"Lady Erina, look over there. Those are the roommates who have been living with Soma Yukihira at Polar Star Dormitory."
At Hisako Arato's reminder beside her, Erina turned her gaze toward where the Polar Star Dormitory residents were seated.
Whether it was Ryoko Sakaki or Yuki Yoshino, they had both been students of Totsuki Culinary Academy's original ninety-second class and had advanced from the middle school division to the high school division, so Erina naturally knew them.
But when her gaze swept across the Polar Star Dormitory group and finally landed on a black-haired boy among them, Erina immediately frowned. "I see. So that guy was behind this! He must have helped Soma Yukihira get his hands on rare ingredients. They were friends to begin with. Damn it! What a meddler."
Erina and Hisako clearly both had a deep impression of Wenren Seiya, who had appeared among the Polar Star Dormitory residents.
That day had even been the first time Erina had felt such strength and pressure from someone her own age.
After returning from Wenren Restaurant that day, Erina had repeatedly tried treating Seiya as an imaginary opponent. She kept making egg dishes and sashimi dishes, comparing them to the Three No Stick and Blazing Ice Fresh Sea Bream Mountain Seiya had made before.
Yet, much to her frustration, no matter how many times she tried, under the judgment of her God's Tongue, the dishes she made were far inferior to the standard Seiya had displayed back then.
For that very reason, although Seiya was not at Totsuki, Erina had continued to have people secretly keep tabs on him and gather information about him, which Hisako would organize and hand over to her.
Did Erina have feelings for Seiya? No, no, no. She only did this because she wanted