Wheuro the bedroom, I stored the sed refined-rank sword alongside the other.

  "You don't o leave those swords here; you store them iraining room's iory."

  "I don't trust leaving them there. These are my best creations so far, so I don't want to lose them."

  "No one's going to ehere and steal them."

  "Even so, I'd rather keep an eye on them."

  "You're so stubborn," Hephaestus said with a smile. "How about we take a bath? I want to hear what you want to 'expin.' Let's do it ihtub—it's the perfect pce for a versation."

  Hephaestus hugged me from behind, and I grabbed her hands.

  I turned around and kissed her lips. "Alright."

  Still unsure if telling her about the system was a good idea, I joined her ihroom. We ed ourselves as the bathtub filled with hot water.

  We got into the tub a few mier, and Hephaestus sat on my p. I hugged her from behind as she asked,

  "You want to talk about the swords you fed, didn't you?"

  "..."

  "Don't worry. Even if you're doing something questioo evolve so quickly, I'll stand by your side."

  "Of course, I'm not doing anything questio's just a little unbelievable. I'm not sure if you'll believe me."

  "I tell if you're lying, so I'll believe you." Hephaestus chuckled. "Don't worry, just tell me everything."

  "I received an ability that allows me to improve my bcksmithing skills infinitely. It also allows me to evolve more easily."

  Hearing my words, Hephaestus froze for a few seds.

  "You're not lying..." she said, astonished. "How is that possible?"

  Even as a goddess who had lived for so long, she had never seen anything like it. A human receiving su ability? Impossible!

  "I told you it was unbelievable." I hugged her tightly. "Are you scared? That someone like me received so much power?"

  "What kind of question is that?" Hephaestus held my hands. "Of course not. If you received su ability, there must be a reason for it."

  "A human married to the goddess of smithing receives the ability to evolve as a bcksmith infinitely. Fate is extraordinary."

  Hephaestus ughed.

  "When did this happen? When did you receive this ability? I haven't updated your falna in a while. How does this ability even work?"

  "Hmmm... I expin it iail, but it might be b."

  "It doesn't matter! I want to know everything! Even I don't have knowledge of something like this. I o uand!"

  Hephaestus stood up, spshing water everywhere, then sat back down on my p, fag me, and looked into my eyes.

  "I've always known you're someone amazing," she said before kissing me.

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  I began expining how it worked to Hephaestus.

  Of course, I hid from her the fact that I had only retly takehis body. I spoke only about the system. Since she didn't uand the cept of a system, I tried to expin it in a way she could grasp.

  "I received an ability that shows my level and allows me to level up as I fe swords. The higher my level, the better my swords bee."

  I didn't tell her about the "Accelerated Growth" ability or the likelihood of gaining more bcksmithing skills iure.

  "So it's like the falna. You level up like adventurers."

  "Exactly. But this ability I received isn't ected to my falna. You know that, right? My falna is normal."

  "Yes. But still... Even knowing this is true, I 't believe it."

  "You've never heard of anything like this?"

  "There's no record of anything simir."

  "I see. So, I'm the first."

  Hephaestus stared at me and sighed. "You've told me about the ability, but how do the magic/abilities on your swords works? They're incredibly strong. What level are you at now? you tell me?"

  "Right now, I'm at level two."

  "Level two? And you evolve infinitely?" Hephaestus's eyes widened. "How is that even possible?" She held her head in her hands.

  "To be ho, I 't expin all the details myself. When I fe a sword, it receives a random level(rank), and a random ability is embedded in it. I 't choose the ability."

  "So even the swords you fe have levels?"

  "Yes, but they're limited. There are six levels, and those two better swords are level two swords."

  "The more you talk about it, the more overwhelmed I feel. I need some time to process all this." Hephaestus rested her head on my chest. "But I'm gd you were the one who received this ability."

  "I'm gd too. I was tired of being just a burden."

  "I've never sidered you a burden. I love you, and I would reat you as one. You're incredible."

  "..."

  "And please, don't tell anyone else about this. If people find out about your ability, things could get plicated."

  "To be ho, I wao hide this even from you."

  "What!?"

  "It's su abnormal and powerful ability. I wao keep it a secret. But since we're married and I trust you so much, I decided to tell you."

  "I'm gd you told me. But even if you hadn't, I would have figured it out eventually. Yrowth has been so sudden—something strange was obviously going on!"

  "I'm sure it never crossed your mind that I received an ability like this."

  "Well, I never imagined a human could receive something like this."

  "Now that you know about my ability, how about dismissing that girl? I want to train alone from now on to focus on leveling up."

  "You don't have to tell me twice!" Hephaestus said with a grin.

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