What Are the Results This Time?

Damn, day's almost over... We've still got a little time left, but at this point, I think we can call it.

Still, we did pretty well for ourselves.

We especially sold a lot of copies to those pirates who came in after Blackbeard bought one.

And then there's all the other people who bought a copy.

Phew, made it just in time. One, please.

Here you go. Thank you.

...And then there's

Wait, hold up. Who the hell was that weirdo?

Uh, no!? If that were common, it wouldn't be weird!

How's a guy like that a staple of your Christmas!?

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Hi, Alter.

Great. What do you want? Here to laugh at how pitifully our club did?

No, I'm just here to say hello. You do know that not everyone's out to get you, right?

...So? You take the sales crown again this year?

No, I'm afraid not.

You didn't!? But your dolphin book was so good it made me want to barf! How could it possibly lose!?

Not even Medb's photo album should

W-well, as it turns out...

...Hmph. Sneaky bitch.

What do you mean, sneaky!?

I HAD to start issuing raffle tickets, or the whole con was going to riot!

Great, just what we need right now.

Listen up! There's three things you guys lack!

Trendiness, social media presence, motivation, and most importantly, beauty!

Specifically, me!

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...Like I was saying, there's four things you guys lack!

Trendiness, social media presence, motivation, and me in all my beautiful glory!

Why does it feel like the list is growing?

The point is, I'm taking first place here as well.

Honestly, I'm so beautiful I scare myself sometimes... Maybe I'll make another statue.

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...True. I'm not sure even I could take having a third statue of myself destroyed.

So I guess I can settle for just taking first place in sales. That Holy Grail is as good as mine!

Aaanyway, good luck trying to enjoy the rest of your summer.

It might not compare to my beautifully elegant vacation, but then, what could?

Hooohohoho!

Damn, she actually walked away laughing like some kind of stuck-up evil rich girl.

For a lady not making her own manga, she sure seems like she's read too damn many of them.

Personally, she reminds me of that salesman who's always laughing.

...Anyway, I sure had a lot of fun again this year.

I don't know. Think it might've been a whole lot of work for nothing.

...Hmph. Next time, I'm gonna hand you your ass for sure.

Wonderful! I look forward to it! Okay, I'm going to go back to my own table.

Great work, everyone!

A participation prize, huh. Ah well, at least the book came out pretty well, right?

...Guess this means we've got to start over again.

Oh well, no point looking backwards. Just have to focus on what comes next.

...Besides, there's still a bunch of things we don't know.

So if we have to keep redrawing this book until we figure those out, that's what we're gonna do.

...Now, what do you say we make the most of this vacation, Master?