I can copy the beautiful girl

"Just trying to be cool... How brave..." Tadokoro said this with envy and even a little admiration: "I wish I had such courage."

“Courage is something that anyone can have. It just depends on whether you are willing to summon it.”

"I, I think I tried my best, but I just get nervous easily."

"In that case...would you like me to teach you how to not be nervous?"

"Eh? Is there a way to teach this?"

"Of course. Come on, now take a deep breath."

Megumi Tadokoro looked at me hesitantly, then obediently tried to take a deep breath.

"Then, use all your strength to shout out—I will definitely defeat Erina Nakiri!!!"

"Cough cough cough cough cough cough." Tadokoro Megumi couldn't catch her breath, covered her chest and coughed violently, her face full of panic: "How can I possibly say such words?! That's Erina Nakiri! The granddaughter of the Food Demon King, one of the Ten Greatest of Totsuki, and the God's Tongue..."

"That has nothing to do with it. I'm teaching you how to relax."

"I'm just getting more and more nervous!"

"There's no one else here now. The only one who can hear you is me, the one who taught you to yell like that. You can totally treat me like a rock. So all you need to do is go to an empty, deserted place and yell some incomprehensible words that no one can hear."

"No, I can't do it. Please forgive me. I'm sorry. I have to leave."

"Are you planning on getting expelled, Tadokoro Megumi?"

"Woo..."

With my hands pressing down on her shoulders, Megumi Tadokoro gave up struggling to escape.

"You are the hope of the entire village. Do you want to disappoint those people in your hometown who have high hopes for you?"

"Woo~"

Tadokoro Megumi's eyes were filled with tears.

"Now, as long as you listen to my teachings, I promise that in no time, you will no longer be unable to display your true strength due to nervousness. You can avoid dropping out of school and continue to improve your culinary skills in Totsuki. You may even become one of the Ten Outstanding Students of Totsuki. Do you understand? So, what is your choice?"

"...Can you please say something else? Can I say I will definitely defeat you?"

"No. If you want treatment, you have to listen to the doctor. Trust me, I can definitely cure your nervousness."

“…I…I…”

"Come on, come on."

"me……"

"It's okay. Take a deep breath. Take a deep breath. Then take another deep breath. Inhale. Inhale. Inhale. Inhale."

“Huff…Huff…Huff…Huff…Huff…Huff…Huff…”

Megumi Tadokoro closed her eyes and took a deep breath to the limit, her face flushed red.

Seeing this, I took out my phone and decisively gave the order: "Now! Shout!!"

"I! Will! Definitely! Defeat! Nagiri! Erina!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The fierce shouting shook the sky, was deafening, and shook the earth.

"Huh...huh...huh..."

As if she had fought a battle, Megumi Tadokoro supported her legs with her hands, lowered her head, and gasped heavily with fatigue. But after a while, a smile appeared on her face, and she looked up at the man named Soma Yukihira who taught her.

"Thank you, I actually feel a little better. Eh? What are you doing?"

Looking at the man who was fiddling with his phone with his head down, Tadokoro Kei tilted her head with a puzzled look on her face.

The man replied softly: "It's okay, just upload a video."

As he spoke, he turned his phone around and kindly let Tadokoro Kei look at the video he had just uploaded to the campus network.

"I! Will! Definitely! Defeat! Nagiri! Erina!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The passionate shout shook Tadokoro Megumi's eardrums, and at the same time—

Click—!

On this day, Tadokoro Megumi, who always looked like gray and stone, finally shattered into pieces.

Volume 25: Chapter : Killing Time

"I will definitely defeat Erina Nakiri."

“Ahhhhhhhh, stop talking!!!”

In class, Teacher Chapelle suddenly called her name, and the teacher suddenly said this. Tadokoro Megumi squatted down with her head in her hands, screaming in despair, looking like she wanted to bury her head in the ground.

Before this, Tadokoro Megumi had already been teased by some of her classmates from the middle school. Everyone was making fun of her, and now the teacher was also... Oh my God! Kill me!

"There's no need to feel ashamed."

However, Mr. Chapelle did not make fun of Tadokoro. On the contrary, he encouraged her:

"I think you did a great job. If you want to be a top chef, you need to have the confidence that you are better than anyone else."

"Teacher Chapel is right, Xiaohui, you have to muster up your confidence."

"What grudge do I have against you?"

Megumi Tadokoro raised her head and looked resentfully at Soma Yukihira who was still making sarcastic remarks.

Yukihira Soma said seriously, "I'm helping you. Look, you're not nervous at all now, are you?"

"Hahaha, hahaha." Tadokoro Megumi stood up, tears in her eyes, and smiled emotionlessly: "Yeah, you're right, I'm not nervous at all."

Destroy it, drop out of school, it doesn’t matter, I can’t stay in this school anymore.

Let the villagers be disappointed, but I can’t survive in a place like this anymore. I have to go back to inherit the family business!

With such a self-destructive mentality, Tadokoro Megumi started her own cooking.

She no longer cared about Soma Yukihira who was in the same group with her.

"I'm dropping out of school, so don't even think about it. Just let me give you an E-level evaluation!"

Megumi Tadokoro was cooking with full of resentment, and I just let her do it without interfering. Instead, I found a chair and sat down leisurely, admiring her busy and graceful figure.

The cook is so nice.

I'm already looking forward to the scene where Erina and Xiaohui cook together and sit at the stove.

Oh, of course, a replica.

