Fulfilling the Bet

Hearing Cedric's incredulous voice, Lothur looked at this fellow and laughed. "Oh? I see you are already prepared to assume your defeat, eh?"

Some people in the surroundings laughed with Lothur, noticing that Cedric was already on his knees, just as he had promised he would be if he lost the bet.

Realizing that he had unwittingly put himself in that situation, Cedric 'returned' to reality, putting his disbelief aside to refute Lothur's victory.

"No! That result can only be wrong! How can someone doing the test for 1-star formation masters have a result of 100% efficiency?" He shouted to the people there as if he were a lawyer defending his thesis.

Cedric then looked at the examiner and said. "If that's true, he's already at the level of a 2-star formation master! Wouldn't that be ridiculous?"

The people in the area felt sorry for the young man who was struggling not to have his defeat confirmed, even if some understood Cedric's doubts.