Maylon, who displayed a rather unique appearance with his intelligent eyes, looked in Zaydas's direction and recognized him. However, he didn't persist before becoming confused by the change occurring throughout his being.
"It really worked..." Shuna pressed her lips together and smiled.
"Thank goodness~" Ravel was even simpler; she clasped her hands while feeling relieved.
Among them, she was the one who got most attached to this little friend... Although not so little anymore.
"Maylon, come here." Zaydas called for him.
At Zaydas's command, even though confused, Maylon approached with heavy steps.
However, even though he essentially weighed tons at that moment, the ground barely gave way. The reason was simple: the barrier created by Zaydas helped reinforce the terrain.
Although it seemed complex, it wasn't that difficult. However, it consumed a lot of power to maintain, but that wasn't a real problem for Zaydas, who was constantly recharging his energy.
Lowering his head, Maylon allowed Zaydas to touch his head.
This is the greatest gesture from Maylon to demonstrate his total and complete obedience.
"Very good, Maylon." Zaydas said with a smile: "But, there's still room for improvement. Do you want that?"
Although in essence Maylon was a dog, from the beginning, he was not an ordinary dog. After all, Zaydas had already fed Maylon a Golden Fruit, which by itself had strengthened him to the point of having the strength of a Low-Level Devil.
Now, perhaps even a Mid-Level Devil would have trouble defeating Maylon.
However, that still wasn't enough.
Though he couldn't speak yet, Maylon nodded.
Smiling even more, Zaydas brought his free hand up, revealing the Evil Piece – Pawn. This piece belonged to the second set of pieces.
When this situation unfolded, some of them showed surprise. After all, not even Shadow, who was Zaydas's loyal wolf, had been transformed into a Devil by him.
However, it was undeniable that it would be interesting to see such a situation unfold.
Zaydas made the piece float toward Maylon's chest.
The moment the piece integrated, nothing impressive happened, but behind Maylon's white wings, a pair of black mercury-like wings manifested.
"I..." From Maylon's mouth, a recognizable word was spoken.
But Zaydas stopped him from continuing and said, "Maylon, that is the name I officially bestow upon you."
The moment he did that, this time, Maylon began to shine.
"Is he going to evolve?" Shion touched her lip as she murmured.
"It's quite likely." Shuna responded.
Before, the name Maylon wasn't something created in the world of TSSDK, but now, with the official naming—on top of being named by Zaydas after gaining so much power... Maylon's gain shouldn't be small.
Minutes later, Maylon finished evolving.
Zaydas analyzed him and realized he had received a unique ability called "Body Amplification."
The name says it all. Similar to Zaydas's ability that allows him to grow infinitely as long as he has energy, Maylon is capable of the same.
'It's kind of broken to give something like this to Maylon, who can alter his own weight...' Zaydas thought.
The image of Maylon growing to be larger than a mountain in the sky and then falling made him imagine a catastrophic scene.
Besides that, Maylon's fur became finer; it was no longer thick and coarse, but now fine and silky, while a small white horn adorned his forehead.
'What's with this fixation on giving everyone a horn?'
A sincere question he had.
Although the horns of Shuna and Shion might end up being useful...
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Two days later...
"Maylon, you are actually the grandson of the god Zeus." Zaydas said to the little puppy in his hand.
"Really?" Maylon's tiny eyes sparkled intensely with this 'revelation.'
Laughing on the inside but keeping a serious expression on the outside: "Yes, I discovered it as soon as I found you. I don't know exactly how it happened, but your origin is in fact as the grandson of the god Zeus."
"Wow!" Maylon lifted his puppy head to the sky as if he were daydreaming.
Grayfia, beside them, sighed.
She thought: 'He said he was going to do something interesting, but he was talking about this?'
However, she also knew this matched Zaydas's playful personality. But her doubt was... how far did he intend to take this lie?
And what if one day, by some twist of fate, Maylon actually met Zeus and called him grandfather?
And... why did she feel a little excited at the thought of witnessing such a scene? Was she being contaminated by Zaydas?
That thought scared her a little.
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For the next 2 days, Zaydas kept lying to Maylon and telling stories about his 'grandfather,' Zeus.
And in the middle of the afternoon, while alone, Zaydas spoke telepathically: 'Great Sage, I want to go to another mid-rank dimension.'
[Right away!]
At Zaydas's command, Great Sage began to prepare for Dimensional Jump.
[New jump point confirmed! Master, prepare to use the Dimensional Jump!]
