The SSS-Rank Deveror Who Abandoned Glory to Raise Four Daughters

Cidd Ashen died alone at his desk in another world. No family. No friends. No one noticed until Monday morning. His second life was not much different. Reincarnated into the world of **Anastacia**, Cidd spent two years as the invisible backbone of the hero's party. He did everything, sacrificed everything, and received nothing, while the golden-haired hero Aldric took every achievement, every praise, and every moment of glory. At twelve years old, Cidd was told he was useless and was asked to leave. He raised his fist. Then he lowered it. Without saying a word, he walked away into the darkness and never looked back. One year later, he became **S-Rank**. One of only four people in the entire world to reach that level. Not because of a natural gift. Not because a merciful god granted him a cheat ability. But because of **World Gain**—an ability that allows him to obtain a monster's skill after defeating it and evolve it through endless effort into something completely unique and terrifyingly powerful. And because Cidd Ashen never stopped working. Never stopped learning. Never stopped becoming stronger, even when no one was watching. Then a dragon destroyed a village. His fault. His mistake. A dragon he failed to kill. Among the ruins, he found four newborn girls with nothing and no one left in the world. He picked them up. He gave them names. Syla. Ren. Mira. Vera. And he made a promise. *"I will be your father."* And he kept it. Ten years later, Cidd lives a quiet life in the remote village of Ashfeld. He protects the borders, repairs houses, cooks meals from a world no one there knows existed, and creates inventions that will not appear in Anastacia for centuries. Every morning, he trains his daughters in the forest behind their home. Every morning, he eats breakfast with them. Every evening, he sits on the back steps beneath the stars. This is the story of a man who built everything from nothing. A story about daughters who would burn the world itself before allowing him to be alone again. A story about guilt becoming purpose, purpose becoming love, and love becoming something this world has never had a name for. A story about what happens when the person who spent his entire life carrying everyone else finally finds people who refuse to let him carry everything alone.