Three figures rushed in simultaneously from the castle entrance.
Ma Jun's three maids.
Lady Akuna's daughters had finally returned after gathering ingredients.
The moment they stepped inside, they saw Akuna preparing to attack Ma Jun. Panic instantly seized them.
They hurried forward to stop her.
Hearing her daughters' voices, Akuna's movements paused slightly.
But that hesitation lasted only a brief instant—
The three girls had already positioned themselves in front of Ma Jun.
Beilei.
Cassandra.
Daniela!
All three were roughly two meters tall, yet standing before Akuna, they still looked like children.
But the expressions on their faces were resolute, without the slightest hesitation.
"Mother, please don't hurt Master."
"We're begging you."
Akuna froze.
When she finally processed what her daughters had just said, veins bulged violently across her forehead.
"What… did you just say?"
"Damn it!"
"You actually call this lowly human… your master?!"
"What exactly did he do to you?!"
Daniela's face flushed crimson, her expression shy and flustered.
"Mother… I already chose to devote my body and soul entirely to Master."
"What?!"
Akuna felt as if she'd misheard.
But the look on Daniela's face told her—this was reality.
Akuna glared viciously at Ma Jun, roaring furiously.
"How dare you! How dare you lay hands on my little daughter—she's only a hundred-something years old!"
Ma Jun didn't know how to respond.
So he chose silence.
"And you?"
Akuna's gaze shifted to her second daughter, Cassandra.
Cassandra's face was just as red, her expression equally embarrassed.
"I… I'm the same."
"AAAAAAAH!!!"
Akuna was on the verge of losing her mind.
This human had simultaneously claimed two of her daughters?!
Absolutely unforgivable!
How did he even manage that?!
When Akuna's gaze finally turned to Beilei, the last trace of hope in her heart shattered completely.
Beilei looked conflicted.
Her hands were clasped together, fingers twisting nervously.
"Even you too…?"
Akuna felt her eyelids twitch violently.
Beilei lowered her head and answered softly,
"Mm…"
"AAAAAAAH!!!"
Akuna let out an enraged roar. Even the blood vessels beneath the pale skin of her neck stood out clearly.
"I'm going to swallow you whole!"
"Mother, please don't!"
The three daughters hurriedly rushed forward, restraining Akuna. She stared at them in disbelief.
"You're actually fighting me… for a human?!"
"Have I raised you for nothing?!"
Daniela said anxiously,
"Master never forced us. We chose this willingly."
"He even granted us power."
In an instant, Akuna keenly noticed something was off.
"You… how did you all get stronger?!"
Over the past few days, the three daughters' strength had increased dramatically.
The dishes Ma Jun cooked had boosted them as well—
The effect was the same on them.
Compared to before, it was a completely different level.
"All thanks to Master,"
Cassandra said with admiration. "He helped us grow stronger."
"Mother, at the next family competition, we'll definitely surpass the Heisenberg family and take first place!"
"The Mother Goddess' favor will surely shine even more upon us!"
Akuna's expression darkened abruptly.
"You don't understand a damn thing!"
"Do you really think divine favor is a good thing?!"
Her tone was harsh, but the anger within it had already dissipated somewhat.
Those deep lake-blue eyes locked onto Ma Jun.
"Do you really have a way to help people grow stronger?"
"Heh… I don't believe it."
"Unless… you let me try it myself!"
Akuna began walking toward Ma Jun.
She soothed her daughters as she moved.
"Don't worry. I won't do anything to him. I just want to check his body."
From beginning to end, Ma Jun didn't move an inch.
It wasn't that he didn't want to—
He had just been injured, his breath hadn't stabilized yet. Any movement caused intense pain in his chest.
Since there was no immediate threat to his life, he was perfectly happy to stay put and watch the show.
Hearing their mother's words, the three daughters hesitated, then stepped aside.
They knew it clearly—
If their mother truly wanted to hurt Ma Jun, they could never stop her.
The gap in power was simply too great.
Akuna stopped in front of Ma Jun, just about to speak—
When Ma Jun suddenly removed [Praise] from his arm.
Without the attachment, the injuries instantly revealed themselves.
Deep gashes along his arm and bloody cracks across his muscles began seeping fine streams of blood.
Akuna, who had just opened her mouth to speak, suddenly found herself unable to say a word.
She stared blankly at Ma Jun's arm, at the droplets of blood slowly emerging.
Her breathing grew heavier.
Her eyes burned with feverish intensity.
Slurp.
Saliva kept pooling in her mouth.
Ma Jun's fresh blood was simply too tempting for her!
No—she couldn't hold back anymore!
She bent down abruptly, grabbed Ma Jun's arm, opened her crimson mouth wide—
And swallowed his entire hand in one gulp!
"Hm?"
Feeling his hand enter Akuna's mouth, Ma Jun nearly chose to return on the spot.
But very quickly, he realized—
She was only licking and sucking the blood with her tongue.
There was no other danger.
Only then did he abandon the idea of returning.
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