"Firstly, I'm your step-dad now. So, If you don't find it uncomfortable, call me, Dad or Daddy, alright? I'll appreciate it." Max said and despite what he was feeling deep in his heart as he said these words, his expression did not change in the slightest. "Secondly, tell me, was this the first time you saw someone being killed?"

Nia's face turned red and she lowered her head hearing the first half. When she heard the latter half, she lightly nodded, "Mm."

"I understand." Max said, "If you have looked through the window during the first few days, you would have seen countless people dying. We are no longer living in the peaceful times, Nia. Right now, if we stay soft and weak, it won't be long before someone comes along and kills us all."

Pausing for a bit, he added, "Those three, they had followed my friend's group, wanting to use them to enter your home. Now, you are smart enough to not need to spell it out for you what they would have done if I hadn't dealt with them, isn't that right?"

Nia shook, realizing the truth of his words. But she still didn't dare to raise her head and just nodded, "I understand. T-Thank you."

Max sighed in his heart and gently rubbed her head, "No need to thank me. We are family now and I just did what I was supposed to."

Saying this, he went silent for a moment, letting Nia relax. Then he asked, "Is Juan sleeping?"

"Yes."

"Good. Now, can you come down for a bit?"

"Yes."

"Alright, let's go." Saying this, Max turned around and walked away. Nia hastily followed him.

After coming down, Max went into the kitchen for a few moments before coming out. Then, he headed out and had Nia lock the gate, but before she did, he said, "There is some drinking water and a few slices of bread in the kitchen. Give one slice each and some water to Tommy and others. The rest is for Juan, Ruth and you."

Saying this, he was about to walk away when he heard Nia ask, "Y-You'll return soon, right?"

Max looked at her, a warm smile on his face, "Of course."

Nia fidgeted slightly before whispering with a red face, "I'll wait for you… Dad."

Max stared at her blankly for a moment before his lips curled up into a grin.

Waving his hand bye, he walked away.

When he was about to take the turn to head in the direction of Governor's Mansion, he saw Samson tirelessly digging a hole in the corner of the children's park. The corpses of the trio were lying beside him.

Seeing him, he paused. After thinking for a moment, he opened his status screen.

[Name: Maxwell Williams]

[Level: 4 (0/50)]

[Physical: 13]

[Spiritual: 11]

[Harem: 2]

[Harem Points: 203]

[Abilities: Discerning Eyes Lv 2. (0/50)]

'200? Not bad.' He thought to himself before opening the system shop and writing, 'A technique or ability that can ensure people's loyalty to me.'

As he hit enter, one Harem Point was deducted.

[Harem Points: 203→202]

However...

Instead of a list of techniques for him to choose like it had happened previous times, a short message appeared on the pop up screen in front of him.

[Alert: The System Shop does not have any skills, techniques or abilities to sell.]

Max couldn't help but narrow his eyes when he read this. After a few moments, he looked at Samson and sighed.

He had planned to take Samson, Tom, Hank and Harman as subordinate using some technique or like from the system which would ensure they wouldn't ever birth the thought of betraying him.

As for why… Well, simply because he knew there would be things that would either be a waste of time for him to do but would be important, or he might not be able to do due to some things. So, in these types of situations, he would need other people's assistance.

However, with the absence of techniques needed for this purpose in the system shop, he had no choice but to temporarily drop the idea.

Just as he was about to continue on his way, another screen popped up in front of him.

[Notice (Compensatory): Level 3 Discerning Eyes should fulfill the host's current purpose.]

Seeing this, Max couldn't help but nod in satisfaction. The one harem point he spent to find the techniques wasn't wasted.

Looking at the current Harem Points, he decided to level up [Discerning Eyes (Lv. 2)].

Soon, 50 Harem Points were deducted and he immediately felt a burning pain in his eyes.

Though he was already prepared for it and his pain tolerance seemed to have increased after leveling up to level 4, he barely managed to endure it and was still left out of breath.

After regulating his breathing, he looked at his status screen.

[Harem Points: 202→152]

[Abilities: Discerning Eyes Lv. 3 (0/100)]

Closing the windows, he walked toward Samson.

From how he seemed to be taking his sweet time to go to the Governor's mansion, one might think his mother didn't have much importance in his heart, but only he knew how wrong was that.

The reason he had been subconsciously dragging his feet was because he was afraid… afraid to face her, afraid to ask her the reason she left him and… afraid to find out that maybe she already had a new family of her own.

…

Kacha! Swoosh!

Kacha! Swoosh!

While digging, Samson heard the sound of footsteps from behind and hurriedly jumped around, brandishing the shovel like a weapon, ready to attack whoever was coming.

But when he saw Max, he sighed in relief and lowered his weapon. "You are here, sir?"

"Yeah. I was heading somewhere and saw you." Max nodded, looking at the already half feet deep, seven feet long and two feet wide hole in surprise.

If he wasn't wrong, from the moment he told him to deal with the corpses till now, only 10 or so minutes had passed. Given the fact that it should've taken him more than five minutes to drag the corpses here since he dragged one at a time, he had dug this hole in less than five minutes.

This feat… even for a well-fed, experienced worker, would have been impressive, but Samson was starved, probably for days and should have no strength left in his body. For him to do this was indeed very surprising.

With a thought, he activated the [Discerning Eyes] and Samson's information appeared in front of him.

[Name: Samson Smith]

[Gender: Male]

[Age: 17]

[Level: 3]

[Constitution: Herculean Body]

[Loyalty: 10]

[Status: Hopeful, Nervous, Angry, Worried.]

'Hm?' Max's pupils constricted when he saw his status, or to be exact, the [Physique] section.

'He has a special constitution.' His breathing deepened and the look in his eyes turned grim when he considered the implications of this discovery.

If he had a special constitution, this meant others might also have it. And since there were always many types of constitutions mentioned in the fantasy novels, the contents of which were turning out to be real, the chances were many people might have had those special constitutions and might have also found the way to control them.

If this was true, which he felt it most likely was, this world wasn't as simple as it seemed before.

'Fuck! Now, it won't be so easy to become invincible.' Though he cursed in his heart and this revelation worried him a little, strangely enough, he also felt excited.

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