218 I Won't Tell

The Next Morning, Alexander and Takumi woke up with dark circles under their eyes, Takumi had backache while Alexander was suffering from a stiff neck.

"Oh lord, my back!" Takumi bent down with his hands on his back.

"Get it together Takumi, we have to return to the camp!" Alexander cracked his neck and spoke.

"Let's find the river, the camp was close to it, right?" Takumi said as he stood up with difficulty, the tree wasn't kind on his back yesterday.

"Indeed, but... there are two rivers in this forest, we didn't eat anything yesterday, we should hunt something..." Alexander said as he cleaned dirt off his clothes.

"Um, excuse me, YOU should go hunt, i will go look for the river." Takumi objected real quick, Alexander looked at him with an expression that says 'Wow! that's low'

"I can't hunt, you're the one with the muscles, you said you have been tried to fight and hunt, And I have been trained to cook, so..." Takumi displayed the facts proudly.

"Alright, just get us some clean water then, all that running made me thirsty." Alexander rolled his eyes "I will see if there is anything i can get my hands on." he said before leaving inside the forest.

"Don't get yourself killed!!" Takumi called before he went down to the river for water.

Meanwhile, at the campsite, The elite 10 are having a hell of trails. As soon as they woke up they started working on their breakfast menu, their task still did not change, they have to please the Helmet Family which now is like a dream.

Soma, Ryo, Hayama, Subaru worked their asses off, they even reached enlightenment and were able to improve some of their dishes, but Erina was after their necks.

"Not enough heat, the meat still has a few areas not cooked properly!" Erina slammed her hands on the table, Soma flinched and frowned 'Damn it!' He thought as he took out his notepad to take notes.

"Lady Erina, I brought some Whole grain cereal to the baby." Ryo handed Erina the cereal.

Erina looked at the bowel and nodded "Give me that?" She held a spoon and took a taste, then she clicked her tongue "Tsk!! What is in this?! Didn't you crush the grains?! And there is not enough milk!" Erina was more than angry "Are you guys serious?!! These are amateur mistakes!!" She said, "If you keep on this, just forget about winning that RED tournament!!" She shouted. "You know what? Put that cursed bandana up your head, NOW!!"

Ryo calmly put his bandana up and then his aura changed "ORAAA!!" He shouted surprising Alexandra who was drinking some tea at the table with the others.

"Cough! Cough! Heavens! Was that kid always like that?" It was a surprise for her for sure, she saw when he was young but it seems he has developed some strange habits.

"No..." Leonora sipped her tea with a smile as she continued "On his journey with me to learn to be a butler i noticed how rude and savagely he behaves...So i hypothesized him and created an alter ego for him to witch to when he cooks and when he serves as a butler."

Alexandra, Alice, Rindo, Amanda, and Rindo's mother looked at Leonora with terrified express 'It seems she doesn't realize what a scary thing she did?' Amanda thought.

'This girl...She is a retard' Alexandra thought 'A scary retard...'

"However, isn't Erina taking it a little too far? i understand that she wants them ready for RED...But..." Rindo raised a question "The tournament is just a normal 3 men team battle." She said while playing with Arc; her son.

"This year's RED will be the last one, this tournament will decide the top Gourmet Academy for generations to come," Leonora spoke.

"Hm! Why?" Alice asked.

"Though it may appear that RED is just like any other tournament, there is a lot of things going behind the scenes, one of them is to get the three schools to agree on locations, time, and themes which takes forever to complete." Leonora said, "RED's main audience is the high-class people and veterans of the gourmet world, and those guys too don't have free time like the rest of the world, some of them can only have 1 day off work."

"Basically, it's a lot of work for a tournament, so they decided to end it on a high note...One thing for sure this year..." Alexandra chuckled as she looked at her watch "This year's red will be very different." She said.

"What's got into you? you have been looking at that watch for some time now!" Amanda asked her daughter with a frown "it is not proper manners."

Alexandra shook her head "I am just waiting for someone..." She said with an amused expression as she looked at Erina and the elite 10.

"DO IT AGAIN!!" Erina shouted.

"Hm? Someone is coming." Alice spoke as she noticed two people coming from the entrance.

"Oh?! Finally!!" Alexandra jumped up as she ran away toward the people coming towards them.

When she was running, all people noticed her and followed her with their eyes

"Senpai!!" Alexandra shouted with a shiny smile.

"GEH!!" the person she was running towards cringed when she heard, her honey-blond hair stood up cold seeing Alexandra ruining towards her. This person was none other than Nakiri Mana herself and her assistance Anne.

As soon she reached her, Alexandra hugged tightly"Gah!! Bitch get off me!!" Mana called as she couldn't breathe from being hugged by Alexandra.

"You came, Senpai, i have been waiting for you!" Alexandra said cutely.

"Wow!" Mana chuckled"that's so disgusting!" She said.

"Oi, oi, I don't see you for ages and this is what i get?" Alexander stood up straight and pinched Mana's nose.

"You never come to visit." Mana slapped her hand away "And just get straight to the point." She said.

"Alright, you are no fun, i need your help with tastings for these guys back there," Alexandra said.

Mana looked behind Alexandra, when she saw Erina she didn't feel confident to not ruin their relationship further "Why do i care for them. And more importantly, why do you care for them?" Mana said as she slapped her fan close.

"You don't know? I am a teacher at Totsuki now. I am responsible for them."

"bug off." Mana turned to leave.

"Are you sure you want to leave?" Alexander chuckled.

"Dead sure!" Mana waved at her without turning back.

"If you leave now...i will tell everybody that you're trying to seduce my son," Alexander said with a smug expression making Mana halt in her steps.

"I don't know what you're talking about," Mana said in low voice.

Alexandra looked behind her to make sure no one is near them to listen "I know that you fell for my son, I spoke with him, and i saw how you are looking for him everywhere and try to be near him. Personally, I don't mind that, it will only give me another way to poke fun at you...but..." Alexander walked behind Mana's shoulders and gave her a massage "...I don't know what will happen when Erina finds about this? And what will you tell her about you and Azami?" She whispered in her ears.

Mana sighed "Correction, I fell for his cooking, major difference...But Alright..." She said "...You won't speak about this to anyone...Also, you will help me out to your son and out of Azami and Erina." Mana smirked as she tapped Alexandra's forehead with her fan.

"Why?" Alexandra asked.

"Because then i won't tell Joichiro that you planned on dumping him after you gave birth. I still have the papers, you know."

"What a fucking bitch!" Alexandra smiled.

"I missed you two, witch!" Mana replied.

The two women shared an intense glare at each other before they started laughing and hugging each other tightly.