Card Apprentice Daily Log

Date- 3 April 2321

Time- 23:33

Location- Sun Blossom City, Fine Gold carrier floaters

Her new boss showed prospects and promises not just for himself but everyone around him and for that Daina respected him and agreed to follow his leadership giving her all. But having founded and manage a big conglomerate like Fine Gold for decades she knew those were not the only things she should be looking for in a boss. Prospects and promises were important but dependable back to follow were equally important. She needs to know that she can trust her back to him for her to fight for his cause with undivided attention.

And today when she heard the boss handed each of them an artificial ego gem and ego elemental cards to keep the casualty at a minimum in the upcoming war she saw the leader she admired in her boss. But she also felt that they were undeserving of these cards that their boss had gifted them, Diana was moved by her boss’s generous actions but she felt she had done nothing to deserve such generous accommodation from her boss.

It has only been a few days since the Fine Gold has a new boss, who has time and again shown her that they could trust him but she and her sisters had nothing to show him that they were worthy of such generousness for him. Having grown up on the streets she had always earned the respect she deserves unlike the fortunate ones of her age. Therefore she was feeling burdened seeing her new boss be so good to her and her sisters, even in the Circle she had to prove herself first to live. For the first time in Diana’s life, someone had put their trust in her even before she proved her worth. Therefore Diana could not help but be sincerely moved by the gesture of her boss.

“Cindy, what rule does your ego gem represent?” Jaya asked Cindy. Unlike her sister, she did not think too much about her boss’s actions but it did help her improve her impression of him. Ever since her ethereal spirit has grown more vivid, she had started to feel a sense of crisis in her bones around her boss as if he was her natural enemy. Leading to her existing feeling conflicting with her new-found instincts. In the end, her feelings did manage to overcome her instincts but it made her feelings for him more complicated. And today her boss’s generous behavior made those complicated feelings of hers for him less complicated. And once again she reverted to the lovestruck she was a day ago.

“Fire,” Cindy replied nonchalantly as if the two cards were no big deal. But her heart her blood was pumping so fast that her ears and cheek could not help but turn red in excitement giving away her true inner feelings about receiving the two new cards from her boss.

Cindy acted so because she wanted to appear professional in front of her boss. Thanks to Daina’s dimwit sister, she was finally given the chance to prove herself better than Jaya’s elder sister not just to her boss but to herself. It was about time she got a promotion. Yes, she was indeed made in charge of the slime fairy cards project but if she played her cards right her boss may end up allowing her to take over the entire blossom district instead of Daina. Unlike Diana who left her back to the new boss and Jaya who had developed a crush on him, Cindy saw him as the opportunity for her to fulfill her ambition to suppress the sisters and get them back for the misery they put her through. Either way, each had an opinion about their new boss which was only strengthened by his recent actions. One sought a worthy master to lay her life for, another sought a prince charming of her dreams, and last sought an opportunity to prove herself and fulfill her ambitions.

“Fire? That is way better than my Earth rule ego elemental do you want to exchange?” In Jaya’s opinion Fire rule suited her better than Earth rule.

“…” Cindy gave Jaya a blank stare and asked, “What do you think?”

“Humph, cheapskate,” Jaya snorted and then turned to look at her boss and pleaded, “Wyatt, I want to exchange mine for a fire ego element, petty please.”

“…” Hearing her younger sister act spoiled in front of the boss Daina who saw her boss in a new light was dissatisfied and wanted to set her straight but before she could act her boss spoke, “Jaya, these ego elements  I have selected specifically for you guys depending on your area of expertise. Earth ego elemental that I gave you has the hardening meaning, which will fit perfectly with your origin card the Viltronian. Don’t you agree?”

“Harden only increases my defense other than that it has one other noticeable effect earth manipulation. Which I find tedious to use,” Jaya complained.

“Shut up, you are yet to be punished for your insubordination earlier and you still dare to act out? Boss is right, that ego elemental is a correct fit for your card,” Diana erupted hearing Jaya complain despite their boss being tolerant of her ignorant behaviors.

“Sister-” Jaya wanted to argue but was interrupted by her elder sister’s stern words, “Not one word.”

Jaya shuddered in fear hearing Diana’s words, her years of experience with her sister’s temper told Jaya that the look in her sister’s eyes meant she will not hesitate to use corporal punishment on her if she continued to speak.

“…” Cindy too was surprised by Daina’s sudden change of attitude towards Jaya’s ignorance. Just an hour ago Jaya almost blew their entire mission and Daina tolerated that and even planned to cover for her but no all of a sudden she no longer tolerated Jaya’s behavior over a few ignorant words. What changed?

Cindy went over the event that transpired in her head and then realized Diana had found a new purpose and was finally getting serious. Cindy knew Diana was lying when she said that she was not bothered by the fact that she no longer owned Fine Gold. Despite how cool Diana played and said claimed that she was fine, well she was not. It was clear by her attitude towards work. Though it looked like Diana was doing a good job, only Cindy knew that Diana could do better. If it was old Diana she would have fought to be in charge of the slime fairy cards project. Heck, she would have never allowed their boss to keep it separate from Fine Gold, instead, she would have swallowed it and made it a part of Fine Gold like she to all her competitors so far.

Cindy knew how ambitiously and ruthlessly capable Dania was. For the legend who at the age of nineteen operated a high school gang and ran a thriving company at the same time, it would not be too much work to expand her conglomerate and head a project at the same time.

Yeah, Diana did not fight to head the slime fairy card project, that was not because she was busy with the expansion of the Fine Gold rather she was not herself having lost the company she built with her blood and sweat just for a shot to the top. She knew she had made the right decision for the company and herself but the fact that it came at a hefty cost eat at her even though she claimed that she was fine and did what had to be done.

Even though Diana will deny it but by exchanging Fine Gold for a shot at being in the top one percentile of the world she felt lost. Fine Gold meant a lot to her than she would like to agree. Even though she made the right call when the opportunity came knocking at her door but a decision like that needs time to move on. And the only way someone like her could move on was possible if she knew that her choice was hundred percent correct.

The new changes introduced a lot of variables in her plans for her and her sister, the safety net she had built around her small life using the Fine Gold was now gone as she decided to pick up the sword that she left to dust for so long to fight for more. Though the actions of the person she chose to follow time and again proved him and his leadership, she never felt convinced until today when he handed out the two cards to three of them. Trust can be complicated for people the same was true for Diana, she did not understand how to find it in people around her but the streets had taught her that the easiest way to measure trust was through their capital. Seeing that the new boss had invested so much in them before they proved their worth and loyalty meant that he had opened a bridge of trust between them and was waiting for her in the middle. And she did not keep him waiting. Diana’s eyes had never been clearer about her intentions before.

Realizing this Cindy glanced into Diana’s eyes conveying, ‘Bring it bitch.’