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Chapter 14: chapter 14- An Act(Edited)

Eleanor Claus, or more popularly known as the Bow Empress, was one of the few rare female Imperials in the world.

Before her, bows were only used in the army in large-scale wars, and nobody took the bow as an individual weapon for combat due to its low battle efficiency.

Her story, in itself, is a legend. Coming from a noble family of swordsmen, she, as a descendant, did not have a talent for it. This was a huge blow to her.

But no one knew that from a young age, Eleanor had no interest in swords. She had completely fallen in love with the bow.

Taking her bow, she embarked on a journey as an adventurer, creating many legends along the way. She had created her path of the bow, completely changing people's perception of it.

'Umm, okay time to start the act!!'

As a child in love with bows, I started examining each bow in the shop with total admiration.

"Wow, this bow is amazing," I pointed at a random bow, exclaiming. "Mia, I am going to be an archer in the future! The bows are amazing. I want to be just like the Bow Empress when I grow up."

After that, I started going around each bow, touching it, and using it as if I were obsessed with it while keeping a discreet eye on the Bow Empress.

I could see that she had started paying attention to me ever since I said that I wanted to be like her. Not only that but there were also notifications rising above her head too.

+10 affection.

+12 affection.

+10 affection.

She was giving out small levels of affection at a time. After a few minutes, she finally made her move.

"Do you think that the bow is strong?"

Finally, the Bow Empress spoke. Her voice was sweet and melodious. Stopping the actions, I looked towards her.

"Of course! Bows are the best," I said, giving her an innocent smile.

+20 affection.

"Why do you want to take up the bow?"

"So that I can protect my family," I put on a determined expression when I said it. My answer must have surprised her because she raised an eyebrow at my answer along with some points.

+25 affection.

"Why the bow?"

"So that I can always have their back and if it ever comes to it, use myself to provide them protection," I answered her, looking directly into her eyes. For a few moments, silence lingered in the room as the adults took in the courageous words from an 8-year-old child.

After a few seconds, Eleanor placed the book down from her hands and looked deeply into me. And when she did, I could see that her cool expression was soon replaced with deep shock. Her eyes widened, and the aura around her started fluctuating here and there as if she couldn't believe what she saw. At the time, the guards around me started arranging themselves to protect me.

'What's happening? I know that she will be surprised, but why this much?'

What Austin didn't know is that while it is indeed rare to have a foundation before ten years of age, his foundation wasn't anything like that. Not only was his foundation unnaturally strong, but he was also a tier 3!

When a kid forms his foundation, the tier growth represents the final form of the foundation, but the solution Austin took directly brought him to tier 3.

The only reason Austin didn't feel it was that he didn't know the difference. So basically, what Eleanor was seeing was something impossible. You couldn't blame her for reacting to life after seeing Austin.

After some time, she calmed down, in the end, she was an Imperial, she had seen many things others hadn't so she was able to reel herself back quickly.

Taking a deep breath, she looked at the boy in front of her. The boy looked to be about 8 years old, with purple eyes and silver hair. His cute face displayed confusion instead of fear.

'Looks like I found my choice,' she smirked, thinking of how she was going to boast about her discipline to her friends who always rubbed it in her face about theirs.

"Boy, do you want to learn how to use a bow?" she asked.

'Ohh, finally you asked me, I was scared that something went wrong,' I thought.

"Can you teach me to be as great as the Bow Empress?" I asked, anticipating.

"I can teach you to be better than her," she replied.

"Young master, don't listen to this woman! We don't know who she is!" Mia stood in front of me, and at the same time, the other guards drew their blades ready for battle.

"Ohhh, are you perhaps the son of the Duchess Grace?" I nodded to her question.

"Good, then you may leave now. I will meet you later," she said.

The guards were clearly angered by her remarks, and just as when a battle was about to erupt, I jumped in front of them and blocked it.

"Young master!!!"

"Young master, move away! This woman might be dangerous," the guards tried to persuade me to move away so as not to protect the woman.

'You bunch of idiots, the one I am protecting is you!! Plus, don't you think I should use this opportunity to earn some point of affection?' I thought.

"No need to fight, this big sister doesn't seem like a bad person," I replied intentionally buttering my now going-to-be master. Turning around, I apologized to her.

"I am sorry for causing the commotion."

After I said that, she walked towards me and ruffled my hair.

"Don't worry about it, this big sister is not mad."

I could feel a bit of happiness and gloating when she said the words "big sister."

'Tsk, women,' I inwardly rolled my eyes.

After chatting with me for a bit, I and my guards headed out.

"Young master, where do you want to go now?" the guards asked.

"Now?" I looked towards a certain area while smiling inwardly. "To eat."


