Chapter 103 Dissapointment

The Gaul that I fought was a disappointment, I had thought that something that had Gabriel running, someone who I had trained, no matter how short it was, should have been strong but the Gaul could not even react to my advancements.

Sure it could react to the ice spear that I had thrown at it but anyone could do that, it wasn't that fast, only a bit faster than Mach 1.

I looked at the severed arm and head with disgust kicking it off into the distance before I grabbed the aether core in its chest, pocketing it.

Gabriel was still on the ground holding onto Naomi in her arms, on top of her shoulder was Tama in her fox form.

"That was disappointing, I thought you were stronger than that" my eyes bore a hole into her head, my immense disappointment being transmitted.

"I- it- it was too strong, anything that I tried would not pierce its skin and my instincts told me to run" Gabriel rebuked, gathering the courage to counter me.

Sighing I just grab her by the collar and drag her off with me.

"Apparently I haven't taught you enough…"

I muttered to myself, I had tried to teach them how to be better combatants, but it seemed that even with their talents they were not going to learn in just a day.

Not like I had, it seemed like I would need to constantly train them, or have Darwin evolve them.

It left a sour taste in my mouth that I might have to resort to Darwin's evolution just to get these two up to my standards.

bang

A soft bang echoed out in the quiet forest as I threw both Gabriel and Naomi onto a nearby tree.

"Attack me together."

…

I finished the food that had been placed in front of me. My appetite wasn't really there, with Aoif and Tama gone the meal tasted a bit bland, the food losing its taste.

Sighing I got up and walked back to the house, intent on finding Astraea.

I hadn't actually told her how to leave the house, a bit of an oversight but she was a high tier she shouldn't even feel hunger but just in case I brought two plates of the food we were eating as an offering.

Judging by how she had cat features I guessed that Astraea would like fish, it was the part of the reason that I hadn't eaten the fish that was before me. The other being that I just didn't like fish too much. I would eat it but I wouldn't enjoy it.

Still I saved it, Astraea on my mind.

I reached the tree and with a thought I was inside.

Sitting on the couch, her eyes half lidded was Astraea.

~Purr~

"Bwahh!"

It seemed she noticed my presence, her purrs stopping and a sound of surprise exiting her mouth as Astraea was caught by surprise.

"I have food if you're hungry" I say to her, gesturing to the food in my hands.

Saliva drips out of Astraea's mouth as she beholds the food in my hand.

"Is that fish?"

"Yeah"

I could see literal stars shine in her eyes before the food was snatched from my hands. Surprise littered my face, I couldn't even see a silhouette of her when the food was taken from my hands. The speed even surpassed Tama's.

Before I even knew it the plates were locked clean and put back into my hands.

"More?" Astraea asked, tilting her head and holding her hands out.

"I don't have any more but we can go and find some, if you want?"

An excited nod was all the response I got as Astraea grabbed me by the hand and dragged me to the wall of the house before stopping.

"Uh… How do we get out?"

"Just command the house to exit and it'll let you go through"

"That makes sense, thank you" Astraea sent me a beaming smile as she reached the hand that wasn't holding mine out to the wall.

Since she held my hand I was dragged outside with her.

"Now! Onwards to more fish" her hand stopped in the air.

"Which way?" Awkwardly Astraea turned towards me, her face flushing in embarrassment.

"Ah, there's a river right up that cliff over there" while I said that I pointed to the waterfall in the distance and more importantly the river that was behind it.

"Nn, ok" with that I was suddenly picked up my body being swept off the ground by Astraea as we suddenly appeared next to the river that flowed into the waterfall.

A flash of her claws and a fish was in her hands. Her speed did not allow me to see what had happened, though I could infer.

Most likely she was so fast that the fish didn't even know it was being taken out of the water.

Astraea held out the fish to me, expecting me to prepare and cook it.

Taking the fish in my hands I ask her to take me back down to the house where I could actually prepare the fish.

Earlier when Tama had prepared the food, she had used the fire outside the tree to cook it but I was sure that the house had a kitchen, we just needed to find it.

Nodding her head Astraea picks me up again and before I know it were back in the house, in a kitchen.

It seems that Astraea had known that we would need a kitchen so had done the job of finding it.

"Sit down somewhere Ill find you with more food."

Saying that I went about preparing the fish.

First thing I did was cut the head off, then I cut it in half to take out the bones.

It was crude but I was able to get the meat out which using some spices that I found seasoned it.

After that I looked around and found a pan and the stove.

I placed some oil on the pan and started to cook it.

After a minute or so of cooking I judged that they were done and took them off the heat. Plating them I find Astraea at the counter drooling over the food that I had layed out before her.