Ono Ena stared blankly at her plate, taking a moment to collect herself.
She had not expected to find such a master outside of Totsuki.
However, though the cuisine he made was delicious, the world of victory and defeat was cruel.
"I admit your culinary skills are above mine, but in this match, you lost."
"Wait, what do you mean?" Yukihira Soma asked, slightly stunned and puzzled. "Since you've already admitted I'm better than you, why did I lose?"
"You really are dense, Yukihira-kun. Please recall the topic we agreed upon beforehand."
"Uh... egg dishes?"
"No, what I said earlier was, a dish using eggs as the main ingredient."
"Yeah, so is there something wrong with the Golden Fried Rice I made?"
"Unfortunately, the eggs in fried rice make up only a very small portion. The main ingredient isn't eggs, but rice."
Ono Ena chuckled mischievously for a moment and emphasized once again:
"By comparison, the thick rolled omelet I made specially increased the proportion of eggs and is definitely the main ingredient. So, I won!"
"You... were you intentionally leading me on earlier?" Yukihira Soma couldn't help recalling the scene before the match started.
At the time, after she stated that the match category was [a dish with eggs as the main ingredient], she had casually added, "I heard people say the hardest dish in the world to make is egg fried rice..."
"That's right! I originally wanted to create some difficulties for Yukihira-kun, so that by the time you realized, it would already be too late." Ono Ena paused and said with a light smile, "Still, I didn't expect Yukihira-kun wouldn't react at all from start to finish."
"Despicable!" Yukihira Soma couldn't help muttering under his breath.
"Hehe... falling for tricks is the fault of the one who