SSS Awakening: Rebirth of the Strongest Vampire God novel Chapter 713

Chapter 713: It was you?

Damon glanced at the still-fading system panel one last time before dismissing it. No achievements. No world announcement. No cascade of rewards. A half win, he thought. Barely. Enough to matter and maybe even enough to tip the scales against those assholes if he played it right.

Meanwhile, the father and daughter pair were hugging each other and sobbing furiously. "When will I ever see you again, my dear little plum. Every time you walk away, it feels like I’m gambling with fate. This old man’s heart can’t handle it anymore. Why couldn’t you select some idiot who is content with just staying in our palace?"

Alzara buried her face into his chest, tears soaking into his robes. "I am sorry, father. I couldn’t control my heart. I don’t want to leave you too. I promise I will come back often. I always will. I will miss you a lot too."

"You’d better. If you disappear for too long, I’ll march this old body to wherever you are and drag you back by the ear myself."

Alzara sniffed and nodded hard, still clinging to him. "You wouldn’t last a day outside the palace," she said through her tears. "You’d complain about everything."

"That’s because the world outside is terribly uncivilized," he grumbled, tightening his arms around her. "Especially now that my daughter has decided to run off with the most dangerous man alive."

Damon’s face twitched. He wanted to move a few steps away from the cringe... ahem... to give the father and daughter some privacy, but was trapped and forced to listen to the whole exchange. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

After a few long minutes, the emperor pulled back. "Take care, my sweet baby. If you need anything, please let this old man know. I will somehow, somewhere get it for you. You have the crystal with you. Talk to me every day without fail. You know I cannot sleep without seeing your face."

Alzara smiled through her tears. "Yes, father, I know."

The emperor straightened, shoulders squaring as he glanced toward Damon. His eyes were still wet, but his voice was steady. "Blood God," he said quietly, "if you let anything happen to her..."

Damon met his gaze without hesitation. "Then there will be no corner of this world I can hide in," he said simply. "I understand. I will protect her with everything I have."

The emperor nodded once. "Good."

Alzara slipped her hand into Damon’s, squeezing it gently. She had a big, idiotic smile on her face, which made Damon chuckle. He silently listened to the father-daughter pair continuing to chat as he mulled over what to do next. Weirdly, the Great Western Desert Emperor wasn’t all that much different from his own parents.

Different power. Different world. Same fear. The fear of watching your child walk away into danger, knowing you no longer had the strength or the right to stop them. Perhaps if he had a daughter of his own in the future, he would react in the same way.

A cute little daughter with any of his wives would be simply... terrifying to think about. Damon shook the thought away before it could dig in any deeper. Yup, he was not ready to be a family man just yet. Best to enjoy the honeymoon phase for some time.

But then again... a little Kate would have the same delicious cheeks and pouty lips. A little Lirae would be Dad’s little princess. A little Aurora... would be a tornado for sure!

Yup, he was definitely not ready to be a family man.

Damon cleared his throat softly and pushed the thought firmly into the abyss where all dangerous future considerations belonged. He was absolutely, categorically not prepared for a cute and cuddly little monster.

Power was manageable. Enemies were manageable. A child? That was a different beast altogether.

Snapping out of it, Damon was about to interrupt the father-daughter pair and ask them if they had a time dilution training room when suddenly Damon’s primordial senses flared up.

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