Chapter 15: Chapter 15-A Cook Freak(Edited)

Right now I was happily walking through the city, humming. How could I not? I just got myself an Imperial as a teacher. In the game, it was some boy from a village who had the chance to be the Bow Empress's disciple.

As for whether I have talent in the bow, I am not scared of it much because of what the Bow Empress once said in the game.

"It's a pity I didn't find you earlier, your talent for the bow even surpasses mine."

So I do not worry about not having talent in the bow. Plus, there was a deeper reason for why I chose the bow too. Leaving all that aside, now I am walking through the less popular area of the city. The city itself was very huge, and now I was in a crowded area with lots of people moving around.

"Young master, if you are hungry, we can go to a well-reputed shop nearby," Mia suggested anxiously.

But I was adamant to follow my decision. "Don't worry, Mia, I just want to have a taste of the commoner's food."

Saying so, I followed the path to a certain shop. Arriving at the location, I gave the shop an inspecting look. 'Umm, it's just as in the game.'

The shop I was standing in front of was just a small restaurant, with just one level and a board hanging on the top of Richard's restaurant.

Opening the door, I entered inside. The first thing I saw was the gathering of men inside eating their food as if their life depended on it. All of them had one thing in common: the look of pure ecstasy while eating the food. Walking inside, I looked for a seat while staring into the kitchen.

Right now, an old man was moving frantically in the kitchen, wearing the chef's uniform. While he looked old with white hair and wrinkles, the way his body moved with energy while handling the ingredients said otherwise. I used the read function to get more information.

[

Name: Richard Gale

Sex: male

Age: 105

Species: Human

Talent: 7/10

Power: Origin Level 10

Title: berserker of the battlefield, the food critic, the food traveler, chef of taste....etc

Love: 0%

Description: traveling the world spreading the taste of his food

loves to eat different exotic food ]

'So that's him in real life, huh?' Richard Gale, a powerhouse focusing on close combat, is more than that, a vivid lover of food and cooking. He goes around the world spreading his cooking and tasting new foods. He is 105 years old and looks like an old man, while Eleanor is in her 145 and still looks like she is in her 20s. That tells you the difference between the Origin Level and an Imperial. The reason I came here was to make him teach me cooking.

To be a good cook? Hell no!! There is a hidden quest to be completed when you meet Richard's. Once you learn cooking from him and if he is satisfied, he might give you something that might "coincidentally" turn out to be a treasure for you. I was simply using the information part of the shop to look into the current locations of the capture targets and coincidentally found that currently, his shop was in my dukedom.

After giving out our order, we waited for the food to be delivered. Mia and the guards were visibly nervous. After all, we were currently in a normal shop without any proof of food hygiene.

After 10 mins, our food was served. It was simple food, with rice, bread, and soups. Taking the soup, I scooped it a bit and put it in my mouth.

Boom!

My eyes widened as a large number of flavors exploded in my mouth, and I had to be careful not to swallow my tongue.

'Delicious, just delicious. Maybe I should learn his cooking more seriously!'

Seeing their young master eating the food with pure happiness, the rest gathered their courage and gave it a taste.

"Amazing!"

"What's this? How can it be so tasty!"

"This is better than the chefs at our mansion!"

The maid and the guards were soon conquered by the food. After the scrumptious lunch, I stood up and walked towards the kitchen.

"Grandpa, were you the one who made this food?"

I stood in front of Richard and beamed with admiring eyes, my action catching the attention of a few of the people. Richard turned towards me, his questioning eyes looking down at me.

"Yes, I was the one. Why do you want to know, kid?"

His answer 'excited' me, and I 'exclaimed':

"Then can you teach me how to cook?"

"Young master, what are you doing? You can't go around asking strangers to teach you."

Mia arrived beside me and whispered.

"Don't worry, Mia, I just want him to teach me cooking; his food is better than the ones the chef makes back home."

While Mia and I were discussing, Richard spoke.

"Boy, why do you want to learn to cook?"

"Because I want to make good food for my mother!"

"For your mother?"

Richard raised an eyebrow, nodding. I continued.

"Mother is now always working hard, and she is tired too, so I wanted to make tasty food for her."

I 'innocently' explained my ambition.

"Young master, you..."

Mia teary-eyed looked at me as if I couldn't get any cuter. My answer brought Richard to a daze for a moment.

"Kid, don't you think that cooking and being a chef is not great?"

I shook my head.

"No, anything that can make my family happy and give them a smile is a great thing to me."

My answer stumped him for a bit, but after that, he laughed out loud.

"HA..HA...HAAHAAA."

"Good, good, I like your answer, kid. So sure, I will teach you some cooking."

I happily smiled at that answer.

"You better be here at 8 am every morning if you wanna learn."

I nodded to his answer and happily started going home without any worries, not knowing that the wheels of fate started to change.


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