At that time, in the large office for First-Ring Wizards at the Rose Council's Breeder Academy, several other First-Ring Crystallization Wizards looked over. One wizard even asked the inventor of [Pink Lover], "Raphael, what happened to make you so angry?"
"Isn't today the release day for your Pink Lover Bouquet? Even the dean praised how much your floral artistry has improved lately."
Raphael picked up his Magic Plant, and immediately, the partner dashboard interface belonging to him appeared in midair before him.
On the total sales rankings for the True Love Festival on September 1, the tenth place was not [Pink Lover]. It was not even a Magic Bouquet of any kind, but a defensive Magic Plant called the Five-Headed Snake Magic Plant.
Many First-Ring Wizards in the office froze when they saw this.
Quite a few First-Ring Wizards of the Rose Council also took out their Magic Plants and began checking the rankings.
Raphael said grimly, "See that? This breeder's Magic Plant has knocked my Pink Lover bouquet off the rankings during the True Love Festival, which our Rose Council Academy spent enormous sums of money establishing."
As he spoke, the Five-Headed Snake Magic Plant rose another place on the total sales rankings, reaching eighth place.
Raphael immediately turned toward the rankings in disbelief, his brows furrowing.
In the office, a First-Ring Crystallization-Stage Wizard—the author of the original ninth-place [Blue Love] Bouquet—also frowned and stood up. "What's the background of this Five-Headed Snake? It's actually slaughtering our rankings during the festival our Rose Council promoted?"
"Normally, breeders from the other academies in Cloud Marsh Wetland would try to avoid selling Magic Plant works other than Magic Bouquets on September 1, the True Love Festival, wouldn't they?"
"Even if they wanted to slaughter our rankings, they should at least release