"History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there." — George Santayana
Paul was still sitting in the mansion with COOLMATH when the grand finals were finally about to start. He was honestly bored of the fights and somewhat wished he had been leveling up for the last few hours with his party. He could have earned a level or so in the time he had been sitting awkwardly with his opponent.
COOLMATH was not a bad guy at all. He did not do or say anything that made Paul particularly dislike him, even if they didn't share the same views. The man was strange; it was just that they did not connect much, either.