Chapter 34 – Tier 2 Foody
[Mission Complete: Full Fledge Tamer
Results: 1 D grade potential pet, 1 B grade potential pet, and 1 S grade potential pet.
Evaluation: Pet's Average Potential B
Reward: 10 E Grade Potential Pill, 20 System's experience]
Lucas read the system's notification for a few seconds and then, another notification appeared. [Claim the rewards?] "Yes," Lucas answered and immediately, a small white cotton pouch appeared floating in front of him.
"This must be the reward," said Lucas and he picked the white pouch. Once the pouch touched his hand, it stopped floating and fell on Lucas's palm. Lucas could feel that there were some small round pills inside the pouch. They were the E Grade Potential Pill.
Lucas opened the white pouch and inside were small white pills. He counted them and there were indeed ten of them. Even though he only got ten E Grade Potential Pills, it was better than nothing. If he were to buy them, he would need 100k Peto for ten of the pills.
"With these ten pills, I can increase my E grade potential by ten percent. Once it reaches 100%, my potential will upgrade to D grade," said Lucas while smiling. "Thanks, Sery," Lucas thanked Sery. Without Sery issuing the mission, he would not get them for free. He could buy them but they would still cost a lot of money.
[Nah~ I just did the job that I was supposed to do since the beginning. You could have gained more if I do this since the beginning] said Sery nonchalantly. He was right. He kind of neglected his job of giving real missions to Lucas because he did not want his master to be in any kind of dangerous and troublesome situation.
"Is there anything I need to mind before I eat the pills?" Lucas asked. As the pills were something magical and foreign, there must be some precautions before eating them. Also, there might be a correct way of eating the pill. This kind of thing was normal when a pill or medicine was involved.
[You need to take them orally. Other than eating once per day, there is nothing you need to worry about. The pills are sweet. So, you can chew, swallow it whole, or however you want to eat them, it is up to you] reminded Sery.
Lucas nodded, he took one pill out of the pouch and put it in his mouth. Once the pill touched his tongue, the sweet taste filled his mouth. It was not too sweet and it tasted quite good. Since it tasted good, Lucas decided to suck on it rather than eating it whole or chew it.
"This is good. Taste like the candy I used to eat when I was a kid," Lucas gave his assessment of the pill's taste. While he was savoring the taste of the pill, he felt something pulling the sleeves of his pants. He looked down and saw Foody looking expectantly at him.
"Kii~ Kii~," Foody said something while looking at Lucas and then, at the white pouch with the E Grade Potential Pill with wide clear eyes. He looked expectantly at the pouch. "Slurp!" Foody suddenly slurped his saliva.
Staring at his cute monkey, Lucas chuckled. "Sery, Foody can eat this pill too, right?" Lucas asked Sery. He already knew the answer but he decided to ask for confirmation. There was nothing wrong to do that.
[Yes, he can but there will be no effect. Foody's potential is already S grade, eating this pill will have no other effects. Other than the sweet candy taste, there is nothing else Foody can gain from this pill] explained Sery.
As the pill was for people and pets with E Grade Potential, it was useless to pets like Foody and Glaide with S grade potential and B grade potential respectively. It would not work on Fury too as his potential was D grade.
[Also, the rule is still the same. Once per day] Sery added. [I suggest you do not give it to Foody. It is useless on him and the pill is expensive too. It is 10k Peto per pill after all] Sery gave his suggestion. He felt that it was a waste to give them to Foody.
Lucas stared at Foody and pet his head. He said, "This pill has no effect on you and it will be a waste for you to eat it," Foody's eyes started to water. He looked sad and Lucas felt bad. "Urm… I will only give you one. Just one," Lucas took an E grade potential pill from the white pouch and extended his hand towards Foody.
Foody's eyes lit up immediately and the watery eyes disappeared and were replaced with a salivating mouth. Lucas chuckled once again. Foody opened his palm and waited for Lucas to pass the pill to him. He waited patiently and stared intimately at the pill in Lucas's hand.
