"Sir, your dinner is here~"
A sweet female voice rang out from beyond the door... Roy frowned and said nothing.
He was certain he hadn't ordered food. And until Gotoh had reported to him, he definitely wouldn't have done so out of caution... That left only one possibility—
The visitor had come uninvited!
"Ding-dong..." The doorbell rang again, and the woman repeated herself.
Roy was at a critical point in his growth. The tracksuit he wore couldn't withstand his expanding body. With a "rrrip," it tore into strips, leaving him half-exposed, the hard, handsome lines of his muscles faintly visible beneath.
"Leave it outside." Roy endured the intense pain and reached for the Cane Sword.
He could guarantee that if the other person made another move, he wouldn't hesitate to strike...
Fortunately, the noise outside stopped... The sweet-voiced server replied, "All right."
She really did leave. Her footsteps gradually faded until they disappeared completely...
"Phew~" Roy let out a breath and continued focusing on his breakthrough. About a minute later, when he got up again, he saw his "brand-new" self in the full-length mirror in the corner. He'd grown another centimeter and filled out a little. His newly grown hair was still thick and jet-black, gleaming in the light of the setting sun.
"Good."
The pain wasn't unbearable, and the changes weren't so great that they'd arouse suspicion. He would just stick to the plan of "three points a day" and keep it up...
"Grrr..."
His fresh new body longed for nourishment, and his stomach growled with hunger, reminding Roy that he needed to replenish his nutrients, too.
The dinner the server had brought sat outside the door.
Its aroma slipped through the crack, tempting his hungry stomach...
But Roy had no intention of eating it.
He picked up the