As night fell, the group set up camp on the side of the road. The two elders had caught a deer and cut it up before tossing it into a large pot they had carried with them in Elder Lancaster’s Chaotic Pocket. This was a special pocket that a Card Master would get once they evolved a monster to A-rank. It was kind of like a bag but allowed them to store items within themselves.

Jack had eaten and fallen asleep almost right away. Leo looked at his friend and smiled. ‘He must have been up all night due to excitement. The only problem is…’ Leo turned to his right to see Jasmine's sleeping face. She had decided that Leo was safe and was now using his shoulder as a pillow.

‘Throw the tramp off!’ and to top it off Liana was raging in his mind. ‘I will never allow it! Leo you are not allowed to get intimate with her!’

‘I wouldn’t anyway.’ Leo chuckled. ‘She is not a kind person at all. Even now she probably just sees me as the weakest link and even if I were to try something she could easily deal with me.’

‘Humph! Let’s see her try!’ The Rock Salamander walked over and laid at Leo’s feet. Her tail ever so slightly slipped in between Leo and Jasmine. ‘You’re too kind!’

When the Elders saw this they both had confused looks on their faces. This was not just because of the Rock Salamander’s actions but because the kid who should have long passed out still seemed quite lively even with his monster still summoned after such a long time.

“What do you think?” Elder Hill asked in a low whisper. He was still trying to comprehend what exactly was going on.

“It might be a mutated monster. Maybe the reason he had been out for two days was due to the Rock Salamander’s unique trait that took all his energy for two days, and in exchange, the energy consumption thereafter is very low.”

“This could be a possibility. We will just have to keep watch over him.” The two elders nodded at each other before talking about something else.

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Night settled in and Leo had finally closed his eyes. At first glance, you would think Jasmine and Leo were lovers with how their heads were leaning against one another, but that was far from the truth.

This was clearly known when morning came, and Jasmine woke up first. She blinked her jade-like eyes before turning her head to see Leo’s handsome face up close. She blushed and quickly stood up. She could not say Leo was not handsome, but he was the weakest of the weak, which made her not find him attractive in the slightest. Plus, her goals reached much higher.

Luckily, Liana was watching over her Master. She used her tail to keep Leo from falling over as she turned and growled at Liana. ‘Do you really think you are all that!? Just wait! Once I evolve I will make sure to put you in your place!’

Jasmine backed as far away as possible from Leo and the Rock Salamander when she heard it growling at her. At the same time, Leo slowly opened his eyes and sat up, stretching his body.

“Don’t get the wrong idea! I only used you as a pillow nothing more!” Jasmine suddenly yelled with a beat red face.

Leo looked at her in confusion and found it best to just ignore her. Instead, he reached down and gently patted Liana’s head. “Good morning.”

“Rawr!” Liana rubbed her head on Leo’s hand and licked it gently before looking up at Jasmine smugly. ‘See that! Leo is mine! Humph!’

Jasmine had no idea why but she felt the Rock Salamander was trying to challenge her. Of course, she would not lower herself to fight with a monster, a weak one at that, nor did she care. Her goal was to find a high-ranking noble or a prince to become her husband. This way she would never have to return to that backwater village ever again.

The group continued their travels and finally reached their destination, Valesguard. One of the few cities that had a teleportation point that would take them to the capital. But before they can even reach the city gates, Elder Hill had no choice but to ask Leo to desummon his monster. “Leo, I need you to return your Rock Salamander to your Chaotic Space. From now on, you will not be able to summon it as you wish.”

“Understood.” Leo felt bad since Liana preferred to be out side the space, but he had no choice at this time but to follow the rules. ‘Liana I will summon you again when I can.’

‘It’s fine. Do what you need to do. Your journey as a Card Master is just starting so there will be many restrictions. I am just happy I got to walk around as much as I did.’

‘I will work hard so you can reach EX-rank.’ Leo now had two promises he needed to keep. One was giving his sister a life similar to that of a princess, and the other was to make Liana an ex-rank monster.

‘I will be counting on you.’