Card Apprentice Daily Log

Date- 4 April 2321

Time- 9:34

Location- Southern Region, Southern Capital, Royal Palace

"Aren't you guys the power couple of the week?" Colleen spoke sarcastically, knowing Baylor was the central government's janitor and Sansa was the shadow head of a secret assassin clan.

"Your highness, I guess this is the southern hospitality I have heard so much about," Sansa could bear Colleen taking shots at her but talking smack about her darling was not something she could tolerate.

"Yes, now that you have experienced it, you can leave the way you came. And please do not visit again, you two are not welcome here," Colleen was not bothered by Sansa's comment. Yes, she was the queen of the south but she started as an army grunt, she was where Anna got her street charm.

Demigod Baylor leaking his baleful aura in presence of Colleen was already a crime punishable by death, the only reason Colleen was letting him walk was out of face for his masters.

As for Sansa, as much as Colleen wanted to kill her on the spot and eradicate cancer infesting the southern region once and for all, she was not hundred percent sure that she could kill Sansa in a single blow or detain her.

According to Clown Mask, killing Matron's physical body or detaining it would not work because her origin card which allowed her to manipulate others' memories also granted her something similar to immortality with the help of a few additional mythical cards.

That's the reason why Sansa would dare to travel to the heart of her enemies' territory. She was not being overconfident, she was prepared. There was a reason why the Supreme Leader had to consider all of his cards before going against Sansa. She was the perfect example of how dangerous things can come in pretty packaging. The current paw clan was just Sansa being low-key, those who have seen Clown Mask's vision would know what Matron was really capable of. There was a reason why Matron was able to hold two of the five regions when the three mischiefs overturned the world.

Feeling that hunting an ignorant tiger was less risky than hunting a wounded tiger, Colleen chose to swallow her anger and send the couple on their way even though Demigod Baylor had given her enough reason to kill both of them.

"Your Highness, I'm sorry but I'm going to be a little rude here. I am not leaving the southern region without Dalton Wyatt," Demigod Baylor declared. Demigod Baylor was confident of his power and believed as long as he did not break any laws Colleen could not touch them. Therefore he did not hesitate to go against Colleen.

The only reason Demigod Baylor used the Royal Wrap array to enter the southern region was as a courtesy to the Heatsend Royal Family, he represented the central government so he thought it would be polite to greet the royal family on his way. And now he was regretting it.

"Sigh, I come to greet you guys when you come to my house, but you guys, not only dare to reveal your baleful aura but challenge me, guards throw these two out, and if they dare to enter the southern region again kill them," Colleen ordered her royal guards which consists of only demigods.

Colleen did this not because demigod Baylor dared to challenge her instead she did not the boy who invented Silver milk powder to learn about demigod Baylor who wanted to adopt him.

Right now, the Southern Royal family was the only one the boy could depend on and Colleen wanted that to continue. The boy was already daring and rebellious enough without anyone backing him, if found a backer in demigod Baylor, then the southern royal family could not control him anymore.

Colleen knew the boy would be attending the Morningstar university in the central academic city one day and she could not separate him from the world for long but that day was still far, many things could happen during that period. So for now she did not want the boy to know he had people he could depend on out there.

It was not longer about protecting the boy from Sansa's nefarious plans for him but about keeping the interest of the Heatsend royal family and the southern region.

"Your Highness, you can throw us out of your palace but you cannot stop us from entering the southern region," Demigod Baylor brought up the law but he should have known better than to use the law the central region down here, in the south region.

"Kid, the entire southern region is my family's property if I say you two are not allowed here then no one in this world can oppose me on that," Colleen said oozing a majestic aura. She wasn't just a queen, she was the soldier queen. Valleys of the Way beyond still echoed with her endeavor and terror.

Unlike everyone else in her family, she was not blessed with the unparalleled bloodline, she was able to stand here today all because of her effort and hard work. Born to commoners and raised by their hard-earned honest living, arrogance was ingrained in her bones. Be it the central government or devils or the supreme beings, she dared to fight them all.

"..." demigod Baylor was speechless out of disbelief that Colleen so blatantly disregard the law agreed upon by the government and the five royal families. For someone who has lived worshiping the law, Colleen's words were nothing short of blaspheme. But he could argue he heard Colleen repeat herself, "Guards, throw them out."

"Honey, let us leave. We can always return when we have all the facts," Sansa said not wanting her husband to be humiliated out of his stubbornness, no matter how much she wanted to see the look of loss and helplessness on his face after learning about the boy's death she did not want him to suffer under the hands of the southern royal palace's royal guards.

Demigod Baylor nodded feeling what his wife said made sense. He was not fully aware of the situation and his unstable emotion had led to a bad first impression, stubbornly using force here would only make matter worse. Once he gets the entire picture he could use his connections in the government to resolve whatever trouble Ellen's child was in.

Hearing Sansa Colleen added, "My advice to you two is don't struggle you will only be making it harder on yourself."

The couple chose to ignore Colleen's advice and walked towards the warp array planning to return before they were forced by the royal guards.

As the couple walked into the warp array they were lost in deep thoughts. Saving Ellen's son occupied demigod Baylor's mind as for Sansa, she was confused, 'What the heck did just happen?' were her exact thoughts.

From the queen of the south, Colleen, personally receiving them at warp array to her husband being humiliated to being thrown out of the southern region, non of it was within her calculation. She felt like she was missing something. She had heard that the Queen of the South was unruly and wild but that was not enough to explain what was happening right now.

What could it be?

Was her second identity revealed?

No, the soldier queen seems more hostile toward her husband than her.

Why was that? Did he offend her in some way?

As far as she knows these two should have never have run into each other until today.

What am I missing?

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