CHapter 3

Whilst bathed in the gentle glow of the light from the broken moon, a man and a chicken solemnly stared at each other. Jaune looked in shock at the Giant Cock he'd just reeled in, a blank look on his face.

Jaune never could have imagined that, one day, he would end up fishing a giant chicken out of an ancient well.

In return, the Giant Cock also never imagined that there would come a day when it would be fished out of an ancient well, let alone with such rapid speed.

'Such a huge chicken! How long will it take me to eat it? Oh, it looks quite tasty, and it'll likely be enough for me to eat for a long time!' Breaking out of his trance, jaune inspected the chicken, an evil gleam flashing within his pupils.'looks like I won't have to worry about the lack of food anymore'.

"Mm, that's right, I'll need to remove the hook first."

Jaune forced the cock's beak open and began grasping for the hook. As for the giant chicken, it was fantasizing about how it would peck this despicable human to death once it regained its ability to move. After fumbling around for a long time, Jaune finally managed to remove the hook.

"CLUCK!!!"

As soon as the hook was removed, the Giant Cock realized that whatever it was that had bound its movements was gone. Jumping energetically, it flipped over onto its feet and squawked angrily.

'Ah! It became so lively the moment the hook was removed?!' Jaune felt a chill at the back of his neck. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva and backed up hurriedly. The silly-looking Giant Cock had already spread its multi-colored wings and was now angrily charging toward him.

"CLUCK CLUCK!"

The Giant Cock flapped its wings furiously, dramatically increasing its speed . The dust on the ground was immediately stirred up, covering a big area.

"Not this time little chicken!"

Watching the cock half his height charging toward him, Jaune's face turned serious. Rolling around, dodging the chicken initial charge!Jaune immediately draws out Crocea Mors from its scabbard, he then charge directly at the chickens open back.

"Puchi!"

The blade drew a line across the Giant Cock's neck. Following that, a spurt of hot blood splashed onto Jaune, covering his face.

The Giant Cock fell to the ground, flailing feebly about. However, its struggles were in vain. How could it be possible for it live after having its throat cut open?

Chicken feathers and blood flew all over the kitchen, and the Giant Cock eventually stopped struggling after a while. Only its legs continued to twitch for a brief period of time.

"HaH, those little Bugs already surprised me once , if you did too I wouldn't be able to look at Neo or Roman in the face when I meet them again."

Jaune couldn't tell if Lady luck is smiling at him or not ,4 months ago, having his transcript not accepted at beacon made him grumpy first , but seeing what true huntsman are capable of made him thankful that they were not accepted or he would only made a clown of himself and his family name. if he survived the initiation That isb , not that it mattered anymore . 3 days after that had happened , he went out emerald forest Hoping he would gain some field experience by defeating grimm and he was thankful he had found some group of people fighting the grimm had it been only him he would have died ten times over. and seeing how the situation was pretty 'grimm' for them , He decided to take charge of them so that the casualties would be minimized, thanks to strategic mind ('I've known that playing those games would help me some day. HA in your face Jane), He managed to to bring victory with no actual injuries, Roman who was the one who was actually in charge of that group of people who turn out to be some faunus group named white fang or something, was so thankful for him telling him about how some edgelord would angry at him if any of the goons died with him in charge.

after some talking with Roman and telling him about what I was doing alone in emerald forest seeing that he seem to know that I clearly didn't know how to fight, so I told him about me not being accepted at beacon and went to the forest to train against some grimm ,That got laughing himself to the ground. after stood up he told me that he will help training me with his partner when one of them is free from work.Thanks to that he unlocked my Aura and then he or Neo would help in my training at least three time a week for two months straight (More like stabbing and me dodging in case of neo) and I would train by myself or helping at his friend bar when I am not training with the Duo thief (can't believe I didn't know he was a thief till he told me himself). I got my semblance just two weeks ago , while helping some unlucky huntsman That some how shot himself with his own weapon, while cursing his own turn out that its not the first time it happened to him while his aura was down, 'now that I think about it, he told me he would come find me after checking his boss about something', from what I got he seems to need my semblance for something, "or someone", I just hope whatever it is, it's not urgent.Now let's go back to the chicken.

