A few hours passed by in the blink of an eye and everyone started to return to their official duties one after another, leaving Max with only his wives and children.

It was an eventful few hours as Max got to learn the name of Jake's wife, new kid and how beautiful their wedding was.

The story of how Jake fell in love, was sort of cute too and once Max got to know how innocent his wife Elena was, his opinion of her softened as he wholeheartedly accepted her into the family.

On the other hand, the story of how Amy fell in love with Hades was a bit wild.

Apparently it was love at first sight, followed by a spicy few first dates and an extremely romantic proposal.

While his sisters in law and wives seemed very excited by Amy's love story, Max was not impressed at all.

What seemed romantic to them, felt Hippie and cheap to Max as he internally cursed Hades over and over again for being a complete Playboy.

It was clear from his expression too that he was extremely embarrassed as his courting stories were aired in public, however, that earned him no sympathy from Max.

When the story finally ended, Max looked at him and only gave him a bone-chilling warning.

" Lord Hades, please always remember that the surname of Amy is Rajput.

Rajput as in daughter of Rudra Rajput and the only niece of Max Rajput.

Please always keep that in mind" Max said as without explicitly warning him, Max warned him that should he ever make Amy upset, there won't even be a place for him in hell.

Finally, as the day progressed, everyone else took their leave one by one, leaving Max with only his own family within the hall who were still waiting for his attention patiently."Finally, it's only us-" Max said with a smile when Severus and Sebastian, the last two men who were not his direct family, left the room giving some obvious excuse.

He relaxed his posture and walked down from his high throne as he came down to take a good look at his kids.

"Come greet your father" Max said as he spread his arms wide, expecting a hug from his children who seemed reluctant to hug him.

The first to move was Leah, who was taught by Mira from a young age that love was a unidirectional affair.

She was the only girl child that Max had and she was the only one who responded to his words giving him a hug as both Gopal and Judas refused their urging mother's on this offer.

Max gave a very soft and precious hug to Leah as he took her small frame in his arms and poured some of his mana into her body.

*Grrrrr*

Leah purred as if she was a newborn dragon receiving tickles as her level instantly shot up and her constitution improved.

The very first time Max hugged her, he used his mana to improve her internal mana circuit and carefully removed any impurities he found within her body.lights

She already had an unbelievable constitution and was training well as Max would tell by just hugging her once that her muscles were all defined and her weight despite her small frame was no joke.

She was already tier4 despite being only 12 years of age and had already perfected human transformation.

But despite being 12, she was not strictly in control of her body as when her father affectionately circulated his warm mana through her body she could not help but purr like a young dragon and enjoy the process thoroughly.

" Thank You father, it's good to have you back" she said when Max finally set her down as she gave him a little peck on his cheek before rushing back to Mira.

At that moment Max could feel his heart melting all over again as he felt like cursing himself for not being in the little child's life for all these years.magic

She was a wonderful child with a bright future and the speed with which she was progressing, Max had no doubt in his mind that she would become the next dragon queen someday.

"What about you brats? No love for your father?" Max said as he looked at Gopal and Judas whose mothers were smacking the back of their head now, absolutely furious that they would not hug Max.

" GOPAL!"

" JUDAS-"

The two mother's shouted staring into the eyes of their sons with absolute fury as it was at that moment when the two kids understood that they had no option but to hug their father if they did not wish to face the wrath of their mothers.

Although reluctant, the two of them slowly walked towards Max, lightly patting him on the waist once with a nod before returning.

Unlike Leah they did not hug him and did not receive any benefits from his affection either.

On one hand Max felt like suppressing the spirits of the two boys through his aura, to show them who was the boss, but on the other, he let their rebellion go unpunished as he did not feel like crushing their spirits was the right way to approach this problem.

The last one to approach Max was Kremeth, who was the most genuine kid of the lot and who was now big and strong, capable of standing shoulder to shoulder against Max.

" I've missed you… father" he said as he embraced Max with a manly hug that Max returned.

Their contact was brief, no words were spoken, but as the two separated Max looked straight into Kremeth's eyes and felt pride overflowing through his chest.

It seemed only yesterday when a feeble infant Kremeth could only clutch a single finger of his palm using his whole hand, yet today he stood eye to eye against him.

A top tier6 warrior, Kremeth was improving rapidly and Max was proud of his achievements.

" We have a lot to talk about in the coming days" Max said as he did not bring up the matter of him becoming the next vampire king now, as to not ruin this moment.

" Yeah, we do….. I have to show you a girl" Kremeth said as he agreed and reminded Max that he had things to say of his own.

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