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"I already told you, Jii-chan!! I'm gonna be the Pirate King!"
"Pirate King my foot! You not only ate a Devil Fruit, but also dare talk to me in that tone?! Luffy, you and Ace—when you grow up—will be the strongest marines ever known in history...!"
"Gyaaah, gyahhhh!"
"Ow, ow! Grr, why does it hurt if I'm made of rubber?! Let me go, Jii-chan!!!"
"It was a mistake leaving you in this village!"
Reaching a house in the mountains, the old man dragging a little boy of about 6 to 7 years old knocked on the door.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
"Dadan! Come out!" the old man shouted.
"Who the..." Before cursing, the overweight woman with a lit cigarette in her mouth went silent for a moment, then stammered: "G-Garp-san! You have to stop doing this already! The boy Ace is already 10 years old!"
A smaller man holding a book said: "I won't last much longer! Take him away with you already!!"
They didn't even finish their statements when they noticed the little boy that was with Garp.
"Eeeehhh! Who's this little brat?!"
"You're bringing another one?! Is... Ahh! Garp-san's grandson?!!"
One surprise after another left them stunned.
Garp laughed loudly: "Hahahaha! So, choose: spend the rest of your lives in prison, or take care of this little one here. I'm turning a deaf ear to all your crimes."
"We don't want to be imprisoned, but sometimes I wonder if prison wouldn't be better than this! We're already at our limit with Ace, and now you want us to take care of your grandson...!"
Meanwhile, Luffy starts to wander off, and a spit hits his face.
"Gehhh! Gross, someone spat on me!!! Hey! Who was it?!" With a thick strand of spit connecting to his face, Luffy angrily asked.
"Hey, Ace!" Garp noticed him.
"Ahhh! Ace, you're back!" the mountain woman shouted.
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On top of a rock, holding a pipe, a boy who looked like he hadn't slept in days from how grumpy he was, with a bandage on the left side of his forehead, looked gloomy.
"Whoosh!"
"Boom!"
"What was that just now?!"
"A meteor?"
"No, it was clearly a person." Garp said, showing seriousness.
"Ah, tah, tah, tah... This again." A voice echoed toward them.
From the rubble of a large tree that had been broken by the impact, a man with crimson red hair emerged.
...
Zaydas, who had just landed in strange lands, felt the presence of people.
Not bothering to hide himself after the commotion caused, he approached.
"Huh?"
When he saw who it was, they seemed familiar, and after searching through his memories, he snapped his fingers.
'Ohh, I'm in One Piece!'
It wasn't too hard to recognize, even as kids, Luffy and Ace's features were striking even in their real-world versions.
Even Garp was the same.
'So, this is the timeline where Luffy and Ace are just children.'
Teleporting and appearing in front of Luffy, Zaydas saw that he looked a little dirty and used "clean" on him.
"Ahh, what's this?!"
Confused, Luffy exclaimed, looking at his hands.
"Hey, you. What did you do to my grandson?" Garp became defensive. And he murmured: "Was that Soru?"
"Relax, it's just a trick to clean." Zaydas said with a calm and fearless smile.
Then, he looked in Ace's direction.
"Hey, little guy, you look pretty beat up. Took a thrashing?" Zaydas asked, laughing a bit.
"Bastard...! Who took a thrashing! Say that again!" Standing up from the rock, Ace held his pipe, pointing the curved end toward Zaydas.
Laughing at his reaction, Zaydas simply extended his hand toward him, but Garp appeared at his side and grabbed his hand.
"What do you think you're doing to Ace?" Garp asked, dangerously.
Ignoring him, Zaydas let a milky light come out of his hand and surround Ace.
In moments, before everyone's eyes, Ace—who looked really beaten up and could even be mistaken for a homeless kid—looked good as new.
Even the wrinkled parts of his clothes were gone.
"Sugoiiiii!" Luffy shouted out loud with both arms curved and fists clenched. His eyes were shining brightly.
After healing Ace, even using "clean" at the same time, Zaydas looked at Garp, who was more than a head taller, and said: "Can you let go of me now?"
"... Gahaha! Kid, I like you, you've got personality!" Garp was stunned for two seconds but soon laughed loudly and, releasing Zaydas's hand, started patting his shoulders hard: "Alright, be a marine, with your strength, I believe you could be the strongest marine to ever exist. Gahahaha!"
Zaydas looked at him and shook his head: "Be the strongest marine? That's just a prettier way of saying: Be the government's strongest dog."
"Kid, you..." Garp looked at him differently.