I don't have any extravagant expectations for the original body.

Speaking of this, I have to say that Erina’s chef uniform is really awesome!

When I woke up this morning and saw Erina who had just finished cooking, I couldn't help myself. I immediately started teasing her after dinner. She is so charming.

The reason why I couldn't help teasing the real Erina when I first saw her was because her charm was so irresistible. So it's not my fault, it's all Erina's own fault. Who made her so attractive?

That's right, I'm not wrong, it's all Erina's fault.

Huh? You ask me why I was thinking about all this nonsense in class?

Of course it's because I'm bored.

Xiaohui was working hard to cook by herself. Seeing that she did not make any mistakes in her steps, I naturally could not cause her any trouble. But in such a situation... it was boring.

It takes so much time to make a dish in cooking class, especially a beef dish like this, and I can't do anything during that time.

Although we have mobile phones, the world is still 12. There are fun mobile games and so on... As a pure otaku who started playing mobile games with Honor of Kings and then quickly became addicted to one 12D game after another, you can imagine that I can't accept the style of mobile games from just by looking at the graphics.

So, boring.

After looking up at the ceiling for a while, I finally couldn't help it and raised my hand to ask Teacher Chapel, "Teacher Chapel, can I leave the classroom?"

Mr. Chapelle looked at me expressionlessly. It was more like he was staring at me when I moved the chair and sat down. "Aren't you going to cook?"

"With Xiaohui here, I don't have to do anything."

"...As you wish. I was hoping to see the true strength of a student who could boast such arrogant words. What a shame."

"There's always a chance."

After saying this, I stood up.

However, before leaving, I glanced at Tadokoro Megumi and said, "Speaking of which, Megumi, do you know how to make meat tender?"

"Ah?" Even though Tanado Kei was in the state of self-abandonment, she still heard my words and turned to look at me in confusion.

"A little-known fact is that pineapple juice can soften the meat, but since pineapples are hard to come by in Japan, there's an alternative method: using honey. Honey contains protease, an enzyme that breaks down proteins, so using honey effectively is a great way to soften the meat quickly."

Tadokoro Megumi was confused: "Why, why are you telling me this?"

"Because, no matter what, isn't it a chef's job to get food to the table?"

After saying this, I turned around and walked out of the classroom, no longer caring about what was happening in the classroom.

Although I feel like I've given up on myself, it's enough as long as I'm not nervous.

As long as Tadokoro Megumi is not nervous, she can display her strength normally.

There is no need for her to perform exceptionally well. As long as she can perform normally, there is nothing to worry about.

After all, he is one of the future Ten Greatest Totsuki. Although he does not have that strength now, he is also in the second tier of the Ten Greatest.

So, I left the classroom with peace of mind and strolled in the corridor.

Anyway, just find a place to kill time.

"Haha, isn't this a transfer student? You seem quite relaxed on your first day of class. Although I don't seem to be qualified to say that you are—but I have already completed the project, what about you?"

Just when I was thinking of finding a deserted place to summon the beautiful Kawashima Rei whom I had just copied today to kill time, I suddenly heard such a pleasant laughter.

When I looked over, I saw a beautiful white-haired girl looking at me and giggling.

"After all, the people in my group are very capable and don't need me at all."

"Oh? Your class is about cooking in groups? From what you said, it seems like you didn't do anything at all?"

"I can't help it. After all, I've only ever been interested in eating. I've rarely been interested in making it myself."

"You don't even have the slightest passion for cooking, yet you dare to claim you're the best in the world."

As we approached, close enough to each other, I whispered back, "I'm sorry I don't have a love for cooking, but even if I don't have any love for cooking, you guys still have to compete for second place, which makes me even more sorry."

Alice Nakiri smiled earnestly and said, "I hope you really have the ability to say such words. You must satisfy me and don't become a joke in my eyes."

I nodded and passed by her: "Don't worry, I will not let you down, because my skills are now very proficient, and I will definitely satisfy you completely."

It's decided. I'll just use Alice Nakiri's clone to kill time.

Oh yes, with Erina's clone.

Volume 26: Chapter Monsters

Megumi Tadokoro felt that today was a really strange day.

It was also the worst day of her life.

For Megumi Tadokoro, who would be expelled from school if she got another E grade, she is already standing on the edge of a cliff.

She was aware of this and felt deeply desperate.

But what Tanomo Kei didn't expect was that true despair only officially arrived today.

First, he met an inexplicable transfer student, and then he played a trick on him. Not only did he shout out such embarrassing words, but they were also posted on the campus network and known to all the teachers and students in the school. It might even be spread outside.

Originally, Tadokoro Megumi had always been ridiculed and despised as the last in the class, and now it was even worse. She had no face to stay in this school anymore.

That would have been fine, but what was even more abominable was that she had clearly given up, yet in her last class, someone actually deliberately messed up her cooking.

It's easy to imagine that he must have been implicated by Soma Yukihira, who is in the same group with him.

And...the man seemed to have anticipated this.

With the idea of at least serving her last dish at Totsuki Academy to the lecturer, Megumi Tadokoro tried to apply the knowledge that Soma Yukihira gave her before he left, and finally succeeded in making a dish that received high praise from Teacher Chapelle and received an A-level evaluation.

Megumi Tadokoro, who had originally given up on herself, was stunned at the time, but then she thought, was all this within Soma Yukihira's expectations?

Amazing. ——Although such a thought occurred to him for a moment, it was quickly overwhelmed by resentment and indignation.