My Rules Are the Rules

What kind of existence were Netizens?

The less Caroso believed them, the more they wanted to prove themselves.

Especially with what was happening right before their eyes—how could they not get involved in something this fantastical?

Besides, raising daughters, cats, and dogs online was popular these days. Now, they could raise a 2D character online.

At present, even players who did not care about the story knew more or less about Caroso, their future enemy. Seeing that the future big Boss was currently this adorable, the Netizens truly could not sit still.

"A card beyond my understanding... Fine." Caroso nodded. "I'm a Third-tier Card Maker. There are two hours and thirteen minutes left. The materials are Moonlight Grass, Blue Gem, True Word Flower..."

[Holy crap, it can even highlight key points?]

[Point at me too! Point at me too!]

[I clicked report. You're welcome.]

[Two hours and thirteen minutes... Will Nimel assist you?]

"She'll be back in three minutes."

[Got it. Watch the materials and crafting method I'm about to tell you.]

"Alright."

Compared to those Magic Crystal Coins and his father's assignment, figuring out these messy words was clearly more important.

If what they said is true... I must protect Father.

I believe that if I tell Father the reason, he'll understand me.

One had to know what mattered most and act accordingly. That was something his father had once told him.

Even if it was not true, if they could help him make cards, that was still a good thing, wasn't it?

Less than three minutes later, Nimel returned to Caroso's room.

"Brother." Nimel carried a small bundle, with not much luggage inside.

"Sit down. Feed me while helping out." Caroso was not polite.

[???]

[Wait, what kind of treatment is this? Feeding him?]

[Holy crap, he said that so naturally!]

[Boss Caro still has that Overbearing CEO vibe.]

[Come to think of it, did his sister leave him because of this...]

[Be gentler with your sister!]

[Don't feed him! You haven't even fed me!]

"Yes, brother."

Nimel sat beside Caroso and fed him a small piece of ham.

The ham came from the royal capital. It was somewhat salty, but its texture was excellent.

Without Caroso needing to say anything, Nimel fed him another bite of bread cut into small pieces, diluting the salty taste.

Caroso's hands never stopped as he continued mixing magical potion ingredients, every portion incomparably precise.

He only looked at the important comments and ignored what everyone else said.

[Damn, I'm jealous!]

[Looking at my sister, who's playing games at home and making me buy her lunch, I want to slap her to death.]

[Wuwuwu, I want such a cute and obedient little sister too.]

[What a harmonious pair of siblings. What a pity...]

[Our appearance can change Caroso's future, right?]

[Think whatever you want, but I don't want Caroso to become a tyrant.]

After Caroso finished eating, Nimel was just about to have her meal when Caroso said, "Two grams of turquoise."

"Oh..."

Nimel could only put down her plate resentfully and help Caroso work...

[Boss Caro is going too far. At least let the kid eat something!]

[Wuwuwu, my Nimel...]

[Caroso, can't you treat your sister a little better? Do you see her as a tool?!]

[Caroso is hopeless. Mail him to my house and I'll properly teach him how to treat a sister.]

[Even from Zhuhai, I can hear how loudly your abacus is clacking.]

[Caroso is actually pretty gentle. He protected Nimel immediately just now. Looking at him, he probably just doesn't know how to express himself.]

[Confirming the usefulness of the comments is more important than letting his sister eat.]

[Then why does he get to eat?]

[Don't you know making cards consumes stamina? If he doesn't eat, he'll collapse from exhaustion in a moment.]

With the two working together, a card was finally completed.

Caroso stared at the words that appeared on the card and could not help widening his eyes.

[Name: None]

[Category: Spell]

[Star Level: 2]

[Grade: White Elite]

[Class Restriction: Priest]

[Description: Randomly copy two cards from an opponent's deck with no more than 4 stars and place them into your own deck. The copied cards disappear after ten minutes. Copied cards may be used across classes, and their power depends on the user's own attributes.]

"This... Why is a Priest card so strange?" Caroso was somewhat dumbfounded. "This kind of effect card only used this little material? And it's only White Elite?"

Caroso was currently third-tier, and his deck limit was thirty points. He could include fifteen two-star cards.

A deck could contain at most two copies of the same card. This was equivalent to Caroso having two more cards than others. Even if he only drew an opponent's one-star cards, it would still be an absolute bargain. Any one-star card worth putting in a deck had to be extremely cost-effective.

If he was lucky, he could even turn two white cards into the opponent's Purple Epic cards!

Cross-class use was also a god-tier ability. At the very least, Caroso had never seen anything like it before.

Moreover, the most important thing about this was its unpredictability.

For those without much wealth, its value for money was limitless!

[Hahahaha... An eight-star big shot's Thank You!]

[Holy crap, could that be the big shot himself? He actually figured out what card could be made as soon as he learned the materials.]

[The big shots from Broken Site are the card gods of Utopia. We're just funny-card-making machines...]

[Did you notice that Caroso seems not to have made a single mistake?]

[Holy crap, it's true. What the hell? Isn't the first success rate for an original card at most 20%, even when you know the formula?]

[Damn, I strongly demand that Caroso join Utopia!]

[+1!]

[+10086]

[+ my ass. In theory, several of our characters have much higher card-making success rates. It's only lower because they're with us! The reason our card-making success rate is low is because we have amnesia.]

[Caroso has no use for this card anyway. He can't use it.]

[Sell it for money?]

[Have you never drawn a Card Maker before? Card Makers can ignore class restrictions when using cards they made themselves.]

[Card Makers usually have low attributes. Who would bring one along?]

[Go watch the CG again. Can Boss Caro be treated like an ordinary Card Maker?]

"It really is impressive. I believe you now."

Caroso did not completely trust the comments in his heart, but he had his own way of doing things.

Whether the people speaking were good or bad, they had at least provided him with help. He felt that he could cooperate with them.

"Brother, this card..." Nimel's eyes widened. "It's amazing!"

She had been so focused on the card's effect that she had not noticed Caroso's strange words earlier.

"It is impressive." Caroso stood and said to Nimel, "Wait here. I have something to deal with. You can put down the luggage first. We're not leaving today."

"We're not leaving today?" Nimel immediately panicked. "But the airship only comes once every three days. If we miss it, we'll have to wait another three days."

"Then make it fly tomorrow." Caroso silently glanced at Nimel. "In Azure Wolf Province, Kolia's rules are the rules."