Mission Fail

Ding! Sorry, you Fail the Main Quest: Shokugeki!!!

Ding! You receive exclusive Punishment "Buff of Weakness"

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After receiving the notification,. Lou felt a huge portion of his strength suddenly disappear, he felt hollow and airy inside.

This is the first time he experiences a great weakness like this, clenching his fist made him helpless.

Erina, who gave Lou his first Quest fail, suddenly asks," How did you do that?"

"Do what?"

"M-Make…. That unique flavor in the food…"

She continues," The heat used to make the egg is perfect, the combination of spice is genius, the technique you use is new even for me who already learned everything, but I'm still confused about what is that secret ingredient that you add to your food."

Lou gently smiled and pulled the chair in front of her, he then sat and looked at her attentively.

"I want to ask you, is aroma all that is necessary for an excellent cuisine?"

"Yes?" She said

"Being perfect in all aspects is important for making food?"

"Of course,"

"Good-looking dishes can be categorized as perfect food?"

Erina nodded.

Lou look at her beautiful face and slightly smiled," Yoru wrong,"

"A chick is unable to eat without its mother's assistance, a lion can grow without its mother protection,"

"There are undoubtedly things that can only be born from a man's hand, and that is something called Heart of a Chef."

"A chef's heart comes from the motivation of a chef for the customer who will going to eat his or her dish."

"Just like a mother making a bento box for her young child, a chef here is the thing that makes a dish even more enjoyable and delicious."

"Isn't spice enough?" She said.

Lou shook his head, this is the problem of Erina, she never felt this kind of love from her parents, maybe from her grandfather but it's not enough.

"Do you know why a mother likes to cook for her family?"

"Because of her role?"

"Yoru wrong again, a mother likes to cook for her family because she can show her love to her family, making a dish filled with love is actually enough for a human to feel the dish is delicious."

"But your dish is different, that thing on your dish only has the "Perfection" and "Deliciousness" that you want for those who eat it to get."

"So what? The peak of food is composed of those 2 things."

"You're wrong again, it seems that you will never get the right answer, a perfect food doesn't really need those two things, what the food needs is the heart of the chef for the one who will eat their dish."

"I don't really get that Chef's Heart."

"Then why did you cry just now?"

"T-That's….."

"You can't answer right?"

Erina looks at Lou, she really can't find the answer, she can proudly say that she already tastes all kinds of food, she can easily feel if the food is good or not.

But this time, it's different, when she eats the food made by Lou, there is a strange thing that slightly pinches her cold heart that memes her whole body warm, a comfortable feeling that she never experienced before.

She dont know why her body subconsciously cries from what she felt, but the thing she is for sure, she felt the warmth of something caring for her.

Lou stands up and walks closer to her, she gently hugs the dazed girl and pats her back.

Erina slightly trembles and snaps out, she looks at the boy that is supposedly her fiance, and the warmth she just felt from the food appears again from the body of Lou.

"You will eventually find the answer, I can't tell you what Chef Heart is because it will call me a spoiler."

"Umm…. " She then suddenly pushed Lou away from her and looked at him with a blushing face.

"And who said you can casually hug me? I think you don't understand your situation right now mister."

Lou just casually shrugs his shoulder.

"You lose, and you need to fulfill your wish."

"Sure, so what do you want? Do you want me to withdraw from the engagement? I can easily do that?"

"Yes." Hisako said.

"No," Erian replied.

"Ha?" Lou confusedly looked at them.

"Erina-sama?" Hisako confusedly looked at Erina, she didn't know why she said no.

"I-I have a different plan, so don't worry." Erina nervously said.

"So what do you want?"

"I... I…. I... I want you to be my Personal Chef!" Erina said.

"That's good, but do i need to stay with you?"

"No need, i just want you to be my servant and my personal Chef, the only thing i want you to do is to cook me a simple set of breakfast, lunch, and dinner,"

"And also, I don't want to call you mean so I will release you after you get my approval."

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Ding! You recessive Main Quest: Erina's Approval

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"Sure that's the deal," Lou said.

"Then I'm going, I'm waiting for you after this," Erina then walked away proudly but her face showed a different meaning.

Hisako looked at her smiling face and wondered if she was in a bad mood today.