Volume 12 Chapter 57:  (Patreon)

Volume 12 Chapter 57: 

"It was amazing!" A bunch of students who were considered to be losers were now reigning at the top. Who could believe something like that? That was something they weren't able to see. And now, it happened. 

Even now, it was a little unbelievable. The happiness they felt right now was too startling. 

“Well, believe it. You guys had defeated everyone from the 1st year. And we also came in third for the most revenue.” First, second, and third, for the most revenue earned, were quite close to one another. Only a few coins away from one another would change the standings.

Seeing it made Keith a little irritated. So close to first place. If they had tried, they would have won. However, this was more than enough since the winners were all years ahead of them. And to top it off, they were the most popular and favored by the customers. That one was probably the one Keith was more content with than everything. 

“We have to thank our leader for all of this.” Coen grinned. Keith was the one leading the charge. But that caused Keith to shake his head, “I wasn’t the one who did it. It was all you guys as well.” Everyone had played a part. 

“I said before, you guys are gems that haven’t been unearthed. Your abilities are the ones who made you shine. Now, do you guys feel like the losers before?”

“Of course not!” The others shook their heads. 

Losers? They had not thought of themselves like this? 

The trash class? They were not. 

All the hard work they had put in had paid off. They could say they were better than all the other classes today. 

"Good! Keep moving with this confidence!" Keith grinned, "Even if you guys are in F-class, you guys are more than capable of rivaling S-class.” The confidence to keep moving forward and face challenges. That was something they all needed to strive further. 

"Mmhmm."

"By the way, where is Muriel?" The others glanced around. Besides Keith, Muriel also did a lot of work for them. But the princess was nowhere in sight.  

"Ahh, she had somewhere else she needed to go." Now that we won, it's your time to face him. The only thing Keith could do was to wish the girl luck. 

...

While Keith discussed with F-class, Muriel walked to the roof to see Chelan staring down at the festive atmosphere everyone had. 

"Brother..." Her voice was soft as she mumbled as if she didn't want to break this atmosphere. 

“Sister, don’t you think what we’re seeing is nice?” Muriel slowly walked up and stood beside him as she looked down at the area. “Mmhmm. It’s a beautiful thing.” She couldn’t deny it. After the festival, they only had relief and the other happiness. 

“I had done everything alone, and there's nothing to do but to accept the loss.” That was something that Chelan knew and accepted. He was now standing on top of the roof, staring down at the festive atmosphere all alone. Moreover, he stared down at the F-class, which was cheering and laughing at one another. More specifically, how Keith was circled by the others. It was clear they wanted to throw him in the air, but the man refused. 

If I only could...

"Brother, do you think you could have been like this if you beat Keith?" Muriel realized the expression, "You couldn't be like him even if you tried." 

“...Yeah.” Chelan wasn’t going to deny it. He had to have the answer shoved down his throat. If Keith hadn’t done that, he wouldn’t have realized what had happened. It would be impossible for him to get the same results as before. It was only now that he had realized he had been working alone. 

Carolyn and the others had made the right call to take control of the situation. If they continued with his plan, they would have definitely been last. 

“...Brother, do you know why I decided to join Keith?”

“Hmm, to beat me?”

“No! To save you!” Muriel pouted when she heard such selfish reasoning coming from his mouth. 

“Save me?” 

Muriel muttered, "You've always been challenging the opponent right before you. And you succeeded. Every time you did so, it caused you to try and fight and fight again." It was a never-ending cycle. 

"It's not something that would be good." She could see it. Her brother would hit a wall that would definitely cause harm to him. That was why he wanted to challenge him with Keith. That way, it would make him stop. 

“...” Chelan didn’t say anything, but then he patted her sister’s head, “To think my little sister is the one protecting his brother.”

“We’re only a few minutes apart from one another.”

“You’re still my little sister.”