Chapter 170

Salem City's Annual Rose Festival was a famous event because there were many kinds of flowers that could not be seen elsewhere. The florists and rose farmers worked relentlessly on inventing new species for the competition. Every year, there would be a competition for the Best Rose Species Award. A few hundred rose species would participate in the competition and only dozens of them would be nominated. In the end, the winner would be the rose species with the highest sales. The competition was separated into online and offline events, and it all depended on the total sale amount of that very day. The florist owners worked for almost a year just for this competition. Once their premium rose was elected to be the Best Rose, there would be many derivatives that would follow after. Advertising companies would be knocking on their doors, bringing them ample amount of profit. Sage came to the festival with the purpose of selecting a rose to be used as the main branding for the Norah Grou