DxD: THE LEGENDARY TRAVELER WITH SYSTEM

[The timid will starve, and the bold will die of gluttony.]

As for the 20 elves who had just arrived... Zaydas communicated telepathically with Ria to come. As for the peculiar look he received from the elves... He would let Ria make it clear that he did not want to increase the number of elves in his harem.

Touching Hiraku's shoulder, Zaydas said, "Well, you can handle this. I have something to do."

"Wait..."

Before Hiraku could stop him, Zaydas had already teleported.

"That was..."

The elves looked at each other, lost.

Little did Zaydas know that as soon as he left, other hell wolves appeared with 22 more elves. A total of 42 elves, 8 different groups—Nine if you count Rafa's group.

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After taking a bath, Zaydas and the others were invited to welcome the new members of the village.

When Zaydas arrived and saw the number of elves... He looked at Hiraku, thinking: Well... Good luck, I guess...

Walking up to Hiraku, he placed a hand on his shoulder: "How do I put this... I think things are going to get turbulent, but I know you can handle it."

"Huh?" Hiraku looked at him, confused.

Zaydas simply smiled and said, "In any case, we've grown big enough to officially be considered a village. I even thought of a name."

"Oh? What name?"

Not only Hiraku but also those nearby who overheard were curious.

"Taiju Village." Zaydas smiled. "Don't you think it's a good name?"

"Taiju Village... Yes, I like it." Hiraku agreed.

Ria took charge: "To celebrate the arrival of new members, as well as the naming of the village, Taiju Village..."

Standing beside her, Zaydas created several magic circles in the air. Soon, bottles of golden wine floated under his control, and then he made glasses appear, distributing them to everyone and filling them with the golden wine.

Even without fully understanding, the new members of Taiju Village held their glasses as the scent seemed to entice them, making them swallow their saliva.

"This is my welcome gift. It's my specialty, golden wine," Zaydas said, raising his glass.

And only when Ria said, "A toast!" did everyone shout back, "A toast!" and start drinking the golden wine.

"Wahh, this is the first time I've tasted such delicious wine."

"Aah, it tastes so good, and... I can feel my body getting a little stronger!"

"I didn't know wine could be this delicious."

"One more glass!"

Later, Hiraku finally understood the true meaning of Zaydas's words earlier and wanted to curse out loud...

47 elves, huh...

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The next morning, Zaydas woke up with Rurushi on one side and Ria on the other.

Getting up carefully, he left the bed.

Although just two this time, he had taken it 'easy,' so he woke up early.

...

In the kitchen, as usual, he turned on the television and played a music video of Jason Mraz - I'm Yours.

While he was cooking, a spider—Zabuton's daughter—entered through the window and landed on his shoulder.

It was quite a cute scene to see a palm-sized spider flying in like a parachutist.

"Hello, little friend." Zaydas spoke softly, touching her head with his finger. "What brings you here?"

She simply raised her front leg and pointed at him.

"Huh? Do you want to stay by my side?" Zaydas asked, and she nodded in confirmation.

"Well... Do you have a name yet?" Zaydas asked, and she shook her head.

Unlike Zabuton, she was predominantly white with red stripes and red eyes.

Since her shape resembled that of a red jade—with red stripes and eyes that also resembled it—he suggested, "How about Jade?"

She raised her front leg in agreement.

"So, Jade, does your mother know that you're here?" Zaydas asked, and she nodded again. "I see."

No matter the reason, he didn't mind having a spider as a pet.

When he finished preparing breakfast, he made a little for Jade as well, and she seemed to especially like fish.

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Zaydas saw Hiraku praying to two wooden statues near the great tree.

As he approached with Jade on his shoulder, he said, "Yo!"

"Zaydas-san." He turned around and soon sighed. "Good morning."

"Good morning."

"Zaydas-san, you..."

Zaydas interrupted him, saying, "By the way, Hiraku-san. Did you know that the God of Agriculture is actually a woman?"

"Huh? Really?" He scratched his head and looked at the statue of the elderly man with a hoe in his hand.

"Yes, really," Zaydas said. "Not only that, but she is also the daughter of the God of Creation. In other words, she should look much younger and more beautiful than a man over 50 years old."

"Err..."

"Honestly, I recommend that you remake the image of this statue," Zaydas suggested. "If you want, I can do it for you."

"Well... Then, please?"

Nodding, Zaydas extended his hand toward the statue representing the God of Agriculture. Using Modeling, he reshaped it into a charming woman wearing a long white kimono with a sash around her waist and two flowers on each side of her curly hair. In her left hand, she held a bundle of wheat wrapped like a bouquet.

He didn't make a face, leaving it the same as the statue of the God of Creation beside it.

