"Huh? Do you really understand Master Doma?" As a professional chef—albeit one who had only entered the profession midway through life—Takanashi Toka dared to say that precisely because of that, no one understood Sogo Doma's greatness better than she did. Rounding things off, she could responsibly declare that no one understood Master Doma better than her.
He was Master Doma, who had spent less than half a month guiding her and raised her from the level of a second-rate chef to that of the Totsuki Elite Ten, perhaps even slightly beyond! If he were not obsessed with cooking and devoted to teaching, how could he possibly have accomplished such a thing?
Humans had their limits. When someone was both obsessed with cooking and devoted to teaching, where would he find the time to indulge in chuunibyou nonsense? Where would he get the leisure to tease the two sisters? It was simply impossible! These people had no idea how hard Master Doma worked...
Takanashi Toka even suspected that, aside from eating and sleeping, Master Doma spent all his remaining time improving his cooking skills and teaching methods! Such a hardworking master was not only misunderstood, but even misjudged by so-called "friends." As his disciple, she felt it necessary to defend his image:
"Master Doma was the first person in Totsuki's history to reach the top seat of the Elite Ten while still in middle school..."
Hearing that, Lady Umaru and Utaha Kasumigaoka recalled their experiences at Kirinoya. "..."
Was this woman about to start listing those titles again? Totsuki Elite Ten, leader of the Era of Gems, and so on.
Yukino Yukinoshita, however, froze at those words. Unlike Utaha Kasumigaoka, she was not completely ignorant of the cooking world, nor was she like a certain useless dumpling who had grown accustomed