Their world doesn't need gods.

Chapter 240 The secret to winning a competition is not in numbers

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— Adelaide —

(Hehe, this time we have it settled. Alfred, just wait for me to treat you like a slave for a month!)

Adelaide clenched his fists, waiting excitedly for Illya Alia Principal Alberta to come on the stage and announce the rankings after the event.

She had already confirmed with Liliana and the others in advance about the approximate scores that each of them could obtain.

Although it may not make it into the list of individual scores.

But if the scores of the five people are combined, they will definitely be able to easily beat Alfred, who only has one person on the team.

Towards the end of the event, Liliana and Rosalie each encountered Alfred once.

They both noticed that Alfred didn't seem to have many lottery tickets.

Adelaide, who thought he had a sure win, was waiting with great anticipation for Alberta to announce the various lists so that he could check the detailed ranking of his team.

However, before that, her fantasy was completely shattered.

The reason was that Alfred actually won the first place in individual score.

The exaggerated score of over 20,000 reported by Alberta alone was enough to make Edward feel discouraged.

"Yo~!"

Hearing the familiar voice behind him, Edward couldn't help but tremble.

It was Alfred who came over.

Behind him, there was Sheryl, who was pretending to be Curitis.

"W-What are you doing here?!"

Adelaide asked, staring at Alfred unhappily.

Liliana and others around her also cast their eyes over.

Except for Ella who looked shy and Rosalie who had her usual smile on her face, Liliana and Stephanie also stared at Alfred with dissatisfaction.

"Nothing to do, I just came over to say hello to you guys. Speaking of the competition before the event, are you sure you want to continue?"

Although the tone of his words sounded polite, Alfred's malicious smile at this moment was clearly a naked provocation to him.

(This guy is really annoying!)

Edward cursed in his heart and looked at his companions behind him.

"Don't, don't think you can be so arrogant just because of that small score! There are five of us here, and you will easily surpass us with that small score!"

Adelaide responded on behalf of everyone in a very arrogant manner.

Things had come to this point, and the dignity of her and the other four girls no longer allowed them to retreat at this time.

Even if they lose, even if they have to endure humiliation, they will fight to the last breath.

Adelaide, who has a bit of a middle school syndrome, is now just short of saying the classic line, "Gu! Even if you kill me, I won't surrender."

"Hmm~ You're quite courageous. But this world doesn't mean you can solve all problems just by being courageous. Except for Lily, none of you scored in the top ten."

Alfred said with a grin.

The actual situation was just as he said, except for Liliana who barely got seventh place in individual score, the scores of others did not make it into the top ten.

Although before the detailed scoring results come out, Adelaide and the others may not lose.

But the hope of winning seems only slightly better than waiting for pie to fall from the sky.

Well, Adelaide admitted that they were probably doomed to lose.

"How did you get such a high score? Did you cheat in some weird way?!"

Edward asked unhappily.

She was hinting to Alfred that he might ask Emilia and others to help in secret.

"I can't help it if you're so suspicious."

Alfred took out several lottery tickets that had already been exchanged for prizes from his pocket.

"W-what..."

When Edward saw the prizes on some of the lottery tickets, he was so surprised that he was speechless.

(There is actually an S-level puppet prize ticket. Aren’t there only five Easter eggs containing such prizes in the academy? Why does this guy have two such prize tickets?)

"Adelaide-chan, you seem to have noticed that the movement routes of these Easter eggs are fixed. So you hunt in places where Easter eggs are likely to gather. This is really smart."

Alfred raised the corner of his mouth wickedly.

"But unfortunately, the Easter eggs that contain rare prizes move in all kinds of random patterns. And they move really fast, so it's hard for me to knock them down.

If I have two S-level puppet exchange tickets, five A+-level puppet exchange tickets, and eleven A-level puppet exchange tickets, it wouldn't be strange to get that little score, right?"

"So that's what's going on. Looks like we miscalculated."

While Adelaide and the others were speechless, Rosalie spoke calmly with her finger on her chin, as if in deep thought.

(Why are you so calm? If we continue like this, we will be completely defeated! We will be ordered around by Alfred and be treated like slaves!)

Adelaide cried out in his heart.

"I-I see... As expected of Al-san, you're amazing."

Even though she lost the competition, Ella seemed a little sad.

But she still put on an endearing smile and praised Alfred frankly.

No, this infatuated child has completely surrendered to the enemy.

"So, what on earth are you guys doing?"

Cheryl, who didn't know much about the details, asked with a dumbfounded expression.

Because she had been ignored by everyone, her tone sounded a little impatient.

Also, the way Cheryl looked at Adelaide was clearly the way she looked at a stupid child.

This made Edward very angry.

"This is actually what happened..."

Alfred briefly explained what had happened.

After hearing this, Cheryl's eyes when she looked at Edward changed from dumbfounded look as if she was looking at a stupid child to pure pity.

This is even more hurtful, right?!

(Hey, what do you mean?)

"Alas...it's almost time. I'll take this stupid girl away."

As Cheryl said this, she grabbed Adelaide's arm and pulled her away from the others.

"No problem, let me explain this."

After Alfred replied with this sentence, he looked at the remaining four people who were all stunned.

It seemed that he would explain to Liliana and others why Cheryl had pulled Adelaide away so roughly.

But when that guy explained it, Edward felt very uneasy.