"Ehhh??? Really???"
"Yes, really. I'm too old to lie to a child anyways." Calvin shrugged.
Unable to hold back on his own excitement, Ivan cheered happily. "Yes lah! I did it! I can't wait to tell Headmaster Na about this!"
"That won't be needed. Lucas had just contacted the headmaster via a magic device. The headmaster should receive the news by sunset." Calvin shook his head before explaining.
"Growl~"
"Sounds like someone's hungry."
"Y…yes, I haven't eaten anything in 2 weeks, hahaha." Embarrassed, Ivan weakly laughed.
"Well then, you're now an official student of Jumper Academy. As your senior, I'll treat you to some famous street food only found here in the capital, what do you say?"
"Awesome! I can't wait!"
***
"EHHHH?!?!?!? What is this?!" Ivan couldn't believe his eyes.
When his caretaker, Uncle Calvin, said that he'll treat him to some street food, he actually thought that his caretaker would treat him to street food.
Never in his wildest imagination did he think that Calvin would actually bring him to a fancy restaurant and treat him to a fancy meal.
Heck, 'meal' would be an understatement to the amount of food placed in front of him.
It was more of a banquet! Yet there were only 2 people eating here!
"Eat up." Without waiting for Ivan, Calvin filled his plate with a golden piece of ham before munching on it like a beast.
Ivan watched Calvin finish the piece of ham till it's bone before he grabbed several more plates of food to chow down on.
'Wow, there's a lot of good stuff here. Why aren't you eating any of it?' Leviathan asked the boy telepathically.
'Oh, you're back! About this…I…I don't dare to eat anything here. These foods look so expensive, just smelling them is a dream come true for me.' [Ivan]
'Haiz, if it's just that, then just accept your caretaker's goodwill and eat up. You're a growing boy who requires a lot of nutrients. I'll guide you through this plethora of food.' Hearing Ivan's innocent reason, Leviathan closed his eyes for a moment before he suggested.
'Okay, I understand…' [Ivan]
Ivan picked up a slice of fish meat with his fork. Its skin was red while its meat was purple. 'Hey Leviathan, what kind of fish am I eating right now?'
Just then, Ivan's vision turned blue as he suddenly saw the name and stats of the fish meat he was holding on to.
[The Martial Dao System has activated!]
[Identifying item…]
[Identifying item completed!]
[Name: Cooked Reol Reaper Fish
Rank: A
Safe for consumption? Positive.
Effect(s):
Consuming the meat of a Reol Reaper Fish gives the consumer a 10% chance to gain the Reol Reaper Fish's [Water Elemental Mastery] skill.
Consuming the skin of the Reol Reaper Fish allows the consumer to regain their lost youth for 3 months before the fish's effect wears off. ]
[Is this information useful? Yes/No]
"The system activated without my command?" Startled, Ivan yelped in surprise.
"Hm?" Calvin stopped eating for a moment to make sure Ivan hadn't eaten a fish bone, before he went back to savoring his meal.
Ivan's passive skill, Calm Mind activated just then.
Looking at the holographic screen in front of him, Ivan took a minute to read the info given to him by his system.
He then stared at the fish meat in front of him.
'This is…A rank food?!'
Color left Ivan's face as he stared at his caretaker in utter fear and shock.
Just having a meal made from E rank food was already heaven for the 10 year old child, much less eating food made from A rank ingredients.
From his memories, he knew that eating food made from E rank monsters was 1 silver coin a pop.
So how much does an A rank ingredient cost? 1 gold coin per piece? Just imagining the price of the fish in his hand made Ivan explode from shock.
'Just who is my caretaker? Spending tens of gold coins without batting an eye! Uncle Calvin is simply insane!' Ivan shook his head in fear.
But just as Ivan was about to enter a rabbit hole of shock and disbelief, Chaos took this chance of slight weakness to move the slice of cooked Reol Reaper Fish into Ivan's mouth.
'Just eat. Stop thinking about anything and eat. You're exhausted. Ponder the meaning of life anymore and you'll faint from the over exhaustion of your mind.' Chaos sternly warned.
'Back so soon?' Leviathan looked at the glowing orb of light and asked.
'No, I'm just giving that bastard a rest so his soul doesn't explode. I'll return to beat him up after the boy finishes his meal.' Chaos shook his head and replied.
[Ding! Congratulations! You have learned a new skill, Water Mastery!]
"Wow, this fish tastes so good! Oh? What's this? I got a skill?" Ivan was savoring the fish meat in his mouth when a new holographic panel popped up.
[The 'Water Mastery' skill allows its user to have a mastery over water elements in the air. It's currently at F rank. Improve your understanding of the skill to increase its rank.]
'. . .'
Leviathan and Chaos were speechless.
Ivan's luck was a little too good, right?
He had only eaten a slice of the Reol Reaper Fish yet he had already gained the fish's famous skill.
If Ivan were to consume an S grade food made from S grade ingredients, would he gain an S rank monster's skill with one bite as well?
The orb of light and the king of water dragons suddenly wanted to test out this idea of theirs as soon as possible.
Ivan might just give them a surprise when that time comes.
Without caring about his new skill, Ivan used his fork and picked up a mini hamburger the size of his palm.
The system proceeded to analyze the mini hamburger in his hand.