When Sam came out of the bathroom, her hair was still wet, and the clothes she was wearing were way too big for her. But with her red hair, freckled face, and big green eyes, she looked very charming. Even ke did not realize he was staring at her. "ke?" Sam felt happy that ke seemed to be in a daze while staring at her. Earlier, he did not react even when she had no shirt on, but now she felt much better knowing that he did notice her.


    "Ahem…." ke cleared his throat and smiled. "It''s good that you have made it through. From now on you will be getting trained in how to use magic."


    "Mmm…. ke…. Erica…. She?" Sam walked up to ke and hugged his waist.


    "She''s fine. She is just as tough as you are. And because of this, I know your father will be able to pull through as well." ke replied as ye ced his patted Sam''s back.


    Sam nuzzled her nose into ke''s chest and smiled brightly. "Thank you…. Because of you, both my sister and I were able to pull through. And I also know that my dad will also pull through."


    "That he will. Let''s get your sister in here so I can exin how to take in mana since you now need to take in mana to fill your mana pools." ke knew right now these girls needed a day or two to adjust to their newly evolved forms. Only then would he begin teaching them how to use magic.


    With the girls together, ke exined how to take in mana. He couldn''t help but think that the girls really did look alike. Both were budding beauties, and if Lillia gave the okay when the time came, and they still liked him, he would bring them into his small family that he knew would grow bigger in the future.


    He was unsure how he felt about this, but he had no ns to take any more girls in for the time being. Well, he would make an exception for Sam and Erica, but no more after that, not until he evolved to be a Drakani.


    "Big Brother!" Anna came running over to ke, causing him to be stunned by how she addressed him and hugged him.


    "Anna?" ke called questioningly. He was surprised by her sudden affection for him since she had been in such a situation. He figured it would take months, if not years, for her to fully warm up to him.


    "Big Sister Lillia told me to call you Big Brother," Anna replied. ke looked up to see Lillia walking over with a small knowing smile on her face. ke helplessly smiled as he patted Anna on the head. "You were able to evolve. It must have been painful."


    "It''s fine…. I have been through worse…." Anna replied, her voice going low. But this caused ke to feel anger well up inside him. He wished he did not let those bastards off so easily.


    "You no longer have to worry about bad guys. From this moment on, you will be my little sister. You will be known as Anna Harris from now on, okay?" ke had already nned to protect Anna as she was the only one who followed him out of the girls he had saved.


    "Really?" Anna looked at ke, her eyes welling up with tears. ke smiled and nodded his head. "Really."


    "I knew you would take her as your sister." Lillia had a proud look on her face that said she knew her man better than anyone. ke chuckled and nodded.


    "Alright, take Anna with you and Tina and help the girls settle in properly. I need to take care of Rob''s evolution." ke ruffled Anna''s hair and then gently pushed her to Lillia before leaning in and kissing her lips. He then turned and kissed Tina''s lips.


    "ke…." Both Sam and Erica called out. They had worried expressions on their faces.


    ke turned and looked at them: "Don''t worry. You two girls are strong enough to evolve, which means that your father is just as strong. He gave you the genes you used to evolve with, after all." ke said before giving a nod and going to find Rob.


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    "ke!" Rob stood up when he saw ke walking through the door.


    "They are fine. I came to get you because it is now your turn. If my theory is correct and the evolution cycle is based on gic makeup, then you should be perfectly fine as well." ke had been thinking this for a while as to why only certain people turned into monsters. Some died from pain shock, but others turned into monsters which meant it must have something to do with their genes. And from what he could tell, the girls both took after their father, so he could guess that they had more genes from his side of the family than their mothers. Of course, he was not fully sure of this since he was no scientist, but from how they both resembled him so much, he could onlye to this conclusion.


    "Then I will be in your care," Rob said after he let out a sigh of relief. His tension was now gone. He was so worried that he was going to get bad news but luckily. Everything turned out fine.


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    Several hourster….


    "Damn, I never want to go through that again!" Rob yelled out as he wiped the sweat from his brow. He had curled up on the bed of the small room for most of the evolution process. He had never felt so much pain in his entire life. The only thing that allowed him to get through it all was the fact that his daughters had pushed through it. If he didn''t, as their father, he couldn''t live with himself! He woulde back to life just to kill himself for being so weak!


    "Well… At least it worked out in the end…." ke let out a sigh of relief, this family could still stay together.


    ke was about to exin things to Rob about taking in mana when Lillia suddenly burst into the room. "ke! The Mana wave is about to hit us. I have had everyone who has not evolved locked up. Soon we will have to terminate those who did not make it."