"All right, everyone, sorry to keep you waiting!"
Erina Nakiri elegantly clapped her hands, her violet eyes sweeping over the crowd that had long been waiting expectantly—some even looking downright predatory. A confident smile curled across her lips.
Beside her, Little Master wore a sunshine-bright smile as well and nodded to everyone.
Before them stood dozens of containers of different sizes and shapes.
There was an ancient, heavy cauldron with a lid; silver serving covers engraved with exquisite patterns; jade pot lids that gave off a gentle luster; and modern temperature-controlled covers with a technological feel.
These containers tightly covered each finished dish, yet even so, they could not fully contain the soul-stirring aromas seeping out and teasing everyone's sense of smell.
"Then..."
Little Master spoke loudly, his clear voice cutting through the noise around them.
"Dinner is served!"
Erina announced almost at the same time, lightly waving her delicate hand.
As her words fell, the two of them moved together and lifted the lids from the containers before them!
"Boom!!!"
The instant the lids were lifted, light ten, a hundred times more intense than anything seen or smelled during the cooking process erupted!
Gold, crimson, emerald, deep blue, moon-white, purple haze, amber—
Lights of different colors shot skyward from every dish!
They converged and merged in the air, forming an incomparably magnificent, dreamlike dome of light that illuminated the entire camp as brightly as day, even eclipsing the starlight and moonlight overhead.
Within the light, vague phantasmal images flashed by: dragons soaring, tigers leaping, phoenixes crying, cranes calling, a hundred flowers blooming, and galaxies turning. These were phenomena caused by the immense energy contained within the ingredients combining with the "heart" and Chef's Intent infused by the culinary gods!
Then—
"Boom!!!"
This time, it was a true "impact" caused