Card Apprentice Daily Log

Chapter 2614: Prince Consort Has Gone Astray

Date: Unspecified

Time: Unspecified

Location: Myriad Realms, Card World, Southern Region, Southern Capital, Guild Association Mall, Warehouse No. 234

Anna had let his affair with Jill slip from her mind, convincing herself that their marriage was nothing more than a matter of convenience. Not to mention, there was only chatter about their marriage, it had yet to be acknowledged publicly.

However, now that he dared to accuse her, the memory resurfaced unbidden. He was hardly innocent. He had far too many skeletons buried in his closet. Back then, he had used his manager to torment her. Now, he was using a researcher from Morningstar University to humiliate her, openly cheating on her with that bitch.

If anyone owed an apology, if anyone needed to offer an explanation, it was him. Instead, he had deftly placed her on trial, blaming her for everything and posturing as the victim, when in truth, he was far worse than she had ever been.

"How dare I?" Anna shot back, her voice cutting and unyielding. "If what you say is true, then how dare you announce to the entire world that you are dating Jill? How dare you put me on the stand when you are guilty of something far worse?" She flung her accusations at her teenage groom, with all five regions standing as her witnesses.

"So it did bother you," I remarked, a smile breaking across my face. "Phew. That’s a load off my mind. I was scared that it didn’t."

At my words, Anna snapped back at once. "Yes, I almost didn’t care, until you dragged it out of me." Then she let out a long sigh and asked, "Tell me, what is it that you want? Why did you bring me here?"

"I want you," I declared, slowly closing the distance between us. "I want you to hold me the way you used to. I want you to smile playfully while you do it, just like before—"

"So you want to live in the past?" Anna cut in, refusing to listen further to her teenage groom’s profane wishes. "I don’t have to tell you. You’re smart enough to know that’s impossible."

"Yes, living in the past is impossible. But learning from the past is not." I continued, my voice steady as the words spilled out. "Back then, everything was right in front of my eyes, yet I didn’t have the courage to reach for it. I regret not taking your hand when you offered it to me. I regret hesitating. I regret my indecision. I regret thinking that I had to choose between you and Susan. I regret—"

Just as I was pouring my heart out, Anna cut in, interpreting my words differently. "What do you mean by ’I regret thinking I had to choose between you and Susan?’ Does that mean you chose me over her?"

"I thought you didn’t care," I smirked, deliberately teasing her. I knew it wasn’t love that prompted the question, but her vanity, her need to confirm that she stood above Susan. "No. It means I chose both of you. Actually, all three of you."

Anna was so taken aback by her teenage groom’s words that she couldn’t react for a moment, struggling to process what he had just said. Then she exploded. "What the fuck is that supposed to mean?"

Without waiting for my response, she pressed on, her outburst continuing unabated.

"Wyatt, you are the prince consort. You don’t get to choose. I chose you. You don’t get to be with anyone else but me. Get that through your thick head," Anna said coldly. "Because I promise you this. If you continue this behavior after we marry, I will not tolerate it, and I will not hesitate to execute you."

"Prince consort?" I scoffed. "Who decided that? I never agreed to it." My voice hardened as I continued, no longer holding back. "And get this through your thick head. If I want all three of you, whether you like it or not, you are all mine." I finally revealed the side of myself I had only ever shown to Jill, a side I had been too afraid to show to Susan and Anna. The side of me that took what it wanted without waiting for permission or caring for other’s opinion.

Anna stared at her teenage groom, her eyes wide with shock. She had not expected him to harbor such fantasies, and she could not help but think that her mother had been right. All men were the same. Damn these morgels. If you did not train them properly, they would start shitting in your bed and making a mockery of you.

She blamed her past self for this outcome. It had been she who had repeatedly suggested threesomes, hoping to seduce him. And now, as a result, he was demanding three wives and lord knew how many concubines.

She was the future Southern Ruler. She could not have a husband who openly cheated on her or kept other wives and concubines. That would be a mockery of the entire Southern Region and its citizens. As the future Southern Ruler, she represented the Southern Region and its people. To disrespect her was to disrespect the citizens she stood for, and that was something she would never tolerate.

If it had been anyone else, Anna would not even be entertaining this conversation. She would have already broken off the engagement without hesitation. But this was the Southern Hope. She had to marry him and guide him, ensuring a better future for the Southern Region and its people. Though he had clearly gone astray, she believed that with firm guidance, she could steer him back onto the right path.

Therefore, she not only accepted this arranged political marriage, she regarded it as her duty. She would ensure that this marriage came to pass, binding him to the Southern Region for centuries to come, so that he would stand beside her in governing and developing the Southern Region and its people.

"Have you gone senile? You will be doing no such thing. You will properly marry me and work your butt off for the Southern Region and its people. I’m warning you, Wyatt. Don’t you dare entertain such thoughts ever again. As my prince consort, you represent the Southern Region. It’s about time you started acting your role. Don’t you dare make a mockery of me or the Southern Region. And make sure you live up to the faith the Southern citizens have placed in you," Anna warned her teenage groom, reminding the weight of his title and the responsibilities that came with it.