“Alright! You’re right…I shouldn’t give up so easily over something this minor, mm…I’m fired up again!”
The silver-haired girl pumped her fist in excitement right away, but… now another problem had arisen.
Uh, so, where on earth was she supposed to find five people?
Keti scratched her pale, delicate cheek, and then began to worry again. After all, although—
Little by little, she had gotten to know all the students in the class, but…
The silver-haired girl still wasn’t confident enough to guarantee she truly understood these students.
Their general likes, personalities, and actual strength—these things,
All the information she needed most right now to recruit people for the competition, Keti could only say she was completely in the dark.
In this situation, and being someone with social anxiety to begin with, how was she supposed to persuade students to join the competition?!
It felt like gathering these five people would be even harder than winning the championship, woo—
“Phew, actually, you don’t need to stress too much about numbers. I think your previous idea was pretty good.”
“If your goal is to win the championship, just find three people who can definitely win their events, and that’ll be enough. As for the remaining two, just fill up the numbers on the roster—that part, let me handle it.”
“Eh? You mean, I only need to find three people, and you’ll take care of the other two? That easy?!”
The silver-haired girl blinked in excitement, but… quickly realized something seemed off. She drew in a sharp breath and asked in a panic, “Hiss…who are those two? Don’t…don’t tell me…”
Don’t tell me it’s Layla and Sylvia?!
Could it be, after all this, the reason those two transferred to her class was for this?
Keti immediately looked away in exasperation. Ah…if that’s really the case, her arch-nemesis could at least have talked it over with her first. Clearly, if they’re going to bring in outside help, there are better options.
“I never recruited anyone, you silly kitten! Don’t try to blame everything on me! Hmph…the two I’m talking about are the guys who were kidnapped by Jiaxia before. Remember? I think one of them was named Kutar…”
Lynn chuckled softly, while Keti blinked her eyes.
Ah…those two idiots, of course she remembered—bewitched by a succubus and nearly done in, but then Lynn rescued them early so she didn’t even see them at the time.
They’d only come back to school after resting at home for a while, but they seemed much better now.
“After all, you did your part to help save them, Little Keti, so they owe you their lives~ So, just asking them to join the competition as filler shouldn’t be too much, right? I’ll talk to them about it, and they’ll come find you to sign up. That way, that’s two slots settled!”
“Guh…that’s true!”
Keti nodded, nearly forgetting she could play the gratitude card here. With that, those two kids wouldn’t dare say no!
Hmm…although those two students are still a bit weak…but since they’re just filling the numbers, and there aren’t any better choices right now, as long as they come, it’s fine!
But with this…
It seemed like the requirements for the three people she had to find herself just got even higher.
She absolutely had to ensure they could win the championship, otherwise there’d be no way to get that thousand points. But…could she really find three such strong students in her class? This…
“Looks like…finding the remaining three is going to be hard too, woo~”
The silver-haired girl bowed her head, then unconsciously started to act spoiled toward her arch-nemesis. The Lord Regent smiled helplessly and ruffled the girl’s hair, then continued:
“I can’t find all five people for you, you know. You know Class 25’s situation better than I do, Little Kitten. You need to be more independent~ But, I can give you a hint. Those last three people would’ve been really hard to find before this morning, but…”
“Now that your two former teammates have arrived, things have actually gotten much easier…just ask them. Among first-year students, these two experienced adventurers are a force to be reckoned with, aren’t they?”
“Uh…
Do I really have to ask them?”
Keti scratched her head in distress. Ah…it wasn’t that she disliked Layla or Sylvia, it was just that asking them for help felt a little troublesome.
Besides, when Lynn had asked who wanted to sign up earlier, hadn’t the two of them kept their hands down as well?
Keti could more or less guess the reason behind that. Those two came to this class…if Lynn hadn’t invited them as outside help, then they definitely hadn’t come for the competition.
So naturally, they weren’t interested to begin with—plus, with how old they looked, if they really entered the competition alongside a bunch of fifteen- and sixteen-year-olds, they’d really stand out.
Keti herself had the same concern. Sure, if she asked Layla and Sylvia, they’d definitely win the championship, but…is it really okay?
Anyone could see those two obviously weren’t first-year students, right?
“Seems a bit inconvenient. Wouldn’t the referees say we’re breaking the rules if we let them compete? Woo…”
“Phew…no need to worry about that. The two of them enrolled as official first-year students. That means, by the rules, they are first-years. No one can use that against you. Besides…if it’s just about appearances, don’t you have your own ways, Little Kitten?”
“Ugh…h-how can you be so sure…”
Keti turned away immediately. Lynn didn’t reply, only shook his head, as if to say, “Little Kitten, you’re still too naive~”
No, she wasn’t!
“But I still don’t feel totally at ease. Can’t we swap out those two for some other helpers? If Layla and Sylvia can compete, can’t we just hire three random adventurers as outside help for the team? Is that allowed?”
“Ah…unfortunately, the deadline for enrollment is today. At least be glad that Layla and Miss Sylvia meet that requirement. If you tried to bring in anyone else, their enrollment date would be recorded as tomorrow. So…you’ll have to figure it out~!”
Lynn spread his hands helplessly. It was a competition, after all—things had to be at least somewhat fair.
What could be done within the rules could be done, but don’t leave openings for people to find fault with you.
“Guh…fine, fine! If there’s no other way, I’ll ask them. I need to talk to them anyway—it’s just weird for them to suddenly start school out of nowhere, and now there’s no one looking after Alice…”
Keti pouted, feeling more depressed, but then Lynn suddenly said:
“Oh, one more thing. Even if you manage to get Layla and Sylvia on the team, which I’m sure you can do, you’re still short one person. As for that last spot, I have no idea who it should be. Do you have anyone in mind?”