The Wolf’s Bride by Coffee’s Tea

“The medical practices you worship are just a branch of Gerlandian medicine. It’s something that not even dogs will care about!”

His words triggered an uproar. The freezing atmosphere instantly exploded.

“Motherf*cker! I’m going to teach that damned Gerlandian a lesson!”

“Damn it, how dare you come to Florence and make a ruckus?”

“I’m going to bash your head in!”

“How dare someone like you dare to spew words like that here? Who do you think you are?”

“There must be a few screws loose in that brain!”

Even Andrius, who was always calm, was irritated by Zachary. His brows furrowed tightly.

Luna also scowled, and the word ‘disgust‘ was written all over her face.

Thus, the second round of the Grand Medicinal Competition began amidst the angry curses toward Zachery.

After all the doctors went on stage, Angus raised his voice and announced, “The second round of the competition begins now! Here are the rules.

“When the competition starts, each participant will receive a basket containing a hundred different medicinal herbs.

“Participants will earn one point for each herb they identify correctly. No points will be awarded or deducted if they identify it incorrectly or fail to identify it.

“The time limit is ten minutes. Within these ten minutes, the 20 participants with the highest scores will proceed to the next round.

“In the case of a tie, the participant with fewer identification errors will rank higher. If the number of errors is the same, then the one who spends less time will rank higher!”

all tools, whispering, communication with people through gestures such as coughing or hand signals, and any form of cheating are strictly forbidden!

will be immediately

They will be

were reasonable, so none of the participating

a ridiculous competition. You’re underestimating us! I have something to say: increase the difficulty. You need to increase the difficulty!” The

It was Zachery!

attracted everyone’s attention and gaze. They were all wondering what he was

a

something loose in their heads. He wondered if they ate something wrong for their behavior to be so different from that of Florencians. However, he had to stand

situation.

low voice, “What do you have to say about this round of the competition,

by saying, “I have a suggestion to make this round more interesting. It’ll easily distinguish Gerlandians like me who have superior brains over everyone

crowd erupted again at his

dare you come to Florence

say, is your superior brain filled with superior excrement?”

told you that Gerlandians are

*ss! I suggest you stop suggesting!”

difficulty. They were just annoyed by how Zachary

him a punch and asked, “Go on, Mr. Ramsey. What

to make a slight change to this round of the

a ten by ten grid, with each herb marked in its position. Participants can freely observe and smell the herbs but cannot touch them

marks.

next is the important

an additional hundred herbs mixed randomly.

corresponding grids. They’ll get one point for correctly placing and identifying the herbs, and no points will be given for wrong placements, incorrect identification, or

round will be extended to half an hour, and the final ranking will be based on the

did not sound

was that the doctors not only had to identify the herbs but