Volume 12 Chapter 40:  (Patreon)

Volume 12 Chapter 40: 

"Indeed, Child." Lindor nodded, "The two were classmates in the academy. You could say that they were rivals." 

"..." I see. That made a lot of sense. 

"Haha, what does the troublemaking elf come here?" Othniel grinned as he stared at Finrandir. That smile of his was beaming. It was clear that something had happened before. 

"You." Finrandir's eyes narrowed as there was really no come back to the guy! 

"..." They were going to duke it out here and now! But as they were about to, “Brat! Come over here now!”

"Julius?" Finrandir and Othniel stopped the battle intent as they stared at someone they knew. Julius tilted his head, “Huh? Why are you guys here as well?!” 

"..." Take it that you guys know him as well?

“Anyways, Keith! Come with me now! I need your help with this game!” He grabbed Keith by the scuff of the neck and dragged him over to the game. From what he could see, William and the other adults were there. 

"Is May taking care of the kids?" Leon and Laura were not there. 

"Mmhmm," Camelia nodded, "The two were going to the exchange shop to cash in their tickets." 

“So what’s the problem?”

“These two are cheating!” Julius pointed at one William and Edmund. 

"There is no cheating involved, Julius." "Yeah, you're just bad at this game." William and Edmund shook their heads as they stared at this baby. 

"How could you guys get such high scores?!" There was something really wrong with this! 

"..." What am I supposed to do about this? He was not supposed to be here. 

“What’s this?” Finrandir and Othinel noticed the strange thing beside them.

“Huh? Finrandir, Othinel, you guys are here as well?” William and Edmund recognize them.

"What are you guys playing?" 

“They’re playing a game which increases the amount of tickets you have.” 

“Huh?” “Oh, these things.” Othinel and Herrick had many tickets from buying skewers left and right. However, they needed to increase it to exchange things from the exchange shop!

“Yeah, you can also play a game here to earn tickets. You pay a bronze coin, and depending on where you hit, you could earn a lot of tickets.”

“...I see.” The game was quite simple enough for anyone to play.

Othniel grinned, “Finrandir, how about we have a contest?”

“...I was thinking the same thing.” 

“Then we can have a five-man contest.” Edmund, William, and Julius were game. 

“...” Thank goodness I had made a lot of these. The games were made of doubles, so there was no need to worry about them. He wasn't going to look at what was occurring behind them. Keith grinned as he continued to walk around. But that was when Coen whispered, “Was that all your friends, Keith?”

"Mmhmm. And Kings and queens!" 

“...” Coen was about to throw himself out the window! If it had been any other, they would have fainted. Keith sighed, "Let's do this! Keep looking around!" 

"Understood." Coen sighed as he followed after him. After some time, the day slowly ended. That was when everyone started to clean up everything. 

"Good job, everyone!" 

“Coen! Stop talking and tell us the results!” 

“Yeah! Start talking!” 

“...” Guys! Do you not understand the situation?! Coen sighed as he grinned, “Today, we’re in 2nd place! However, we don't need to worry about anything! The margin between us and A-class is only a few away!" It was close, really close. 

“...Hmm,” Jack and Sarah had something to do with that. Those two had a fire lit and wanted to win. 

"What's the matter, Keith?" Coen noticed how quiet the man was throughout the entire time. 

"S-class dropped to fifth place." That was something that caught his eye. They were in 1st place yesterday, and they dropped to 5th. That was a huge drop. 

“Hmm? We should be careful going forward.” This break could damage us if we’re not too careful about it. Keith clapped his hands together, “Either way! We’re the winners here! So cheers!” A-class popularity came from their class name, so that was to be expected. But F-class came up with their abilities. 

“Yeah!” 

“Let’s keep it for the next few days!” That was something that they weren’t going to give up to anyone else. After cheering one another on, Keith returned home. And when he did, he heard shouting from his mansion. 

"Eh?" Did something happen? Keith entered the mansion, “Haha! Take that, you lion! What was that?”

“Shut it! You only won on a technicality!” 

“Technicality that you suck!” 

“...” Oh. Keith then headed to the living room to see the many people there. And it was quite the lineup! You have:

Three kings, three grand dukes, one ex-grand duke, and one marquis.

Yeah, quite the lineup.

“Po!” That was when Lei and Mir jumped at Keith, and everyone turned to him. Sophia smiled, “Dear, you’re back. Did you finish your job?”

“Mmhmm, we had to hunt for some more earth chicken. But we got everything done.” Keith nodded as he stretched himself. Actually, they hunted a lot more as there would be more people coming again. 

“Ooho, then I will have to order more tomorrow, child.” Othniel needed to do so. 

“Speak of which, Keith, what will you open up next?” The others were quite curious as to what will come next. They all had tried the fish and were hooked. And there were at least 6 more that were waiting to happen!  Each one was probably more delicious than the latter.

“...” All eyes were locked on him. 

“Secret.”