Card Apprentice Daily Log

Chapter 2496: Time Rule Stream

Date: Unspecified

Time: Unspecified

Location: Myriad Realms, Card World, Central Region, Central Academic City, Morningstar University District, Morningstar University Campus, Garden of Beginning

”Wyatt, don’t be foolish. Without the Time Vestige, we’re vulnerable. It is not just the ’time rule dementia,’ there are other things about this place that I can’t go into now. But trust me, we need to get out of here now,” Lucine broke the silence after she had made adjustments to her periodic reminder. There was this sense of urgency in her tone that told that she wasn’t lying just to persuade Wyatt to leave with her.

”That’s not happening,” I rejected, awakening from my thoughts. ”Don’t worry about me, worry about yourself. I can take care of myself and will return once I’m done. But you should hurry, from the looks of it, you don’t have much time,”

”How high is your mastery of time rule? It has been a good while since we entered this past. Yet, I don’t see this timeline affecting you in the slightest,” Lucine exclaimed, scrubbing her plan to use force to drag the boy to their present.

Just like how one can make out the rotting wood or rusting iron, it wasn’t hard for Lucine, with her mastery of time rule, to observe the influence of the past they were in. To her shock, the boy before was untouched. It was as if the past they were in didn’t influence him in any way. What was even more incredible was that she didn’t sense any time rule power on him. How was that even possible?

Surely, he had to be using his time rule power to fight the influence of the past they were in. Then, she should be able to sense his time rule power. Yet, she didn’t sense an iota of time rule power on him. Not that it was just improbable. Unless his mastery of time rule was incomparable to hers. That was even more improbable.

He was just a teenager. Even if he had been comprehending the Time Rule since he was in his mother’s womb, regardless of any physique or traits, it should be impossible for him to form a Time Rule Stream, as she was a step from forming a time rule stream. It took her centuries of hard work to achieve this, so she couldn’t fathom how a teenager could. Lucine couldn’t help but stare at the boy in skeptical awe. Though doubtful of his mastery of time rule, she could help but feel awe, as it was no small feat for a card master to make her question her world view.

”Told you I can handle myself,” I just smirked in response to Lucine’s shock and proceeded to check my surroundings, planning to experience the past they were in before finding a place to begin comprehension into time rule. As for Lucine, I let her be thinking now that she knows I can handle myself here, she will eventually leave when she can’t suppress her ailment anymore.

”Have you already formed a time rule stream? How many time rule meanings have you added to your time rule stream so far?” Lucine asked the boy despite still being doubtful about whether his mastery of time rule had reached the formation of time rule stream in his ego gem.

”No, my condition is unique. Like how you can’t talk about this past, I too can’t talk about it,” I answered Lucine, knowing that she wasn’t going to stop pestering me until she got an answer.

Listening to me put it that way, Lucine was both relieved and curious. She was relieved that she was just over thinking and the boy before her hadn’t formed his time rule stream and also curious about how he was able to resist the influence of the past they were in.

Was it a special physique or trait or innate card? No, if it was either of them she would have noticed it through changes in his energy signature. But there was none, he walked around with a slight influence from this timeline. It was as if he was native of this past they had entered. That was simply not possible since he was from the present she was from.

Was it a special time rule meaning? Something that can resist time rule dementia? Lucine couldn’t help but let her mind wander trying to think out of the box. Since, nothing she knew could explain how the boy was uninfluenced by the timeline of the past they were in. Unable to hold back her curiosity, she asked the boy, ”Did you comprehend a rare time rule meaning? Does it allow you to resist time rule dementia?”

I didn’t answer Lucine and just let out a subtle smile. Neither confirming or denying if her guess was correct. I didn’t want to lie to explain my time rule immunity as it would only limit the extent of what my time rule immunity was capable of in the eyes of those watching me. That was to say, I would have to lie in the future to explain why I was able to do what my time rule immunity helped me do. As the saying goes, one lie leads to a thousand others. I didn’t want to be caught in that cobweb. Besides, I couldn’t bother to lie.

”Wyatt, what is going to take for you to tell me why you aren’t being influenced by the timeline of this past?” Lucine asked, knowing better than to jump to conclusion. Guessing and assuming was how you write fantasy stories and not find out the truth.

”There is nothing you can offer me to persuade me to tell you my secrets,” I uttered, shaking my head. ”Besides, aren’t you worried? Your condition is deteriorating fast.”

”Don’t worry, you have your secrets, I have my secrets,” Lucine replied, trying to sound mysterious. Only then did I realize that, it has been a while but her memory didn’t lapse. It seems she wasn’t lying.