Chapter 26 (1/2)

Lifting their small chests

“Mister, the madam asked me to remind you to go onto the Star Network’s live broadcast platform and watch channel 266 this afternoon. May I ask if you want to do this now?”[1] In the living room, the butler glanced at the connector that had specially been placed on the living room table by the madam and approached the man in order to carefully inquire about this.

Channel 266?

Tanner frowned. He had a vague impression of this live broadcast channel, but it had been a long time since he last visited it and even after thinking deeply he still could not remember what was broadcasted on it.

Eventually he gave a slow nod and put away the document in his hand.

The butler brought a tea set and after being served, Tanner leaned back and leisurely took a sip as he waited for the other to set it up.

He did not know why his wife had specially arranged for him to be reminded to watch a live broadcast. But he was not busy at the moment and if his wife wanted him to watch it, then it certainly must be for a good reason.

He and Fuya’s marriage could be regarded as an arranged marriage.

The Waren family had financial resources and the Leicester was a renowned deep rooted family. On the surface it looked like a mutually beneficial arrangement. However, for Fuya to marry him, it was in fact still a quite low marriage for someone with her background.

The reason for this was that it was not something planned by the Leicester family. As the only daughter of the old master and the youngest in the family, Fuya had been favored by the elders of the Leicester family. She had therefore been given the freedom to choose by herself who she wanted to marry and she had chosen him.

At that time, he had already become the master of the Waren family and he had been relatively indifferent towards his marriage partner at first. For him, marriage was a way to tie two families together in a mutually beneficial relationship. He had felt that it did not matter which family’s young lady he married, it was enough as long as they respected each other after marriage.

But after marrying his present wife and living with her for so long, Tanner could not deny that he had developed certain feelings for her.

The connector on the living room table was started by the butler and after entering the platform and jumping to channel 266, a live video immediately appeared on the virtual screen.

As soon as he laid eyes on it, Tanner was stunned.

It was the Cub Flying Competition.

At this time, the vague impression in Tanner’s heart became clear, the channel had looked familiar since it was there that the flying competition was broadcasted live every year.

Because of the matter regarding their cub, Tanner had not paid attention to the competition for the past two years, or more accurately, had deliberately avoided it. Suddenly seeing it awoke complex feelings in his heart.

What was the meaning of this?

Seeing the flying competition only made him think of his three year old cub who could still not fly. Tanner immediately felt a bit depressed.

He did not want to watch the live broadcast, but knowing that his wife wanted him to see it, Tanner endured and in the end did not make the butler turn off the connector.

The competition was close to ending either way, the only thing left was for the committee to announce the results.

With the thought of completing his wife’s request, Tanner lowered his head and unhurriedly poured himself some tea as he listened to the voice of the competition’s host.

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…