God of cooking

Chapter 100: The mirror recipe (3)

This does not belong to me. It is translated by KobatoChanDaiSuki.  

Once the conclusion had been made, the one who left the Grand Chef house was Chloe.
Chloe had a simple recipe that brought a delicious flavor, and Jo Minjoon's lacked a bit but had a fine recipe. If you asked who of the two was more outstanding, you wouldn't be able to reply easily.

But Grand Chef's policy was clear. The judges made Jo Minjoon do the eliminating mission because the Korean meal he made didn't match with the competition. There was no way that would change now.

The conclusion was made. Jo Minjoon lived and Chloe died. While sitting on a sofa that was at the lobby, Jo Minjoon kept putting an absentminded face. It wasn't that Chloe eliminating was a shock, but he hated himself for wanting to survive even through the misfortune of others. He thought that he was going to be free from that greed.

"......Why are you putting on that dark expression?"

It wasn't that familiar of a voice. As he turned to look back, Rachel was looking at him. Jo Minjoon smiled bitterly and said.

"It's not the time to put a bright expression."
"Although a friend got eliminated, you survived. Aren't you happy?"
"We weren't together for long, but she's a friend I really appreciated. I shouldn't be happy. But perhaps I am. And I'm scared because there may be some of that thought in my heart."
"If you are a person it's normal to think like that, there will be no one to blame you because you aren't a moralist. And there's no need to. Look at Serguei. Was he a moralist?"

Jo Minjoon, instead of replying, rolled his eyes with an awkward expression. Even if it was by joke, he couldn't even joke his great sunbae. Jo Minjoon asked with a low voice.

"Why are you paying that much attention to me?"
"Because I fell for you. For your tongue. That's a blessing given by god." (PR:I knew it! Just kidding.)

Normally, it was a compliment that you would only be happy with. However Jo Minjoon couldn't do that. It was also a surprise for Rachel because there wasn't even a trace of happiness in Jo Minjoon's face. Jo Minjoon asked back with a low voice.

"Then, if I didn't have this sense of taste you wouldn't even have paid attention to me in the first place."
".......Probably. But is there a need to?"
"The ability I have is different to what you are thinking of, Rachel. Perhaps, if you are really looking for someone with an absolute sense of taste...... She would be better."

Jo Minjoon talked like that and looked away. Kaya, that had finished her interview just in time, flinched at Rachel turning to look at her so suddenly.

"........Why are you looking at me?"

Rachel didn't reply and looked at her feeling that something hanged in her chest. Serguei was also like that, and now, Jo Minjoon too. That the one they had to look for was Kaya Lotus. It could clearly be seen that she had talent just by looking at her cooking. If she hadn't known Jo Minjoon, she would probably have been the gemstone she would take as a disciple.

'Am I making a mistake now......'

Rachel's gaze sharpened. Kaya silently sat next to Jo Minjoon and opened her mouth.

"Why didn't you go yet? That old man Serguei disappeared right after it ended."
"Serguei has a restaurant to run."
"And don't you have one?"
"I'm only the owner. There's a separate head chef."

Rachel talked like that and turned to look at Jo Minjon again. Even if Kaya was a nice gemstone, she wouldn't be as good as this youth in front of her. That was her judgement.

"Do you have any plans after this? Be it winning or getting eliminated, you should have some plans. Ah, am I being too intrusive?"
"........You aren't particularly. If I win, I would have to go to many events as Grand Chef's winner. After that, I would have to get in some restaurant. And if I'm lucky, I may even get received as a head chef. But in the first place, I'm not even ready for that."
"There are geniuses at times. There are also those that receive a Michelin star after becoming head chef at the age of 20, and at 30 they get their third star."