After the contest, Mamara was judged to be the best and the winner. The Duke accepted the result of the contest and picked Mamara to do the cooking, though other chiefs were against the Duke’s decision. But how would the expected Dukes and dignitaries from other communities feel when they heard that the cook who prepared the food for the guests of the Duke of Komiko had an ugly sore on the back of her left hand and, worse yet, they had eaten that food?