Fencing vs Greek Style

No welcome party for me one cause one I am not a demigod and two because Percy is still injured. In any case, I missed

I woke up in the Hermes cabin... yeah no... Chiron did not want to risk me getting fried by Lord Hermes because a full-mortal entered his cabin uninvited...

It seems my phone has trouble working inside here... the alarm clock did not work, thank god my biological clock still does... Six o'clock up and running

Exiting the guest cabin I see a few people already up, some still sleepy some already chatting with their friends while others were kissing, first things first I went straight to Percy-boi to make sure he was okay; the man still needed some more time to wake up and after a while, I head to the arena and get some exercise done...

The first thing I notice is that even at this hour people were already in full practice mode. Ares kids could be seen sparring one versus the other, unsurprisingly enough most of the cabin was already here... Wasn't really sure if they were all Ares kids but the guys and girls were fighting like madmen and had exceptionally large bodies so... either Aphrodite changed her idea of beauty... or well... there we go.

A few stopped a bit to look at me, before looking at themselves and silently agreeing... I knew trouble was coming, Ares always liked to hold big dick contests with those he deemed worthy, wouldn't be surprised if his offsprings were to be the same...

Surprisingly they let me train in peace, my routine consists of light run around the arena, stretching, core stability a d then depending on what I feel like I need the most either strength or speed, however interestingly enough... there was no gym... everything had to be done with your body. Might have to fix that later down the line.

After some light work on my strength, I decided to take on speed. My best bet against a godlike figure like Ares was speed speed and even more speed. Would be awesome if I could work with Artemis, her speed is apparently legendary, I could learn a lot by just fighting with her. Shame she hates men and would probably kill me in a spar.

However... now was not the time. To improve myself I had to hit the fine line between overworked and broken... not easy to find but I think I have come close multiple times. I never injured myself, I knew that I had to be healthy all the time for maximum profit.

An hour... and a half... of pure speed training... how tf did I reach this level was beyond me... in my previous life, I was nowhere near this driven to work out... I loved training sure but... this was madness... how could someone stay THAT focused for one and a half hours... Nonetheless, I did it, and I was still hyped although my body was asking for a break... so that's what I did.

While I was musing on my progress Clarisse (which I recognized because of her similarity with her followed by a couple of others decided it was a good idea to show me her dick... not in a literal sense... I hope...

Stopping a couple of meters from where I was sitting she asked "Hey you! Are you the new guy who killed the minotaur?"

Feigning of having seen her just now I answered with a small smile "It was a joint effort, I did not defeat it alone, but yes... I am one of the guys... Need so thing from me umhh..." I left the question hanging for her to introduce herself

"Clarisse. Bold of you to assume I need something from you lady, just because you defeated one bull you think you are hot stuff now?" she looks at me while frowning in disgust...

I know she is doing it on purpose, normally 12 years old demigods without one parent or maybe both with dyslexia and DHD have everything to prove. They find themselves in a camp with people like them, they finally learn that they are special and they have a godly parent that will probably never even talk to them... They have a NEED to prove themselves to all these people, but most importantly to themselves, first and foremost they need validation, acceptance, power... all these things are hard to get.

However, I was a reincarnated idiot nothing of the sort would faze me

"Pleasure to meet you, Clarisse, I would hate to keep you from training. I just finished myself so if you don't require anything from me we can see each other again this afternoon" I tell her with a polite smile, I know that it is not a perfect answer, after all, there were many points she could point out and make a show out of them...But the main point I wanted to get across is that I fundamentally do not care. I leave holes because there is no need for me to cover them up. My whole body language hinted at that as well, in fact, while I was speaking I turned my back on her as if I was not even seeing her as a threat to me. That ought to mess something in her head, demigods were prideful, a trait they inherited from their godly parents.

And I was right, she changes tactics and just puts it bluntly "Spar with me. Let's see if you are really that strong or if you exaggerated your tale Mr. " I sleep in my own guest room" "

I just smile at the blatant provocation and while turning my head around I tell her "If you wanted to spar you could have said from the start "princess", I'm always down to spar against the strong".

That answer was the correct ones it seems, she twitches at the word princess she obviously hates but then smiles when I recognized her as strong... too damn easy... however she doesn't break her facade " Ladies first then take one of the sparring weapons there I have my own here" says the girl while showing off her spear which I assume is her electrified weapon from the story... Greek spears being one of the most commonly used weapons by Hoplites... and also boring af...

