"Good." Max nodded while shifting his gaze away from her body back to her information screen.

When he saw she was a virgin, his eyes lit up.

Also…

'Forced sex, huh? That's interesting.' He thought, his lips curving up into a predatory grin.

Thankfully, Eun-Ji was looking down, otherwise the poor girl might have been scared stiff… or maybe she would have been excited instead because of her fantasy?

"How long have you been taking care of my mother, Miss Eun-Ji?" Max asked, having decided he was going to make his move on her after he had sealed the deal with his lovely Aunt Vivian.

Currently, he was in urgent need of Harem Points not only to get stronger to deal with Samuel who was hell bent on destroying the Foster Family and taking his mother away, but also to cure his mother in case he couldn't get the antidote from Samuel.

Therefore, he needed as many women as he could get because if he were to rely on just a few, it would take a long time to gather enough points and he believed he didn't have much left.

"I-It's been three-years, sir. Before it was my mother who looked after her." Eun-Ji answered, stuttering.

"I see. You and your mother have my gratitude, Miss Eun-Ji. If you ever need any help, don't hesitate to come to me." Max said sincerely.

Then, seeing she was currently afraid of him, he smiled and said, "Now, I shall take my leave."

Saying this, he walked away.

Phew!

After he disappeared, Eun-Ji exhaled in relief, patting her chest, and murmured, "That was… overwhelming. Also, why was he looking at me like that? Did he like me?"

"Bah! What am I thinking?" She blushed and shook her head before taking a few deep breaths and entering the room.

…

Max arrived at Robert's room and saw three middle-aged men and five boys around his age sitting there.

When he entered the room, the three men looked at him up and down, with differing emotions in their eyes while the boys stared at him with appraising and curious looks on their faces.

Max found the three men somewhat familiar, but the other five were complete strangers. Before he could ask who they were, however, Robert introduced them:

"These three are your uncles, Sarah's elder brothers. As for these kids, they are their sons. I called them over so they could meet you and we could discuss some things. As for your cousin sisters and aunts, you can meet them later."

"I understand." Max nodded before greeting them with a polite smile, "Hello everyone. It's nice to meet you all after such a long time."

Everyone returned his greetings. Then, the eldest uncle, Mark, had just opened his mouth, about to say something, when one of his cousins asked, "Did you really kill all those people?"

Mark glared at him, but the guy was completely focused on Max, so he didn't notice it, making Mark sigh and shake his head.

"Yeah. I did." Max nodded before adding with a smile, "Just don't ask how I did it. Let me keep it a secret."

Immediately, all five cousins looked disappointed. This was what they wanted to know the most.

Taking this opportunity, Mark patted the seat next to him and said, "Don't keep standing there. Come over and sit with us little Max."

"Thank you, uncle." Max walked over and took the seat.

Then, the uncles began asking all kinds of questions from how he had been, whether his family was alright, was he good in studies to whether he had any girlfriends and when was he planning to settle down.

Max couldn't help but smile wryly, but he answered all their questions even if he found some of them nonsensical because he knew they were asking all this to get to know him and eliminate the estrangement between them that had developed after not meeting for over a decade.

After a while, Robert interjected, "All right. Let's talk about the more important things now."

"Yes, father." The uncles nodded and sat up straight. The cousins also focused.

Robert swept his gaze across them, his expression solemn, and said.

"I didn't reveal it to you all before because it would have made you all unnecessarily panic and honestly… telling this to you wouldn't have changed anything."

Saying this, he looked at Max, and said, "However, with Max here, things might be different. Perhaps we can survive what is to come."

Mark and others' expressions hardened upon hearing this. From his expression and words, it seemed whatever he was going to talk about was incredibly dangerous. Even with Max, they had just a chance.

As for Max, his expression also turned serious because he realized whatever the old man was talking about wasn't Samuel Brown or the Brown family, but something else.

What he didn't know was that the old man Harman was waiting for him to return after rescuing his mother, so he could tell him the same thing Robert was going to tell now.

"You all know that all the nuclear-powered countries launched their nuclear weapons all over the world, right?" Robert began.

After they nodded, he continued, "I don't know how many people may have died in those strikes, but I do know that many more have probably died after them due to all that radiation.

Moreover, this isn't the end because the amount of radiation those weapons have produced is enough to cover the world."

Immediately, everyone's expressions turned grim.

"Yes, that's correct. The radiation will soon cover the entire world and this country won't be spared either." Robert said, "If my estimate isn't wrong, in at most a week, the radiation clouds will cover our skies, the sea water will become polluted and the radiation will contaminate the ground water too."

Hearing this, the five cousins shuddered and their fathers clenched their fists in agitation. It was a sure death. How could they stay calm?

In the room, only two people were calm—Robert and Max. The old man couldn't help but praise his mental fortitude in his heart.

"D-Doesn't this mean we all will die?" Mark's son, Sunny, asked in a deep voice that he used to mask his fear and agitation.

Robert looked at his sons and grandsons, a hint of disappointment flashing in his eyes. But then he sighed inwardly and to their surprise, shook his head, "Not all."

"What do you mean, father?" Peter, Robert's second son, asked.

"Do you three remember everything I told you about the history of this world? How there was Mana present in the atmosphere and people could become strong using it?" Robert asked.

The three brothers nodded while their sons' eyes widened and their mouths fell open in surprise.

Seeing this, Max realized they were just like him—had no clue about the buried secrets. Though he wondered if they had learned martial arts.

'They probably have.' He thought.

"From everything I know about the history and those powerful organizations and family clans, since they let or it might be more accurate to say that since they unleashed those nuclear bombs, destroyed the established status quo and killed so many people, they didn't do it without any purpose."

Saying this, he paused for a moment, took a deep breath and said, his eyes lighting up, "And if I'm not wrong, that purpose was to make… Mana reappear."

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