Cub Raising Association

Chapter 26: Lifting their small chests

Sure enough, by the time the awarding session began he had already calmed down and remained unmoved even when hearing "first place" and "score". He had gone back to wearing his usual cold unsmiling face, nothing could faze him now.

"The name of the record breaking contestant and the winner of this year's competition is..."

The host's deliberate pause made the audience involuntarily sharpen their ears. Even Tanner, who was not looking at the screen at that moment, could not help but pay extra attention.

"Peido Leicester-Waren"

...Peido?

By the time the last syllable of the first name was called out, Tanner's body was already frozen in place.

Then, when he heard the two following surnames, Tanner's hand holding the cup could no longer remain stable. The expensive tea cup fell to the ground.

At this time, in the arena -

After the name of the winner was announced, many in the audience were stunned and it took some time before they realized their error.

They had been so anxious to see who would cross the finish line first that they had completely forgotten that the ranking and who won actually depended on two scores. It was not entirely decided on who was the first to arrive at the end, but also on the points gained by passing through the golden circles.

Recalling the close-up, when the Kuhti cub reacted quickly and elegantly passed through the golden circle which had appeared above him. The audience felt that his technique was very good and him breaking the record as well as winning did not feel as shocking anymore.

Flying was a basic ability that the cubs of all three races possessed and as they were still young their ability did not differ much.

In the competition it therefore came down to mentality and precision. Many cubs were afraid of missing the golden circles and unconscious slowed down their flying. Meanwhile the Kuhti cub did not hesitate and dashed forward with determination every time he spotted one. It was precisely this that gave him an advantage.

Hence, the more golden circles there were on the track, the more distance the Kuhti cub could put between him and the other cubs.

With this logic, the Kuwei cub in the lead should be best. But it seemed that the Kuwei cub had put its focus in the wrong place and had missed a few circles it should not have missed...

When the lens had focused on the two leading cubs, some in the audience had noticed that the Kuwei cub had to periodically looked back at the Kuhti cub who was slowly shortening the distance between them. It seemed that this action had been its downfall.

"Tiuh?"

The red fluffy cub in his arms, raised his head and gazed up at Xie Tao with an expression as if he could not believe that he had won. Then, after a pause, he hesitantly called out to him like he was asking for confirmation.

"You got first place." Being just as shocked as the audience, it was first when Xie Tao heard the cub call out to him that he back to his sense. Xie Tao immediately answered the cub's probing gaze, however his voice was full with disbelief and after saying this, he repeated it with more earnest tone. "Peipei, you really got first place."

The host had already announced the top ten of the flying competition and after compiling the results, the other two fluffy cubs in his arms ranked fourth and sixth.

The rest of the results were announced and soon that only thing left was the handing out of awards.

The cubs in the top ten would be taken to the stage by an adult and they would all receive a small medal. The first place medal was gold, the second to fifth was in silver and the sixth to tenth were made out of bronze. Each medal was marked with the ranking the cub had obtained.