"You don't need to be in such a hurry. I've figured out what I'm going to make too. I won't lose this cooking wager!"
He had also seen the way Soma Yukihira had looked at the bacon earlier. Unfortunately, he did not even have a small amount of meat ingredients like bacon on his side.
Minezaki probably had not realized it herself, but the proposition she had put forward had dug a huge pit for herself.
"A juicy, delicious meat-flavored dish"—simply put, it was a dish that needed to have a meat flavor. It did not necessarily have to be made with meat.
Looking at the soybeans he had bought that morning, an idea arose in Seiya's mind as well. Before long, under Minezaki's astonished gaze, he walked into the kitchen.
Seeing Seiya enter the kitchen carrying a bag of ingredients as well, Minezaki was clearly more nervous than when she had seen Soma Yukihira go in.
Because she was far too worried and curious about what Seiya intended to make, the voluptuous young woman hesitated for a moment before following him toward the kitchen.
Unfortunately, the moment she reached the kitchen entrance, Seiya raised a hand and stopped her.
"Miss Minezaki, don't you know that the kitchen is off-limits to outsiders?
Every chef has their own unique cooking methods. You are neither my family nor my disciple, merely a guest. It would be better for you to wait outside for now."
Seiya's words left Minezaki unable to argue. After all, in this world of cooking, anything related to cuisine took precedence over everything else. It was like tennis in the Prince of Tennis World or Duel Monsters in the Yu-Gi-Oh! World—the rules of the world stood above all else.
Therefore, although Minezaki was extremely unwilling after being rejected by