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Join the ServerSeeing the shimmering, translucent sauce flowing over the chicken, the expectant crowd couldn’t help but swallow.
Their faces read, “Hurry up and serve it, I can’t wait!”
“This is my, Soma Yushira’s, exclusive signature dish—Meat and Egg with Scallions and Chicken!“
Soma snapped his fingers, signaling the nearby maid to serve the dish to the witches.
Hearing the dish’s name, Charlotte couldn’t help but frown slightly.
“It’s just a roasted chicken; is such a grand presentation really necessary?”
“This little girl, don’t underestimate this dish,” Soma subconsciously treated Charlotte like an eight or nine-year-old child, which caused a hint of dissatisfaction to rise in Charlotte.
“This dish is not as simple as it looks. Do you really think what’s before you is just a roasted chicken?”
“What else could it be if not a roasted chicken?” Charlotte’s face showed confusion.
However, at that moment, Yuffie, who was sitting across from her, took a bite and let out a gasp of amazement.
“This is… this is…”
Shaula, next to her, also tried a bite and was so shocked her twin tails shot up.
“This isn’t chicken… it’s…”
Seeing the looks of utter surprise on their faces, Charlotte felt even more confused.
Was this roasted chicken really that amazing?
Skeptical, she picked up her chopsticks, took a piece, and tried it.
The moment the meat entered her mouth, Charlotte felt as if countless animals were stampeding past her.
The unprecedented shock made her eyes widen.
No matter how much she disapproved of this dish, at this moment, she could only exclaim in wonder.
“Incredible! This is too delicious!”
At that moment, Lyra, sitting across from her, accurately identified the true ingredients of the roasted chicken.
“This is probably a chicken skeleton stuffed with venison, bear meat, wild boar meat, and saury, all condensed into a single dish.”
“It not only avoids the clash of different flavors but also perfectly harmonizes them so that they don’t interfere with each other.”
“Without fifty years of cooking experience, it’s absolutely impossible to create such an exquisite dish. This is truly incredible! If this were to be translated into our witch ranks, it would definitely be at the level of the First Instructor.”
As Lyra analyzed, she continuously placed more of the roasted meat into her own bowl, as if afraid this delicacy would vanish at any moment.
Lyra, next to her, continuously shook her sister’s arm.
“Sister Lyra, let me try some too! I can’t wait!”
“But I’m curious. The lightness of the venison, the ferocity of the bear meat, the wildness of the boar meat, and the sharpness of the saury—these ingredients are all extremes of their own characteristics. How did he manage to perfectly fuse them?”
Lyra ignored Lya’s plea and continued to voice her confusion.
It seemed that in the face of such a delicacy, even her bond with Lya was something that could be severed.
“It’s the tofu.”
Just as Soma was about to answer Lyra’s question, Lillian, who was sitting beside Lya, gave the answer first.
“He used tofu as a carrier, carving these completely different ingredients onto both sides of the tofu. Even the most extreme ingredients can be perfectly assimilated with the tofu.”
Hearing Lillian’s answer, Soma smiled slightly.
“Correct.”
Receiving Soma’s confirmation, Lillian didn’t show any sign of relief.
Instead, she became even more serious.
Without a doubt, this roasted chicken was beyond her imagination.
‘With such superb cooking skills, how can I ever catch up?’
Lillian turned to look at Charlotte, who was completely immersed in the ocean of deliciousness, unable to extricate herself.
She still remembered the words Charlotte had spoken yesterday when she invited her to come and taste the delicious food.
“By the way, Lillian, Elsa invited me to their royal capital tomorrow to taste the true delicacies of this world. How are their cooking skills? Much better than yours, I bet! This gourmet battle is, without a doubt, my victory! Ahahahahaha!”
Seeming overly smug, Elsa couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
Hearing Elsa’s mockery of Charlotte, Lillian, beside Charlotte, couldn’t help but tremble.
If she couldn’t provide Charlotte with the most delicious food in the world, what right did she have to stay by her side?
“How much better can she be than Lillian? But no matter how skilled her family’s master chef is, I’m sure he’s no match for Lillian, right?”
At that time, Charlotte was so confident in Lillian.
But at this moment, Lillian had to unwillingly admit that this master chef named Soma’s true cooking skills were far superior to her own.
What he made was the true delicacy of this world, something that could make everyone linger and forget everything else.
Anyone who tasted his food would become his captive.
Without a doubt, he was the one and only monarch of this gourmet world.
“Delicious! Absolutely delicious!”
Seeing everyone praise Soma’s cooking, Gracia, sitting in the main seat, couldn’t help but reveal a smile full of pleasure.
At this moment, Elsa also looked at Charlotte with a confident smile.
“How is it? My family’s master chef Soma is amazing, right? Much better than your family’s cooking! This gourmet showdown is, without a doubt, my victory! Ahahahahaha!”
Seeming overly smug, Elsa couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
Hearing Elsa’s mockery of Charlotte, Lillian, beside Charlotte, couldn’t help but tremble.
If she couldn’t provide Charlotte with the most delicious food in the world, what right did she have to stay by her side?
Lillian, unable to allow herself to be so weak, bravely stood up and bowed respectfully to Soma.
“Mr. Soma, I am Lady Charlotte’s maid, Lillian. First, I would like to thank you for providing us with the most exquisite gourmet experience. However, I will not allow you to so easily capture Lady Charlotte’s heart with your food. I would like to challenge you to a food battle, commonly known as a shokugeki. Will you accept?”
Faced with Lillian’s challenge, Soma’s face showed no sign of annoyance or irritation.
Instead, a look of joy and excitement appeared, as if he had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
“Oh? You want to challenge me? Very well, let me see what kind of skill my opponent possesses!”
Lillian and Soma’s fighting spirits immediately ignited into a blazing fire.
Seeing Lillian about to compete with Soma in a cooking battle, everyone present was astonished.
“Eh? Lillian, you’re going to compete with him in cooking?”
“That’s right. No matter what, I must prove that I am the one who can provide Lady Charlotte with the most perfect gourmet experience! Lady Charlotte, please allow me to be willful this one time!”
Lillian declared this with a look of righteousness.
However, the result of the competition was completely unexpected for Lillian.
Although she had put all her effort into making a sumptuous dish, in front of Soma’s food, she was like a defeated white horse cavalry in a grand war, kneeling on the ground with a look of doubt about her entire life.
“How could this be? Where did I lose?”
However, even so, Lillian didn’t want to admit defeat.
She challenged Soma again and again and again.
Even if she fell, she would immediately get up and charge forward, continuously challenging the Soma who sat high above on his throne.
Over the next few days, Lillian relentlessly competed with Soma in cooking, achieving an astonishing record of zero to five hundred eighty-nine.
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