"Ohh, so this is what the Goddess of Agriculture looks like?" Hiraku, standing next to him, seemed quite surprised when Zaydas finished.

"Well, more or less like this." Zaydas turned to him. "By the way, Hiraku-san, have you ever thought about planting rice? I can still keep bringing rice, but I believe rice cultivated with your ability would be better than the rice I bring. Now that you have plenty of labor, it wouldn't be a bad idea to start expanding your farm, right?"

"Don't you have a similar ability?" Hiraku asked.

"I do, but as you know, I won't always be here," Zaydas replied. "On my side, I'll prioritize the production of golden fruits and livestock, as well as fish. Oh, by the way, this is for you."

From his personal subspace, Zaydas took out a 5-liter gallon of Mimosa's milk.

"It's excellent milk to drink pure, but I recommend making desserts with it." Zaydas handed it to him.

"Thanks for everything as always." Hiraku smiled.

"Don't mention it," Zaydas said, preparing to leave. "Okay, I've done what I came here to do. I'm heading out now."

"Alright, see you later." Hiraku waved at him.

...

After Zaydas left, Hiraku, holding the 5-liter gallon of milk, murmured, "Desserts, huh... Well, I'll think about what to make with this later."

As he walked toward his mansion, Hiraku felt like he had forgotten something...

Ahh, I forgot to talk to him about the elves! he suddenly remembered.

...

Before Zaydas stood a 10-meter-tall stone golem. He was now a few kilometers away from the village, near the river.

Using [Program], he began executing a series of commands, as well as using a monster core as the golem's core. It was a core that once belonged to a Bloody Viper.

Ah yes, some monsters in this dimension possessed monster cores.

The golem started walking. In the database he created using [Program], he specifically designated those who were not enemies and those who were.

As a test, he made it walk through the forest, and despite being a giant of stone, it was not slow at all when running.

Overall, he made it patrol while walking; it would be incredibly noisy if the Golem kept running all the time.

Flying, he saw the Golem attack some rabbits and a wild boar. After defeating them, it used silk threads to tie them up and drag them.

The silk threads he had were something Zaydas had left for moments like this—just a few meters of silk threads.

In the next moment, the Golem started walking toward the village.

'It's going very well,' Zaydas thought. 'After capturing some prey, it will return to the village just as I commanded.'

Now, his concern was whether the Golem would be able to distinguish between enemies and allies.

Since this was the first time he had done something like this, he was uncertain. That's why, in the air, he transformed to borrow Hiraku's appearance and descended, appearing before the Golem.

When he did this, the Golem stopped walking, staring with its eyes that looked like two emeralds, then soon resumed walking, ignoring him.

'So far, so good. Let's try another transformation.'

With that, he changed his form to that of an Infernal Wolf.

Running and barking, he positioned himself in front of the Golem in a threatening manner.

Once again, the Golem stopped and fixed its emerald eyes on him. However, instead of attacking or even continuing to walk—still holding the silk threads—the Golem brought its stone hands together in the shape of a heart and only then resumed its march.

"..."

'Did I give that command?'

Actually, no. What he had programmed was: if someone from the list appeared and became aggressive, the Golem should express that it was not an enemy.

'So... the way to express that it's not an enemy is by making a heart with its stone hands?'

Damn, isn't this one of those cute and unexpected things... like a gap-moe?

However, since he found the scene amusing, he decided to keep it.

For the next few minutes, he tried disguising himself in various ways, but in all cases, the Golem never became aggressive. Even when Zaydas attacked as a test, the Golem simply curled into a fetal position, protecting itself with its large hands without moving...

'W-Well, I guess it was a success?'

It was undeniable that it was both funny and powerful. Although it had no soul and was an existence created through a series of commands, the fact that it could act without needing supervision became something valuable.

'For now, I'll just keep creating it.' And he named it "Thing."

'By the way, if I took it to the world of Slime, would it be possible to give this Golem a name?'

It was unlikely to work, but... one day, he wanted to test it.

On the way to the village, Zaydas kept improving the Golem—for example, making sure it didn't go around breaking trees just because they were in the way, or avoiding holes instead of simply walking in a straight line.

Other than that, overall, it worked very well.

...

Days passed, and soon the day arrived when Zaydas would return to TSSDK.

Before him stood all seven elves, the five Infernal Wolves, Jade, Asia, Rurushi, and Tia.

At first, he was undecided about taking Tia, but something happened that made him change his mind and take her with him. When Jade, the Demon Spider, daughter of Zabuton... Well, she became his familiar, along with Shadow and Ruby (Infernal Wolves).

'I wonder what kind of changes they will undergo upon receiving names...'

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