Card Apprentice Daily Log

Chapter 403: Rebate

Date- 28 Mar 2321

Time- 11:31

Location- Southern Capitol region, SS-rank Gate dungeon Storm Horse Grassland

“Wait? What do you mean by ‘they brought a massive business to our small boutique?’ You do know that I am the only one who can create these mecha cards.” I asked Susan. These people had nowhere to go if they wanted to create an army equipped with rune mecha cards they had to come to me.

Yes, Lorenzo and Luna could try to decipher and reverse engineer the cards I created for them. But that would take years of the work and not to mention even if they are successful. They cannot possibly pump out as many Rune Item Cards as I can. Thanks to my Calamity daughter core, I could create rune Item cards as I pleased, but it is not the same for the other card apprentices. They require a lot of time and resources to develop an Ego Gem shell.

This is why I acted arrogantly. If they wanted to develop enough rune mecha cards for an army in the shortest possible time, then they had to come to me. They had no choice.

“…” Susan stared at me with dead eyes. As if saying, dude feel the room; you see what I am trying to do here, right?

“What? You are my manager. You do not have to stand in a ceremony here. I don’t think Dr.Luna would mind.” I glanced at Luna and then Anna and Lorenzo.

“…” Lorenzo wanted to curse out loud. But feeling the intimidating presence of Anna next to him, he chose to swear in his mind, ‘Who the fock does he think he is?’

“Susan, all of Wyatt’s friends are my friends. So you do not need to get nervous and walk on eggshells around us.” Anna acted like a wife who met her husband’s friends for the first time. It did raise alarms in me, but as long as Susan feels welcomed, that is okay.

“Ms. Susan, Wyatt is correct. You do not have to watch your words in front of us. I insist that you keep the compensation and not rebate it.” Luna asked Susan not to stand on ceremony in her presence and speak her mind.

“Emperor Luna, please accept the rebate. As I said, It represents the foundation of the new relationship between us.” Susan insisted that Luna accept the rebate. She thought that mutually benefiting from each other would create a long-lasting business-to-customer relationship. Unlike me, she believed in building a business on trust.

Whereas I wanted to build the card boutique on my capability as a card creationist. Rather than relationship and trust. Because I have seen the businesses built on trust and relationships end up betrayed. Sometimes relationships and trust can help the business climb the economic ladder faster, but they have to have the Capabilities that match their pace; otherwise, soon, they will fall quicker than they climbed.

I believe in my card creation ability. So much so that I could arrogantly discard relationships and trust. Thanks to my ability, there was no need for me to be polite to Anna or Luna because I knew they needed me. Was I not worried that I would offend them? No, as that was not in my control. Because if they wanted to be offended by me no matter what I do, how much I kiss their butthole, their opinion about me would not change. So why worry about something I cannot control. Instead, I chose to focus on my capabilities as a card creationist. Because as long as I am at the top, nobody would dare to mess with me knowingly.

That is how I planned to grow my business, and that is how I plan to climb to the top. If not for my capability, I would not be targeted by many people from the shadows, and Anna would not bother to protect me. All that I have now is because of my capabilities and ability. As long as I had them, I did not have to worry about relationships and trust betraying me. That is what I was trying to point out to Susan.

But she was more stubborn than me and would rather quit than do things other than her way. She insisted on working based on relationships and trust. Hence we decided to compromise. I would handle the Capability part, while Susan would manage the relationship part. After all, two heads are better than one. But this did not mean I would stop trying to persuade Susan to come to the dark side.

“Really? Thank you.” Luna jumped in joy hearing Susan insist that Luna should take the rebate. With the rebate money, Luna could order extra Rune Mecha Cards.

Her Granduncle did promise her a private Army, but there is a limit to how many resources can be allotted for a private army that couldn’t be used in the front lines. Luna was worried that, with the high cost of each rune mecha card, her army would be a small one. Therefore she was happy even if she could save a little on the rebate.

“…” Seeing such a reaction from solemn Luna, I was caught off guard. It seems I have underestimated the marketing gimmicks like rebates and discounts.

“…” Susan nodded in satisfaction seeing Luna’s joyous expression. It seems her seven years of experience as a sales representative were not just for show.

“…” Anna shook her head in dissatisfaction as the conversation was heading nowhere near where she wanted it to be focused on, the Memirconium ore and MegaMorpher. Crossing the river took more priority than the creation of Luna’s private army. Therefore she cleared her throat, hoping Luna would come to her senses, *Ahem*.

“I am getting right to it,” feeling Anna’s stare and symbolic throat clearing. Luna decided to stop with her part and get to the part where she discusses with Wyatt about them using the MegaMorpher to cross the river.

“Wyatt, about the MegaMorpher. Is it possible to make it taller? If yes, How tall can it get?”

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