YLTESCIA: A Reincarnator's Tale in the Lands of Merusia (3)

Chapter 496: The Hunting Competition (pt. II)

"No. No more pop rocks for you, Anne. You already ate too much."  ［Yuna］

"Bba! Bbabba! Gga! Gguu... Pappa!"  ［Antoinette］

"No is no. We'll bring you more next time, so no more this time, okay?"  ［Yuna］

The intelligible mumbles of a baby and the soft scolding of a big sister. A silver-haired elf hid away the ever so colorful pop rocks from the Little Angel as she reached out for more. She had eaten quite a few and it was time to stop.

The Little Angel tried to ask for more whilst throwing a little tantrum, but the moment she was given a toy to play with, she immediately calmed down, flailing her little arms left and right as she made noise with the rattles.

Thankfully, she wasn't a stubborn child and was quite obedient. Though, when her own Mother tried to take her away from Yuna, she flapped her little arms in protest, not wanting to be separated from her and the Little Princess by her side.

"Geez, Anne... You're really hurting Mommy's feelings, you know?"  ［Vanessa］

"Hahaha. That's because you always bury your face in her cheeks when you carry her. Babies need room to breathe, right, Anne?"  ［Ranzel］

"Pappa! Pap! Pappa... Pa! Bba!"  ［Antoinette］

"That's right, Daddy's here... Now let's drink water, alright? We need to wash down all the sugar you've been eating all morning."  ［Ranzel］

Gently said the doting Father as he took out a baby bottle filled with distilled water and nutrients made from their garden herbs. It was a little sweet and filled with a handful of minerals and vitamins needed for babies to grow.

It has been about half an hour since the Hunting Competition started and so far, everything has been going smoothly. The diligent Cadets have been hunting a fair amount of good prey, some working in teams and some working solo.

The classes have already discussed how they will be dividing their work, and though some decided to form various teams, some had also decided that it was better for them to move individually and gather together once the hunt was over.

The ones who formed groups were mostly lower years and lower classes. There are a lot of strong people in opposing years and classes so rather than strive to win the Individual Competition, they decided to focus on the Class Competition.

It was a test of the Cadets' critical and logical thinking, decision making, knowledge, and cooperative capabilities. The better the Class moves and coordinates, the higher the chances of winning are. As for how they are able to keep watch of the Cadets...

"Hm? Isn't that His Highness on the left screen?"

"Oh! It's my daughter! Look, she finally found a prey!"

"The lower classes... They have better cooperation than I thought..."

"Hey, do you know who that young man leading Class 1-D is?"

... It was all thanks to Grey. He once again used his abilities, and combined with illusion and summoning magic, stationed various summons in different parts of the forest, then relaying the info to the screens he made with illusion magic.

The Cadets don't know they are being monitored either. This is to test what their true character really is and how well they approach the dangers of the wilderness. Qualities which investors are highly searching for.

If there was one flaw, it was that there was no sound present along the screens. It was not that Grey couldn't do it. Rather, it would be too noisy with dozens of screens floating in the air. Another thing was that he just couldn't be bothered.