Their world doesn't need gods.

"Roderick, you've always liked to say weird things.

Although I don't understand what playing the pig to eat the tiger and cool stories are, I would be super excited if those bitches who look down on others are willing to please us, and then I would let them know the price of looking down on us.

But based on our two grades, we don't even meet the entry standards, right? Didn't those two annoying third-year students say yesterday that the student union has already selected the list of participants? "

Brady's complaints caused Roderick to fall into a temporary silence...

"Damn it, just relying on that kind of thing... Wait, wait a minute, the Student Union will only take up a portion of the quota, and the remaining quota will be held at the end of this semester, and other students will compete for it.

How could those rookie first-year students be a match for the two of us?"

Roderick said to Brady with a confident smile.

He was almost caught up in Brady's rhythm and forgot about the tryouts.

"Is that so? Then let's go check it out after confinement is over."

Brady said.

His tone was quite cold, as if he was not interested in the game.

Roderick felt very unhappy and thought that Brady was really unfriendly and was so cold to his proposal.

Even if Brady didn't want to go, he should have supported himself.

But Roderick changed his mind and thought it was just right that Brady didn't plan to participate.

He remembered that the prize for the first-year group in the Puppet Master Academy Competition was a very powerful S-class alchemical puppet.

If Brady, who owns multiple powerful puppets, does not plan to participate in the competition, Roderick can easily get the puppet and increase his own strength.

Thinking of this, Roderick's mood immediately improved.

He ignored Brady's puzzled look, lay on the stone bed, crossed his legs, and hummed a little tune.

Two days later, as soon as the confinement was over, Roderick dragged Brady to the registration office designated by the Student Union.

The day when the two people's confinement ended was the day before the deadline for registration for the trials.

Students who have decided to participate have basically completed their registration several days in advance and started preparing for the trials.

When Roderick and Brady went to register, there was no one else in the room except the student council members.

"Hehe~ So Rose, what happened between you and little brother Al? Just tell me~ Don't worry, I will never tell anyone else."

Roderick heard Ariel's voice at the door of the registration room.

Since she had little work to do, she was gossiping about Rosemary and Alfred.

“Well… Ariel, you’ve asked me this several times. But there really is nothing between us. This is the truth!”

Rose argued in a panic.

"Hey~ I don't believe it. If nothing really happened between you and little brother Al, why are you so flustered now, Rose? And I asked little Lily the same thing yesterday, and she was also super shy."

Aeril leaned closer to Rose and asked.

"Something must have happened between you!"

(Tsk, that Alfred really did get Liliana. How annoying.)

Roderick clicked his tongue in his heart and walked into the room in an irritable mood.

"Ahem, Ariel."

Seeing Roderick and Brady enter the room, the stern-faced third-year boy in the corner coughed lightly and warned Ariel.

Roderick also remembered this guy, his name was Frank.

The first few times Brady got into trouble at school, it was Frank and two other second-grade boys who handled it.

So he was quite annoyed with Frank and smacked his lips when he saw him.

Frank heard Brady's smacking of lips but didn't bother to pay attention to him and asked the two men why they came.

"Aren't there going to be a tryout at the end of the semester to determine the remaining roster for the Imperial Capital Puppet Master Academy Competition? We two also want to participate in the tryout, so please sign us up."

Roderick spoke in a rather arrogant tone.

He always speaks like this when he is on the street at night.

Neither the bar owner nor the waitresses would mind, of course. However, the three seniors in front of Roderick were even higher than him in terms of academic grade and noble status.

The way he spoke to the three people went beyond pure rudeness and could be seen as a provocation.

Rosemary smiled bitterly when she heard him say that, while Frank frowned.

"Hey! You first-year brat, how dare you talk to us like that?"

Aeril, whose actions speak louder than thoughts, stood up and questioned Roderick with one hand on her waist.

"Huh? We're going to participate in the trials, please sign us up."

Aeril spoke in a harsh voice, which made Roderick start to get angry.

"If that's the case, then go out and knock on the door! Also, what do you mean by 'register for us'? Do you think this is your home and we are servants for you to use as you please? If you want to register, go fill out the registration form yourself!"

