Soma Yukihira had never imagined that Seiya's family restaurant had become this impressive.
Now, just coming here for a meal got him suspected of being a fraud? And before him, there had already been as many as ten people pretending to be Seiya's friends to cut the line?
Minezaki, who had also been helping out in the restaurant, noticed that some sort of dispute seemed to have broken out at the entrance. Curious, she walked over to take a look.
When she saw Soma Yukihira arguing with the staff, Minezaki looked at him in surprise. "Isn't this the brat from next door? Didn't you go to Totsuki Culinary Academy? Why are you back already?
"Although I heard the class evaluations at Totsuki Culinary Academy were pretty strict, don't tell me you got expelled for failing?"
The moment he heard Minezaki's words, Soma Yukihira bristled and retorted, "You're the one who got expelled! I, Soma Yukihira, am the man destined to stand at the very top of Totsuki Culinary Academy!
"More importantly, Seiya still hasn't fired you?"
Minezaki and Soma Yukihira simply could not stand each other. Soma Yukihira had never gotten over this woman coming over and wrecking their place before.
Likewise, Minezaki did not like seeing Soma Yukihira. She was worried that he still had not given up and wanted to drag Seiya off to Totsuki Culinary Academy again.
"Miss Minezaki, those people said they were Boss Seiya's friends, so..."
"I know. Go help out inside first. I'll take care of them."
As the restaurant's business improved and certain management reforms were introduced, Seiya and Minezaki alone naturally could no longer handle everything.
After discussing it with Seiya, Minezaki had hired several new staff members.
Originally, as business continued to improve and Seiya wholeheartedly wanted to slack off, he