Chapter 221
Seeing Mineo teasing her so brazenly for no reason at all, Hisako's face practically froze.
"Instructor Takamine!"
"I've said all I have to say. Furthermore, I still have work that needs to be finished!"
"The task I received from Erina-sama was to pick you up and provide assistance for today's evaluations. Since that task is now over, it's only natural that we part ways here."
"Wow, you really are heartless, aren't you?"
"This is clearly a case of using me and then just throwing me away without a second thought!"
Mineo glanced at Hisako, then spoke with a playful smirk:
"It seems Miss Arato isn't interested in visiting my restaurant. If that's the case, then I'll head home first!"
"By the way, help me give my regards to Erina. Tell her I miss her, and ask her to come to my restaurant tonight to keep me company..."
Hearing Mineo's words, Hisako let out a cold laugh in her heart. You're asking the Young Lady to go and accompany you, and you think she'll actually go?
You arrogant bastard, stop daydreaming. If you want to dream, do it at night!
The Young Lady already had a fixed, routine schedule for tonight.
After finishing the exam duties, Mineo walked out of the venue doors and hopped into a sedan to head home.
As for Hisako, once she finished up her remaining tasks, she immediately returned to Erina's office at the first opportunity!
The moment she entered, she reported everything that had happened at the exam site today to her mistress without changing a single detail!
She even touched upon the matter of Mineo teasing her, albeit indirectly.
"Young Lady! Does this Takamine person truly have the ability to carry out the duties of an academy instructor properly?"
"I feel like his character doesn't meet the standards at all!"
"He even admitted to joining Totsuki with the mindset of settling his personal future affairs!"
"I believe that regarding Instructor Takamine's character, you really ought to consider it very carefully!"
Hearing the report delivered by Hisako, Erina's expression turned slightly cold. She sat back in her plush armchair, her entire body radiating a chilly aura.
"Hisako!"
"Is everything you just said true? He said his purpose for coming to Totsuki was to settle personal future affairs?"
"He... teased you multiple times today, didn't he?"
Hearing Erina ask if she had been teased by Mineo, Hisako's face instantly flushed a deep crimson.
"Some of the words Instructor Takamine used... were indeed very disrespectful for a girl to hear. But he didn't take any excessive physical actions!"
"Young Lady, there's one more thing regarding today's evaluation!"
"He didn't take it seriously at all. The entire time, he just sat there playing games. I was the one responsible for tasting and supervising everything!"
"And at the very end, he evaluated a new student's cooking. A dish with a flavor that was actually quite good was given a pitifully low score by him!"
"If he had tasted it seriously, I wouldn't mind. But from beginning to end, Instructor Takamine's attention was completely focused on his mobile game."
"Without even looking and without even tasting, on what basis does he have to pass judgment on someone else's cooking!"
At that moment, Erina's body continued to emit a cold aura, but soon, she shifted her gaze back to the work documents in her hand.
"Besides that, did he say anything else?"
"This Takamine also said some... very disrespectful words!"
"Very disrespectful words? You mean at the end, he teased you again?"
"Of course not... no! It's just that the man is far too arrogant. He even told me to tell you that he misses you, and asked for you to meet him tonight! Someone so rude is truly far too full of himself! Young Lady, in my humble opinion, you really must reconsider this person's character..."
Hisako originally expected that after hearing these words, Lady Erina would surely show an expression of immense fury.
After all, those words were a blatant act of flirting with the Young Lady!
No matter how this annoying man had earned the Young Lady's appreciation before, based on these words alone, it should have been enough to make the Young Lady's "slight" fondness for him—no, it definitely wasn't fondness! Rather, that small bit of admiration—drop completely into the negatives!
Even now, Hisako was laughing coldly in her heart. Let that bastard Mineo tease me; this time the Young Lady will surely cast you down into the deepest abyss!
However, Hisako didn't notice that on Erina's pristine white face as she sat in her chair, a faint blush had flickered across her cheeks.
But just as quickly, the blush vanished.
A second later, Erina raised her head and spoke:
"I recall there's a food establishment that sent a request to me for a tasting tonight, right?"
"That's correct. The party that sent the request is a five-star hotel on Nagatama Street, the time is around eight o'clock tonight. I was planning to confirm the schedule with them shortly!"
Hearing Hisako's report, Erina went silent for a moment. But soon, she spoke in a rather calm voice:
"Don't confirm the schedule with them just yet!"
"Help me call them and say that today's request is postponed until tomorrow morning. If they refuse the postponement, return their down payment and cancel the cooperation!"
Hearing Erina's words, Hisako was instantly stunned. At that moment, her heart suddenly felt a bit uneasy.
"Young... Young Lady, why? Why are you canceling the request!?"
"This client is a long-time customer of yours..."
"Young Lady, you couldn't possibly actually be going to... to that man's place tonight, right?"
"He... he really is a bit..."
Seeing Hisako's look of disbelief, Erina's gaze also began to shift slightly. She lowered her head with a hint of guilt and said:
"Hisako, don't misunderstand!"
"The cancellation of the request is indeed related to Mineo! But I'm going to his restaurant to give him a harsh lesson!"
"That man's character is indeed proving to be far too problematic. I have to do something about my previous error in judgment!"
"Yes, that's exactly it. I'm going to his place to teach him a lesson!"
"To think he'd dare say such disrespectful words to me... this time he must be taught a lesson!"
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