Brand New Life Online: Rise Of The Goddess Of Harvest

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(Planta's POV)

"Camilla! Are you alright? Welcome back!"

As we reached the castle, the King greeted us, or well, his wife, hugging her tightly. A lot happened, but I'm glad we're back on the castle, the King is happy his wife's fine, so it's all good.

"Hi, everything went… well, I suppose," I sighed. "Your majesty, do you feel alright? What about your boy?"

"Our boy is well, he immediately fell asleep after we got back in the castle," said the King. "I'm sure he'll be happy you're back, Camilla."

"Me too," Camilla sighed in relief. "Anyways, a lot happened… But we won. There are… casualties too, but we managed to let most survive."

"That's good. People were lost, I am well aware… But at the very least, many survived too." nodded the King. "Everyone, thank you for everything. Shall we decide the winner of the competition now? Before we go to sleep. We're exhausted."

"Of course your majesty," I nodded. "But…"

"I know, Planta. We must plan, strategize… However, we're too tired, how about tomorrow?" the King asked.

"Yes… it's fine, I completely understand," I nodded.

I suppose we can talk about everything tomorrow and start the plans tomorrow too.

At least a night… Everyone needs a night to rest.

Me too, honestly, I need to log out already.

And then, as we all gathered together.

"The winner of the Craftsmanship Competition is…" The King said.

Everyone suddenly became nervous, and they glared at me.

Yeah, there was a huge possibility I would win, I won all first places for each test.

But I think that doesn't affect whom the King and the Queen find the winner is.

Though, even I am expecting it…

Though, it would be a bit excessive, right?

To win again… It would be a bit boring.

I wish someone else won-

"Horshen!"

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I didn't win!

"W-Wha…?! M-Me?!" Horshen gasped, pointing his finger at myself. "Y-Your majesty, did you read that wrong? It couldn't possibly be me! All my works… they never truly impressed you, right? It must have been Planta, she won all the time!"

"The winner of the competition is not decided by the places of previous participants on each test," said the King. "Right, my queen?"

"Indeed, while the places for each test are mostly decided on quality and potential, you showed us, Horshen, how much talent and creativity you possess as a normal craftsman," said the Queen. "Your magic abilities, even your fire spirit magic, are all self-taught, right? You are very talented, but not in the way Planta is.

We recognize Planta as someone amazing, but there's no denying that her abilities mostly derive from inheritances. Meanwhile, you exuded true wisdom and experience like nobody else."

"Erdragon too, had great wisdom and experience, but you surpassed him by an hair with your amazing creativity. The last product you created is also what saved our lives, protecting us from the attackers." The King nodded.

"T-This is… Planta, you're ok with this?!" Horshen asked me. "Don't you feel frustrated? I mean…"

He looked a bit sorry.

"Nah, I'm not really frustrated." I smiled. "You earned it, Horshen! They're not wrong about my abilities. I will polish them over the years to come, but without a doubt, I recognize you as someone superior to me regarding craftsmanship, perhaps even better than Ambil over here!"

"Hey!" Ambil groaned, yet he crossed his arms. "I mean… well, he's good, yeah."

"But…" Horshen fell to his knees, he still wasn't believing it. "This is… I seriously thought that…"

"Horshen, you bastard! Just accept the damn prize!"

Suddenly, Goldanaba kicked his butt.

"Accept it already and stop sobbing!" she groaned. "You're insulting everyone here if you start acting like that!"

"D-Dammit! Let me have my damn moment, you Brownie brat!" Horshen complained, sighing. "Well, alright! I take the first prize! All of you suckers can kiss my ass! HAHAHAHA!"

Yeah, that's better.

Feel proud and act cocky, you earned it.

"The prize is a large quantity of money, worth five billion gold," said the Queen. "Aside from that, you'll receive a large storage full of high-quality materials. And of course, a free house in our kingdom, with your own studio and smithy."

"Oooh! R-Really?! Can I move in here then?" Horshen wondered.

"Of course! We would be happy to have you!" the King nodded.

I see, so that's the strategy! They are also going to recruit him into the city, hah.

"I don't think I can stay here all the time, but I'll travel here and stay for at least a week in intervals," he said. "If you ever got any jobs for me, feel free to contact me, your majesties!"

"Of course! We shall!" the two nodded. "Now, as the other winners…"

They announced the overall rankings after all.

And they were like this:

1st Place, Horshen.

2nd Place, Erdragon.

3rd Place, Planta.

4th Place, Goldanaba.

5th Place, Melisa.

6th Place, Erika.

7th Place, BlackEye.

"You're all amazing on your own, so please don't feel discouraged if your places were a bit lower," said the Queen. "All of you will also be given special rewards for each Place. And we'll also sponsor you similarly to Horshen. With discounts and such."

A soldier gave me the rewards in the form of a huge bag of stuff.

Ding!

[Congratulations! You've placed third place on the {Luminous Kingdom's International Craftsmanship Competition}!]

[You have received the following rewards for your place]: [+2.000.000.000 Gold] [High Quality Common Crafting Materials Bag (S Grade)] x10 [Luminous Kingdom's International Craftsmanship Competition Third Place Trophy (B Grade)] [VIP Craftsman Pass (A Grade)] x1 [Luminous Kingdom's House 50% OFF coupon (S Grade)] x1 [Honorary Citizenship and Noble Certificate (A Grade)] x1 [One Favor from the King and the Queen] x1]

"Woah, these are quite the rewards… Not what I expected, but it's all a welcome surprise!"

With this we could even buy a fancy house in the noble district right by the side of the castle to live on, instead of bothering Ambil all the time at his smithy.

Also an honorary citizenship and noble certificate! This is also very huge! And even a favor from them, I don't know what that can do, but I'm sure it'll be good, right?

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