Card Apprentice Daily Log

Chapter 2594: My Need, My Longing, And My Greed

Date: Unspecified

Time: Unspecified

Location: Myriad Realms, Card World, Central Region, Central Academic City, Morningstar University District, Brothwork Manor

”Master Wyatt, what is the meaning of this?”

One of the demigod guards stationed at the manor gates demanded an explanation. After experiencing the endlessly stretching space of my limitless celestial domain, they had no choice but to wait for me there. All of them were adept in the space rule, as expected of guards employed by a major noble family. Yet none of them could breach my domain. Even after deducing the mechanism behind it, they were powerless. As this was not an ordinary rule domain. It was a celestial rule domain.

”Where were you,” I asked coldly, ”when I, one of your guests, was ambushed right at your doorstep?”

As I spoke, Hive Spirit quietly hacked into their grimoires, sifting through their contact lists to help me distinguish the Brothworks from their invited guests.

”Master Wyatt, we truly had no knowledge of this. But you seem unharmed, and that is fortunate—”

He never finished the sentence.

The moment Hive AI retrieved all the information I needed, I killed the demigod. Without wasting another breath, I slaughtered the remaining guards, collected their divinities and grimoires, and moved on without pause.

Then the real hunt began.

I swept through the manor, killing every Brothwork and their subordinates one by one. I ignored their curses, pleas, their bargains, and their desperate attempts at negotiation. None of them were spared.

Fortunately, this manor was merely a venue Brolock used to host parties and gather members of the Divine Heirs’ Club. There were no children present. Because of that, I had no reason to spare any of the Brothwork family members or their subordinates in this manor.

In the end, I found Brolock cowering behind his entourage. Shielded by his aides, he desperately offered me wealth, influence, and favors in exchange for his life. There was nothing he could offer that I could not simply take for myself. So, I killed Brolock, along with the few guests who stepped forward to defend him or plead on his behalf.

Once I was certain that every Brothwork family member and subordinate within the manor was dead, I ordered the remaining guests to leave in an orderly fashion. I did not seek out Drew Rockin, nor did he seek out me. Neither of us wished to cross paths.

After everyone had departed, I returned to Jill. Together, we stepped out of the limitless celestial domain, and I recalled it. The endlessly stretched space collapsed in on itself, shrinking back to its original size. Everything caught within it was crushed, reduced to dust, and evaporated into nothingness.

With that, the Brothwork’s Morningstar Manor was erased from the face of the world overnight by a single card master. True to the low-key nature of the Masters’ descendants, the incident would never be made public across the five regions. Yet those who needed to know would learn of it all the same.

If you asked me, half of my agenda for coming to the Central Region had been completed flawlessly. Anyone who dared provoke me after this would either be profoundly ignorant or supremely confident in their own strength. Either way, I welcomed them. They would all meet the same end.

”Now I see what you and Anna have in common,” Jill said suddenly, referring to the Southern Emperor and her personal army’s massacre of the Davis family.

I froze, unsure how to respond. I wanted to ask her why she would bring up Anna now, of all times. I thought we were doing well. One of the reasons I had wrapped up my business so quickly was so I could come back and continue where we had left off.

And yet, she chose that moment to mention Anna.

How do I feel about it?

First, I feel cockblocked.

Second, I feel like I let Anna down. I had feelings for her, and I still do. Those feelings will not simply vanish overnight.

Third, no, I do not plan on seeing Anna . I am with Jill, and I am not a two-timing asshole.

That said, I do owe Anna an explanation and an apology. I promised her I would wait and take her on a proper date once she made it out of the Mystic Dimension. Granted, I said it partly to motivate her, but it was not a lie. I missed her, and I missed her antics.

After all that, how could I turn around and hook up with Jill? I feel like a liar. Like a monster. I honestly do not know how it happened. How could I break a promise like that?

If I am being truthful, Jill swept me off my feet. I do not feel comfortable admitting it. She made me feel as though, for once, I could forget everything else and be selfish. Just for a moment. To accept her affection without expectations or conditions.

All I had to do was let her love me.

Regardless, it does not change the fact that I betrayed Anna’s trust. Knowing her, she will find it in her heart to forgive me, but I do not think I will ever be able to forgive myself. Worse still, she will likely make it her life’s mission to hunt Jill down, just as she does with her father, demigod Gainover.

At least Anna was trapped in the Mystic Dimension and had no idea about my betrayal yet. Susan, on the other hand, was not so fortunate. I could not imagine what she must be going through after watching me accept Jill’s confession on a live stream.

It was not as though this thought had never crossed my mind before. Somewhere deep down, I was angry at Susan for asking for space and leaving me behind when I could not have been more transparent about my feelings for her. I had avoided confronting that anger until now. A part of me had been punishing her for doing that to me.

The more I thought about it, the more I questioned myself. Why was I entangled with these three women? Why could I not simply choose one and commit to her? It was not that I did not want to. It was that each of them appealed to a different side of me, and those sides of me refused to be ignored.

Susan appealed to my republican side. She embodied my values and principles.

Anna appealed to my democratic side. She reflected my pursuit of freedom and peace.

Jill appealed to my capitalist side. She embodied my greed and selfishness.

In other words, I needed Susan, I longed for Anna, and I was addicted to Jill.

For now, that was as far as I could understand my feelings for the three of them.