Card Apprentice Daily Log

Chapter 175: Moocher

Date- 26 Mar 2321

Time- 7:57

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

As I entered the warehouse I saw Susan serving Ronnie tea, looking at this scene I was enraged beyond words. Susan was the manager of my card boutique and associate manager of the Guild Association Mall, while Ronnie was here to work for me. If anything Ronnie should be serving tea to Susan, not the other way round. The time when Ronnie implied whether I was gay was still fresh in my mind. I was waiting to teach him a lesson, now the time seemed right.

“Good morning Susan, you’re earlier as always.” Hearing my voice Ronnie flinched, almost spilling the tea on himself. 

“Good morning Wyatt, I made some tea, would you like a cup?” Susan offered me tea. But I was not interested in a relaxing tea but the mutt who was spilling his tea all over my couch. 

“No thank you. You know I have hired Ronnie to do all the miscellaneous work around here. If you keep doing all the work yourself I will have to fire him and send his ass to Blossom Cake city.” Hearing me Susan wanted to explain herself but she was interrupted as Ronnie started to cough violently choking on his tea after hearing I would fire him. 

“*cough**cough*… you can not fire a free worker.” Catching his breath Ronnie raised his protest. 

“Free worker! More like a freeloader. Don’t you know what your work here is? Why did you not prepare tea for Sunan as soon as she entered?” Be it free or paid you are a worker, do your work. This is what I expected from Ronnie but he showed no initiative. 

“I was still in bed when she came. Seeing me awake She offered me tea.” Ronnie blamed it on Susan for offering him tea. 

“…” Susan dumbfoundedly looked at Ronnie but I was not surprised by his response. 

“I did not sign up for this. I wanted to learn a trade from you, not wash the toilet or wait on others hands and feet,” yelled Ronnie, to think someone mated with him and is willing to give birth to his baby. Buddy, interns in my past life did more than this.

“What kind of trade do you want to learn from me? I am a high schooler just like you.” I was puzzled.

“Card creation! Of course, what else?” Ronnie said frustratedly 

“How proficient are you in your mental strength control? If you still haven’t achieved proficiency in mental strength control. I am sorry, not just me but nobody can teach you card creation.” I kept it real with Ronnie, I appreciated that he wanted to learn card creation, at least he chose a good career. Whether he is fit for it was secondary. 

“No, but you learned card creation even before contracting a grimoire?” Ronnie made a valid point. I was only taught theory by papa and mama Wyatt. As for the rest, thank you Soul Pupils and remanet soul of young Wyatt. 

“I was just taught the theory part. You can learn that from the books. You do not need me for that!” Young Wyatt was 10 when his parents started teaching him the theory of card creation so he needed guidance. Ronnie is 17 and already fathered a child so it would be shameful if he wanted me to spoon-feed him. Either way, I would not teach him the theory step by step, it would be hectic and time-consuming. He was my uncle’s son, not my son. 

“What?! Susan said you create a card the very day you contracted your grimoire.” Ronnie was shocked he finally realised his thoughts were too small and narrow. 

“You cannot measure me by average norms, after all, I am a genius.” I was not being narcissistic just stating the fact. 

“Youuu… okay I give up.” Saying that Ronnie got on his knees, hugging my left thigh he started begging me, ” cousinnn… please show some empathy to my situation… And help me. I am going to be a father soon, I do not know what to do but I want to be a good father. This is so unexpected I was not prepared for this. I do want to be a responsible father but this is the golden period of my life. I wanted to go to college and laze around for four years. Come back and inherit my father’s farm. And a few years later marry and start a family but this is 10 years too early. cousin, I beg you to help me.” 

“Hahaha” Susan burst out into laughter seeing Ronnie’s antics and his shamelessness.

“Wtf, release my leg you bird brain.” Getting out of Ronnie’s clutches using my Viltronian strength I sighed! I finally knew what my colleagues meant by their relatives being big moochers in my past life. 

“I beg you. Please help me, Wyatt! For old time sake.” Ronnie pleaded again, I could see tears in his eyes. Considering that he was young Wyatt’s only true friend. I decided to help him one last time. I wanted to teach him a lesson but somehow I ended up helping him. I am not at fault he is just too pitiful. 

“Stop it, I will help you but just this one. Out of consideration for my unborn niece or nephew. I can see you do not want to do the hard work but earn a large amount of money.” Hearing me Ronnie wiped his tears and nodded his head vigorously. I was already regretting it as this was going to cost me millions.

“The only way you can make lots of money with the least amount of hard work is by owning occupational cards. So tell me what kind of job you are interested in, I will buy you the occupational card. But know this I am only lending you the money to buy the card so you will pay me every month until you cover the cost of the cards.” I do not know whether this is going to pan out, it all depends on Ronnie. 

“I like to cook, when my father and mother were busy working in the fields on weekends I would cook them lunch and deliver the lunch to them at the field. Under the tree all three of us would enjoy our lunch, ah that’s the happiest moment of my life.

In a way, my cooking skills also helped me in my pursuit of Jackie. She likes fried noodles and other fried food. I would always make them for her when she came to tutor me.” Ronnie answered and shared way too many details, almost tempting me to punch him. 

“Cooking mhm… Susan, are there any cooking related occupational skill cards in the association guild mall?”