Watching Yuki Yoshino happily gorge herself on such high-end food from someone she did not even know, Grandma Wenxu said somewhat irritably, "He seems to be a Totsuki student too. The dish you're eating now is what he used for his dormitory entrance assessment.
"As for his name..."
Grandma Wenxu had originally wanted to introduce Seiya, but quickly realized that she had not even asked for his name yet.
Looking at the amusing pair before him, Seiya smiled slightly and had just begun to speak. "My name is..."
"Seiya, you finally made it! Huh... what are you eating? It smells so good."
Seiya had only gotten halfway through introducing himself when an excited voice suddenly interrupted him. Soon afterward, a red-haired boy came into view.
The communal dining table at Polar Star Dormitory was especially lively today. Besides Grandma Wenxu and Yuki Yoshino, Soma Yukihira, Ryoko Sakaki, and the others soon returned as well.
Since it was around dinnertime, Seiya had cooked a huge pot of "Beef Stew with Potatoes," allowing the Polar Star Dormitory members who returned later to taste his cooking.
After everyone introduced themselves, the Polar Star Dormitory members learned that Seiya was Soma Yukihira's childhood friend—the Totsuki "special student."
"It's a pleasure to meet you at last. Nice to meet you. Just as Yukihira said, you really are quite an amazing chef. My name is Satoshi Isshiki. Please treat me well."
After tasting Seiya's "Beef Stew with Potatoes," Satoshi Isshiki understood that Soma Yukihira had not been exaggerating before.
This seemingly simple dish had reached the level of an Elite Ten Council dish after using rare ingredients as its main components.
Although the rare ingredients had certainly added quite a few points to the dish, Satoshi Isshiki also knew that the dish before him was merely