Volume 12 Chapter 36:  (Patreon)

Volume 12 Chapter 36: 

"Woah! There are so many items here!" Titus and the other adventurers were amazed by the number of items displayed on the shelf. It was from keychains all the way to stuffed animals! 

"You can exchange the tickets to exchange for prizes. You can check what you can exchange on the signboard. The prizes are split by ticket cost." 

It was 10 - 50 - 100 - 200 - 500 - 1000.

"That's an interesting idea." Morgan nodded as she stared at the different items. The ticket system was perfect in this situation. Keith nodded, "Mmhmm. It'll also give the customers a chance to earn rewards by buying so much." There was an incentive to buy more, and they would also do more. 

"But only from food?" 

"No, you can earn tickets everywhere in our section! And there are games where you can earn more tickets."

"Hmm? Where?"

"That's for you guys to find out. I can't spoil everything now." Keith grinned as he walked away. Even though he wasn't manning any stalls, he still needed to check up on the rest.

“Muriel, how are the stalls doing?” Assistant Muriel was on the job.

“We're doing good. All of our stalls are getting a lot of people. And our customers are steady.” The group was going at a great pace.

“Hehe, operation get them by the nose is a success.” 

“..”. We're really going to call this? Muriel really wanted another name. But it was too true at the same time. Three of the five food stalls were set up closer to the gates; that way, they would draw customers in by aroma. The other stalls would also get attention as they enter to look around. 

It was a chain reaction from the get-go! And it was not stopping either, as it caused another chain reaction! With more customers stationed in the front of the food stalls, it caused other people to turn and stare!  

Keith then turned to Muriel, “Then we don’t need to do anything for now.” The only thing they needed to do was watch and let the wave ride out. I don't need to pull out some of my secret weapons. 

And the day went on like it was nothing. At the end of the day, all the students had gone to the representative. They were the ones who would tell them about it, the rankings they had. 

Coen grinned, “Today, we’re 4th place!” 

“Woohoo!”

“That’s amazing!” 

“Yeah!” 

4th place out of 7 classes was excellent, given that they were touted to be last. Keith grinned, "Was it S-class who was at the top?" 

"Mmhmm." S-class was S-class for a reason. They were always going to be on the top without any reason. Coen grinned as he spoke up, “But what we did is already amazing enough!” Given how F-class was ranked at the bottom all the time, it was a great start!

"Indeed it is. But don't forget about our goal." Keith added. 

“Yeah! First place, here we come!”

“Yeah!” 

“Let’s get that first title!”

"And we'll probably get a higher ranking tomorrow." Muriel realized it as she explained, "S-class will take a break from their section tomorrow. And I'm pretty sure there would be more attention from the others." Each class would get a break from their station a day. S-class would be taking a break on the second day. 

"Then are we definitely going to be 2nd place?" They were close to third place which was B-class.   

“Yeah!” 

"Let's go!" The F-class students couldn’t help but cheer about this. But Keith shook his head, “We should be. Remember to bring that fire when you go out there tomorrow.” They could only beat the other classes with their fire and enthusiasm. It wasn’t a gap where they could relax.

“Yeah!” 

“We got this!”

“We’ll show them a festival they will never forget!”

“We also got some secret weapons on our side.” Keith grinned. The other F-class also grinned as they knew about the secret weapons.

“It’s time to unlock the 1st one tomorrow.” 

"Mmhmm!" Keith and the others broke after they talked about it some more. When he returned home, he saw their smirking expressions. 

"...What?" 

"Nothing." Carolyn and the others were grinning ear to ear. 

"..." You guys are happy you beat me right now? Keith shook his head as he yawned. Scarlet grinned, "How could you be so nonchalant?" 

"Because I can." Keith stretched his hands into the air back and forth. But as he was doing so, he noticed Faelyn's dark look. "What's the matter, Faelyn?" It was odd since it was the calm and collected Faelyn. 

"Don't know, I just felt that there was something off." Throughout the day, she felt this off feeling.

"Hmm?"

"You're worrying over nothing." Herrick waved, "We got first place, and it's only going to keep going higher!" They were going at it in a powerful stride. 

"Yeah." I'm worrying for nothing.