Chapter 2282 DoubleAgent
Date: 22 April 2321
Time: 04:21
Location: Card World, Southern Region, Blossom District, Sky Blossom City, Dungeon Highway, Blood Rock Dungeon Seal, Seed World
"DoubleAgent, really? You couldn't think of something better?" Wyatt turned to look at Lois and asked, having read her demon merchant username on her guild application.
"You don't like it? I thought it would suit my role," Lois replied, a little disappointed that her master did not appreciate her attempt at being clever with her demon merchant username.
"Your role?" Wyatt asked in confusion, having no clue what she was getting at. "Master, seeing your interest in the Masters and their organization, and considering my past with them, I assumed you would have me infiltrate their ranks and act as a double agent. Hence, the username," Lois explained.
Wyatt was surprised to hear how far ahead Lois had thought for him. It hadn't even been an hour since she became his bloodkin daughter gem, yet she was already showing remarkable initiative. He couldn't help but marvel at the difference between regular-tier and bloodkin-tier daughter gems. If all his daughter gems showed such proactiveness, his dream of living a laid-back life would be achievable much sooner than he had calculated.
"I didn't feel right continuing the celebration when you were working," Dredre spoke up first, breaking the tense silence. After all, they were celebrating her and her creation's birth. No one felt comfortable continuing the festivities if she wasn't in the mood for it.
"Field Marshal, didn't. I tell you it was just a small hiccup and that I'd be right back, asking you to cover for me?" Wyatt questioned the Field Marshal angrily, feeling she hadn't done a good job of covering for his absence.
"Wyatt, you were gone for almost two hours. Someone was bound to notice you were missing," the Field Marshal responded, not one to make excuses. She had tried her best to cover for him, but her deception couldn't fool Dredre. The Pixie saw right through their attempts, and upon learning that Wyatt was attending to some urgent issue, she ended the celebration, feeling it was inappropriate to celebrate while their friend was working hard to hold things together.
"Tsk," Corey clicked her tongue loudly, blatantly showing her disappointment in Wyatt. However, her eyes revealed that she hadn't expected much from him to begin with. Still unsatisfied, she remarked, "Poor Dredre, you're unlucky to have met such a client. If it were me-"
"If it were you, you couldn't even afford a pound of mud from her forest. So, shut up," Wyatt snapped back, countering Corey with brutal honesty. The mud in Dredre's forest was enriched with rare minerals, infused with rule power and soul energy. Each pound of it was worth more than Corey's entire bank balance.
"Y-you-money isn't everything! I would be there for Dredre, sharing in our joys and sorrows. It would be us against the myriad realms," Corey argued, using the cliché rhetoric that every incapable person uses to deceive their naive mark.
"Corey! I will not tolerate you targeting Wyatt through me anymore, even if you are my close friend," Dredre suddenly interjected, which was out of character for her. Pixies were usually pushovers, except for the Elder Pixies, the guardians of their kind. "Close friend?" Wyatt was surprised to hear this. While it was easy to befriend Pixies, being regarded as a close friend by one was not. For Corey to have earned that title from Dredre was impressive. Then again, despite her frequent clashes with him, Corey was a genuinely good person and a loyal friend. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for her to rally comrades who were still willing to go against the 'Seven Princes of Hell' for her. She truly was a reincarnator.