Chaos in the Kitchen, Order in the Flame

The spiritual stove glowed erratically. The beast-oil pan was smoking. A pot of Flame Fish bubbled like a cursed cauldron. A clumsy swing of her ladle knocked over a spirit wine bottle, which spilled onto a fire formation.

A glowing rune blinked.

A second later—

BOOOOOOOM!!!

Flames exploded. Smoke choked the air. A jade cupboard flew straight into a wall. A pan of half-fried eel flipped upside down onto a maid's head.

"LADY SANA, BACK AWAY!"

"The Pearl Cave is cursed!"

"NO, LADY SANA IS COOKING AGAIN!!"

Just as the stove was about to combust again—

A calm voice echoed through the smoke.

"Step aside."

Kent.

Already present, seated casually near the door, he'd been watching the mess with the mild amusement of a teacher watching a toddler smear paint on scrolls.

All the people who closed their ears, were carefully watching Kent with wide open eyes.