Card Apprentice Daily Log

Date- 18 April 2321

Time- 15:18

Location- Card World, Southern Region, Blossom District, Sky Blossom City

"Good, I will leave this matter to you," Wyatt nodded at Aurelia who agreed to help him ally her mother. He trusted her to do a good job and cthrough on this one, having seen her excellent performance in the gymnasium earlier. Then, he prepared to head out but the Field Marshal did not make way.

"Wyatt, I like your idea to ally with the Malvin family and the Border City but I can't go along with the means you have chosen. I thought you were more cautious than this," The Field Marshal felt that even a slight risk of a leak in the case of trait 'prodigious soul' and physique 'gifted lineage' should not be tolerated as the consequences were devastating. She felt Wyatt should know this so she did not understand why Wyatt continued to go on this path.

"Field Marshal you are right, the oldwould have thought of a better method to box Aurelia's mother and the Border city in, leaving them no choice but to ally with me, but now that I have capable people like yourself and Aurelia by my side, I will leave it to you guys. I trust your judgment to do what you feel is necessary," Wyatt informed, instructing the Field Marshal and Aurelia to turn the neutral Border City into their allies.

"Boss, does this mean I will be working with the Field Marshal on this one?" Aurelia asked Wyatt.

"Yes. You heard her, this matter is too sensitive. We have to lessen the odds as much as possible. I trust you two will cup with a better plan. I will chip in about 100,000 free VR-slcards for the Border city, which should give you enough incentive over them," Wyatt proposed, having long decided not to do everything by himself and share sof it with his people.

Besides, there was a reason Wyatt was so casual about this. He believed that Border City was an easy target. If only they had received a properly worded apology that their Ancestor Dan Malvin deserved from the Southern royal court they would have long chosen to ally with Anna's mother with her excellent courting skills. Because Border City was financially struggling.

For a city governed by a military family, a financial crisis was expected. The Malvin family members were extraordinary tacticians on the battlefield and excellent scholars of warfare but when it cto city management and business, the srule as the army and battlefield did not apply. Their princess, Aurelia, was an example of how impoverished the Border city was.

Aurelia cfrom a proper demigod family with strong demigods whose military achievements were compared with the likes of the Heatsend Royal family. Yet, Aurelia, the only daughter of the Main Mavin family matriarch and Border City's city lord did not have proper resources and cards when compared to Aba Windsor who only had one parent who was a demigod.

Aurelia did not have a proper supply of Healing potions to help her with her training so she covered her injured body with bandages to help her heal them. A basic cleansing card was a must for any rich family daughter, but Aurelia did not have one and did her chores by hand.

If this was the condition of a direct descendant of the Unstoppable Legend Dan Malvin then one can only imagine what the regular citizens of the Border City must be going through. Thankfully, with their military prowess, they were able to constantly raid high-ranking dungeons and keep their City's economy from a total collapse.

Right now the Border City needed help, but the Malvin Family and their followers were too proud to ask for help from the Southern Royal family because of their past. Even if the descendants of Dan Malvin were willing to let go of the past for the good of their city and the citizens, their followers would not allow them to.

The Malvin family had no choice but to value their followers' decision because their ancestors were the ones who helped Dan Malvin establish Border City and its current reputation of being the iron wall between the Southern region and the Empire.

They followed their ancestors from the battlefield and turned the Border City into their home. These guys stayed and helped during the city's darkest hour, especially considering that most of their branch Malvin family immigrated to other places believing a baseless rumor. They had equal rights as the Malvin family to be angry with how Dan Malvin was treated by royal court.

Without them knowing the main Malvin family was stuck between doing everything to provide for their citizens and to please their loyal followers. Both Anna's mother and Aurelia's mother were aware of this but none of them took the necessary steps to rectify this.

Aurelia's mother did not take decisive steps because she was worried that if they were to join the Southern Royal family without getting a proper apology from the royal court and finding the perpetrator that drove them out of the Southern capital in the first place, they would once again be targeted like in the past.

Anna's mother offered Aurelia's mother everything but what the Border city wanted because she might control the Southern Region from the shadows but to get the entire royal court to apologize to the Border city and Malvin family was not possible even for her because ministers serving in the royal court had accumulated lots of merit and also sof them were older than her and her father. The political power they held though did not threaten her but was enough to help them oppose her.

With such circumstances surrounding them, the Border City allying with the hope of the Southern region would be in the best interest of its citizens and the Malvin family. Wyatt did not need to box them because they were already drowning in their problems, all the Field Marshal and Aurelia had to do was throw them a lifeboat and they would climb on it the first opportunity they got.

This was entirely possible especially when would Aurelia's mother learned about Aurelia's new status and the 100,000 free VR-slcard Wyatt planned to donate to the Border City. Considering their circumstances and the offer made by Wyatt, it would be impossible for Aurelia's mother to reject the alliance with Wyatt.

"A 100,000 free VR-slcards!" Aurelia exclaimed listening to her boss. She only managed to get her hands on the VR slcards recently, that too, because she was part of one of the vast enterprises under Wyatt's command. So she could not imagine the trouble other people would have to go through to get their hands on the VR-slcards. Let alone the Border City.

"Those VR-slcards should be enough to get your mother to leave the Border city and head over here," The Field Marshal said to Aurelia, and then with a threatening tone she added, "Until then hide your status from her. Got it?"

"Field Marshal, can't I just talk this over a call?" Aurelia understood that the Field Marshal wanted to use the free VR-

slcards to seduce her mother to the Sky Blossom City where the Field Marshal would have total control over how she revealed her status to her mother and talk to her about allying Border City with Wyatt.

This way if Aurelia's mother were to reject their alliance, then the Field Marshal could take swift action to ensure that Aurelia's mother would not be able to leak any information on Aurelia's status or how she got her new physique and trait.

This was an excellent plan but Aurelia was worried. Even though she was sure her mother would choose to ally with Wyatt, a part of her could not help but worry that on an off chance, if her mother were to disagree then she would be putting her mother in a tough position. Especially with Field Marshal here, her mother would stand little chance.

"Don't worry dear, I do not plan on harming your mother. If things don't work out I will just get her to take an oath to keep our secret safe and let her go without any harm," the Field Marshal assured having felt Aurelia's worries.

"That is assuring," Aurelia said so but her eyes expressed complex thoughts. She knew her mother, even if she was facing the Field Marshal, her mother would only do what she thought was right.

Knowing her mother's stubborn side, Aurelia was worried, a fight might break out between her mother and the Field Marshal. She always wanted to find out who would win between her mother and the Field Marshal but now that there was the possibility of her finding it out Aurelia was not happy as she did not want to find an answer to that question this way.

"Good to see you guys working together, continue the good work," Wyatt said as he walked past the Field Marshal adding, "Letgo greet the guests that arrived before they disturb the city's peace."

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