Plans in motion

Zerotwo looked at Hiro and blinked, saying "Created? Drawing?" Hiro squeezed her hands and said "But that's only in my previous world! You're completely real! You could say that my previous world has no powers but is the center of all the other worlds."

Zerotwo asked "Then the others..." Hiro said "The original Hiro was draw as well, but Isabella and Yami were not. They're proof that we exist as separate beings! Naruto, Izuku, All Might, Hestia, Bell, Roger, Natsu, they're all the same."

Zerotwo's eyes widened and she said "OHHHH!" Hiro winced and she got rid of his hands, punching her palm as she said "That's how you know everything! I should've known! Damn it!" Hiro blinked and she looked at him saying "Why are you holding out on me!?"

Hiro was stunned and said "Wha-" she tackled him and pinned him down on the bed saying "I don't care about an existential crisis! All I care about is my kids and my Darling. As long as I'm with you, we could be puppets on a string and I would still be happy."

Hiro looked at her in a daze and tears streamed down the sides of his face, she straddled him and held his cheeks, her long hair hanging down and falling down on her hands, flowing to the bed. She wiped his tears away and said softly "Darling... I love you. I don't care about being real or not."

She kissed him softly and looked into his eyes, with an expression full of love. Hiro closed his eyes before opening them again, full of love. He caressed her cheeks and said "There's no words to describe how much I love you, Zerotwo. I..."

He cried a bit and added "I'm so happy I died and met you." she smiled and kissed him again, collapsing on his chest. He held her and kissed her lips gently, rubbing her back with his hands. The door to the bathroom opened and Isabella groaned "Ugh, I literally cannot escape." Hiro and Zerotwo looked over and giggled.

Zerotwo teased "Is my little princess embarrassed~" Isabella spat out her tongue and said "Gross~" Zerotwo giggled and got off Hiro, picking up Yami and Eri saying "Come, we'll sleep together like when you were a kid."

Isabella waved her hands and said "No thanks." Hiro chuckled and grabbed her, bringing her in and hugging her as he laid down saying "Aww, daddy's gonna cry." Isabella struggled in his arms to no avail. Zerotwo held Eri and Yami, laying down next to Hiro as she said "Goodnight~"

Isabella said "Let me go! This is too weird!" Hiro chuckled and said "Angel, did you hear something?" Zerotwo looked around and said "Hm? No, I didn't!" Isabella snorted "I can't believe this!" Hiro and Zerotwo laughed and ignored her, hugging each other as they fell asleep.

The next day

Isabella was hugging Hiro like an octopus and drooling with a wide smile, Hiro woke up and yawned. He sat up and Isabella pouted before turning over and hugging Zerotwo instead. Eri rolled off Hiro and landed on Isabella.

Yami woke up and yawned, attacked to Hiro's head. He mumbled "Morning." Hiro got out of bed and looked out the window to see Naofumi being taken away. He mumbled "Huh. That was fast." Yami chimed "Really fast." Hiro said "Why are you on my head?" Yami said "Comfortable."

Hiro sighed and went to clean himself, bringing Yami along. Samehada woke up and bounced over.

A while later

Hiro and the rest were outside on the streets, Isabella was looking around and Hiro was standing on the side, smoking as he watched Naofumi walk down the streets. Zerotwo looked at Naofumi and said "That's..." Hiro exhaled and said "Naofumi Iwatami, the Shield Hero. The princess framed him for raping her and the King was in on it, she stole all his stuff and left him with nothing. Everyone in the Kingdom thinks he's a rapist."

Zerotwo spat "What a bitch." Hiro chuckled and said "Yeah. We can kill her whenever, I don't really care. I'm more interested in this guy." as he pointed at Naofumi. Zerotwo rolled her eyes and said "Another 'project'?"

Hiro defended himself saying "Hey! I happen to like doing that!" she giggled and shook her head. Hiro watched Naofumi be an edgelord before getting help from the blacksmith guy. He left the city and Hiro watched him from afar.

He was thinking about what he could do, he had so many options at his disposal. He rubbed his chin and continued to think. He got an idea and grinned before leaving.

He went to the Weapons shop and walked to the counter saying "Hey there!" The shop owner guy, who's name was Erhard, said "Hey, what can I do you for?" Hiro leaned on the counter and said "I'm here to help you out believe it or not." Erhard raised a brow and Hiro added "I saw what happened with the Shield Hero before. You're a pretty nice guy, so I'll make you the best blacksmith in the world, how about it?"

Erhard gave Hiro a strange look and Hiro said "Just shut up and follow me." as he walked to Erhard's forge and workshop. He took out all the metals he had and started making a simple dagger.

When he was done, Erhard was stunned and looked at the dagger in shock saying "What!? This can easily buy my entire shop!" Hiro smirked and said "So? What do you think? Can I teach you now?" Erhard said "Please! You have to!" Hiro laughed and said "No problem. I have my own goals in this too, I suppose."

Erhard said "The Shield Hero?" Hiro smiled and said "Bingo. Anyway, let's start. These metals are..." he made a time barrier in the forge and changed it to One year for One day as he taught Erhard how to make better weapons and armor with the various expensive materials Hiro had on hand.

From iron to the merged metal that Hiro created himself, and from leather to Dragon skin with everything in between. Furs, scales, silk, etc. Everything. He unlocked Erhard's potential and gave him Photographic Memory the Potions and Impurity Cleanse, etc.

He gave Erhard the Barbarian Armor design as Hiro though it was cool and suited Naofumi to a T. He also slapped Erhard with a 50 yr experience token after a few days on the outside world.

Erhard had a new hammer at the end and said gratefully "Thank you teacher!" Hiro smiled and said "No worries. Just do your best, I believe in you. I left you a ton of each material in the space boxes." he patted Erhard's shoulder and left, waving over his shoulder.

He walked out into the shop space and Naofumi walked in with Raftalia. Hiro passed by him and chuckled eerily, Naofumi watched him go before walking to the counter.

Hiro smirked to himself, the true rising of the shield Hero part 1 complete. Hiro grinned to himself and looked at the castle with an evil expression. He calculated on his fingers and mumbled to himself, after Naofumi gets the cursed shield, he'll act.

After that...

Hiro grinned to himself, the King and princess were no longer required. He chuckled to himself and left. Time was ticking down on the royalty's lives, Hiro was sure they were educated enough to do subtraction.

He cackled to himself and flickered into thin air, disappearing from the streets.