Card Apprentice Daily Log

Chapter 458: Witless

Date- 28 Mar 2321

Time- 18:47

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

It seems Susan, too, was dissatisfied with the new changes in Coreyʼs demeanor and was holding back a lot. Come to think of it, Susan supported the bet I made with Corey during the tournament. She wanted me to teach Corey not to mess with her seniors. I remember Susan even volunteered to be my gambling stake against Coreyʼs bet of working for me.

I guess Susan had long ago planned to use this bet to release her dissatisfaction with Corey and teach her a lesson while she is at it. But my abrupt plan of moving the card bouquet must have put a dent in Susanʼs meticulous plan to discipline Corey. Now that Corey came back asking for it herself, Susan must have decided it was about time she let Corey know the wrath of her bottled-up anger towards new Corey.

”No… donʼt you dare try to get away from this with teary eyes. Since you are an unpaid employee of the Card boutique, you have to shoulder your share of the workload.” Susan did not melt to the teary-eyed Corey. Instead, her words got sterner.

”Yes, maʼam.” In the past life, Corey would have brushed off her motherʼs anger and acted pitiful until her mother caved. But current Corey decided to follow her motherʼs words like the worldʼs law and learn whatever Susan offered with a positive and enthusiastic attitude.

”What?….” Susan was confused by Coreyʼs unexpected positive response and thought,ʼ this silly girl does know that I am reprimanding her, right?ʼ

Susan expected a little pushback from Corey but not full cooperation. She became more and more sure something was wrong with this poor girlʼs head. Somebody or something seems to have done a number on her. Yes, just as Corey expected, Susan began to get soft seeing her cooperate.

”Corey, I have forwarded you the exoskeleton armor and the body of nanomorphers. There must be almost 30 tons of liquid spirit gold in the warehouse. Save one ton and use the rest of the liquid spirit gold to create the exoskeleton armor and the body of nanomorphers.” I heard Susanʼs intentions for Corey loud and clear and tasked her with the grunt work.

The Creation of the exoskeleton armor and the body for the nanomorpher doesnʼt require any tech knowledge. All Corey had to do was follow the design and a few simple instructions I forwarded to her grimoire. And also, this part was the most tedious and time-consuming one in creation for the nanomorpher cards. With the body of the nanomorpher already built, all I would have to do was modify all the Soul energy reactors, the levitation, and the weapon system for each nanomorpher.

With Corey pulling the grunt work, I could get to the important stuff of the card creation. Remembering the massive order of Megamorpher that is yet to come, Corey became my favorite employee in an instant. I will leave the creation of the body of Megamorphers in Coreyʼs care too. That would take a lot of workload off of me.

”Okay, I will do it. When do you want the exoskeleton armors and stock bodies made of Liquid spirit gold delivered to you? How much time do I have?” Corey spoke as if she had a choice, ʼawe so cute.ʼ

”I like your enthusiasm. No hurry, though. It would be fine if you get it done by tomorrow morning.” I answered with a massive grin on my face. I liked building mechas, but repeatedly building the same Nanomorpher or Magamorpher would get old very soon.

”What? Are you out of your mind? How do you expect me to refine 30 tons of liquid spirit gold in one night?” Corey yelled in dismay.

”What? Canʼt you? I have refined more tons of higher grades of metal in a lot fewer hours. Donʼt tell me all your talk about being a talented card creationist was nothing but an empty boast? It seems I overestimated you.” I had refined more than 100 tons of ranked metal for the MegaMorpher cards in a single night. Even though I did not expect Corey to match my speed, I still expected her to be capable of at least the 3rd of what I am.

”Youʼre lying. If not, how did you not die of exhaustion? Are you trying to get back at me for calling you out as a pervert?” Corey did not seem to believe what I said and thought I was taking revenge on her.

”No, he is not lying. I can vouch for him.” Anna, who was watching a show till now, butted in vouching for me. Anna looked at Corey and sneered, thinking, ʼLittle girl, let me teach you the consequences of daring to blackmail this empress.ʼ

”Yes, Wyatt is not lying. I still have the receipt for the ingredients I bought yesterday. You can check.” Susan also came to my support.

”No, how is it even possible to refine that massive amount of ranked metal in that small amount of time? Itʼs impossible.” Corey questioned in disbelief.

”Little girl, itʼs possible. The veteran mining card creationist can do more than that. Even the card creationist from the mass production troop of big and branded companies refine that amount of ingredients in just 8 hours. Refining a large number of ingredients in a short period of time is the basic of card creation. When I was your age and realm, I would refine more ingredients just to experiment with new card recipe ideas. ” Luna also voiced supporting me.

Mining Card creationists are card apprentices who turn the ore into ore cards. That field is very competitive. Only those that can refine massive quantities of metal into cards in the shortest period of time survive there. Despite their speed, these Card creationists continue to maintain the high durability of the ingredient cards.

”What? But…” Corey was totally out of her wit. She did not know how to reply to Lunaʼs claims.

”Corey enough with your buts, and whatʼs. Get to work. Start earlier to finish on time. Move” Susan walked witless Corey towards the card lab with a triumphant grin on her face.

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