If it were anyone else, Klein wouldn't have intervened.
But this was Linlin. She had to learn control—not be ruled by hunger and delicious food.
He knew she had food craving syndrome, and it's not like he wasn't feeding her.
That problem was for doctors to solve.
What he wanted to teach Linlin was how to control herself.
Once she learned to restrain her appetite and mastered Life Return, she'd be able to maintain the perfect figure on her own.
Under Klein's guidance, Linlin began to slowly savor her food instead of devouring it.
"Raising your wife since she is little... it really hits different, shaping her into your ideal form..."
Klein found it oddly enjoyable.
Compared to the fun of raising characters in a game, reality was far more thrilling—and exhilarating.
He smirked to himself: "A cheat-code life is full of flavor. I'm literally playing a wife-raising sim right now. No wonder so many people loved this in my last life…"
"2D girls!"
"Even dating sims have their market… Man, this is awesome. I'm hooked too—"
The storm passed.
Klein returned to his seat and said to Gloriosa and Shakky,
"Starting tomorrow, the two of you will spend one to two hours a day teaching Charlotte basic life skills."
"Understood x2!" they replied in unison.
In the bedroom—
"Strip."
Klein lowered his gaze. Shirtless, his sculpted muscles gleamed as he lay face-down on the bed.
Both Gloriosa and Shakky blushed deeply at the sight.
They removed their shoes, revealing delicate, porcelain-like feet.
Even their feet were like art—the graceful arch, the pinkish soles.
One on each side, they began massaging Klein's muscular back.
"This life... just keeps getting better," Klein murmured, eyes closed, enjoying the queenly foot massage.
Feels like I'm already living like a Celestial Dragon.
***
On a Marine warship sailing the seas, even with Linlin—now an unstoppable glutton—there was no food shortage, thanks to Klein's scroll storage function.
While playing an arm-wrestling game with her, Klein asked,
"Charlotte, do you still have extra souls in your body?"
"Sure do~!"
Linlin gleefully slammed his hand down and danced in delight.
"Look, look! I win!!"
Klein smiled, inwardly noting: She's got monster strength that puts giants to shame. Guess I underestimated her a bit.
He had meant to test her strength, but without even holding back, he lost.
"In that case, let's find a deserted island and see if we can craft a new Homie."
He stood up.
During yesterday's battle, Linlin's Prometheus had been destroyed.
If fire wasn't enough, then why not go one step further and create a Magma Homie?
That would give them overwhelming power over anyone using flame-based attacks.
Brrring brrring brrring—
The Den Den Mushi rang.
Os, drenched in sweat from training, rushed over to the table where it was placed.
"251st time."
Panting, he answered,
"Moshi Moshi! This is Os!"
"Tell Klein he had done a great job. Have him report to G-14 Base immediately to handle the paperwork."
Oharden sounded quite pleased.
Though Klein had extorted him the day before, he had done the job—saving Crotto from Charlotte Linlin.
Click.
The call ended.
Os's eyes lit up. He delivered the good news:
"Klein-san! Fleet Admiral sounded delighted for once!"
"Really?"
"Yeah, and he ordered to report to G-14 Base."
Klein smiled mildly. "We have other plans."
===
Soon, they sailed past a deserted island.
"Hey—Charlotte, get ready to make some Homies!" Klein shouted, brimming with excitement.
"Onii-chan! Hey hey—what kind of Homie are you helping Charlotte make?"
Linlin, now in boy form, looked eager.
"Magma and slashing—two Homies~"
"And of course, we'll make even stronger ones in the future!"
Linlin's eyes sparkled.
"Magma and slash Homies? That's gonna be amazing!!"
Hearing that, Os, Gloriosa, and the others all visibly paled in shock.
They had seen the power of Prometheus and Zeus with their own eyes.
Comparable to Logia users.
"Magma can easily defeat fire," Gloriosa commented.
"A magma Homie will easily surpass the previous ones in both heat and destructive power."
Os was dumbfounded.
"Wait, did I hear that right? Klein-san's making a slash-type Homie too?! Like the kind that could cut an island in half?!"
He still remembered Klein's last full-power slash vividly.
"Hoo..."
Shakky's expression turned grim.
"Linlin's already a monster, and now with Homies like that? She's practically a walking natural disaster."
What terrified her more was the thought of Linlin turning Klein's razor-sharp slashes into a Homie...
The power...
Was unimaginable.
Unless faced with a top-tier monster, with Linlin's raw talent, she could run rampant across the New World at just eight years old.
"Let's go."
The warship approached the island.
Klein leapt ashore, followed by Linlin, who landed butt-first in a move like a swan falling from the sky.
Boom—
The ground trembled.
Klein smiled.
"Once you learn to control your strength, I'll teach you fun Rokushiki techniques."
"And even greater... combat skills."
In the original story, Linlin was basically a tank—just charging in like a battering ram.
Despite bombarding Kid and Law with attacks, her Iron Balloon body ended up dealing less damage than their single counters.
Her combat style was just brute force—hammering Law's head repeatedly with fruit powers and Armament Haki, dealing barely any damage...
What a joke.
Klein had high hopes:
"If Linlin masters not just her Devil Fruit but also Conqueror's Coating and full Armament Haki... just how terrifying would she be?"
"Onii-chan, let's begin! Charlotte can't wait to make a new Homie!"
Linlin stared at him with eager eyes.
Klein took out the C-rank Ninjutsu: Mist World scroll—
Wait, no.
He took out the S-rank Ninjutsu: Great Fire Eruption scroll, and tossed it into the air.
Whoosh—
It unfurled in midair.
Snap!
Klein solemnly declared:
"Ninjutsu—Great Fire Eruption Technique!"
RUMBLE—
From the scroll, a massive magma fist burst forth, as if a sealed magma demon had torn through space.
Flames roared as magma blazed into the sky, dyeing the island's horizon a burning red.
The heat rose fast.
Even before it landed, flowers and grass wilted below, their leaves curling up from the scorching air.
Os gaped.
"We're hundreds of meters away, and it's already making me sweat buckets. If you actually touch that magma, you'd get vaporized on the spot!"
"That single magma shot could wipe out 99% of enemies at sea."
Gloriosa had zero doubt about the destructive force behind that magma fist.
Even her flawless skin, normally without a visible pore, was now drenched in sweat.
Against that, she didn't stand a chance—she'd have to dodge or die.
Shakky, holding a cigarette between her elegant fingers, added:
"Compared to Linlin's Devil Fruit, Klein-sama's scrolls can store any attack and summon them at will. Ridiculously convenient."
"If the first time we'd met Klein-sama, he had this kind of magma..."
The Perfume Yuda ship probably wouldn't have had many survivors.
Even if they'd jumped into the sea, the ocean would've boiled instantly, like Impel Down's scalding bath, sterilizing everything.
"Oooh!"
Linlin beamed.
"Magma stronger than Prometheus—come on! Become Charlotte's new Homie!"