Putting on my rubber gloves... yea, rubber gloves so? Y'all think I wouldn't prepare a pair when there are so many beings who could summon lightning and I can do something about it? Ice, water, fire, wind... not much I can do, lightning? YES!

Instead of taking out one of the spare swords I take out my personal rapier facsimile and posture myself in what would be a ridiculous pose for them...

Snorts, chuckles, snarky comments I did not care I was only looking at my opponent

She looks at me only looking at her as if everything else at the moment was just the wind... She smiles

"What's with that, forgot how to be a man? Mmh, as if your hairstyle is not enough of a giveaway anyways"

"Mmh, you were staring so much I was debating whether to give you a photo or not... So, wanna start, or do you want my autograph as well." I reply with a smile and wink

She grins and charges in, blow for blow I can keep her at a distance, she was using her spear length to the max not giving me a chance to counterattack at all. The flurry of attacks that ensued almost all ended with a deep thrust to keep me from taking a step forward. However, I planned to hold the defense. Unfortunately, I could not be healed by ambrosia, only by magic and time making it extremely risky to start a fight...

But I was grinning from ear to ear.. why? I noticed that her demigod speed was not a problem for me anymore, she was now entering a rhythm making her moves extremely predictable

Left, right, Northeast, Thrush, all was parried successfully by me, sometimes she added some new moves but... that was all there is to it.

"You are good at defending, the minotaur died of boredom?" she quipped, ah! this girl is fun times

It was the moment to change the tune, my right foot crossing over the left, with millimeters to spare I avoided her thrust, and with a step forward I was ready to deal heavy damage, her ability was certainly real, she noticed the danger and immediately let her weapon charge with electricity, then she parried my overhead strike with a grin on her face expecting her easy win.

But I never got electrocuted... gotta love my gloves... NOW, taking advantage of the fee seconds she took expecting me to get electrocuted I launch a kick precisely on her knee, disturbing her balance and making her fall.

Before she even got up a cold blade was placed on her throat

"Yield princess," I say with a grin

" I yield" she almost inaudibly mutters

I remove my sword from her neck amidst the now gaping faces of the onlookers... Where are your laughs at now...

I hold my hand out for her, she looks at me surprised probably expecting some insults, but I am not an Ares kid...

"You are very strong Clarisse... I mean it, the minotaur would stand no chance against you that's for sure... Mmh, should I start calling you war princess now maybe?" I try to quip a joke to lighten her mood with a small entertained smile... the leader of the Ares cabin defeated by a newcomer? Might be hard on her in the future.

So to shut up and dispel any future annoying convos, I decided that the best course of action would be to tell everybody that she is actually really strong and that my win was nothing sort of hard-earned. The fight after all lasted for a good 10 minutes and THAT is an incredibly long time for a fight if you think about it.

It took a whole other day for Percy to wake up, and in the meantime, I also sparred with luke in the afternoon... He destroyed me. I was a good 2/3 levels behind him... Although I was not that serious I could tell he was not as well.

Luke was actually really nice, I expected him to slip something, but he was extremely tight-lipped on the whole thief matter.

I would be sitting with him at the table tonight and the rest of the Hermes cabin, unlike cabins, tables were mostly free as long as you had the invite of someone from the cabin. But now... I had to take a shower

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Before sitting at the table I had to sacrifice some food like everyone else... Three names came up in my mind, so that's what I did

"To Hestia for protecting the camp and making campers get along with each other." The flames accepted the sacrifice however I don't know if that was only me but... I noticed a silhouette smiling at me sadly beside the fire... I must remember to talk to her later, she is by far the friendliest of all gods and Titans alike. I needed to get to know her.

After smiling I continued "To Poseidon please take care of Percy..." This was risky, but the flame accepted the sacrifice nonetheless

Lastly... well... there was really no reason for me to do that but... what can I say... I always had a crush on her, since the moment I came to this world and got myself familiar with Mythology, she was sweet and ruthless, betrayed and loved, strong and focused... She is a powerful woman that I cannot help but respect even if she committed one of the worst atrocities in the history of Myths. Aphrodite is a real bb sometimes... You really want me, dead girl...

"To Artemis... for your hunt" I am crazy am I not? The flames accepted the sacrifice

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A/N

Timeskip next chapter... lol, I'm slooooow