It had been a week since Elisa fainted in her school’s kitchen. As Mrs. Melissa saw how tired was Elisa, she decided to hold a special conference for the whole class. She wondered if this way could help Elisa.

The sunlight breams through the glass, warms everyone in the class.

¨Wake up, why are you sleeping again Elisa? ¨ Naira patted the shoulder of Elisa

This day, as school’s legends and rumors said, tramontana came to Titan’s high school…

“Hi everyone, as all people who are there might have already known…”

“the best kitchenware’s company!” shouted most people of the class

“Be quiet!” Cried out Ms. Anne

“Sorry, they usually have many manners…” Mumbled Ms. Anne

“It’s okay…we don’t care about those little things!” The group of Tramontana said in good sprits

“Sir! We really want the best knife!” shouted most people of all class

“Hmph, if you really want this knife, you have to give right answers to our questions!”

“That sounds interesting…” everyone rested his elbows

“What’s the blue cutting board used for?” asked the tall man with beards and eyeglasses, who is a member of the group Tramontana 

Most of the students pursed their lips and kept thinking the answer. After a moment of silence, Naira actively raised Elisa’s right hand. The tall boy with beards and glasses looked at Elisa, mentioned her to answer. Elisa felt shocked and hurriedly replied according to her memory: “Sir. It’s for marine products.”

“Well done.” The tall man with beard and eyeglass smiled and asked Elisa to come forward to receive the prize

With a little nervous, Elisa stood on the podium. Then she gazed around and her hand began to sweat as lots of students were looking at her.

“Here’s the prize.” The tall man with beard and eyeglass handed a keychain engraved with the letter of tramontana

Elisa returned to her seat cautiously, and stared at Naira who had just put her on stage. Before Elisa could talk to Naira, the tall man with beard and eyeglass pointed his fingers to Naira’s direction. “The student who is sitting beside the girl who just won a prize, can you answer the following questions?” The tall man coughed and continued with a solemn voice “What spices do we use the most in our daily cooking?” 

Naira scratched her hair and said reluctantly “Anise.” The tall man shook his head and said with a solemn voice “The right answer is Laurel, Parsley and Tarragon. Elisa pursed her lip and sniggered. “Now, we are going to make an important announcement.” The tall man gazed at Ms. Anne, motioned her to turn on the projection. Twenty internationally recognized knives showed up on the screen. Students opened their eyes widely and measured the difference between those knives with their hands. The classroom became lively and bustling, as most of them were talking about the high price of those knives. The tall man with beard and eyeglass put his hands on the podium’s table, made a little adjustment to the microphone, then spoke up with a vibrant and sonorous voice: “as you can see, these are expensive knives and they are recognized internationally. I am here to tell you that if any of you get the chance to enter the top 20 in the ranking score by graduation, you will have the possibility of receiving those high-quality knives."

To be continued...