Card Apprentice Daily Log

Date 21 Mar 2321

Time 16:12

Location Sky Blossom City, Fine Gold Resort, Hot Springs Bathhouse no.02

Taking the Blue stone from Jaya I began to appraise it using my soul pupils. What I saw was so breathtaking and unbelievable that I almost forgot to breathe. 

I saw all the soul pathways within the stone come together to form mini Jaya in the centre of the blue stone, the mini Jaya was very serene and tranquil similar to an angel from heaven so lifelike with her eyes closed it looked as if a real goddess was sleeping. 

This...this how is this even possible, this blue stone was not any stone it seemed to be a soul core, soul core of Jaya at that. Only beasts are meant to have a soul core, not humans. 

I mean the blue stone contained a part of Jaya's will and housed huge soul energy. Similar to a beast core which holds the beast's will, soul abilities and soul energy. 

What's more unimaginable is that the mini Jaya in the blue stone was wearing some kind of uniform made of tight spandex along with a cape. This uniform was a lot similar to a superhero costume shown in superhero comics back on earth. 

That was not important, only beasts summoned by dungeons have a soul core. So how come Jaya a human has a soul core. Is Jaya a beast in disguise? or is the stone an artificial soul core for humans?

Either of the two was a huge discovery, but the first one seemed less likely and the latter one was near impossible. 

Jaya couldn't be a beast in disguise as I checked her with my soul pupils, the movement that thought crossed my mind. Her soul pathways were normal and similar to an average human being. 

leaving me with only one reasonable explanation that the blue stone is an artificial soul core.

Artificial soul core could revolutionize the whole power system of humankind introducing a new power system to the world. 

Right now humans use grimoire but if they can also have soul cores like beasts then a whole new door of possibilities opens up to be explored.

I had so many questions for Jaya yet I could not ask her because the blue stone was made in such a way that a card apprentice could not tell it apart from a normal stone. 

Even the experienced eye could only tell that this stone holds a large amount of soul energy but they would never guess that this is soul core. There is no way one could tell it is a soul core unless they can perceive soul pathways.

If I questioned Jaya about the artificial soul core then I would be hinting to her that I can perceive the soul pathway in some way. It would not take her long to connect the dots and guess that my origin card is not aura sight but a mutated version of aura sight which allows me to see soul pathways. 

I could ask her without spooking her or arousing any suspicion. I had to because artificial soul core for humans is a huge deal this meant humans did not need a grimoire or cards anymore they could just add soul abilities to their soul core similar to how beasts can. 

"Can I ask where you got this blue stone?" I asked 

"No" Jaya flatly refused with no room for further questions.

"Do you have more stones of a similar kind?" I had to ask, I could not just let go as my curiosity would not allow it. 

"Why so many questions? Just do what you are told" Jaya rudely answered reminding me to ask fewer questions.

I seem to have said the same thing to Susan when I first met her, ah karma. 

"This stone is very peculiar. It looks like a stone but contains huge soul energy, unlike a stone. If I had extra stones of a similar kind I could perform some tests to check what it is and what it is capable of. " I tried to reason with her. 

Because, If I could get my hands on a couple of artificial soul cores I was sure I could uncover secrets behind them and make a soul core of my own using the soul pupil. 

"No, this is the only one I have. can you create an origin card using it or not." Jaya impatiently answered.

"No, worries I can. I was excited to see a stone that could hold so much soul energy. I guess that is why it's worthy of being a fate ingredient." It seems I can not get any info, seeing how tight-lipped Jaya is I had to give up my investigations of the artificial soul core for now.  

Unable to get any information on artificial soul cores from Jaya, I decided to focus on origin card creation and get the hell out of here as soon as possible. 

A question bothered me if the stone is a soul core, why is it not inside Jaya like how beast cores are inside the beasts.

So I started to inspect the soul pathways of the stone to find an answer. It turns out the stone/soul core should have fused with Jaya on her 16th birthday but since she had contracted the grimoire beforehand it was unable to fuse with her.

The stone was unable to fuse with Jaya as the soul pathways in Jaya which were supposed to be fused with the stone were now occupied by the grimoire.

As I was further inspecting the soul pathways of the stone the mini Jaya suddenly opened her eyes and let out a huge soul howl.

I was unaffected by the howl but Jaya who stood in front of me fell to the ground covering her ears wailing in pain. Just when I thought the situation could not get any worse this happens.