Card Apprentice Daily Log

Date- 4 April 2321

Time- 05:58

Location- Southern Region, Blossom District, Unknown Location

”I can get into trouble for saying this but letʼs just say that old Lorenzo claims to be my teacher just because he lent me some books on basic array formation,” hearing my words Jillʼs eyes bulged and she blurted, ”You are making this stuff up.”

”Why would I? I am the hidden card Lorenzo is planning to use to win the wager between the five regional heads of the array master association.

You have seen my prowess in array mastery. I have yet to get certified mostly because old Lorenzo plans to have me take my certification exam at the Central regions array mastery association. I do not need to lie about this stuff,” I answered with great confidence as the only way I could convince Jill that I was not making this stuff up was by giving her evidence that I currently did not possess, so I could only use my confidence to convince her.

? ”Wow, are you delusional or just a good fraudster? I canʼt tell. Is this how you got the southern emperor into granting a patent for a fake product? You are natural, arenʼt you? It is not a surprise that I fell for your deception,” Jill looked at me suspiciously. Having heard of the news about the greatest fraud of the year ʼsilver milk powderʼ it was not a surprise that Jill would come to this conclusion.

”Say what you will, as long as you are no longer too depressed to work I am fine with it,” being called a fraud by Jill did make me angry. But I let it slide as the rant of a loser. And to get Jillʼs focus back on her work.

”Buddy, nobody is falling for your ʼbigger personʼ act here,” said Jill. I wanted to snap at her with some cold hard truth but seeing her eyes had regained their brilliant shine under her indifferent mask, I decided to let it slide.

”Whatever. You seem to say something about your work down here having to do something with Lunaʼs Dungeon relocation experiment,” I said trying to understand how talking shit about Luna to misplace Jillʼs dissatisfaction with me ended up with me being labeled as a fraud by Jill. Susan was right, karma acts in mysterious ways.

”Oh, right. I donʼt have time for this,” saying that Jill carried me and rushed back into the E-rank dungeon to return to her base and continue her work.

”Jill, why donʼt you take this time to brief me on what exactly youʼre doing here,” I asked Jill to put good use of the time during our commute to her base by briefing me on her work down in the S-rank dungeon.

”Before I start, I want you to know, I would prefer an awkward silence over this but since I have taken an oath, I have no choice but to explain my research to you,” Jill said, making it clear where she stood on revealing her research to me.

”Understood, please continue,” I choose not to argue with Jill because I felt she would use it to put off talking about her research.

”...” Seeing me act submissive Jill understood I knew what she was trying to do and gave up her plan and began by saying, ”To better understand what I am doing down here you need to understand my research in MorningStar university. The research I am working on back at the university can be best referred to as a method to predict where the next dungeon is going to form.”

”Donʼt we already have ways to know where the dungeons are going to appear?” I asked Jill in confusion.

”No, we donʼt. The news outlets have blown what our current capabilities can do out of proposition. With the current methods at hand, we can only detect a dungeon once it starts forming. What I am working on is a way to predict where a dungeon is going to start forming. Predicting the location of the formation of the dungeon before the dungeon starts to form will make a great difference,” Jill said, trying to emphasize the importance of the research she was doing at the MorningStar university.

”Interesting, but I would like to know how early your prediction would be compared to when the actual formation of the dungeon starts,” The prediction of the location of the formation of the dungeon before the dungeon starts to form will make a great difference only if the time difference between the prediction the formation of the dungeon and the start of the dungeon formation was significant. So to judge whether Jillʼs research held any actual merit I had to ask this question.

”It depends on the rank of the dungeon. If it is a high-level dungeon then the time difference between the prediction of the formation of the dungeon and the start of the dungeon formation will be significant enough to make a difference but if it is a low-ranking dungeon then the difference is negligent,” Jill answered.

At the current prowess and development of humanity in this world, low-level dungeons were not a problem for them. So what Jillʼs research promised held huge merit in the current development phase of the world, enough to make a significant difference.

”Is your research how you discovered this new variant of the pregnant dungeon?” I asked connecting the obvious dots.

”Yes, I used my research to track this dungeon. But it is too early to label this dungeon as a new variant of the pregnant dungeon,” Jill reminded me not to label this dungeon a new variant of the pregnant dungeon yet.

”So, remind me again how is all this connected to Lunaʼs dungeon relocation experiment in the sky blossom city,” I asked, trying to connect why Jill said that she should finish her research here before Luna completed her dungeon relocation experiment.

”Everything I am doing down here is because of the dungeon relocation experiment.”

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