Card Apprentice Daily Log

Date- 28 Mar 2321

Time- 14:26

Location- Sky Blossom City, Guild Association Mall, Warehouse no. 234

As Anna and he discussed how to deal with the Sansa Baylor conundrum, Lorenzo suddenly felt that someone was tampering with the privacy formation array he had placed surrounding the warehouse. So he immediately signaled Anna about the intruder using his eyes. 

"Dealing with Memory suppression…." Anna, who spoke her thoughts about dealing with Sansa's memory suppression, stopped abruptly, catching Lorenzo's eye signal. 

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Luna was pissed at being ditched by two teenagers in the Card soldier realm. So in a foul mood, she returned to the warehouse to receive her super special delivery only to find that a privacy formation array surrounded the warehouse. Being taught the formation array by her grandfather, Luna knew the formation array in front of her was laid by her grandfather himself. 

Knowing this, Luna became curious about what her grandfather was discussing with Anna in her absence under a privacy formation array. Already pissed, Luna took this incident personally and thought she was being excluded by her grandfather and cousin while making important decisions. Thinking of being ditched by teenagers and excluded by family made Luna emotional. 

The privacy formation array's function was to stop any possible eavesdropping and alert Lorenzo if someone entered the warehouse. The array did not prevent anyone from entering. It just stopped the sound from inside of the formation leak outside. And warn the master of possible passerby. 

Luna could have just entered the warehouse; instead, emotional Luna who was not in her right mind let her curiosity get the better of her. And ended up tampering with the warehouse's privacy formation array to eavesdrop on her grandfather and Anna's conversation. In the heat of the moment, Luna forgot an essential thing that everything she knew about the formation array she learned from her grandfather. 

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"Luna, come in." Lorenzo was surprised to find that the one tampering with this privacy formation array was his granddaughter. 

"..." Being caught, Luna was embarrassed and mechanically walked into the warehouse. 

"Where are the other two?" Anna asked. She chose to ignore the fact of catching her cousin trying to eavesdrop on her conversation with old Lorenzo. 

"They ditched me in the dungeon and went on their own, and you guys are excluding me from important decisions. So so… I decided to eavesdrop on you" embarrassed Luna let out all her feelings to her Cousin, Grandfather, and a prisoner. 

If you can not be weak in front of your family and friends, you have not accepted them as your family and friends. The very need to hide your true feelings in front of your close ones means you are not as close as you thought. Or you don't trust them enough to show true feelings and weakness in front of them. 

In the case of Luna, she trusted Anna and Lorenzo enough to cry out her true feelings even if it meant she looked weak in front of them. This is what close ones are for. For the entire world, Luna is a strong and independent Ice queen, but in front of her family, she is just another little girl who makes stupid mistakes. 

"Haha! You, a card emperor, got ditched by two card soldiers. How is that even possible?" Anna burst into laughter hearing Wyatt and Cortney ditched Luna. 

"It's all because of you." saying that Luna pounced upon Anna, who was rolling on the couch, unable to control her laughter. 

"How is it my fault that you got ditched at by two card soldiers?" Anna hugged her cousin into a lock, restraining her with ease. And whispered in her ears, "now it's punishment time." 

"Grandpa!" Unable to break free from Anna's restraint, Luna pleaded for help from her grandfather. 

"We will continue the talk later. I will go and keep an eye on the boy and the girl from afar. Doesn't he know that there are card emperors out there hunting him?" Lorenzo reported and headed out while shaking his head at the two cousins playing around despite their age and realm. 

"Nobody will save you from my clutches today." Breathing down on Luna's neck, Anna softly whispered in her ear. 

"Big sis, I am sorry. I will not eavesdrop on you ever again." Luna started to beg for her dignity. She did not want to pose in vulgar positions while her Cousin photographed her.

"No can do. Do you know how much your sexy pics sell these days? I can get a few high-level broken runes for these easily. Damn does nerds, if nothing they are super-rich." Anna was joking. Since when did the Southern emperor, the ruler of the southern region, and the commander of the southern watch require to pimp her cousin's pics to earn some chump change? 

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Date- 28 Mar 2321

Time- 14:26

Location- Sky Blossom City, Dungeon Highway, Koi Snacks

"Wow, what are these red beads?" Courtney asked in surprise, seeing me transform 50-liters of monster blood in 1000 red beads and collect them in my storage trunk card. 

"They are blood candies. A type of candy made up of the condensed monster's blood essence. It is very sweet and tasty. The sweetening agent is the sugar in the monster's blood. Here, have some." Explaining that I passed a few candies to Cortney and the chief baker for taste while I ate one myself. 

"Really?" Courtney and the baker were skeptical as Wyatt did not use any other ingredient other than the monster's blood. Since when did monsters' blood become sugary and sweet? 

"Try it and then speak." These beads were not just some condensed monster blood bead. They are highly concentrated monster blood essence with near-zero impurities. These candies were not only sweet but had a bit of soul energy in them. So if a mortal were to eat them, they would feel refreshed and re-energized. It is more like viagra for mortals, but for a card apprentice's body baptized by soul energy, this bit of soul energy would have no effect. 

"Wow! Delicious. It is so flavorful. You did not add any preservatives. Yet how can you make them so sweet and filled with flavor? If I were to use this to create blood pudding, customers would line up in front of my shop. Boss! I don't mean to be rude, but can you sell me the recipe?" The Chief baker was mesmerized by the taste of blood candies and begged me to sell the recipe to him. 

"It's not that I don't want to sell you the recipe, but it is of no use to you. You can not use it without a high-level blood manipulation card. Please understand," I did not mind giving the recipe to the baker as it was common knowledge for whoever possessed a blood rule or blood manipulation card. 

" Oh! Sorry for the trouble." The baker left dejectedly. 

"Tell me you are not planning on presenting those blood candies to Bloodette," Cortney inquired. 

"Don't worry. I will tell Bloodette that these candies are from both of us" I was not surprised by Cortney's question. After all her apology present should not be overshadowed by my present.

"You are the best," Cortney exclaimed. 

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