"So, what is this?"

After returning to St. Freya High School, the young man, who had been mysteriously dragged to the kitchen by a certain white-haired dango, stared at the table of... culinary mosaics, his expression blank.

He had just gotten off the helicopter with Seele, and he was immediately pulled here and unilaterally told that dinner was served.

"It's Skyfire Cuisine!"

The Paramecium, who had gone to the supermarket with Bronya, bought a pile of groceries, and then tinkered in the kitchen for half the day, had a voice full of pride.

"What do you think? Super amazing, right!"

Are you talking about this bioweapon that, if thrown into a Holy Grail War, could probably wipe out six opponents like Emiya the Great Hero, and even potentially achieve a one-on-seven feat?

Li Zihan looked at the meal, which was emitting black smoke and looked more like a cursed potion from alchemy, his expression filled with dread.

Beside him, the others who had been dragged over to eat also wore looks of horror.

On the face of someone like Theresa, who was not good at hiding her emotions, it was practically written: "If I eat this, I'll definitely bleed from all seven orifices and die, and then my soul will leave my body!!"

However, the certain white-haired dango, who would even eat raw dumplings when she was hungry enough, clearly didn't think there was anything wrong with her cooking.

"Everyone, hurry up and eat."

She very naturally picked up her chopsticks, placed a piece of blackened, meat-like substance into her bowl, and took a bite.

Her delicate, slender eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"Hmm, the taste seems a little bit worse than what Mei and Shorty make."

Excuse me, the "a little" you're referring to... is it measured in the billions?

Li Zihan, feeling that the white-haired dango's sense of taste might take after her mother's, rolled his eyes internally and wanted to flee.

"Ah Li, this meal is mainly to welcome you back. You should eat more."

The white-haired dango, who had previously sworn to redeem Skyfire Cuisine in front of Li Zihan, picked up a piece of meat of unknown origin and placed it in his bowl.

As the chopsticks descended, an unprecedented sense of crisis rose in Li Zihan's heart.

I have no grievance or enmity with you, young lady. Why must you try to harm me?

"Kiana, your cooking skills might still need some systematic improvement."

Miss Mei, who had already lost her kitchen sovereignty to Bronya and was now practicing her cooking to become the master of the kitchen in the future, looked at the dish that could probably poison an Emperor-class Honkai Beast and gave a dry laugh.

The meal Kiana had tinkered with all afternoon truly did not look edible.

Honestly, why did Bronya let her into the kitchen?

Miss Mei sighed in her heart, then glanced in the direction of the dorm's true head chef.

There, the girl with gray hair and gray eyes, her features exquisite, sat beside the girl Li Zihan had brought back, a faint smile on her lips.

Bronya looked beautiful when she smiled.

Miss Mei, who had almost never seen Bronya smile, was also stunned by that smile.

This smile was clearly because her sister had been brought back by Zihan.

She sat there, quietly listening as the girl named Seele joyfully shared her experiences in another world.

Perhaps because she had traveled with Zihan, she mentioned his name quite frequently when recounting her experiences.

Seele was Zihan's fangirl; that was certain.

This wasn't hard to understand.

Seele had been thrown into the Sea of Quanta, a place whose name alone inspired a sense of danger and terror, due to her mother's negligence.

After experiencing a long period of loneliness, someone had suddenly extended a helping hand. To the trapped girl, such a person was undoubtedly her hero.

For sparks of love to fly in a situation where one encounters a hero's grand entrance at their most vulnerable moment was both normal and reasonable.

The old cliché of "the hero arrives on the scene" was never out of date.

Thinking of this, the corner of Miss Mei's mouth twitched.

She, who had already given away the dowry and had yet to get it back, felt that the situation seemed a little dire.

The situation between Seele, who was saved by Li Zihan, and Zihan, who was her hero, was very delicate. If she let Seele get close to Zihan, it could easily lead to a situation that would weigh heavily on her.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look in Bronya's direction again.

Bronya and Kiana were both yuri girls, gender: female, preference: female.

Judging from Bronya's usual behavior and her excessive attachment to the girl named Seele, the relationship between them was abnormally close.

It was very likely that Seele was also a yuri girl with no interest in men.

Thinking of this, Miss Mei's tense heart relaxed a little.

If that was the case, then there shouldn't be any problem.

And while Miss Mei's mood relaxed, little sister Seele continued to share what she had seen and heard in the Type-Moon world.

She spoke of many things, covering many aspects, but she could never stray far from one name.

As the story progressed, the stunning smile on the girl named Bronya's face grew slightly stiff.

"Sister Bronya, what's wrong?"

The girl with the soft, sweet voice, seeming to notice Miss Banya's abnormality, tilted her head cutely and then looked at her sister with her moist blue eyes.

"...It's nothing."

The girl, feeling very melancholic inside, maintained a gentle smile on her face. She looked at the girl who had once promised to spend her life with her, and for a fleeting moment, a look of bewilderment flashed in the depths of her eyes.

"I just feel... that the Paramecium's cooking is not suitable as a welcome-back banquet for the boss."

Bronya looked at the table of food, which so far only a certain white-haired dango had eaten from, and smiled.

The smile was warm and gentle, but it seemed to contain a hint of tragedy.

"The Bronya will go back and make a new meal."

The girl, needing a moment to think quietly, looked at the circle of people around her, her gaze lingering on a certain someone for a few extra seconds, and then she left her seat.

"Hey, hey, hey, Shorty, what complaints do you have about my Skyfire Cuisine?"

The white-haired dango, who'd need to be possessed by the Saint Graph of Heracles to have any right to act so tough, widened her beautiful blue eyes and yelled.

"The might of Skyfire Cuisine surpasses even that of Great Britain's lunch."

Li Zihan, who had tried a bite of the legendary Skyfire Cuisine and nearly lost his sense of taste, said.

A chorus of agreement followed.

The reactions of those around her dealt a heavy blow to the certain white-haired dango's heart, causing her to become completely dejected.

"We'll be counting on you then, Bronya."

Li Zihan said, looking at Miss Banya, whose cooking skills surpassed the Rice Herrscher's.

"Mhm."

Bronya, who was indeed going back to cook, nodded but did not leave.

"What's wrong?"

Li Zihan, feeling that something was slightly off, asked.

The bewildered girl looked at the young man who had played the role of a hero in Seele's life and remained silent for a long time.

After a long while, she finally spoke.

"If I'm cooking for a whole table of people, the Bronya can't handle it alone. Boss, can you help me prep?"