"W-what kind of outfit is this?"
"There's no way I can wear this outside!"
Nakiri Erina returned to the bedroom prepared for her to rest, her mood complicated. When she saw the role-playing outfit the maid had thoughtfully laid out for her, her mind, which had only just calmed down, began trembling again.
A hat, hair accessories, a bow tie, arm accessories, an apron, stockings, high heels…
But where was the top?
They had clearly even prepared white thigh-high stockings with straps, underwear, a tail, and all sorts of other random things.
Yet the largest pieces of fabric were only the skirt, apron, and thigh-high stockings. There was no sign of a top at all!
Looking carefully, this role-playing outfit had clearly been modified from a white chef's uniform into an erotic outfit. From the front, it looked fairly proper, but from the side, it was completely improper.
From behind, all that could be seen was the white apron's ties crossing over her back.
Beside this erotic role-playing outfit, Nakiri Erina also saw a sheet of paper describing the character setting for the role.
When tasting food, she could identify subtle flaws that even the most experienced food connoisseurs couldn't detect.
She would mercilessly comment on her fellow chefs and apprentices.
What kind of role-playing was this?
This character had probably been created based on her.
"Miss Nakiri…"
A voice suddenly sounded from behind her.
Embarrassed and angry, Nakiri Erina gripped the sheet of paper and abruptly turned around, about to scold Kijou Suzuka and the others for going too far. But when she saw that the person standing outside the door was a girl with blue braided hair, she froze.
This blue-haired braided girl wasn't someone from the hot-spring inn. She was a student from their Totsuki Academy.
Tadokoro Megumi came from a small port city. She often wore her hair in braids and had a gentle personality but was easily nervous. She was good at gentle, simple local cuisine. She had entered Totsuki Academy to study cooking at the age of twelve, but her grades had always been poor. In the internal advancement exam, she had entered Totsuki Academy's high school division in last place.
Before this, Nakiri Erina, who had advanced after graduating from the middle school division as its top student, had never paid attention to Tadokoro Megumi, a new student who had ranked last. But this time, both she and Tadokoro Megumi had been selected and had come to the hot-spring inn together to cook.
She had made a simple investigation into Tadokoro Megumi.
Even though Tadokoro Megumi was now wearing an outfit with a skirt slit up to her thighs, Nakiri Erina still recognized her at a glance.
But why wasn't Tadokoro Megumi cooking at one of the other hot-spring inns right now?
What had she come here to see her about?
"Um… Miss Nakiri, I received a notice from Miss Kijou saying that we're going to participate in a performance event…"
Noticing that Nakiri Erina didn't seem to be in a good mood, Tadokoro Megumi instinctively shrank her head back. But when she thought about how she couldn't avoid Nakiri Erina regarding the problem she was facing, she still worked up her courage and took a notebook out from behind her.
"Is it really me performing against you, Miss Nakiri? Could it be… a mistake?"
"Performing against me? You're wearing this outfit because Suzuka told you to as well?"
Nakiri Erina froze at this and immediately reached out to take the notebook.
"Mm… You didn't know?"
Seeing that Nakiri Erina apparently didn't have this notebook, Tadokoro Megumi hurriedly nodded. At the same time, while feeling somewhat puzzled, her timid gaze couldn't help drifting toward the erotic chef's outfit in the center of Nakiri Erina's room.
The notebook contained the schedule of tomorrow's performances at the hot-spring inn. One of the performances described the plot that she and Nakiri Erina would act out while playing their respective roles. Simply put, it was [Battle of the Cooking Kings, the Loser Gets Served].
They would each play chefs with different character settings and present their best dishes to the esteemed master. Whoever's cooking failed to meet the standard would be sent to the dining table for the master to enjoy as he pleased.
Of course, they were only participating in the Cooking King competition. The "loser gets served" part wouldn't involve them.
Besides the two of them, there would also be other role-players who knew nothing about cooking participating.
According to the script, the role-players who knew nothing about cooking would naturally be unable to make delicious food and would consequently come in last place, after which they would be brought to the table to receive the master's adjustment education.
Putting aside the strange plot and somewhat embarrassing performance outfits, how could she possibly be qualified to perform against Nakiri Erina, one of the Totsuki Elite Ten?
Miss Nakiri Erina was the granddaughter of the Director of Totsuki Academy and possessed the "God's Tongue".
Wouldn't it make more sense for one of the other people in the academy, such as Kobayashi Rindou or Akanegakubo Momo, who were also members of the Totsuki Elite Ten? They were cool, cute, and extremely skilled at cooking. Surely it should be one of them…
Having someone at the bottom of her grade like her face Miss Nakiri Erina, wasn't something mistaken here?
Although judging from the outfits prepared for the two of them, the degree of attention given to Miss Nakiri Erina was clearly far greater than hers. She only had a small opening at the chest and a thigh-high slit in her skirt, so she merely needed to be careful when moving around. Miss Nakiri Erina's outfit even exposed her side!
Sneaking a glance at the obviously different treatment they had received instead made the nervous Tadokoro Megumi feel relieved.
"Tadokoro, go back and rest first. Suzuka may have forgotten to tell me about this. I'll go ask her about it later."
After Nakiri Erina took the notebook and finished reading the brief plot description and the note saying that the specific performance content could be improvised, her expression immediately darkened. But with Tadokoro Megumi still here, she could only suppress the emotions she was about to lose control of and send Tadokoro Megumi back first.
"O-okay… Miss Nakiri, you should get some rest too!"
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