His eyes followed the pill moving towards his palm. Lucas put the pill on Foody's palm and said, "Just this once. Unless the nursery turns well and I have improved the nursery a lot, I will buy more for you. This is my promise to you," said Lucas. He extended his hand and pulled out his pinky finger.
Foody looked at Lucas's pinky finger and looked at his hand. The hand without the pill. He pulled out his pinky finger too and showed it towards Lucas while tilting his head. He had no idea what Lucas was trying to do. Lucas held Foody's hand and he hooked his pinky finger with Foody.
"???" Foody was confused and he glanced at Lucas. Lucas was smiling at Foody and explained, "This is the informal way for humans to make a promise," Lucas smiled and Foody looked fascinated. He had this face that said, 'So, this is how humans make a promise?'
"Kii~ Kii~ Kii~" Foody looked pleasant. He seemed to like the promise gestured. He moved his hooked hand up and down happily. Lucas smiled. Lucas unhooked his finger and let Foody do his usual routine of 'appreciating' the food.
Same as before, Foody examined the E grade potential pill carefully. Since there was not much surface area on the pill and it looked as plain as a piece of white paper, Foody immediately started sniffing on it. Same as before with the bread, Foody was fully concentrated. His eyes were closed as he enjoyed the scent of the pill.
Lucas rests his head on his palm and stares at Foody while thinking, 'If he does this in the nursery dungeon, can he get a perfect smell skill or something similar to that?' At that thought, he started thinking of the best routine to train Foody. Not only for Foody but also for Glaide.
After he had enough sniffing the pill, Foody took out his iron plate and put the pill carefully on it. Once the pill touched the iron plate, it slowly entered the iron plate. The process took longer for bigger food and since the pill was small, it did not take long for it to enter the plate's storage.
Once Foody was done, he looked at Lucas. "Are you done?" Lucas asked while staring at Foody. Foody nodded. "Well then, here is another food for you," said Lucas while he pulled out another pill from his storage ring. It was the Tier 1 Breaker pill.
Once Foody saw that his eyes gleamed once more. He never thought that his master had so many foods. First was bread, the second was the sweet candy and next was another candy look-alike. Foody's mouth was slightly opened and 'slurp~' he started salivating again.
The Tier 1 Breaker pill had no scent but since Foody knew that it was a type of food, he could not stop salivating. He wanted to have that. No, he wanted to eat.
"…" Lucas was speechless. Foody was too enamored with food. No, it looked like all the Plate Monkey had this trait. 'Sigh~ I need to fix his salivating habit. He looks greedy with food with this image,' thought Lucas.
Foody was a food lover and he loved to eat but he was not greedy with food… he was greedy but not to a point of grabbing and stealing other's food. This was from Lucas's observation with the bread and E grade potential pill earlier. Foody wanted them but he did not try to forcefully take them from Lucas.
It might be the work of the default system due to Foody being Lucas's pet but even so, Foody was nice enough to wait and asked for them properly.
"Foody, you need to eat this right now. You cannot save this for later," Lucas explained. Once Foody heard Lucas say something, he stopped salivating and focused on Lucas's word. "You are supposed to be a Tier 2 monster but due to some circumstances you end up being a Tier 1 monster even after you evolve."
Foody looked serious when he heard that. He knew that something had happened to his body. He had evolved but he felt as weak as when before he underwent evolution. Other than his plate changing from rattan to iron, there was nothing else changing.
"This pill will help you get back the power you lost during your evolution. You will be able to gain the power you lost. So, you cannot save this. You need to eat this now," Lucas handed the Tier 1 Breaker pill to Foody.
Foody opened his palm and received the pill from Lucas. He stared at the pill but in a different manner. Previously, he looked at the E grade potential pill with food interest in mind but this time, he looked seriously at the Tier 1 Breaker pill.
Foody did not examine the pill or sniffed it. He stared intently at the pill with a serious expression. He knew that the pill was important. It was a different pill compared to the 'candy'. Foody closed his eyes and swallowed the Tier 1 Breaker pill.