The Villain (3)

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November 26, 2022

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Athena cooked some white rice and set a portion aside for frying a bowl of garlic rice. At the same time, she prepared the spices and the ingredients for the dishes she was going to cook before little Theo came home.

Athena started with the easiest to cook, which is the marinated pork barbeque. She created a grilling sauce composed of onions, garlic, unsweetened melted butter, soy sauce, lemon juice, and oyster sauce. Then, Athena instructed a housebot to perform the grilling.

Athena moved to cook the next dish, which was the beef bulalo. Athena cooked thigh-to-leg parts of the cow with the bones in a pressurized cooker. A housebot also assisted in the cooking. She added a pitcher of water, onions, spring onions, ginger, powdered black pepper, cabbage, and yautia.

"Miss, you need to wipe your sweat before it dries on your skin which is unhealthy." the buttlerbot said as he noticed Athena's state.

"I got it!"

Athena hurried to make the sticky mushroom soup. Fresh mushrooms from Athena's spaceworld were grown and added to a mushroom soup base. She also added some eggs, coconut milk, and evaporated milk.

Lastly, Athena cooked lots of spicy buttered prawns for herself. She also wanted little Theo to try if he inherited her taste for spicy things. She could see from the last time they ate together that her son loved seafood. Theo also did not have allergies to eating it, so it must be safe to prepare.

When Theo went to school today, everyone was surprised to see the changes in his physical appearance. His height became the tallest in class. His skin became fairer, his hair color reassembled Athena deeply, and his facial features became closely identical to the younger version of his father. And even his voice changed into a mature boy's voice.

He thanked his lucky stars for not having gym class earlier today because he did not know how to use his physical potential and mental strength. First, he got scared by possessing too strong, unscientific attributes compared to his previous records. Second, only monsters tested in laboratories could gain unprecedented powers and leapfrogs from S to 4S class. Third, his father did not know about his changes and was scared about the consequences.

Theo spent his day thinking about staying in her mother's care and avoiding his father.

Theo went joyfully to old nanny Jean as soon as he saw her waiting for him as he got out of the car. "Mommy didn't tell him a lie,"

"Welcome back, young master. The lady is in the kitchen preparing for dinner."

"That's great!"

"Mommy! I'm home! Where are you?" Theo rushed inside the villa and threw his bag on the couch. He also changed his upper clothes before appearing in Athena's kitchen. What he loved the most was watching his mother prepare their meals and cook for him.

"Little Theo, go wash your hands. Let's eat."

The two strolled toward the dining room while Athena held little Theo's hand, chatting and joking. The staff within the residence are essentially immune to this scene, primarily due to yesterday's initial closure. Theo washed his hands and waited patiently at the table for Athena to bring him some nutritious food. He took a quick look at the soup, meat, and veggies on the table.

"My favorite prawns, wow!"

Theo's mother peeled and put prawns for him!

Theo frowned because he was unsure of its new flavor. But he decisively picked up the prawn and ate it. "As long as it was his mother, he would eat everything she served him!"

"Mom, did you cook all of these for me?"

Looking at Theo's cute and courageous look, Athena's eyebrows and eyes got stained with a proud smile. The mother and the son are eating happily, and they haven't even noticed anyone standing at the door.

"I did! So you must eat a lot! Remember, upgrading your powers also implies upgrading your nutrient intake to fill your body's requirements. Being powerful does rely on not only physical and mental practice but also food requirements."

"Mom, can you teach me how to hide my full potential? I don't want to scare people. Maybe some will attempt to bully me and call me a monster with terrifying growth. And there might be those who are interested in human experiments."

"Don't worry. Mom will teach you."

Old nanny Jean and the other housebots were astonished to meet the master because they already knew how much he hated seeing the lady. At this point, Athena realized something wasn't right and turned to face the dining room's entrance.

The Ancient Arcana's royal family has good genes, but Athena, who has witnessed several lovely men in the royal family, thinks the man in front of them is very handsome. Some people have attractive exteriors but poor inside qualities. They continue to feel both beautiful and unworthy.

The man at the door got dressed in an immaculately made military uniform that highlighted his figure well. His body exuded long and healthy life, and he had a beautifully sculpted face with eyebrows that flew into his temples, a high bridge of the nose, red dangerously tempting lips, and a well-defined jawline. He possessed a strong momentum.

Even Athena, the former apocalyptic queen, who once held the curtain to listen to politics and was in charge of the kingdom, had to be filled with awe. He had such a commanding presence. According to the memory in her mind, the person in front of her should be the original owner's husband and the current patriarch of the Rofocale family, Ezekiel Rofocale, the general sought by the stars.

"Dad!" Little Theo got stunned when he saw his father standing in the dining room.

On the other hand, Ezekiel felt some doubts when he heard Athena and his son's conversation. So he peered into his son's cultivation, only to find his son had equal mental strength and physical potential as him. He just got promoted to 4S, but how come his child advanced to a magical state?

"Dad, come. Eat with us?"

Ezekiel stared at his child and spotted the differences in his physical appearance.