Chapter 120: Announcent of the results part 2
Hi there,
First off, I forgot to ntion one thing last ti. The na of the elderly man seems to be Arbol. The term “Jiiya” that the Queen uses to refer to him is a term that’s used to refer to servants that are rather old. I couldn’t really think of anything to translate it into English so I just left it as is. Hope that clears things up if anyone was confused at him being called by different terms by Miles and the Queen.
As for the , I should (probably) have at least another chapter before the year ends, more than that will depend on how much I laze around. I’ll probably wait until the 31st to release anything in case I manage to translate more than one.
Anyway, enjoy the chapter.
『First off in 10th place…』(Queen)
A single murmur.
The Queen still sat down on her throne and closed her eyes, then she extended her hand towards the mountain of items.
Just when we thought that those movents of hers were weird, the hand the Queen had extended was enveloped in faint light.
Following that, the light shifted towards the mountain of items and a single item within it started to release light as if it was called upon.
『Miles.』(Queen)
『Yes.』(Miles)
Being called by the Queen, he went to retrieve the item that was releasing light within the pile of items.
It was an exciting production fit for a ga.
The mbers present here let out an 「Ooh!」 in admiration.
Captain Miles got closer to the Queen, knelt on one knee and offered her the article by putting it up with both hands.
The Queen retrieved the item with a nod and then picked it up so that it could be seen on the screen.
『In 10th place is a portrait of myself! Uumu, it’s certainly beautiful…』(Queen)
「「「She flattered herself right from the get go!?」」」
The ones that shouted were , Yumir and Tobi.
It looked like an oil painting.
With a delicate touch, the Queen was beautifully drawn. Even judging from this distance, you could tell that it was drawn with impressive technique.
However, this was really an article that would take into consideration what the Queen deed the most important thing.
『The item na is “Queen’s Portrait”. The exhibitor na is Kurt, this will be the only painting. But I must say, this is quite the splendid masterpiece…』(Queen)
「Muh? Kurt…that na sounds familiar.」(Yumir)
「Ah, it must be that one, right? He wasn’t a painter, but if I rember correctly, he should a be a professional illustrator.」(Hind)
「So the first person to be ntioned is one of those pros that entered the contest huh? I can easily imagine the state of the BBS at this mont…」(Tobi)
I also took a look at the BBS yesterday and it’s one of the nas that were brought up in it.
I looked him up and I rember that a lot of his illustrations were of 2D moe characters, but it seems like he can draw paintings like this one too…
And this choice and comnts from the Queen, there should be a limit to how narcissistic a person can be.
Though it is true that the painting was beautiful.
『Miles, next one.』(Queen)
『Yes!』(Miles)
Then they announced the 9th and 8th place, but there were no signs of the Adenium or the pillow.
The three mbers of Baby Bird seed to be satisfied with being within the top 100, but that was not the case for Yumir and I.
If it was possible, we’d like to be within the top 10.
However, cruelly, the spots just kept being taken.
『Well then, as for the 1st place in the item・others category…』(Queen)
「Ah, I guess it was no good…」(Hind)
「Wait, we don’t know yet, Hind! Wouldn’t it be possible for us to be in 1st place!?」(Yumir)
The cara closed up onto the mountain of items and it was so close that it was hard to tell what the item that took 1st place was.
It was so close that I could only tell that it was of a light brown color.
…oh? Wait, this light brown color…
「You two, isn’t this a potted plant? Am I wrong?」(Selene)
We were surprised at Selene-san’s statent.
It’s true that this light brown color was similar to that of a potted plant.
It’s just that, when the screen was blurred out, we had seen two things that looked similar…Captain Miles raised up the thing that looked like a potted plant furthest in the back.
「Please…please!」(Hind)
「Adenium….Adenium! Co!」(Yumir)
Please, let it be an Adenium!
While we were praying, the footage started from the Queen’s feet and it slowly went around until it showed what she had on her hand.
『The na of the item in 1st place…』(Queen)
The Queen took her sweet ti in order to tease us.
Yumir, who was praying next to , started getting annoyed and proceeded to begin stomping her feet.
I get what she’s feeling, but it’s bad manners so please stop.
『The na of the item is…Golden Adenium! The exhibitor is Fiore!』(Queen)
I don’t know how the person did it, but even though it was an organic flower, this Adenium released a glow akin to tallic gold.
Obviously, it wasn’t the item we sent in, we stood there dumbfounded for a little while and then…
「Daaaaaaah!? We lost to a similar article!!」(Hind)
「It’s true that it’s an Adenium, but!! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!」(Yumir)
We wrapped our hands around our heads and started to unseemly scream.
