Just Now She Glared at Me

Then Sean's teammates arrived one after another, and when they found out their squad had placed last, they wailed and cried out to the heavens.

"Hmm... Little Five and Divine Lady Lucia both had a rough day!" said the Celestial Emperor, using Sean's affectionate nickname. "I'm sorry, but in Sean's squad, two people have to leave."

Everyone looked visibly upset.

After all this time together, they've grown attached.

Even if they're not your own teammates, it still hurts to see someone go.

The Celestial Emperor said, "The voting will be divided into three parts."

Divine Lord Tanya Quinn and I each hold a quarter of the total weight; together, we account for half.

Your own squad members will account for thirty percent.

Everyone else together makes up the final twenty percent.

Let's get started! Score the twelve people in their squad—the two with the lowest scores will have to leave."

"Your Majesty, what if the two, three, or even more people at the bottom all get the same score? What happens then?" someone asked.

"That's pretty unlikely," said the Celestial Emperor. "But if it does happen, then... let's call it 'heaven's will'—nobody has to leave!"

Everyone started exchanging glances.

Then someone else asked, "Your Majesty, what if the second-to-last and third-to-last get the same score? Who goes then?"

His Majesty the Celestial Emperor sighed, "If that happens, then only the one with the absolute lowest score will have to go! But honestly, that's super unlikely, so don't overthink it. Start scoring! Ian Yan, your group is in charge of tallying." (Ian Yan's group is responsible for collecting and counting the votes.)

So everyone began scoring.

A lot of people gave identical scores to the weakest members.

Hoping for a little 'heaven's will.'

But the Celestial Emperor and Divine Lord Tanya Quinn's votes make up half the total.

And not everyone had the same idea.

So in the end, there weren't any perfect ties.

After tallying the votes, the lowest scorer in Sean's squad was Jenna Summers. (Squad relationships: Sean is the team captain, Jenna is one of his strongest members.)

Second lowest was a relatively weak divine son from the Lumina Realm.

Jenna Summers actually isn't the weakest in their squad.

On the contrary, she's one of the strongest.

But she still got the lowest score and was eliminated.

Clearly, most people don't trust her character.

His Majesty the Celestial Emperor announced: "I'm sorry you have to leave early, but don't be discouraged—there will be more chances in the future..."

"Your Majesty!" Jenna Summers called out, her face dark and furious, voice trembling with frustration. "I. Don't. Accept this!"

"Hmm? I think the scoring is pretty fair. What exactly do you object to?" asked the Celestial Emperor.

"I'm not objecting to the scoring method—I'm objecting to Fifth Highness!"

"Oh? Why's that?"

Just now, Prince Sean—our 'Little Five'—deliberately let Divine Lady Lucia win! That's not fair! Why should he sacrifice us just to please his sweetheart? He's not qualified to be our captain!

The Celestial Emperor turned to Sean: "Is that true? Sean, did you intentionally let Divine Lady Lucia win?"

Sean didn't say a word.

"Speak."

"She glared at me just now," Sean said. "And I got distracted for a second, so she ran ahead."

He said this with complete seriousness.

But the crowd couldn't contain themselves—they burst out laughing, the tension instantly melting into a chorus of giggles and snickers.

Divine Lady Lucia was mortified, biting her lip and shooting Sean a sidelong look.

Sean immediately looked away.

Sean tried his best to look cool and aloof, but couldn't hide a faint, aggrieved expression—like a proud dragon sulking after being scolded by his crush.

"She glared at him... ah... well..." The Celestial Emperor looked troubled. "Does that count as deliberate or not? Divine Lord Tanya Quinn, what do you think?"

Divine Lord Tanya Quinn said, "Whether he did it on purpose or not, we have to treat it as deliberate. Here's what we'll do: Because Sean let Divine Lady Lucia run ahead, this round's scores are void. We'll rescore! You all should give Prince Sean low marks and vote him out! That's the fairest way."

So everyone started scoring all over again.

Finally, after tallying and calculating, the scores were revealed.