Card Apprentice Daily Log

Date- 2 April 2321

Time- 11:45

Location Sky Blossom City, Fine Gold Sky Blossom Branch, Fine Gold Tower no.2

"Anna, just answer the damn question. Are the authorities using sex workers as informants or not?" Fed up with Anna sweating me like I was her cheating boyfriend, I asked her to just answer the damn question.

"Okay, I will. Right after you tell me if you are going to use the services of the city brothel?" Once again Anna did not answer me. More and more I started to feel that I wasn't the only one who was trying to dodge the questions it seems like me Anna too didn't want to answer me and was trying to avoid giving me an answer.

"Why does that even matter? Anna, just answer me." This was the first time Anna had shown reluctance to help me. So, I was starting to think maybe Diana's theory weren't just conspiracies after all.

"That is it, I am coming over," Anna announced.

"You don't need to come over here, I am returning to the warehouse. Wait for me." I never got the answer from Anna and I didn't know what she was trying to achieve by coming over here, but I saved her the trouble of the commute as I decided to return to the warehouse to explain my new business venture to Anna and Susan.

I thought I could keep it under the rug and have my Calamity daughter gems deal with it but it turned out that if I were to continue my business venture I would need all hands on deck. Especially Anna, as she was the only one with a high enough privilege level that could get us the information we lacked. Thinking of Susan, I couldn't help but wonder if she would be okay with this.

"Fine, you come over." Anna snapped and hung up the call.

"..." Compared to the dissatisfied Anna, I was more worried about Susan learning about my new ventures. Until now I never cared for anyone's approval about what I did, but today, for the first time, I hoped Susan would approve of what I was doing. Not that it would stop me from continuing further with my plans.

"..." Diana, Jaya, and Cindy, could tell that the call didn't go as planned, hearing the one-sided conversation and seeing their boss lost in his thoughts. So neither dared to disturb him.

"Sorry, ladies. It seems we will have to pause the meeting for now. Let us continue back in my card boutique, that way I can introduce you to the production team. Together you guys can handle the R&D." I said after thinking it over. For now, Diana, Cindy, and Jaya made up the sales and management team for the pleasure cards business, I felt it would be good if they met the sales team, Vivian and Sarah. It may prove productive.

"So, we are leaving for the card boutique?" Asked Jaya.

"Yes," I answered, getting up from the chair.

"Boss, before that. Why do all the slime fairy cards transform into a female humanoid monster? Why not males? You do know that there is an even larger market for pleasure cards with female customers than male customers?" Said Jaya as she handed me the slime fairy card collection to me.

"..." Hearing Jaya, Diana, and Cindy looked at me curiously. They thought the same as Jaya but didn't dare to be so blunt.

"I did think of that, as you guys know those cards are a work in progress, there will be a male version of these cards, soon. As for these cards, most of them are for demo and some of them are for Rami Kaga." Honestly the fact that these cards could be made with female customers in mind did cross my mind before Jaya pointed it out but I threw it at the last of my priority list, not wanting to picture a naked man with a single leaf covering his genitalia, 'Nice going Jaya, you made me picture what I was voiding all this time.'

"I see, maybe we should also make come demo slime fairy cards with male fairy transformation skills, for R&D of course," Jaya replied.

"You, guys will soon be meeting the production team you can ask them to make some," I answered and head out.

"Boss, this way, I have made arrangements for the transportation." Cindy hurried to match my pace and reported the arrangement she had made for the commute to the card boutique.

"No, need. You guys use it. I will be riding my hoverbike." I rejected Cindy's arrangement for commuting to the warehouse.

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"See you at the card boutique." Saying that I speed off on my hoverbike.

"Yes, boss," Cindy answered to the wind as her young boss had already left the scene on his hoverbike.

"I didn't see you this enthusiastic when you worked for me," Diana commented seeing Cindy wait at their boss's hand and foot.

"Well, you never appreciate me as the boss does and he is not as cheap when it comes to treating his employee unlike you," Cindy replied to Diana's comment.

"I didn't appreciate you enough? I made you the managing director of the Fine Gold Sky blossom branch, girl what less do you want? And when was I cheap? I gave you an entire penthouse as an office." Diana declined everything Cindy accused her of.

"Yeah, right. While you are at it why don't you claim that you are the world's most generous boss," Cindy scoffed and spoke sarcastically.

"You bet your ass I am. You were barely a few breaths away from death in some back alley, covered in your own feces, if I hadn't taken pity on you back then you wouldn't be here or have all this." Diana said with great arrogance.

"Oh, yeah. Last I checked you took pity on about at least 34 people in similar or worse condition than me, where are they right now? Bitch, what I am and have right now is what I have earned with my own hard work and dedication. Not you nor the circle can claim otherwise."

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