Card Apprentice Daily Log

Chapter 152: The Last Bastard

Date- 25 Mar 2321

Time- 11:35

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

Sending off Elliott and the rest, I and Ronnie head back to the warehouse. Upon our arrival, we saw Corey and Susan attending to an unexpected guest.

The guest was a haggard middle-aged man with an amputated arm, astonishingly I saw a black fire burning on the amputated end of his arm. Obviously, this raised alarms in my head as I was contemplating how to react. Seeing me and Ronnie walk in, Susan greeted us and introduced the guest, “Lord Van, this is Dalton Wyatt you are looking for and beside him is his cousin Ronnie. Wyatt, this is Lord Van George the Guild leader of the Tyrant guild and also Sarah’s guardian, Lord William sent him here.”

“Who is Sarah?” I enquired, still looking at Van knowing the purpose of his visit was me.

“The unconscious girl that fell on you, remember…” Susan answered.

“Oh! That girl, Corey’s grandpa did say she was connected to the Tyrant guild. I suppose Lord Van is here to take her back.” I looked at Van intently for an answer. If he is here to collect the girl then why wait for me.

“Yes, Master Wyatt I am indeed here for Sarah. But I would like a moment with you.” Van explained his purpose. Van addressed me as ‘master’ cause that’s how people here address a talented card creationist.

“Is it about the card ‘Fated Encounter’, William has already informed us about it.” I said this because I was worried Van would be like that religious fanatic that tried to kidnap Pax and be like you are chosen by Fated Encounter now you are our chosen one… all that shit.

“Okay, that makes things easier for me. You know how Sarah is still unconscious; she will continue to be unconscious until she receives a kiss from her charming prince that is you, Master Wyatt.”

“Hell no!!!” I yelled, seeing my exaggerated reaction everyone in the room looked at me weirdly.

“Cousin by any chance do you swing for a different team?” Ronnie probed while others looked at me intently for an answer.

“You shut the hell up! What do you know? This is how they trap you. I kiss her and then she asks me to take responsibility for her. Been there, done that.” I explained my exaggerated reaction earlier.

“That wasn’t a no.” Mouthed Ronnie.

“Ronnie, go scrub the toilet, this is your first job and watch what you say next.” I warned Ronnie, to which he yelled, “Sir yes sir” and headed towards the restroom.

“Even if you swing for a different team you can still help me with this, right. A small peck on Sarah’s lips will do.” Hearing Van my anger rose to its peak since I could not do anything to Van, Ronnie will have to face twice my wrath.

“Let me make things clear, I am straight as they come and I can not help you with this.” I resolutely rejected Van because If the fated encounter card is anything like a fairy tale then there is a happy ever after to it… which can mean lots of things like me being brainwashed into loving Sarah after kissing her, a happily ever after for Sarah indeed. This is just my speculation, there are many other possibilities.

Not to forget that this condition of me kissing Sarah to wake her up was not mentioned in the card info narrated by William. Either William was lying or there are many rules about the card fated encounter not mentioned in the card info. William had no reason to lie to me so it was the latter.

It seems Van understood my concern leading to his current actions. Van walked in front of me and knelt on his knee saying, ” I, Van George the last descendant of Irene George the 6th and the loyal knight of Sarah Redfall, pledge on my name that there is no trickery involved in Master Wyatt kissing Lady Sarah.”

Corey and Susan looked at Van in astonishment, Van George was a card lord like William therefore everyone under the card lord realm addressed him as Lord but to think he would kneel in front of a card soldier and pledge his name. This is not something you get to see every day.

Unlike Corey and Susan, I was not impressed so I bluntly conveyed, “Lord Van I am sorry to say this but you pledging your name is not the same as me risking my life. I cannot help you with this.”

Corey and Susan gasped dramatically, annoyed I yelled, “will you guys cut it out. Don’t you have other things to do?” Hearing me Corey and Susan embarrassedly fled to the bedroom where Sarah was laying.

“What will it take for you to trust me?” Van requested more like pleaded, I could tell this man was desperate. Considering that his guild and friends were massacred while he escaped like a coward and with all that guilt he bore this was not surprising.

“Before that tell me how many origin cards do you have and what are their effects?” Seeing Van’s desperation I thought of plans for him.

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Demigod Redfall aka the Romantic demigod, the nightmare of men and women alike, had a thing for beautiful and pure creatures. This is what his followers will say.

But in reality, Demigod Redfall was a Bisexual hedonist home wrecker. He would seduce and sleep with any man or woman he desired no matter their marital or relationship status. Hence the title ‘the nightmare of men and women alike’

Irene George the 6th is rumoured to be one of his conquests as she swore her and her family’s loyalty to Demigod Redfall even though she was married. Pleased by her devotion Demigod Redfall gifted her with his bestowal ‘Fated Encounter’.

Centuries later when Demigod Redfall had fallen all his enemies, angry spouses and lovers unleashed their wrath on his descendants and followers. During which Van George fled with baby Sarah to The Sky Blossom city for refuge where he built a guild and gathered allies but his past caught up to him and swallowed his guild and friends.

Van George knew that the Clown mask would not act without the orders of the Circle and the only reason he could think of the disaster that had befallen him was because of his past. Thankfully they do not know about Sarah as even the Redfall family did not know about her. Except for her father, the Demigod Redfall himself. Yes, Sarah was the last bastard of Demigod Redfall. But Van still did not understand why the clown mask let him escape; this was similar to back then when he escaped with baby Sarah to the Sky Blossom City, it was as if they wanted him to escape.

Not worrying about what he could not see or discern, Van decided to worry about the matter in front of his eyes i.e. awaken Sarah and get her together with her fated person Wyatt. Therefore he tolerated Wyatt no matter how rude he was.

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