"The game ends when you've bitten your tongue, Evelyn," the other blonde said calmly.
"Ugh, you too, Melina." Evelyn shrank back at the two blondes' teasing.
'My sisters, aren't they a bit petty? They waste no time pointing fingers at me when I bite my tongue. And it only happens because of my sister's long name!' She grumbled internally.
Four little girls were gathered, starting with the black-haired girls, Princess Evelyn Elderblood, Eve and Victor's daughter, and Nikolina Nia Nefela Elderblood, Nyx and Victor's daughter, who proudly declared herself a princess.
On the side of the blondes were Melina Elderblood, Maria and Victor's daughter, followed by Aline Elderblood, Naty and Victor's daughter. A girl named after the maid who was like a mother to Sasha.
Sasha herself wanted to name her daughter Aline, but due to Naty's gesture, whose daughter was born first, she had no choice but to change it. Sasha didn't expect this from Naty, but it was proof that Naty was trying to make up for her past mistakes with her daughter.
Naty was even more present in raising Aline, treating her differently from how she treated Sasha in the past.
All the little girls resembled their mothers in some way, even the same hair color. The only difference was Aline, who was born with curlier and more rebellious hair, with a shade more towards orange blonde than her mother's intense golden blonde.
All because she was born with divine powers related to cultivation. Yes, like Hera's sister, the goddess of agriculture Demeter, Aline had the same divinity, but hers was all about 'cultivation'. Agriculture was a form of 'cultivation,' so it fell within her scope of influence as well.
Anything that could be 'cultivated' was within Aline's domain... If Susanoo saw her, Victor was sure the man would kneel and ask to learn from the 'elder,' using all those terms from xianxia novels.
Victor snorted as he thought about the rigid cultivation system in those novels, a system so strict and flawed that he didn't like it at all.
Back to Aline. Because of these hair characteristics, she was the only one of the current sisters so far whose hair would reach her ankles. Her hair couldn't be easily cut, after all, the concentration of her divinity was located there until she could control her powers properly.
This was another anomaly she was born with. By the standards of Victor's daughters, she was born with A LOT of energy, not as extreme as the energy goddess who was Jeanne's daughter, but definitely above average.
For Victor's daughters, who were already monsters by their standards, to everyone else, all his daughters were absolute monsters.
"Girls, you're making too much noise."
"Geh." The four groaned simultaneously when they heard Anna's voice.
Victor and Anna felt the four pairs of eyes turning towards the door.
"Mother Anna... Are you there?" Evelyn asked cautiously.
Anna chuckled softly and replied, "Yes, don't be shy, you can come in."
The door was slowly opened, and the head of a little girl peeked in. Evelyn looked towards Anna, but as if by some mysterious force, her eyes suddenly shifted elsewhere, towards her father.
Immediately, Evelyn's caution exploded as if it were an illusion, and a broad smile spread across her face.
"Daddy!"
Evelyn swung the door open eagerly and leaped towards Victor.
"Daddy?" Melina's head appeared.
"Daddy's here?" Next was Nikolina.
Within seconds, Aline was already running towards Victor and leaped into his arms.
"AHHH! Aline, that's not fair!" Nikolina and Melina shouted simultaneously, then ran towards Victor.
Victor's smile widened, not in a scary way, but in a gentle and loving manner that made the surrounding area blossom with various flowers, an effect caused by Aline's reaction.
"My beloved daughters, how are you? I saw you were playing with each other, will you stop now?"
"Hmm! We were playing with each other, but being with Daddy is more important! I miss you!" Aline, who was usually serious and had an adult-like attitude, turned into a spoiled child in her father's presence.
Victor chuckled lightly as he embraced them all. "I was only gone for a few hours."
"Really? It felt like several years!" Nikolina said as she hugged him possessively. 'I wish I had a way to merge completely with my father, just like Mother Kaguya and my sister Yuno. She doesn't understand how she, a primordial star dragon goddess, couldn't merge with her father! Even her mother can! Something she envies greatly!
"Ugh, I wish I was born with the attribute of darkness and not stars!" Despite her power being very strong, after all, it represents the stars in the galaxy, she is not satisfied! She wants something that will make her be with her father 25 hours a day, 666 days a year!
"Hmm, Hmm, 1 hour without Daddy is like 1000 years without Daddy!" Melina exaggerated, but she accurately explained her feelings.
"Hehehehe~. Daddy~" Evelyn had long lost herself feeling her father's presence, the same could be said for the other girls who slowly lowered their defenses, and the next moment, dragon wings of their respective hair colors emerged from their backs.
Leon was completely silent, shocked by the sight before him. Instead of little girls, they looked more like baby birds flapping their wings seeking attention from their father.
If Victor had focused on Leon now, the man would definitely suffer for comparing his daughters to birds, but fortunately for the man himself, all of Victor's attention was focused on pampering his daughters now.
Leon looked at Anna, when Anna felt Leon's gaze, she just sighed and said, "See? That's what I'm talking about."
"... They love him too much."
"Yes," Anna nodded as her long black hair fluttered around due to the excited flapping of the girls' wings. "It will be difficult to try to get these girls' attention because the only 'man' in their lives is their beloved father." She pouted at the end.
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