location- Southern Region, XXXXX

*Waa! Waa! Waa!*

"Your Highness, it's a Girl", the wet nurse held a newborn baby as she declared its gender to the new Mother.

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" Husband you have a daughter now and she has your eyes, as promised I will name her Anna Gainover. I wish you were here right now." The new Mother messaged her husband with attached files of their daughter's cute pictures through her Diamond grimoire.

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"Sweetpea, will that useless son in law of mine at least be attending his daughter's naming ceremony?" Yelled the furious father, his anger was understandable as his son-in-law did not accompany his daughter during her 9 months of pregnancy or the baby delivery giving cockamamie reasons for his absence. Being a father himself he hoped that his granddaughter could change his son-in-law's mind.

"Father, you know the answer yet why do you ask?" The new mother has already become accustomed to her husband's absence and besides her daughter was too cute for her to stay mad at the person who did not care to show up for his daughter's birth or naming ceremony.

"Sister, what is my niece going to be called…" asked a huge and hairy man, interestingly the baby girl in his arms was not frightened instead played with his luscious and well-trimmed beard. 

"Anna, Anna Heatsend." Replied the new Mother taking her baby from her brother's arms. Returning to her mothers embrace the baby had a warm and satisfied smile on her face. 

"*Cough*Sister isn't this….." Before her brother could finish his sentence the new Mother looked at him and asked, "Why? You think your family name is too good for my daughter?" 

"What about your husband?" The brother was astonished by his sister's sudden decision and felt that his sister was doing so out of hate for her two-timing, unreliable husband. Yes, the family knew why their son-in-law was currently not with their daughter.

"What about him?" The brother noticed that his sister's eyes were blank and void of any feeling whenever she spoke of his brother-in-law. If not for his niece he is worried he would have already lost his sister.

"I would have just given him the diamond grimoire if I knew he was going to react like this." An old lady sighed regretfully seeing her cheerful granddaughter playing in the arms of her daughter.

"No mother, it's not your fault. I failed, I failed to recognise what kind of man I fell in love with. It seems he only married me for the diamond grimoire and our family power and wealth. Today, I finally realised that love does make one blind." Though the new Mother spoke such heavy words, her face had a charming smile as she made faces at cute daughter. 

"This is a celebration, let me set an example. By the power vested in me as the 16th head of Heatsend Clan, I hereby declare that my granddaughter Anna Heatsend will become the next Southern emperor and govern over the entire Southern region upon achieving the Card Emperor realm." The father seeing his daughter's decision decided to showcase his support. 

'You brought it up in the first place.' Thought Anna's uncle but he chose to ignore his father's shamelessness and instead focus on coming up with a better present for his niece than his father did. Taking out a diamond grimoire he handed it to his sister, "I received it a few days ago after I slaughtered the Long Clan's old demigod, that crazy slut wanted to perform dual cultivation." 

"You dumb son of mine, how dare you gift that old sluts dirty grimoire to my granddaughter. What if that cursed grimoire infects my granddaughter with that old hag's sluttiness. Throw it out of my sight now. You better not bring that grimoire near my granddaughter." Yelled the old lady hysterical without the slightest demeanour of a Card Emperor, " watch and learn from your mother, I the 14th General of Southern Watch appoint my granddaughter Anna Heatsend as the Commander of the Southern Watch …" 

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Date- XX XX 2X10

Time- XX:XX

Location- Southern Region, XXXXX

"Uncle, who is my father?" A cute loli in pink floral printed dress questioned her uncle and mentor.

"Your fatherrr… just a second I just remembered I was supposed to be somewhere else." The huge and hair man looked gangster but ran when faced with the innocent question asked by his niece.

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"Grandpa, who is my father?" Young Anna asked as she sat on the broad shoulders of her grandfather while enjoying the delicious dessert he brought her. 

"Sweetpea you said you wanted a pixie dragon right? Let me get you one today." The majestic 16th head of Heatsend Clan who made hundreds of decisions involving millions of lives suddenly found himself without an answer and could only distract his innocent granddaughter.

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"What is this? I asked you to portray a Whip Sword using a dragon's backbone. Why have you portrayed a dancing man holding the sword? Don't you know visualization is the basics of card creation?" The old lady harshly educated her granddaughter as learning visualisation at a young age would be a huge advantage in card creation. 

"That is my father, he is doing a sword dance for me." Replied the cute loli as she glanced at the man she portrayed with longing eyes. 

"Do you want to know who your father is?" Hearing her grandmother the loli's eyes shone seeing that, unlike her uncle and grandpa who avoided any of her questions related to her father, her grandmother took the initiative to talk about her father. 

"Yes, grandma, who is my father? Where is he?" Little Anna asked eagerly

"Good, become a Card Emperor and then I will answer your question." Little Anna did not get disappointed upon hearing her grandmother as now she found a way to know about her father. 

"Pinky promise." Little Anna was not worried that she could not become a Card emperor, she worried that her grandmother would go back on her words. 

"Pinky promise." Promised the Old Lady thinking," At least that bastard can help you in this way." 

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Date- XX XX 2X87

Time- XX:XX

Location- Southern Region, XXXXX

"Congrats Anna or should I call you Southern Emperor Anna Heatsend." The old lady teased her granddaughter who had finally ascended to the Card Emperor realm and had officially become the Commander of the Southern Watch.

"Stop it, grandma. It's embarrassing enough already." Said the charming and mature Anna wearing a tight Southern Watch Commander uniform. 

"Sugar Bear, do you remember what grandma proposed to you 77 years ago, do you still want to know?" The old lady proudly glanced at her granddaughter and reminded her of the old promise between them.

"No need, grandma. I already know what I need to know. I will finish what my mother let go of because of me." Saying that Anna turned to look at her army and commanded, " Southern Watch prepare yourself we leave for a war in two hours." 

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70 years ago during Anna's first exposure to the outside world as she left to attend MorningStar University, she was finally able to uncover who her father was as in the outside world her father was quite famous for reaching the peak of world power despite his humble background. 

According to the outside world, Her mother, the Princess of the Heatsend clan, coveted her father for his talent and beauty. forcing him to marry her using her clan's power and wealth. 

After marrying her father the Princess of the Heatsend clan began to surpass her father's power by not providing him Diamond grimoire knowing how talented he was, worried that after gaining power her father would break free of her mother's control and leave her for good. 

Like all fairy tale endings, at last, the charming prince broke free from the clutches of the evil witch and met his Princess to live happily ever after with their cute Daughter, Anna's half-sister. 

Hearing the rumours of the outside world broke all the fantasies Anna had built about her father over the years. Who should she believe? the rumours or the still heartbroken mother back home. How in the world was her mother the evil witch she wholeheartedly loved her father despite his obvious shortcomings? Why were her grandpa, grandma and uncle who welcomed her father openly into her family the villains of the story? While her father who used her mother's broken pieces of heart to climb the peak of world power was the hero of the story.

Anna knew whom to trust she did not need anybody's opinion on that, that day she decided she will not make the same mistakes her mother made and lived the life she wanted. People called her all the names in the urban dictionary but she did not care. All she cared about was her clan and raining justice over the people that wronged her mother.

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