Winter Fashion Competition End

Lia had long been preparing for this day.

Eversince she entered Alcane, she had been refining her designs, but year after year she can only be disappointed.

Kemara, Adrien, and now there's Yue.

All of them are there to block her way to the top.

Blocking her from being noticed by Kiro.

This year, she was confident that she may be able to win the competition.

Seeing the designs being modeled one by one, she never lost hope, not until she saw Yue's.

Lia thought that with limited materials she can easily eliminate Yue from the game but who would have thought it will allow her to still bring out her genius.

But what gave Lia hope was the comment she heard amidst all the awe.

"Yue is so awesome, look at those flowers! It looks so real!" this voice had been raised as if specifically wanting to be heard by her.

Then it stroked Lia, she didn't see such prop in the materials given by the company. Looking at the delicate craftsmanship, it's impossible for Yue to make all of it.

For it to create such great effect, Yue would need hundreds of those pieces.

Yue must have cheated.

She can't allow such thing to happen.

After stating her accusation, Lia saw the ugly faces of the judges.

With this Lia was sure that their impression on Yue is already at the bottom.

Then she saw a man passed by her.

But how many times had she watched that back, hoping that one day he'll turn his face on her.

But now, if he intends to save the situation, with such grievous accusation, Lia believes that the man can't do and won't do anything to damage his reputation.

"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for witnessing our Annual Winter Fashion Competition" Kiro's voice resounded, deep and steady like the way he stood in the midst of the stage. The man with the full aura of nobility, and without a doubt someone who takes the helm of this hegemon company, and eventually his family.

"As you all know, for Alcane, it is vital for us to achieve quality and strive for excellence so this kind of competition is introduced to encourage our designers to continue to improve themselves. As you have noticed this year, we have changed the format into something that will cover all the basic and special abilities of our designers. This is not solely for the benefit of the company and our employees but also in response to the decree sent by the Royal Palace. As of a month ago, the Royal Designer had decided to retire and is now looking for a successor, thus, a nationwide selection had been directed. Slots are given for companies and studios and other screening are provided for independent designers. Thus, in order to keep the integrity of this competition and in lieu of the selection, we made sure to place proper security measures to avoid incidents such as cheating" Kiro didn't target any person but Lia can feel the sting in her heart.

"So in order to show transparency, I, welcome everyone to witness the process of how our designers built up their masterpiece today"

Kiro presented over a big screen and signaled the staff to start the video.

As Lia listened to Kiro's speech her face becomes paler and paler.

She didn't expect that this competition had that much significance.

Lia looked at Yue to see how she reacted to the situation but all she saw is calmness.

Could Yue already knew of the decree?

Is Kiro really that biased?

Lia looked at her surroundings and apparently, no one else knew of this kind of information.

And also, knowing that her tricks would soon be revealed, how can Yue keep her calm demeanor?

Did she really do everything by hand?

As much as Lia think about it, she thought things to be impossible.

But right now, just like everyone, she can only also watch to learn the truth.

There are ten simultaneous screens playing, showing on how they drafted the design and weave their hands to create everything from scratch.

Everyone was able to recognize the talent of each designers and their passion in their profession.

But amongst the screen, the most eye-catching would be Yue.

Although they tried to make their moves subtle but with most of the designers acting up, it is apparent that they wanted to target a certain competitor.

However, it is normal in this kind of competition to try to suppress the person with the most threat.

The video continued and it was shown how Yue was the last to pick the materials.

In the end, it remained a mystery what she took in the corner of the room.

It was not until the later part of the competition that everyone was able to see that what Yue actually took was a three inches wire.

While everyone started to wonder what she might possibly do with it, they saw her bend the end of the wire, cover and secure the other half with fabric.

Then one by one Yue started to crochet flowers.

She had been struggling at the beginning but eventually picked up the pace and took only seconds to finish one craft after another.

There had been silence in the venue.

What they had deemed impossible at the beginning was actually finished one after another like that.

Even the judges who had an idea of the possible outcome had been really impressed by what they witnessed.

Up until the end no one realized that they had been entranced until Kiro once again took the stage.

"Everyone, I hope that you were able to see together with us how we were able to keep the integrity of this competition"

"I would also like to personally congratulate Ms. Yue for becoming Alcane's next Chief Designer and for getting the chance for becoming the next Royal Designer. The responsibility that you will be handling from here onwards is more than what others had from the past years. As the CEO of Alcane, I expect that you'll be able to uphold your position and surprise us more like how you did today" Kiro delivered his speech in a wholesome manner that Yue thought for a second that she was hallucinating.

So when it comes to official matters, the man will still take things seriously.

But from the beginning Yue can't wait for the event to finish already.

She really had a hard time keeping herself from laughing.

Kiro obviously noticed the amused expression of Yue but can only keep up appearance.

"It's my honor to accept the position and opportunity entrusted to me by Alcane. Rest assured, that I, Yue, will never let the company down" Yue had been modest. She knew that it is not enough to get these chances but from here onwards, more eyes will look onto her works. She needed to take everything seriously and always try to challenge herself to breakthrough in order to bring her works to a newer height.

She can't let herself down specially those people who placed their trust on her.

She had to gain the power stand side by side to her brother.