pared to the extravagant breakfast, dinner was retively simpler, though still just by parison. It was Tamako-san's specialty, tonkotsu ramen.

  As soon as Shuichi Chiba stepped ihe shop, the rich aroma hit him, and his stomach growled untrolbly while his mouth began to water.

  Any thoughts about the allure of his "little maid" were quickly fotten. After all, you o be full before you ... well, take care of other matters.

  He walked straight to the ter and, seeing Tamako-san preparing the bowls of noodles, he smiled and said, "Just smelling this makes it hard for me to walk. I’m practically drooling already."

  Tamako-san ughed, clearly amused. "You’re just like An-, always craving good food. It’ll be ready soon, so don’t worry."

  "I’ve been surviving on bread and milk, but you've spoiled me with your cooking. Now I’m being picky." Shuichi Chiba jokes.

  Hearing this, Tamako-san was delighted. "Then I’ll have to put even more effort into your meals from now on. You look a bit too slim, so you should eat more."

  "As long as it's made by you, Tamako-san, I won’t be satisfied until I’ve eaten until I’m stuffed." Shuichi Chiba replied sincerely.

  Just that m, with a 300% fvor boost, the food had been the most delicious he had ever tasted. Now, with the ramen shop's boost at 500%, he couldn’t even imagine how incredible it would be.

  If the shop’s effects eventually stacked up to 1,000%, he figured just oe might make him so happy he'd faint.

  People who cook love when others enjoy their food, and if the meal is eaten with relish, the satisfa for the chef is eveer.

  Shuichi Chiba's fttery made Tamako-san so happy that she began humming while effitly serving ramen to the three of them.

  Tsuki Akiyamai eyed Shuichi Chiba suspiciously. Was he being so o her mother because he had ulterior motives regarding An-? Normally, he didn’t act like this.

  An- had mentiohat, in css, Shuichi Chiba was usually quiet and had little presence.

  As for the seating arra, it remaihe same as in the m. An Akiyama had already slumped over the ter, eagerly eyeing the ramen while drooling from the aroma.

  Shuichi Chiba had only joked about almost drooling, but An- was 'literally' drooling.

  "e on, wipe your mouth. What kind of behavior is that?" Tsuki Akiyamai frow her younger sister.

  "The ramen smells amazing today..." An Akiyama wiped her mouth with her sleeve, then immediately grabbed her chopsticks and mumbled, "I’m digging in!" before diving right into her meal.

  Tsuki could only shake her head in exasperation. This sister of hers, so easily satisfied—no wonder Chiba wouldn’t be ied in such a simple girl... huh?

  She turned her head and, to her surprise, saw that Shuichi Chiba was eating even faster than her sister! He had already stuffed a slice of pork into his mouth and was chewing with his eyes closed, looking pletely absorbed iaste.

  Shuichi Chiba looked pletely absorbed in his ramen, like he was on a high from it!

  At that moment, he had no thoughts of women—only the rich tonkotsu ramen in front of him. The extra 200% enha seemed to elevate the dish to airely new level. The fvor was beyond what mere words could describe, like something out of a gourmet fantasy.

  The broth, simmered for hours, had extracted the very essence of the pork bones, creating a unique and rich aroma that made it impossible to resist. Even the simple ingredients like the soft-boiled egg and seaweed carried a special taste in this bowl of tonkotsu ramen. And the noodles? They were perfectly firm and springy.

  Shuichi Chiba finally uood what it meant for noodles to be ‘chewy.’ It was an eye-opening experience.

  "Chiba-kun, how is it?" Tamako-san asked with a smile.

  But Shuichi Chiba had no time to respond, too busy slurping his noodles loudly, a sound that delighted Tamako-san rather than annoyed her. She seemed even more pleased to see how much he was enjoying her cooking.

  Tsuki Akiyamai, notig how focused he was on his rame a bit irritated. He was pletely ign her! Trying to get his attention, she subtly brushed her leg against his, hinting that he should be doing something more exg than just eating. Shouldn’t his hands be doing something else, too?

  Shuichi Chiba didn't pay any attention to Tsuki Akiyama's subtle advances. In fact, her persistent leg brushing was starting to annoy him, so he shifted a little further away.

  "Just don't get in the way of my ramen!" was all that filled his mind.

  Tsuki Akiyamai was immediately defted. She was a school idol, after all! How could she lose to a bowl of noodles? She had even made the first move, and he found her bothersome?

  This was... this was...

  Well, it was oddly exg for her. The more he ignored her, the more exhirated she felt inside.

  Shuichi Chiba, however, had no clue that his indifference was triggering the twisted excitement of the girl beside him. He was pletely absorbed in his meal. Normally, his appetite was modest, but today he was so immersed that he ate every st bite, even down to the st bit of green onions in the broth. Yet, he still wasn’t satisfied.

  "Another bowl!" Two voices rang out in unison.

  Tsuki Akiyamai, still stu her own world, hadn’t even started eating, while the other two at the table were already cm for seds.

  Tamako-san quickly set down her chopsticks and happily took the bowls from both of them, her face glowing with pride. "How is it? Is Mama's cooking delicious?"

  "Mhm, mhm!" An Akiyama nodded enthusiastically.

  "The css rep was right." Shuichi Chiba added in agreement.

  After serving their sed bowls, Tamako-san and her eldest daughter finally sat down to enjoy their ramen.

  After just oe, Tamako-san closed her eyes in bliss, gently cupping her cheek. "As expected of me! I'm amazing!" She excimed.

  Shuichi Chiba, amidst his meal, mao toss in a pliment. "Iamako-san’s cooking is fwless." Who knows, maybe this would even raise her sense of belonging?

  Meanwhile, Tsuki Akiyamai sipped the broth and couldn’t help but reflect, 'Is this the fvor that's more attractive tha’s that good? What kind of py is this?'

  By the end of the meal, Shuichi Chiba was pletely stuffed, leaving the table feeling utterly satisfied. As he leaned against the bar to steady himself, he thought, 'What temptress css president? What seductive little maid?'

  It was no wohe a saying goes, 'Food and sex are both natural desires.' Putting food first definitely made sense.

  As Tsuki Akiyamai watched Shuichi Chiba leave without even looking back, she eained herself with the idea that this e of ‘ py.’ She got excited on her own for a while before suddenly remembering the task her ‘master’ had assigned her.

  "An, if you're full, go upstairs and study now." Tsuki Akiyamai said, turning to her younger sister, who was leaning ba her chair with a full belly, tently rubbing it.

  "Let me rest for a bit... I feel so ght now... I'll study ter." An Akiyama zily waved her hand, lig her lips, clearly sav the aftertaste of the meal.

  "No, now. Immediately. Upstairs." Tsuki Akiyama's brows furrowed as she gred at her sister with a stern look.

  An Akiyama pouted, relutly sliding off her chair and grudgingly heading upstairs.

  Once her sister was out of sight, Tsuki Akiyamai turo her mother, who was still busy behind the ter. "Mom, do we have any goji berries?"

  "Goji berries?" Tamako-san paused, a puzzled expression crossing her face as she gnced back at her daughter. "Why are you asking about that all of a sudden?"

  Tsuki didn’t know the real purpose of goji berries and just assumed it ecial food that Shuichi Chiba liked, so she resporaightforwardly, "Add some to Chiba-kun's breakfast tomorrow, or maybe make a tea out of it."

  Tamako-san's expression grew even more bewildered. Her daughter suddenly suggested putting goji berries into Chiba's food? It definitely sounded a bit... suspicious.