In front of Totsuki Academy, there stood a red-haired boy with a scar on his left eyebrow. Looking closer, one could see a small smirk on his face. Today was a entrance test for the academy, many other potential students were around him. Unlike others, the red-hair didn't seem to be in a hurry, he was walking calmly like he had no worries. Once he reached the exam hall, he heard whispers around him about people guessing who their proctor is going to be. After a few minutes, the sound of a door opening attracted everyone's attention. Walking out the door was a beautiful blonde bombshell with a pink haired girl at her side. All of a sudden, the crowd burst in murmurs, picking onto most of the murmur, the red-haired boy noticed that it was mostly about who the girl was. He picked on that the girl was Nakiri Erina a.k.a. the "God's Tongue", after hearing her title, the boy looked at the blonde and smirked a little. With a little cough from the blonde, the crowd directed all their attention at her. Seeing how everyone was now focused on her, Erina started talking,"I welcome you all to the prestigious Totsuki Academy, where only the best can survive. For today's test I will be your proctor and my aide, Hisako Arato will help me." As soon as her little introduction finished, the expressions of everyone (except the red-hair) turned into worry. It was of no surprise, after all the one before them was the well-known God's Tongue, who was also known for being a strict person in general. Her name was known all around the world, just like all Nakiris. The reason she got such a title was because of her extraordinary ability to taste food and how few words from her could effectively end anyone's career.
Seeing the look of dread on everyone's face, the Nakiri smirked a little, while her aide didn't seem to show much of an expression. After a while the crowd calmed down and Erina once again began to speak,"With all the introductions done, today you all will have two choices, one of them being to simply exit from here and never come back if you are too scared or the second one being, to cook me anything egg related dish and hope it can satisfy me." After hearing that, many of the students gulped, and one after another they slowly left the hall. The red-haired boy looked around and was completely surprised to see that he was the only one left. Meanwhile the two girls, believing that everyone left, were having their own conversation. "Erina-sama, today you have a meeting at 8, it seems the headmaster wants to discuss something, he wanted me to inform you.",said Hisako. Erina sighed and replied,"I see, thank you for informing me, I will head home and rest for awhile before going to the meeting. Also please tell my grandfather that no one passed the te-" They were both interrupted by the sound of someone taking out some type of steel. They turned around and were shocked to see a fairly handsome guy checking out some knives. The boy eventually noticed their gazes and looked back at them, introducing himself,"Hello, I apologize I didn't mean to interrupt. I'm YuKihira Souma and I came here for the test." Both girls were still for a moment before Erina looked at him and stared at him, it would have normally unnerved most but Souma was anything but normal.
Erina slowly got over her surprise and started talking,"I assume you heard what I said and even if you didn't, I won't bother saying it again. With that said you can begin quick, I have places to be." Souma looked at her for a while and smiled. He started getting the material ready. Erina was still kind of amused that there was someone who didn't run even after knowing he would go against the God's Tongue. (A/N: Souma makes the same dish, but without Nakiri interrupting and asking what he is making) After he finished with his dish, he presented it to the girls. Erina's expression suddenly changed into one of confusion and slight irritation. The dish was simple rice, seeing the dish Erina was about to remind him of what the main ingredient of the test was and chew him out a little for wasting her time. Before she could do so, the boy interrupted her and started talking,"Oi oi don't look at me so harshly, this dish isn't over yet. Well look closely at my Transforming Furikake Gohan." Souma brought a little box containing gold like cubes and started dropping them over the rice. Erina was mesmerized by the appearance, the cubes were slowly starting to melt and the smell got to her. She slowly moved forward and took a spoonful before putting it in her mouth. As soon as it got in, her mouth was blasted with delicious flavors. She had never had something like it before, it was definitely not the best of the best but it was new. She composed herself after a minute or so and looked at the boy. She motioned for Hisako and told her to bring out the stamp and find his papers. Hisako looked for his papers and gave Erina the stamp. Looking at his papers, Erina could see he didn't have any amzing backgrounds nor accomplishments. She sighed a little before stamping the paper with "pass". The boy seeing that he had passed was happy and was about to say something but this time he got interrupted ,"Your dish was adequate, and don't let this pass get to you, I simply wished to end this quick but this dish is not enough to reach the top here. Well, with that said try your best not to get kicked out in your first year." The boy simply smiled at that and bowed to them before they left.
Unknown to all of them, an old man in the shadows was watching the whole interaction. AS soon as the girls left and Souma was alone, the man made his presence known with a little cough. Turning around Souma saw a scary looking old man. He would have been scared if not for the fact that he knew the man."It seems Erina has passed ypu, honestly I thought she would fail you and I would have to come to override her decision but it seems I didn't have to worry. As expected of you.",said the old man laughing a little with his arms folded. Souma looked at him and replied,"Hmm, your granddaughter is just like I thought, kind of full of pride but it's not a bad thing. Now to see just how well the students at the #1 cooking academy that you are the headmaster of are. I look forward to it Senzaemon-san." The now revealed headmaster smirked at that, before continuing,"Don't worry, the students won't disappoint. Though I can't imagine them besting you, if you were to get serious but nonetheless they are extremely talented, especially the Elite 10." Souma just nodded at that info and started walking out before looking back,"Well anyways, I will see you later at 9, better make sure no one else is around old-man, I don't want others to know about my true skills nor the fact that I know the Food's Demon King." Senzaemon nodded at him before Souma was on his way to his new dorm.
Senzaemon looked at the retreating boy's back while thinking out loud,"That kid is still the same, well then I should go back and make sure everything and everyone is clear at 9(p.m. btw), I wouldn't want to disappoint him and lose the best chef our family has to offer." With that little thought the old man also exited the hall.