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"Alice, you haven't fallen for him, have you?!"
The more Erina Nakiri listened, the more she felt something was off. Although she lacked common sense, she had read a lot of shojo manga and understood the romantic stuff in them.
Now, looking at Alice Nakiri, it was as if she was seeing a manga plot unfold.
"I do have some good feelings for him. Is there a problem?" Alice Nakiri admitted directly.
Yuuki indeed met her criteria for a partner: a man so powerful in Culinary arts, destined to stand at the pinnacle of the culinary world in the future.
Moreover, he was 'very' handsome, and most importantly, his personality was good during the time they spent together.
With all these factors combined, it would be utter nonsense to say Alice Nakiri didn't have any thoughts about him.
"OF COURSE, THERE'S A PROBLEM! Don't you know he has a girlfriend?" Erina Nakiri's voice rose a few notches.
The reason she knew this was because she had invited Yuuki and also Megumi Tadokoro before, which is how she learned they were a couple.
Now, her own cousin was planning to get involved and fight another girl for a man. This reminded her of manga plots again.
Although she was somewhat excited that such a plot was happening in reality, the problem was that it was happening to her own cousin.
"I know. But so what? It's not like there's no chance." Alice Nakiri stated.
As long as he wasn't married—it was just a girlfriend, not like they were married—so she didn't care about these things.
She would even fight for things she liked, let alone a person.
"Ahem, Alice, have you thought this through?"
At this moment, Senzaemon Nakiri interrupted their conversation. This topic seemed to have veered off into who-knows-where.
However, he didn't negate Alice Nakiri's idea. After all, Yuuki's potential was too strong.
He knew very well that Sōe Nakiri had left Alice at the Tōtsuki Resort with some of these thoughts in mind.
He had also investigated Yuuki's situation and knew about his relationship with Megumi Tadokoro. But as Alice said, they were just a couple; it wasn't set in stone.
He didn't want his two granddaughters to be bound by some sort of beneficial arrangement—he detested such things the most.
It had to be said, the Nakiri family was indeed quite good in this aspect. They wouldn't abandon family ties for benefits. On the contrary, the Nakiri family valued kinship very highly.
That's why their family had tried so many methods over the years to deal with the drawbacks of the God's Tongue. Although they all failed, it showed they were indeed very dedicated.
Using his granddaughters in exchange for benefits was something he couldn't do. But if his granddaughter genuinely liked the other person, then it was a win-win situation. Why not?
However, he now posed this question. There was only one reason for asking: he didn't think there was anything wrong with Alice pursuing someone she liked.
But he needed Alice to be mentally prepared. If she succeeded, then it would naturally be for the best. But if she failed, then she also had to accept that outcome.
"Of course, Grandpa. Since I like him, I will pursue him, regardless of the final result." Alice Nakiri declared that she would definitely fight for him.
Hearing this, Senzaemon Nakiri nodded and said no more. Since his granddaughter had made up her mind, he would naturally support her.
"You guys... this..."
Looking at her cousin and grandfather, who had already formed a united front, Erina Nakiri was speechless. All she could say was that when manga plots became reality, it was truly surreal.
At the same time, her curiosity about Yuuki also deepened. After all, Alice Nakiri was already praising Yuuki to the skies.
Erina Nakiri's curiosity about Yuuki had already grown considerably during this period.
Now, with Alice making such a fuss, Erina's curiosity became even stronger. However, she disguised it well and wouldn't directly reveal her true thoughts.
....
Meanwhile, the result of that informal Shokugeki at Polar Star was out.
Undoubtedly, in terms of talent, the Jewel Generation was in a league of its own. Ryō Kurokiba, as one of the top talents in the Jewel Generation, was somewhat more talented than Satoshi Isshiki.
It was also mentioned in the original story that the Autumn Elections were the best example. Those judges had said that in previous years, seventy or eighty points was the highest score. But in the Jewel Generation's year, scores in the eighties would still be eliminated.
Their words meant that in previous years—whether it was Eishi Tsukasa and Rindō Kobayashi's third year, or Satoshi Isshiki and Terunori Kuga's second year—the highest score in the Autumn Elections was seventy or eighty points.
This score, in the current Jewel Generation's year, wouldn't even make it into the top eight; it would be screened out in the preliminaries.
But time was always an issue. For example, right now, Ryō Kurokiba's talent was stronger than Satoshi Isshiki's, but in terms of pure Culinary skill, Satoshi could currently crush Ryō.
The match ended with Ryō Kurokiba's crushing defeat. And this was with Satoshi Isshiki not even bringing out his signature dish.
Although he won, Satoshi Isshiki wasn't happy at this moment. The reason was simple: Ryō Kurokiba had set his sights on him. That look made Satoshi realize what kind of person Ryō was.
So, he could already imagine being pestered endlessly by Ryō Kurokiba for some time to come.
But things had already come to this; there was nothing he could do. All he could say was that with people like Ryō Kurokiba, you couldn't give them an inch, or they'd take a mile.
Yuuki knew from the start what this guy's personality was like, so he had directly refused Ryō's challenge.
....
Since there was an opening ceremony the next morning, followed by classes and assessments after the ceremony, the Polar Star residents also went to bed relatively early.
Incidentally, Satoshi Isshiki no longer dared to wear those bizarre outfits. The reason was simple: Yuuki had dealt with him...
Before The System activated, although Yuuki's talent was somewhat inferior to Satoshi Isshiki and the others, his fighting skills were not weak.
Gin Dojima had always emphasized the importance of physical fitness, and Yuuki himself knew this well, so his combat ability was considerably high.
When Satoshi Isshiki caused trouble back then, Yuuki immediately took care of him. Although Satoshi had protested, under Yuuki's iron fist, such protests quickly vanished.
With Yuuki's suppression, such eye-sores of outfits never appeared again in Polar Star in the following years. Also, just in case, Yuuki discussed it with everyone and had another bathroom built, so the events from the original story wouldn't happen.
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