Chapter 51: Food Hunt (2)

Cordelia POV

"Holy macaroni, that's a huge c...I'm sorry, if I actually say it, I might scare it away with my laugh, oh man, I'm hilarious" Perseus exclaimed while laughing and holding his stomach.

"Stop doing the joke please, you've been at it for the past 3 minutes."

"Yeah, oh man, I can't believe I laughed at my own joke."

We are currently hiding deep in a bush while there is a giant chicken in front of us. It is 6m tall, has 6 eyes, red feathers and shoots lightning bolts every time it screeches. I can see why it's ranked that high, I can't defeat that even if the whole class of students joined me and team up to do so.

"Don't look at me as if I'm insane" Perseus exclaimed "This is going to be our regular Wednesday or Monday or any other day from now on, regret finding me attractive yet?"

"I should have asked Emma to come so she can kill you for making that stupid absent notice."

"Well I'll let you off for today, just watch and learn, i won't be ordering it to day, don't worry."

He just conjured up swirling winds n his hand and swiped it across the air, creating a slash of wind that flew and cut straight through the monster's head.

"How am I supposed to learn from that? I can barely take care of E ranked beast at my level."

"One shot, always aim for the head." he replied "If not, aim for the legs, break it, it'll then have a hard time healing and moving, that's the best opportune moment to strike it dead, it would be better if you do it with a party, this low ranked demonic chicken are great source of healthy protein."

He then taught me how to harvest the meat and how to get the huge feathers without damaging it, we can use it to either sell them to a merchant since it's popular as a giant's accessory or we can sell it at school for some credits.

"The bones also make for good equipments, we'll sell some and turn the rest into armor plating and a sword for you." he said "I can afford you higher and better materials, but you need to learn to fend for yourself instead of relying on my all the time, so I'll just give little freebies like this from time to time."

"So you'll pay for the smithing process?"

"Nah, that's on you, I'll provide the materials, though if you thoroughly impress me, I will grant you a free item of your choice, can't surpass a B rank though."

"So you're saying that I have no chance, what can I do that will impress a guy who made the word prodigy an understatement. Not only that, he's a demigod."

"Well that's for you to find out, I don't know what impress myself more to be honest. Unless you count human's cruelty into the mix, then you might get an answer."

"Well, yeah, you guys have the most racist beings against the others amongst the 13 worlds." I nodded

It's true, humans would accept elves since they closely resemble each other, but orcs and goblins? Some countries outright ban those races from entering and show blatant racism.

My parents took a long while till they could find a place to settle down and meet friendly welcomes. Still they keep things from me even till now, what do they need Perseus for?

And why would a prideful person like him willingly work under them for menial tasks? Raiders are celebrities amongst the non raiders, you don't need to be near a possible 100 to earn fame, and for him to do police work, that's unheard of.

A named or a ranked can just create their own more efficient task force instead of working with cops who sometimes undermine the true abilities of raiders. They call themselves the hero agency or whatever.

"How's your mother doing these days? Is she still using her abilities to help your dad?" he asked out of the blue

"My mother? What ability does she have?"

"Woops." he exclaimed while covering his mouth

"What is it? Tell me. She never gotten to be chosen as a raider and the mana in her both is similar to a human while being a naiad, what's so special about her that she can help my father? She's no more intelligent than a detective."

"So you really didn't know, go figure. Well your brother and your dad are smart, but they only figured out 70% of their cases with the help of their department, the rest is well...your mom. She got a really nice gift that only less than a 100 of the 13 worlds possess."

That's a first, a gift that rare? From my mother? She mostly just stay at home to paint pictures or taste exquisite wine that dad brought home from his guests. What gift that even made Perseus impressed?

"If you're wondering, I'll be straight with you. She's a seer who can look both at the past and future." he told me while he is still busying dissecting the giant chicken

"So that's how she knew I plan to sneak out with my friends for the concert, that bitch!"

"Ay, be respectful now, she's your mother." he scolded

"Like you're the one to talk, you stupid handsome guy with a stupid beautiful looking family."

"That's...not an insult, Lia." he said a bit dumbfounded "But Amaterasu is not my mother for the record, I would thank her for her recent concoction but not as a son."

"It all make so much sense now." I realized

"Well she got a limit to using it and even then, the visions she gets sometimes are completely useless, so don't worry too much, she can only see a few days in the future at most unless she meets certain exceptions."

"Seriously, why do you know more about my family than I do? And I spent like 80% of my time with them."

"It's called socializing, Lia. Something that most our readers neglect. C'mon, let's collect some herbs and vegetables."