newbobooks Chapter 138 Being Rumbled and Taken to the Police Station
Chapter 138 Being Rumbled and Taken to the Police Station
Chapter 138 Being Rumbled and Taken to the Police Station
Contestants only need to focus on showcasing their talents and beauty, but judges have many more things to consider.
Aside from Dust, who is loyal to male desires, the other two judges, Prosecutor Serena and Adventurers' Guild mascot Luna, both gave Aqua a perfect score of 10.
There's no way around it. Whether it's the tax revenue from this event or the future performance of adventurer commissions, we all need to rely on Aqua. Neither of them would give Aqua a low score.
Therefore, Duster, the only remaining figurehead, became the last conscience of the swimsuit beauty pageant. This person held up a seven-point sign and gave the reason why he only gave seven points.
"Aqua's performance was undoubtedly brilliant, but this is a beauty pageant, not an acrobatic competition. You did too many acrobatic tricks, so now when I think back on it, I don't remember your beauty, but rather that scene where you jumped over a water hoop like an otter..."
To summarize Duster's point, Aqua's performance went astray, turning into a full-fledged acrobatic show without showcasing any beauty, so he only gave it a 7 out of 10.
"What's wrong with you? My brilliant performance is now the problem? Give me full marks, you bastard Dust!"
Duster: "..."
That's it! No wonder his beauty radar isn't interested. This is Aqua's true nature. Compared to her female identity, she's more like a drinking buddy. Anyone who's met and gotten to know her knows she's a guy with absolutely no feminine charm.
[Damn, I gave him 7 points, that was too high. I should have only given him 5.]
"Aqua, calm down..."
The incident where the event's sponsor threatened the judges to change their scores to perfect was just a minor episode. In the end, Aqua still won the first Axel swimsuit beauty pageant with a high score of 37. However, no one remembered her beauty. People would always describe her with impressions like, "Oh, she's the otter champion who learned to jump through hoops like an otter."
It's worth mentioning that Darkness, with 31 points, only got 4th place, while Protein Queen, with 24 points, made it into the top 30.
. . .
"Miss Wiz, if you could participate in the beauty pageant, you would definitely get a high score. Maybe you could even win the Otter title, just like Miss Aqua."
The swimsuit competition officially ended, and Axel returned to normal. On this day, a beautiful shopkeeper from a magical item shop who came to deliver recovery potions was teased about the incident by some adventurers.
"Hey, what's an otter champion?"
Wiz wasn't very clear about this matter. When she was building the event venue, she had planned to contribute by sponsoring some mana recovery potions for the Adventurers' Guild's collective action.
As a result, while carrying the mana restoration potion, she was inexplicably washed away by a flood with purifying power before even reaching the event venue. As a lich, she was immediately weakened and has been recuperating in the shop for the past few days.
After recovering, she felt like she had missed out on a lot of things. However, after being introduced to the beauty pageant, she learned that it was actually a circus performance.
After all, with someone having to break a boulder on their chest, after the swimsuit beauty pageant, some people who are unaware of the inside story might have a strange impression of the pageant after hearing about the bizarre ways some of the contestants displayed beauty.
Regarding Aqua's victory as Miss Otter in the beauty pageant, some people have claimed that there was something fishy going on.
Of course, that was only the voice of a minority, because the difference in prize money between the first-place winner and the top thirty is not that much.
The contestants ranked between 31st and 200th also received a decent prize, though not a huge one.
It can be said that any woman who has some fancy performance skills or is reasonably good-looking received this bonus.
Many of those who received the money naturally praised this easy way to make money and looked forward to the next swimsuit beauty pageant.
Not long after the lich shopkeeper Wiz left the guild, Aqua brought Broly to the guild. The goddess was still somewhat dissatisfied with herself for not winning the grand slam at the swimsuit beauty pageant she hosted.
"Honestly, that heartless judge Duster, if he asks me to add a blessing next time, I'll definitely charge him a hefty sum."
Aqua's blessing spells are incredibly powerful, and many adventurers on quests come to her for help in casting blessings.
Previously, Aqua would never refuse anyone's request, but this time she was clearly upset with someone who hadn't given her a perfect score.
How petty!
The adventurers around wanted to complain about Aqua, but when they thought of Aqua's powerful blessing ability, the words that were about to come out remained unspoken.
"That's because Duster doesn't understand Miss Aqua's charm!" "What's wrong with acrobatics? Isn't acrobatics a talent? Doesn't it highlight one's beauty?"
Duster is now temporarily on Aqua's blacklist.
"Where's Darkness? Hasn't she arrived at the guild yet?"
Aqua asked, "Darkness officially joined her and Broly's adventurer party after the swimsuit competition. As a high-ranking profession like a Crusader, Darkness is qualified."
"They haven't arrived yet, but they should be here soon."
Luna said that during the days of the swimsuit competition, the Adventurers' Guild had accumulated a lot of quests and now urgently needed someone who could clear them all. She was already looking forward to Aqua and her apprentice's activities.
"Honestly, people's hearts have changed. Even in broad daylight, there are professional thieves openly stealing!"
Sure enough, Darkness arrived shortly after. The knight girl entered the guild, complaining about something.
"What's wrong, Darkness?"
Aqua asked her.
"Woman, tell me what's going on!"
Broly also spoke in a forceful tone, reciting the lines that came to mind.
"Hmm~"
Darkness's happiness level has gone up again; she's such an easy wife to manage.
"Here's what happened..."
Darkness didn't hide anything and happily recounted a bizarre incident she encountered on her way to the guild.
"You have no idea how arrogant that thief was. He stole my wallet and then stopped me in front of me, offering to use my wallet to make a bet with me."
Honestly, if she had secretly taken my wallet, leaving me in the awkward situation of having to treat someone to a meal but not being able to pay her back, I probably wouldn't be so angry.
But I simply cannot tolerate someone trying to make a bet with my belongings in front of the owner.
"So, did you beat up the thief who stole your wallet?"
"No, no, the thief who stole my wallet was a girl who looked younger than me. I just took her to the police station and had her disciplined by the officers there."
. . . .
"Miss Chris, right? Stealing is wrong. Even though you are a thief, that is not a reason for you to steal other people's property in the city."
Inside the police station, the female police officer looked at the girl sitting obediently on the stool in front of her and began to lecture her.
"No, I just want to be friends with that person."
Eris tried to explain.
*Smack!*
The sheriff slammed his hand on the table and retorted, "Do you make friends by stealing?"
Eris: "..."
(End of this chapter)