Grayfia, who was downstairs, felt the power of time-spad thought, "He did it again..."

  Although a Devil would respond to a tract request with humans, she sehat what he was doing was far more advanced.

  However, everyone has secrets, and since he always returned without any issues, she only o report what happeo Zaydas' parents while tinuing to perform her duties.

  "Stay safe, Zaydas-sama," she wished.

  ***

  ***

  The current timeline of MHA wasn't appealing to Zaydas. If before it might have beeo the time differehe dimension of Isekai Nonbiri Nouka had bee a better pce to train.

  Although he didn't mind killing a few vilins—after all, he had killed before while training with his father, particurly many Stray Devils—that world was plicated for someohout a hero lise.

  If he kept killing vilins, sooner or ter, it could bee problematic for him. That was something he didn't want, as he inteo participate more in that world ohe main plot began.

  And so, that recisely why Zaydas returo INN.

  As soon as he appeared, he noticed he was a few meters away from Hiraku.

  Up in a tree, Zaydas heard the sound of a hammer striking wood.

  Looking toward the sound, he saw an enormous dark blue spider that looked more like a rge cushion because of its shape.

  "Oh? Its power must be equivalent to a Middle-Css Devil, almost reag High-Css," he thought.

  This was a big surprise. Although the anime emphasized how strong this spider was, seeing it in person was believing. Only now did he uand how powerful it really was.

  "Zabuton, calm down, he's my friend!"

  Hiraku's voice echoed as soon as he saw who had arrived.

  Zabuton, the giant spider that was on the defensive, rexed upon hearing Hiraku's words.

  Desding from the sky, Zaydas smiled as he approached. "I see you've gotten yourself a new pet."

  "Pet... No, it's more like a new member of the vilge," Hiraku disagreed with the phrasing.

  Narrowing his eyes, Zaydas ughed. "I see, that's how you view things."

  "Zaydas-san," Hiraku said, "wele back. How long do you pn to stay this time?"

  "You already know I'll leave after a few days?" Zaydas replied. "About 20 days."

  Hiraku, dressed in his work clothes, walked toward the orchard, saying, "As you may have noticed, some things have ged while you were away. Now we have a giant spider I call Zabuton, and in addition to Kuro, Yuki, and the pups, each of the grown pups brought new partners, and..."

  For the 20 minutes, Zaydas listeo Hiraku's introdus.

  After he finished, he seemed like he wao say something but didn't know how to express it.

  Zaydas said, "Actually, I brought some souvenirs from my trip."

  He then pulled out a 5-kilogram bag of salt, a wide variety of spices, oil, and a mattress and pillow.

  "Wow!" Hiraku looked very surprised. "When you said yht some souvenirs, I thought it would be something simple... But this is..."

  Toug the pillow, he seemed to long for something like it.

  "You keep it; it's yours. The mattress too. I brought one for myself as well," Zaydas smiled.

  Something like this was simple to obtain in his world, after all.

  "Really? Thank you!" Hiraku smiled.

  "Now you won't have to eat bnd food anymore," Zaydas joked.

  "Don't eveion it..."

  ***

  ***

  While Hiraku went to store what he had received, Zaydas went to his house to switch out his mattress and pillow.

  "It hasn't been that long, but Hiraku has mao expand the vilge quite a bit," Zaydas thought. "These abilities he possesses are truly something I desire."

  He wasn't sure what kind of effect the Healthy Body would have on him, but if it had even made Hiraku capable of impregnating a Vampire—which should have been impossible—it might even solve the low fertility issue of Devils.

  "But, being Rank B+, would it have any effee?"

  Maybe yes, maybe no. In the worst-case sario, it would only offer superficial improvements. Even so, he still wa.

  He accessed the item creation/replication tab.

  [All-Purpose Farming Tool (Rank A-)] – Replication cost: 10,000 AP with a 74% success rate.

  [Healthy Body (Rank B+)] – Replication cost: 3,500 AP with an 80% success rate.

  "The success rate increased a bit," Zaydas thought. "Is that because of the things I gave Hiraku-san?"

  If that were the case, he slightly regretted ning more items...

  Looking at the cost to replicate the Healthy Body, Zaydas took a deep breath and clicked on replicate.

  [- 3,500 AP]

  When Zaydas initiated the replication process, a progress bar began to fill slowly, like an EXP bar being filled with golden liquid.

  [98%...]

  When it stopped at 98%, Zaydas thought it would fail and began tret not increasing the success ce earlier, holding his breath.

  [99%...]

  When it moved to 99%, he started breathing again.

  Zaydas' smile deepened when he saw it reach 100%.

  [100%!]

  [Notice! gratutions! You have successfully replicated the skill [Healthy Body (Rank B+)]. Would you like to fuse it with yourself now?]

  Zaydas anded: "Yes!"

  [Affirmative!]

  Immediately, a refreshiion, like taking a cold bath on a very hot day, washed over him.

  Letting out a soft sigh, he thought, "Not only does my body feel better, but I also sehat my vitality has increased signifitly, even though it's supposed to be just a B+ skill."

  Zaydas murmured in his mind: "Status."

  ───────────

  |Name: [Zaydas Grimmory]

  |Race: [Hybrid: Devil/Meta-human]

  |Rank: [High-Level Devil]

  |Title: [t], [King]

  |Powers: [Power of Destru (Rank A -> A+)], [Demonic Power (Rank A -> A+)], [Dimensional Rift (Rank S)], [Magic Mastery (2)], [Healthy Body (Rank B+)]

  |Achievement Points (AP): [100,001]

  |Equipment: [Evil Pieces]

  ───────────

  "Huh?" Zaydas, who had felt stronger, was surprised to see the effect was greater than he expected.

  Closing his eyes, he realized that his Demonic Power had indeed expanded—from a small pond to a reservoir almost twice the size.

  "Is this thanks to the Healthy Body?" Zaydas felt it wasn't that simple and asked mentally, "What do you think, Great Sage?"

  [Answering. While it is correct to say that the Healthy Body tributed, that is not all. It is also due to your sistent training during these days, which served as a stant stimulus to your Demonic Poower of Destru. The Healthy Body was merely the final piece of the puzzle that allowed these powers to increase.]

  "In other words, sooner or ter, I would have increased my powers' rank, and the Healthy Body just sped up the process, correct?"

  [Affirmative!]

  Zaydas felt greedy as he thought about Hiraku's other power. In the end, he chose to replicate that as well, even with the lower probability of success.

  [- 10,000 AP]

  [1%...]

  [92%...]

  Seeing it pause, he didn't panic but still held his breath.

  [93%...]

  [95%...]

  It paused again...

  [97%...]

  [100%!]

  [Notice! gratutions! You have successfully replicated the skill [All-Purpose Farming Tool (Rank A-)]. Would you like to fuse it with yourself?]

  "Yes," he replied.

  [Notice: I will ge the was used to AP (Achievement Points). The reason for this ge is that I was unaware that CP had a ive abbreviation meaning that I'd rather not mention here. After all, this won't affect the story in any way, but I wao make this clear since I will now use AP as the abbreviation for Achievement Points.]

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