『There were a lot of entries that had the na Adenium, which is related to my own na, but within those there was this golden one.
Apart from this, an Adenium with seven colors also picked up my interest.』(Queen)
「Thanks for the complint, god damn it! If you liked it that much, make it so that it entered the top 10!」(Hind)
「Senpai, senpai, your speech is becoming weird, you know? Are you OK?」(Siesta)
「Nuaaaaaaaaaaah!! It’s so vexiiiiiiiiing!!」(Yumir)
「Yumir-san, you are being noisy. Be frustrated more quietly.」(Riizu)
「Ah, that was so close…it’s a sha.」(Tobi)
Since she went as far as to ntion it, it should have entered the top 100.
It’s probably that pot…that one is probably the 『Seven Colored Adenium』we submitted.
That one is also a product of mixing different plants, though it was a coincidence that we made one.
Then, the announcent of the results went on a break and in our nu window, the top 100 winners were announced along with a single comnt for their entries.
Surprisingly, this Queen takes her work quite seriously.
According to it, the pillow was in 89th place and our Adenium was in 13th place.
Each mber looked at the results on their own and took a sip of the herbal tea.
「The Queen tastes allocate far more points than I thought.」(Hind)
The mont I said that after reviewing the results, Riizu and Selene-san nodded.
「You are right. In the top 10, there are a total of 5 items that are golden or have a crimson color, which the Queen likes.」(Riizu)
「Apart from items that have colors the Queen likes, I get the feeling that there’s a big amount of items that are comparatively luxurious. Like a vase with gems…」(Selene)
「That chandelier that illuminates with magic was amazing!」(Lycoris)
「Everything was so gorgeous right? I wonder if our pillow was just too plain…」(Cineraria)
It seems like Lycoris-chan and Cineraria-chan had similar thoughts.
After talking for a while, we more or less understood her tendencies.
Even though it was just as we had previously expected, we can’t help but feel frustrated.
「However, what’s with this review? “If you had selected only the colors I liked, I would have given it a higher rating”…or so she said!? Is she making fun of us!?」(Yumir)
「Quite the crude review. I guess it can’t be helped since it’s only a brief comnt.」(Tobi)
「Well, since 101th place and lower won’t even be getting a comnt, I guess this is better than nothing?」(Hind)
This event won’t just end after we receive our reviews.
After this, the auction will be held and this comnt from the Queen might have an effect on the bids.
While we were having this conversation, Siesta-chan, who had her chin resting on one hand while she operated the nu window with the other, raised her face and looked at .
「Senpai, in the auction, can the exhibitors add brief comnts like this?」(Siesta)
「Hmm? Yeah, you should be able to add them the sa way as the trading BBS.」(Hind)
「Why are you asking that, Si-chan?」(Lycoris)
「Hmmm…look, take a look at the comnt the Queen made on our pillow.」(Siesta)
Siesta-chan turned her windows towards Lycoris-chan.
I was curious so I scrolled down my own window to the 89th place and this statent appeared.
In a brief comnt 『I got so quality sleep with it』.
Don’t tell Siesta-chan…
「”This comnt is sothing the Queen said!”, I was thinking we could raise up the value of our item in the auction if we added comnts like that.」(Siesta)
Hearing that way of thinking, or rather, that idea, we let out an 「Ah」and had mixed feelings.
Lycoris-chan was the only one that was genuinely confused and asked Siesta-chan 「Is that so? Why?」.
It’s true that it could raise its price…if you were a male fan of the Queen and bid for it.
It was quite the underhanded way to do so. As always, she has a way of thinking that doesn’t befit a middle schooler.
Though you could say that Lycoris-chan, who genuinely didn’t understand it at all, was at the other extre too.
Riizu turned to Siesta-chan with her eyes half closed.
「You sure have quite the nice personality. I can’t help but admire you.」(Riizu)
「The little sister is the only person I don’t want to be told that by, though? Wouldn’t you have done the sa thing if you were in my place?」(Siesta)
「…I wouldn’t have done it? So rude.」(Riizu)
「There was such a weird pause there. Well, not like I care.」(Siesta)
That’s what people call, birds of a feather flock together.
Next to Siesta-chan, who was being glared at by Riizu, was Lycoris-chan, who still hadn’t received an answer. This ti, she tried asking Selene-san.
Please stop, Lycoris-chan! Selene-san looks very troubled!
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