333 Answering the Doubt

"This is unacceptable!"

"There must be a mistake?!"

"No way this is the real result!"

"How could it be that his party got the highest points?"

Dissatisfied voices reverberated through the crowd, echoing the general discontent with the outcome. Daphne instinctively covered her ears for a moment, attempting to block out the cacophony of protest.

"What should we do, Miss Daphne?" inquired one of the organizers standing next to her.

"Just leave it be until they quiet down," Daphne replied.

After a few agonizing minutes, the discontented voices persisted. Why did that boy's party receive the highest points?

Finally, a voice broke through the clamor, "That kid is a kid who entered the academy with money."

"Lest he also bribed his way to the top," added another voice, sparking immediate panic in Daphne. "Hey! What the heck! Did I just hear about someone abusing the academy's rules?!"