'Looks like I need to be more careful from now on when I'm fishing from the well. if anything strong were to appear, I might be unable to handle it," Jaune touched the bloody chicken on the ground and thought silently.

Having made up his mind, he walked out of the kitchen and drew a bucket of water from the well. He produced a large pot, scrubbed it clean and started boiling some water in it.

Whilst waiting for the water to heat, Jaune began to clean the furniture and other things in his soon to be room using a wet cloth. By the time he had more or less tidied up the room, the water in the pot was already boiling.

Jaune directly tossed the entire chicken into the boiling water. This pot was amongst the biggest ones you could find, being big enough to cook for a big group of people , just like the one back home. To be exact, it was slightly bigger than a wash basin… despite that, Jaune was only barely able to fit the entire chicken in the pot.

After boiling it for a few minutes, Jaune began to remove the feathers. Having been soaked in the hot water, the chicken's feathers came off very easily as whole handfuls of feathers could be pulled out with his every move.

'Man I find myself suddenly thankful for all that time helping my mom while cooking"

In roughly 30 minutes, the Giant Cock was plucked bare. jaune conveniently kept a tuft of feathers to craft a two handheld fan for his little sisters once he gets Home.

Following that, he picked up a kitchen knife and sliced open the stomach of the chicken to remove its intestines, throwing them away immediately. Jaune never liked eating such things. The main problem with them was that the internal organs of fowls were especially difficult to clean. Even if cleaned properly, it was still impossible to get rid of their stale taste.

Jaune chopped the chicken up into parts and, using a handful of hay, he proceeded to burn the fine hair off the chicken's skin while in the kitchen.

Soon, the meat was prepared. He can only hope it taste good he have no seasoning with him right now, who would take seasoning with him to fight grim.

But to Jaune, in his exhaustion, this meal was akin to a godsend, a blessing from the brothers themselves. an appetizing plate of roasted chicken with carrots soon emerged from his wok.

"Ee? This is too freaking good!" Jaune picked up a piece of chicken with his hands and, full of anticipation, put it into his mouth. The instant the meat entered his mouth, it immediately melted and an indescribable flavor exploded on top of his tongue!

Usually, animals bigger than others of the same species tended to be older, while their meat not as tender. Initially, Jaune too made the same assumption. However, the meat turned out to be incredibly tender, succulent and bursting with flavorful juices, leaving a delightful, long lasting taste which lingered in his mouth!

Without further ado, he picked up another piece of chicken and stuffed it into his mouth. Chomping on the chicken meat piece after piece with great gusto, Jaune resembled a hungry grimm freshly released from wherever they came from.

"Eh? Finished?"

Jaune searched the dish thoroughly . Unfortunately, nothing was left in his plate.

Jaune rubbed his bloated stomach and thought to himself that he could probably still eat another plate!

After further consideration, however, he decided to stop for now. The chicken meat wouldn't run away in the middle of the night. He could always eat more on the next day.

He also decided that once he goes back to vale, he will buy a small fridge . Otherwise, the meat would go bad very quickly considering the current weather. after all the well in this home is his gift from gods.

Quickly putting the dirty dishes away, Jaune approached the well again. He drew a bucket of water and began bathing under the moonlight.

The water from the well was cool throughout the whole year. Even though it was currently summer and the temperature remained high even during the night, the water was still rather cold and refreshing.

Finished with his bath, Jaune returned to his new room. Other than preparing a clean bed sheet and a blanket from his backpack , the most important thing to do before going to sleep was his basic sword training . The basic are after all the most important thing after all, he read too many comics to not know this basic rule.