Date- 1 April 2321
Time- 11:48
Location- Sky Blossom City, Guild Association Mall, Warehouse no.234
“What kind of favor?” I asked Corey Park suspiciously.
“I don’t know yet. I will tell you when I need something.” Said Corey Park. I don’t know if she is for real or just messing with me. Why would I hand out favors that would come back to bite me in the ass?
“Nope, not agreeing to it.” I refused Corey Park directly.
“What? I already compromised. Now it’s your turn to compromise.” Said Corey Park. Did she take me for a three-year-old child?
“That’s not how compromises work. Come to think about it, you didn’t even compromise. What if I agree to you now and tomorrow as a favor, you ask me to let you create Susan’s second origin card. Don’t act smart, Park.” I do not know how Park expected me to fall for that.
“I didn’t think about that! Aren’t you looking too much into things? How about this? I will be more specific. You have to accept my favor only if it is reasonable and within your limits. Now, what do you say?” Corey Park went into detail, specifying that I can set the rationality and limits of the favor she asks myself. That’s a lot of freedom. A favor like this can only work if you can trust the person enough to be willing to help you. Corey did go the extra mile trying to Compromise. I can work with that.
“Woah! You are indeed being sincere. Fine, I agree with it. While fully aware that I can reject the favor you ask if I feel it is unreasonable and not something I can achieve.” This kind of thing only worked based on mutual trust. Since Corey Park is willing to put her trust in me, I can put my trust in her or not, “And I have a condition that you sign a soul contract stating that the martial arts you sell me are authentic, complete, best suited for me, and will not harm me.”
“I am okay with the soul contract, but what’s with the terms ‘Will not harm you.’ This is impossible. If you don’t cultivate the martial arts properly, you are bound to face a rebound and get injured in the process.” Corey Park readily agreed to sign a soul contract, but she found the fourth term needed to be more detailed.
The reason Corey Park readily agreed to the soul contract was that martial arts cards that are sold in this world are authenticated and verified by the martial council, that these martial arts would not harm the user if practiced before realizing these martial arts for public use.
Corey Park is not malicious. So I don’t need to be on guard against her. Like when I used her cards to create Kane’s origin card. I could not be so careless with my life, so to be on the safer side, I decided to have her sign a soul contract.
“Hmm… How about this? A soul contract stating that the martial arts you sell to me are authentic, complete, best-suited for me, and will not specifically harm or target me.” I repeated the terms of the Soul Contract with minor changes to it.
“Okay, that sounds about alright.” Park agreed to the new terms of the soul contract and showed a willingness to sign it.
“Good, now can you tell me about the martial arts you plan to sell to me?” Now that both I and Corey park had come to an agreement, I asked her to talk about the martial arts she was planning to sell me.
“Sure. The martial art I am about to sell you is the Heavenly Demon fiend arts. This is a set of body art derived from the heavenly demon itself. I don’t want to spoil the fun for you so that you can check its effects when I create the card.
The next martial art that I picked for you is the Tainted Divine Roc Steps, a set of footwork. This movement technique is one of the fastest movement techniques I have known.
As for your combat martial arts, I choose Infinite Destruction Fist. This set of martial arts I chose specifically for your multi-arm physique. With your extra three pairs of arms, you can display this martial art three times its original efficiency.
So what do you think? Are the three martial arts to your taste?” Corey asked me with sparkling eyes. She was very enthusiastic when she introduced me to the various martial arts she had hand-picked for me.
“Heavenly Demon Fiend Arts, Tainted Divine Roc Steps and Infinite Destruction Fist. The names of all three martial arts sound grand and denomeering but are they as grand as their name in terms of effect?” I asked Corey Park skeptically. Unless I have seen the card effects, I won’t be satisfied with just Corey Park’s words.
“You tell me that after reading the info of three martial arts cards I have created for you.” Corey Park seemed pretty confident about her martial arts.
“Do you need any down payment for the cards?” I asked Corey Park.
“No need for a down payment. Pay me in full at the end if you decide to buy the Cards after having experienced their greatness by yourself.” Corey Park rejected any down payment.
“Okay, if you say so. But your confidence is infecting me too. I can’t wait to check out the martial arts cards once you have created them.” Corey’s confident attitude caused me to look forward to the three martial arts cards.
“Look at you two, already getting along,” Susan commented. Hearing that, Corey and I turned to look at her with blank eyes.
“Don’t be shy, you guys,” Susan complained. We ignored her.
“So, when can I expect these cards?” I asked Corey Park.
“A week, I guess.” Corey Park replied, unsure if she could finish by the time limit she proposed.
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