Chapter 103 - The Moon Banquet Festival

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"I wasn't insulting anyone there Alex-chin..."Kouga smirked as he faced Alexander "I was just stating a few facts, challenging an elite 10 member for his seat will cost him more than his house and that small restaurant." Soma frowned as his family restaurant was mentioned

"Than how about the Red dessert restaurant series...?" Alexander asked

"What?" Kouga became confused "What got the Red Dessert series into this?" Eizan felt a shiver down his spine when his eyes saw Alexander's cold face

"Is that enough for you to accept a challenge from me?... is that enough for that measly seat you are boasting about?" Alexander said. The area went into an uproar, most of them know what the Red Dessert is. A 4-star hotel series across Japan and they have clearly heard Alexander betting it for a challenge against Kouga

"..."Kouga looked at Alexander with a stoic face for a long period of time as no one of the two said a word while still engaging in a heated battle with their eyes. Rindo at this moment was having so much entertainment, she wasn't wrong when she thought that things will be more interesting when Alexander is involved.

"Saiba Alexander." The silver-haired Tsukasa finally spoke getting everyone's attention

"What do you want? Ghost eyes." Alexander never moved his eyes off Kouga and the latter did the same

"I think this is enough, i apologize on behalf of my comrade here, so let's end this here." Tsukasa walked between Kouga and Alexander and pushed them away from each other

"Tsukasa don't middle in-" Kouga was about to complain when he noticed Tsukasa's cold icy glare at him, making him shiver a little.

"Tch!" Kouga dragged himself unwillingly back to his place "We are not done here, Alex-chin." he said.

"Alexander-kun?" Tsukasa looked at Alexander for his response.

"Humph!" Alexander left with a frown and went back to his place. The other first-years smiled slightly as Kouga was put down in his place

"I really hope that we can keep a healthy environment as Senpais and Kouhais..." Tsukasa took upon himself to calm the situation

After everyone calmed down and Alexander decided not to get worked up too much about Kouga, he just reacted harshly thinking that Kouga was insulting Soma, but now that he calmed down, Kouga just harshly shut down Soma's suggestion.

"And that reminds me, Saiba Alexander, Mimasaki Subaru..."Tsukasa called, Subaru and Alexander reacted to their names being called. The area around Tsukasa became chilly for a moment but...

"At the autumn election...I would have loved if the two of you hadn't had a Shokugeki!" His self-esteem dropped to zero level real quick, surprising even Alexander, Tsukasa displayed a strong character earlier but now he sounded like a kid with no confidence at all

"It was a hell to work in that short time to arrange a Shokugeki, I was running around doing all kind of stuff to make nothing goes wrong...being the first seat is a lot of trouble, sigh~ I think I have been sighing a lot lately, am I going to die?!" Tsukasa fell down to the floor in despair. The rest of the elite 10 didn't react to this but rather it was a normal sight for them.

Kouga sighed and ignored Tsukasa "I sure was harsh on you, yukihira-chin, but you really need to understand the weight of challenging an elite 10 member." Said Kouga. He wasn't a man who is afraid to admit his wrongdoings.

"Well, we don't have to bet the elite 10 seats, I just want to fight strong people. That is all." Soma quickly recovered and went back to his happy go lucky mentality making Alexander look at him with a side tired gaze.

'Just for whose sake did I get worked up?!' he thought.

"You don't really get it Yukihira-chin!" Just like Soma, Kouga returned to his usual self and started explaining to Soma

"Forget about a Shokugeki for a seat, just the weight of fighting against an elite 10 is too much of workload, we are not like normal students."

"huh? is the elite 10 such a huge bargain?" Soma titled his head in confusion.

"That really says a lot about you!"Kouga said tiredly "AAhh!! damn it, listen here, Yukihira-chi!! those in the elite 10 are part of Totsuki's authority and assets, if it is about cooking, Totsuki grants the elite 10 all of its support, from getting lost recipes to buying cooking books in the auctions houses even if they surpass 2mil dollars. Everything is okay as long as you use that authority and money in the cooking field." Said Kouga, his words shocked the first years except for Erina and Alice, they already know about such thing even before the current elite 10.

'This school is really plain absurd!' thought Soma.

"In contrast with the human lifespan, cooking is just very vast and deep, no matter how much dedicated you are, you will never master the art of cooking...However, if you enter the elite 10, you can hasten those steps..." Tsukasa returned to his serious mod surprising the first years again "Totsuki gives those who have power as much authority and assets as possible...and the elite 10 are the ones who receive all of that." He said

"There is a huge difference between the elite 10 and the other students!" Kouga said. The others nodded in agreement.

"Hight, for example." Eizan couldn't help but add that after Kouga

"EIZAN YOU BITCH!!"

"wow! I can't believe that you have that much power as teens!" Alexander said in a surprised tone but not really. Eizan started having flashbacks again realizing the hidden sarcasm in Alexander's tone. Alice too started giggling.

"Well that's about it, but you know, a direct challenge is impossible right now but we can have something like an indirect challenge, you know..." Kouga said with enthusiasm.

Soma's eyes sparkled at the mention of a challenge, "And what that might be?" he asked. The other first-years had an idea about that as Rindo informed them about it back then.

"The moon banquet festival is soon to start. If you want; you can challenge any of us there. And as a plus, no matter if you win or lose, there are consequences to that, aside from the festival's rules."

"The moon banquet festival?" Soma clearly had no idea about such a thing. Everyone could see that clearly.

Kouga didn't bother to explain any further as he knows that the festival will be announced soon.

"Well..." Tsukasa looked at his watch "It is time we finish this, we didn't get to enjoy some tea together but I hope we can in another time, but for now; we must get going." He said. Following him, the other elite 10 left too. Even Rindo left with her group.

"See ya, first years!!" Kouga shouted from afar

The first years too started to get going. Everyone was on his way, Mimasaki took his bike and left nothing but dust behind him. Alexander was scolding Soma for causing scene again and how he will end up expelled from Totsuki with his current mentality.

Alice, Hayama, Ryo, Takumi were waiting for him to finish so they can leave together. Soma barely escaped his brother as he too rushed for his bike and followed Mimasaki.

Erina is one of the elite 10, so she didn't have the luxury to stay here as she needs to follow her senpais and do her job in preparations for The moon banquet festival. She left with Arato in a hurry, she didn't even say goodbye to Alexander this time.

"Depending on what Rindo-senpai said that day, students must set up a booth to demonstrate their cooking to customers for a period of five days..." Takumi said.

"Indeed, and that was what he meant when he said about an indirect challenge, not a bad idea." Said Ryo.

"You guys...what are you gonna do? do you have something planned?" Hayama asked.

"Well, Students must set up booths to demonstrate their skills, so obviously we must secure a good location first." Said Alice.

"guys..." Called Alexander. Everyone looked at him to see what he got "The rules don't forbid a group work, right?"

"That is right..." Said Hayama

"Can it be?!" Alice gasped as she had a hunch about what Alexander is getting at

Hayama smirked.

"That is right... we should team up and open a large store together." Alexander said with a huge grin on his face.

"And what about the challenge that Kouga-senpai said," Ryo commented

"That is Soma's problem, no one asked for a challenge except him, so, we are out of that situation, We should target someone else than Kouga." Said Alexander. He wanted to defend his brother, but since he is hellbent on fighting Kouga, then let him be. Alexander can do his own thing.

"Then it is decided!" Alice said.

"Yeah!" Takumi added, "We should open a North Star restaurant in this festival!"

" The North Star restaurant...I like the sound of it." Alexander said.

The group agreed on one decision. A decision that will take the Moon Banquet Festival with a storm

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