Volume 12 Chapter 44:  (Patreon)

Volume 12 Chapter 44: 

At the end of the day, everyone from F-class was before Coen again. The man couldn't help but grin as he roared, "F-class is finally in 1st place, guys!" They finally did it! On the third day, they had obtained 1st place! It was something in the making! 

“We’re keeping it like this.”

“There’s no stopping us right now.” 

The others cheered. There was no way they could go down like this. A wave that would crash even further! They were not going to give this up! 

While everyone continued to cheer, Muriel, Keith, and Olin were frowning at something. 

"You guys see it, right?" "Mmhmm." "Yeah." 

S-class. There was one ranking that was so glaring. S-class was still in 5th place. This was a little shocking. 

“...” After they talked about their plans, it was time to head home. But that was when he noticed, “Muriel, you[‘re coming with me?” The princess was walking the same way as him. She nodded, “Mmhmm, my father is on your island right now.” 

“I see.” The two headed to his mansion, which made Muriel gasp, ”What a beautiful mansion!” 

“Thank you.” Keith grinned as they headed in. The first thing they saw in the living room was one group being scolded like fools while the other had lifeless eyes as if they were hit with something.

“You guys took it too far!”

“How could you guys act like a bunch of little kids!”

“....” The reunion group was getting chewed out by the wife squad. 

“Keith,” Long Yueying called out, which made Keith smile, "Hello, Grandma Yueying. Did you like what I did?”

"Mmhmm, your section was incredible." 

The two had so much fun and joy with Cadmus as they walked around. They tried every game and food that was there. 

Yukiko added, "Your lunch was delicious as well. Here, I thought about feeding Cadmus my delicious lunches." Long Yueying agreed to this. The two had prepared something nice for him but were stopped when they saw how Cadmus had brought out the lunchbox. It was a no-brainer to eat it.

“...” Keith turned to the dragon, who looked away, not daring to face the child. Was that why you asked me to make a lunchbox?! I thought this was out of love! He was slightly disgusted and impressed by this dragon. 

His sixth sense for danger was on a whole nother level! And it skyrocketed when it came to food! 

“And I take it that they did something?” Keith turned to the group chewed out by the wife squad. It was quite a sight. Lindor explained, “These guys had gone a little overkill about the contest, wanting to beat the other. It kinda got a little too heated.”

“Ahh,” Keith nodded as he understood. So that's what I heard before? It was the sound of people shouting. He wanted to go check, but his instincts told him not to go there. 

“And also, why are you guys acting so chipper?” There was something off with how Carolyn and the others were acting.

“Hmm? Why can’t we act chipper?” Carolyn tilted her head. But that only caused Keith to frown, “I mean your stalls. You guys are still in 5th place.” 

Alfia shook her head, “We’ll be fine. It’s just a small rut we’re having since we just came back from our break.”

“Yeah, we’re going to come back.”

“...” Keith blinked, “Okay then. I’m going to prepare dinner now. Anything you guys want?”

“Everything.”

Slap! Keith slapped the lion in the head, “That’s exactly what you don’t say.” Keith groaned as he thought about it, “How about Cottage pie? We haven’t had that in a long time?”

“Oooh! Variant?!”

“I don’t think I have anymore.” Keith thought that he had run out. 

“How about the one you caught a few days ago?”

“Huh? How do you know that?!” Keith blinked. But that caused Carolyn to scoff, “You were grinning like an idiot. Of course, we know you have found something good.”

"Keith, you caught a variant?" William and the others paused as they stared at the boy. The variant. That one word was enough to get them on jitters. 

"Yes. But I'm not using it."

"Eh?! Why not?!" 

“...” Keith sighed, “Nope. Not going to cook that. I’ll go with an orc and rushbull mixture.” Keith cracked his neck as he headed into the kitchen to get started. It was going to be a feast for so many people together. And that was well worth it.