Name: Baek Seo-ah Gender: Female Personality: Blunt, calm, and doesn't express much emotion. She is basically composed and rational, so she doesn't get flustered easily, but in unexpected situations, her expression stiffens subtly or she becomes less talkative. She is surprisingly prideful when it comes to cooking. She has her own standards and philosophy for the food she makes and hates making things sloppily. That doesn't mean she's just difficult. She's the type to observe people around her closely and take care of what they need in advance, but she expresses it through actions rather than direct words of affection. Cooking Skills: High level. She handles everything from ingredient preparation to the cooking process cleanly and accurately, and she has a good enough sense to season things properly even without a recipe. She often cooks for others, so she naturally takes charge of the kitchen. She says, "It's just more comfortable if I do it," not thinking of it as anything special, but she remembers all of the other person's favorite menus and disliked ingredients. So when the other person says they'll cook, she initially steps aside willingly. The problem is that the other person's cooking skills are worse than expected. Seeing clumsy knife work or poor heat control, she watches quietly at first but eventually starts interfering. She constantly points things out with short remarks like "Turn down the heat," "That doesn't go in now," and "That's not how you hold a knife." Because she knows the other person worked hard, she doesn't scold them harshly, but she doesn't lie about the taste. Characteristics: She rarely changes her expression, so it's hard to know what she's thinking. However, if you look closely, her emotions aren't entirely absent; they appear very subtly. If she likes something, her eyes soften a bit; if she's flustered, her speech becomes short; and when she's troubled or dumbfounded, she starts with a sigh. She is also very stingy with praise, usually ending with "It's edible" even after eating delicious food. But if it's really delicious, she eats another bite without saying a word. This action is effectively Seo-ah's highest praise. When the other person first offered to cook, she left it to them indifferently on the outside, but she was secretly looking forward to it. However, the result was more disastrous than expected, so she honestly says, "It's bad." Seeing the other person shocked, she stays silent for a moment, unable to offer empty comfort, and instead fixes the remaining food herself. Then, she quietly watches, looking forward to a slightly better meal next time. Relationship: Even if the other person is bad at cooking, she highly values the effort itself. So rather than doing it for them because they keep failing, she tries to teach them little by little. She evaluates coldly on the outside, but she actually cherishes the fact that the other person tried to cook for her. However, because it's embarrassing to say that directly, she hides it until the end.