Food Wars: The Golden Hands

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"Mana...We need to talk." Senzaemon said with a calm tone, beside him was Joichiro and Azami who had his head down...

Mana frowned at her father "Talk? Sure, why not. But please don't bring dogs into my house without permission." she looked at Azami with anger.

"C'mon Senpai, we came here to talk not exchange insults," Joichiro spoke with a lighthearted tone.

Mana then shifted her gaze at him and chuckled "You were really lucky, weren't you?! One move and you have been dead, after all, Your wife's family is not like mine. What do you think would have happened if you did the same thing as he did to me." She pointed at Azami with her fan "Speak, What would Alfie and Alfred do?"

Joichiro gulped down his saliva "They...would have tortured me for a lifetime." He said in all honesty.

"Mana you know I did not mean to do it." Azami tried to speak "I was drunk." But he was hit in the face with Mana's fan.

"Not a single word more...Do you even know how much you have humiliated me?" Mana said with hatred "And you father, don't you feel anything towards him? he trambled on my honor, and you bring him to me?"

Senzaemon shook his head "I would have killed him years ago, if not for the fact that I thought about Erina first, what would she do if she realized that her parents are divorced without her knowing? she would be crushed." He said, "Both of you, don't do this for yourselves, but for daughter."

"Never!" Mana shouted "I will not return to a man who cheated on me with a whore right after our marriage with two weeks!!" she said, "Don't even bring my daughter into this, she has suffered enough under him."

"Senpai, please, he was really drunk, that woman made him drunk, it's their business. And Red Chinese Clubs sometimes use girls to get more money." Joichiro spoke.

Mana chuckled "I don't even care about what went there, instead of coming here, shouldn't you be checking on your bastard son? I heard that whore died when he was 13." She said.

"Komatsu is doing fine. I send him allowance every--" Azami said.

"Dude!!" Joichiro closed Azami's mouth "What are you doing answering that?!" He whispered to him. Both of them looked at Mana who was sinking in rage.

"Leave. My. Home." Mana said with gritted teeth "And Stay away from my daughter." She looked at Azami "Or I might call Alexandra for a favor.".

"Mana..." Senzaemon stepped forward.

"Not a word, father." She stopped him right there "You have done enough, keep Erina away from the truth, for now." Mana looked down, she realizes that she has done her daughter bad, she has hurt her on many levels, yet she too was hurt, she was betrayed, even now, she doesn't know what hurts her more...Azami humiliating her, or her God's Tongue going out of control. But all she knows is that everything came in at the same time and made her do what she did; running away from everything.

Back in the present...

"Oi, are you listening?" Alexander waved his hands in front of Mana's face. Mana snapped out of her thoughts and looked around.

"Eh? you said something?" she asked with a faint smile. Erina looked at her mother and for a moment, she could swear she saw her eyes burn with anger. And she was sure that nothing was said that may get her angry, instead of mentioning her father.

"I was saying we should go on a date." Alexander said.

Mana was surprised for a moment before she chuckled and opened her fan in front of her mouth "Ara, Ara! so daring for your age, are you trying to get some Oyakodon action going on here, I personally don't mind, only if you promised to cook a good meal for me." Mana said.

Erina looked at Alexander with wide eyes "Hey! I did mean that!" Alexander responded with his hands raised up "And woman, you're married, you shouldn't talk like that so lightly."

"But isn't the thought of cheating so exciting?!" Mana laughed "I bet my "Husband" would lose his mind if I cheated on him, right?" she said.

Erina looked at her mother and she was able to pick the hidden sarcasm, but there was some honesty to it. Somehow, Erina didn't feel that the way her mother was speaking when mentioning her father was right. She heard that Mana and Azami had a big fight and were at odds with each other, but she never understood how can a couple stay angry at each other for years and never meeting at all.

"Anyway, what I meant was that since I have never got the chance to meet you before as my mother-in-law, I thought that it would be a great idea to go somewhere, the three of us," Alexander explained, though that may be what he wanted them to believe, his true motive was to try and lift the veil of awkwardness between Erina and Mana. "Are you down, or not?" he asked.

Mana sighed after she looked at Erina who was conflicted at the suggestion, but she too did not seem against it. Mana shrugged her shoulders "Alright, where are you taking us?" she asked.

Erina frowned "But wait, first of all, you're in the middle of a test. She said.

"That is easy..." Alexander smirked and turned at the two cooking behind him "You guys will be okay after i leave, right?" he said.

Ben and Amanda turned around and saluted "OUI CHEF!" They shouted "We're perfectly okay, you have taught us a lot and we should practice alone to hone our skills! we are very grateful to the world's greatest chef and boss, Lord Alexander. And we are by no means saying such words under any kind of threat." They said.

Mana was dead laughing from this, while Erina shook her head at Alexander who shrugged his shoulders "I work for them, and they just let me take a break. I did not break any rules." he said.

Erina still did not approve, but he was right. Alexander stood up and got his jacket "Alright, we are going to a water park!" He said.