Taming The Villainesses novel Chapter 235

(EP-235.2) #3

235 – Dawn #3

Following Hynax’s words, people brought large boxes onto the stage with a dragging sound.

These were the ballot boxes with the names of the queen candidates written on them, and the ones bringing them looked quite familiar.

Elga and Mirna... no, it was Narmi. And were those other single digit rankers? I then remembered that the student council needed to conduct the vote count every year.

━This year was more fiercely contested than any other. Until the very last vote, the outcome was unpredictable.

‘A fierce contest?’

Aira was confident she would win, but Old Sage Hynax wasn’t one to speak empty words. The possibility that Aira might have lost filled me with dread.

If Serazade won, how would Aira react in her fury...?

━Now, out of the five distinguished candidates, starting from the sixth place...!

Dududududu-.

The sound of the drums echoed to the sound of cool raindrops pattering on the roof.

Sixth place out of five candidates? Just as I doubted what bizarre story it was, Hynax shouted loudly into the crystal microphone.

━Sixth place goes to Kasim-kun, receiving 221 votes! Congratulations. I don’t know why a man was on the candidates list, but anyway. Now, for fifth place—.

Fifth place was a woman named Elgra. Ranked seventh in Ark. She was said to be from the same leadership council as Elga and was quite a beautiful woman.

And fourth place went to Tefer, a girl predicted to be the future head of the White Magic Tower. A genius girl who reached the fifth rank at a young age.

But what surprised me was the announcement of the third place.

━Third place.... I will now announce the third place. This friend received 366 votes. This friend isn’t even a student nor a candidate, so I don’t know why there’s so many votes. Third place goes to Marmar, a pork cutlet seller!

Marmar...!

I was utterly shocked that Marmar came in third!

━Miss Imp Marmar. Please come to the stage and share your thoughts... Ah, Miss Marmar isn’t here? Well, it can’t be helped. We’ll ensure the delivery of the trophy and the premium beef prize to Miss Marmar.

To think Marmar, who wasn’t even a candidate, would receive 366 votes. This explained why there was a sixth place when there were only five candidates.

━Then we’ll skip the second place and announce the first place winner directly. But first, a commercial break...

Jiiiiiing-.

The large crystal projected images onto the wall like a projector.

The content was mostly s for Bellhawk Top, which showed just how much money the Bellhawk family had invested in this event.

After watching these peculiar s for about a minute.

Uhum—Hynax cleared his throat and finally spoke.

━Then... With 751 votes, overcoming 732 votes, I will now announce the Queen of July.

Dudududu-.

The drum roll continued endlessly.

Dudududu-.

When I began to doubt when it would end and who the winner would be, Hynax spoke again.