"Ariel, please sit down first..."

Rosemary tugged on Ariel's skirt, signaling her to calm down a little.

Being accused by Aeril in person, Roderick subconsciously clenched his fists and wanted to curse back.

But before he could speak, Rosemary spoke first.

"I'm very sorry, my two juniors. You are not qualified to participate in the trials. We cannot accept your applications for the trials."

Rosemary showed a regretful expression and told Roderick and Brady.

"What does it mean?"

Roderick looked at Rosemary, and the principal's arrogance subsided a little.

Unlike Ariel, Rosemary is Alfred's fiancée.

Roderick couldn't afford to provoke that guy right now, so he didn't dare to take a tough attitude towards Rosemary.

"You two have the last and second worst overall grades in the grade this semester, and you have violated school rules many times and behaved in dangerous ways, and you refuse to change despite repeated warnings. For these reasons, the Student Council will reject your applications to participate in the trials."

Rosemary explained seriously.

"What, just because of such a small matter, you, the student union, have no right to make such a decision to not allow us to participate in the competition?!

Besides, my puppets are super powerful. I can definitely win the Puppet Master Academy Competition. You are deliberately making things difficult for me in order to suppress me!"

Aeril scoffed at Roderick's statement.

"Hmph~ The puppets are very powerful~ That's useless. Anyway, this year's selection will also include the puppeteer's own skills in the assessment. With your..."

Aeril looked at Roderick with contempt and sneered.

She was like those noble girls who looked down on Roderick in the past, full of contempt and disdain.

During this period of time, Roderick's self-control has declined a lot due to eating, drinking and having fun in the night streets, and his temper has become much more arrogant and irritable than before.

Aeril's ridicule made veins pop up on his forehead, and his body began to tremble slightly with anger.

“Ariel!”

Rosemary grabbed Aeril's arm to stop her from continuing.

"I'm very sorry, my two juniors. The Puppet Master Academy Competition is also related to the reputation of the entire Illya Ariya. Our student union cannot allow two people who have repeatedly done things that damage the image of Illya Ariya Puppet Master Academy to participate in the competition."

"Anyway, even if you participate in the competition, you two will just embarrass yourself."

Aeril followed Rosemary's words and snorted with disdain.

"Ariel,"

Rosemary sighed helplessly, stopping her from continuing.

Looking at Ariel's contemptuous look, Roderick subconsciously reached out to grab her collar.

But Roderick had never learned any martial arts, and his reaction speed was no match for Ariel.

Although Aeril was also startled by Roderick's sudden action, before Roderick could touch her, Aeril grabbed Roderick's wrist with her hand, twisted his arm and threw him to the ground.

“Ah, it hurts!”

Roderick's legs went limp and he fell to the ground, the back of his head hitting heavily on the table in front of Ariel and the others.

"Hey, what are you doing..."

Brady yelled at Ariel angrily.

He even planned to take out the puppet ball from his waist bag and summon puppets in the room.

"This guy started it first!"

Aeril accused emotionally, with no intention of letting Roderick go.

"Stop it, both of you!"

Frank scolded the two men and the scene suddenly fell into chaos.

In the end, Rosemary hurriedly summoned her puppet and called Cecilia, who was still in the student union office, over, and she was able to barely control the situation and the two sides did not actually fight.

Although it was Roderick who started it first, there were only three student council members including Ariel and Brady, who was on good terms with him, in the room at the time.

There was no neutral third party present.

Neither Roderick nor Brady admitted that it was Roderick who first tried to grab Ariel's collar, but Rosemary and Frank of course chose to stand on Ariel's side.

The two sides are basically two parallel lines.

Since Roderick did suffer some minor injuries afterwards, Cecilia had no choice but to persuade Ariel to take a step back and apologize to Roderick so as to end the matter as soon as possible.

Roderick was extremely dissatisfied with Cecilia's handling of the situation, and just asking Ariel to apologize was too insincere.

But with Cecilia around, and Rosemary also calling Alfred over, Roderick didn't dare make any excessive demands to make things difficult for Ariel.

The matter was left unresolved.

In the end, Rodrick and Brady's applications were rejected by the Student Union and they were unable to participate in the trials.