The Evil God Summoned by the Saintess-Chapter 61 - 59: How Did You Know I Caught a 100-Jin Golden Cod?
Another day, Hilia came to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, prepared to apply for fishing rights by the lakeside, only to find Mr. Oston wasn’t home.
She approached and saw a note hanging on the door.
"No need for a pass, just go straight to the Forbidden Forest Lake."
Hilia blinked, chose to believe the note, and went directly into the Forbidden Forest, reaching the lakeside.
As she got close to the lake, she spotted Oston.
"Mr. Oston? Good afternoon."
"Shh~ Keep your voice down, don’t startle the fish."
Oston made a motion to indicate silence and gestured for her to find a spot without disturbing him.
Hilia silently watched him.
He was seated exactly where she’d often sit before.
Seeing Hilia still watching him, he bragged, "Fishing spots are precious, first come, first served."
"As long as you’re happy."
Hilia found another spot, commanding her Magic Puppet to move some stones over to make a seat while she earnestly stirred her special bait.
Oston quietly observed Hilia’s bait, noting it was specially made but merely a common variety, theoretically able to catch Extraordinary Fish but likely shunned by even regular fish.
What Oston used was bait specifically purchased from the Fishing Guild, theoretically capable of catching Tier Six fish!
So when he saw Hilia’s bait, he was somewhat skeptical.
"Does this bait really attract Extraordinary Fish?"
Oston was very doubtful.
Then he witnessed it.
After just a few minutes of fishing, Hilia caught a fish. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞
Hmm, normal fish, ignore it.
Oston glanced at his own net, which also held several fish.
A few more minutes and Hilia caught another fish.
So quickly?
Oston was startled.
Upon closer inspection, it was still a regular fish.
Lucky, lucky.
Oston breathed a sigh of relief.
But it’s just beginning; he mustn’t let down his guard!
Oston lifted his fishing rod to check and found the bait gone with no fish caught.
"..."
On the other side, Hilia also noticed Oston frequently glancing her way, feeling somewhat like a thief, she softly queried Rose:
"Rose, what should I do? Mr. Oston keeps looking at me."
"Let him look, just focus on your fishing."
Rose was focused on searching the lake for those hidden Extraordinary Fish.
After a while, he caught sight of one, agitated it, and drove it out from hiding, intentionally steering it towards Hilia.
He wasn’t worried about Oston snatching it unless Oston used magic to catch fish.
This fish was only Tier One, unlikely to be...
Indeed, once the fish approached the shallow shore, it glanced at Oston’s tempting bait but decisively charged at Hilia’s provocation-filled bait.
Rose could sense its simple emotions.
It was now in an angry state, solely focused on confronting whatever disturbed its sleep, with enticing food nearby yet choosing the bait full of provocation; any fish knew which to choose!
Where would a fish express anger at enticing food?
Thus Hilia’s fishing rod moved.
The intense motion immediately caught the attention of Oston nearby.
He quickly sensed the surge of Magic Power from the water below, unable to help but stand.
"This, this-this can actually happen?!"
He hastily walked over, hesitating before deciding against aiding Hilia with the struggling fish but watching from aside as she slowly exhausted herself until having to use magic to subdue the fish.
Long after, a fish was tossed onto the shore.
The girl wiped the sweat off her forehead and quickly ran to hold the fish that resembled a bream but had sky-blue scales, pinning it down.
It wriggled continuously in her arms until eventually losing strength, allowing her to carry it off.
"Phew, got it."
Hilia displayed a happy smile.
She looked up and saw Oston had been watching for a while, hesitated a bit, then glanced at Oston’s fish net and said, "Uh, Mr. Oston, would you like this?"
Oston paused, then laughed, "You caught this, I don’t need it. Do you need help killing the fish?"
Hilia shook her head, "Thank you, Mr. Oston, but it’s not necessary, I’ve specifically bought a fish knife and can handle it myself."
"Alright then." Oston nodded and prepared to resume fishing.
Hilia called after him, "Wait, Mr. Oston, please take it; it’s getting late, I’m preparing to leave."
Oston checked the time, still early, about an hour before dark.
He asked, "Not fishing for a while longer?"
"No more," Hilia shook her head.
"Okay, travel safely going back." Saying this, Oston often glanced at Hilia’s bait.
Hilia directly handed her net and bait to him, pouring the fish into his net, and placing the bait in his bait pan.
"I no longer need these, if you want them, they’re all yours."
Oston didn’t mind the fish but the bait capable of catching Extraordinary Fish, which made him grin ear to ear accepting it: "Thanks, Hilia, you’re a good child."
After bidding farewell to Oston, Hilia carried the forty to fifty centimeters long fish onto her Flying Broom and flew away.
After flying for a while, Rose suddenly said, "When that fish was caught, it startled another. That old fellow got lucky; after changing bait, he actually caught it."
"Really? I’m really happy for him."
At night, back in her dorm room, Hilia learned from the Star Spirit Network about a peculiar bearded old man wandering the school, carrying a massive fish and getting lost.
When asked, he’d always say, "How do you know I caught a hundred pounds of Golden Cod?"
This sparked discussions among many students who didn’t know him, but those who did came forth to tell everyone he was Professor Oston, guarding the school’s Holy Beast Forbidden Forest, not a senile old man wandering lost.
Upon hearing this, Hilia glanced at the two Golden Cods preserved with Frozen magic in the kitchen, puzzled: "Is catching just one Golden Cod that exciting?"
"You don’t understand a fisherman’s obsession with big fish when they often return empty-handed."
Rose chuckled before saying, "Alright, you’ve fished enough, these fish skins and scales are sufficient; you might consider selling the fish bones but keep the meat for yourself."
Hilia pulled a pained expression, "Can’t we skip the fish? I’ve been eating fish daily, I’m about to throw up!"
"These fish contain magical power; if you wish to absorb the Sea Successor Whale’s fin, you must consume these fish to acclimate your body to the impact of extraordinary food."
"Alright then..."
Hilia showed a woeful face, grabbing several cold fish fillets to cook using her newly bought pan.
Though she didn’t really want to eat it, indeed these fish had significantly enhanced her body constitution, the magic infusion in fish meat greatly boosted her Magic Power, daily increases approximated 50% of meditation, a pretty good amount.
Meanwhile, Rose etched runes onto the fish skins and scales obtained today, stacking them neatly.
"Mission accomplished."
Rose clapped.
"Now just wait for the Deep Sea Mutual Aid Association to summon the Sea Successor Whale. Before that..."
He squinted at a pile of fish skins and scales.
The rune array for tracking the Sea God is also completed.
Everything is ready!
