Chapter 97

"Thank you, all of you, for your enthusiastic contributions to this competition. Here's the moment we've all been waiting for! Like how we did so in the past, we will be announcing the winners for first and second runner-ups first. "Participant award winners will be announced next, and of course, we're building up the suspense. Thus, first prize winners will be announced last!" The participants responded with a polite chuckle at the emcee's words. "As per usual, there will only be three schools listed as first-prize winners. The school that will be announced last will be the champion of this competition and will be representing Aspen in the international finals." As the arena echoed with thundering claps, the emcee announced the results of the competition. "For second runner-up, we have Yaelcrest College of Finance. "For our next second runner-up, we have Glenyork University School of Art." … "For first runner-up, we have Valterra University." "For our next first runner-up, we