Knowledge is power!

"Check on him to see how he's doing," Alex pointed to Cedrix, who was still unconscious.

Amelia nodded and went to check on the old man's condition.

"He just needs some rest; he'll probably wake up in the morning."

Alex nodded. "Good, let's set up camp. It's going to be night soon."

A few minutes later, the sun completely disappeared, leaving the world cloaked in darkness. However, this posed no problem for Alex's group as they had successfully lit a fire. Gathered around its warm glow, they sat, the flickering flames casting dancing shadows on their faces.

Alex leaned against the carriage wheel, a fond smile on his lips as he watched his wives chatting among themselves.

'I need to protect them, no matter what! Not just them, I need to protect my whole family, and for that, I need to become stronger,' his hands balled into fists.

Until now, all the people he had fought were weaker than him, but he knew that it wouldn't be the case eternally. There would definitely come a day when he wouldn't be able to easily defeat his opponents, as he has been doing since he obtained his system. He needed to prepare himself for that day!

'Which reminds me.'

"Does any of you have a textbook about the different races and their characteristics?"

"Is there a reason you're asking so suddenly?" wondered Amelia.

"Nothing in particular, just for preparation. Who knows who or what race I might face in the future? Learning about their strengths and weaknesses will probably be a good thing," he answered.

Lilia nodded approvingly, then pulled out from her storage ring what could only be called a mountain of books.

"what the..."

Both Alex, Amelia, and Anna were surprised by the sheer number of books she took out.

'Does she carry a library with herself?' they wondered, their eyes alternating from the smiling Lilia to the mountain of books.

"Eh, babe, what is that?" he questioned, feeling dread at the thought of going through all those books.

Lilia's smile widened, "those are the books that you asked for!"

"There can't be so many races, right?"

"Of course not, at least on this continent."

"Then what are those books for?"

"It's as I said, they are about what you asked. They explain the different races on this continent, from sentient ones to monsters, their characteristics, their lifestyle...."

A moment later

"...And their cultures. Those books will teach you everything that is known about other races!"

"...."

"...."

"...."

"What? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Lilia, I just want to know about the characteristics of the other races, not everything," said Alex.

"Nuh-uh, just knowing about their characteristics won't do. You need to know everything. Remember, knowledge is power!" exclaimed Lilia.

"That actually reminds me," Lilia then proceeded to take out three other mountains of books.

"These books are about mana, the different uses of mana, theories regarding mana, etc..." explained Lilia, pointing to one pile of books.

Next, she pointed to another pile.

"This one is about abilities, the different kinds of abilities there are, how abilities are ranked, etc..."

"And this last one is about elements, the different elements known, how they are used, what they can and can't do, etc..."

"That should be all- ah, I almost forgot."

Under the shocked gaze of Alex, Anna, and Amelia, Lilia proceeded to take out more and more books until there were only books around the carriage.

'She really does carry a library with her.'

Alex and the two girls stared at each other, then back at Lilia, who finally seemed to have finished taking out books.

"Haa, I have forgotten the other books," Lilia sighed in disappointment.

"Woman, do you want my head to explode? These books are already too much!" exclaimed Alex.

Lilia snorted.

"Too much? Hmph, it doesn't even represent ten percent of all the books I have read, yet my head hasn't exploded. I'm sure yours would be fine!"

'Not even ten percent of what she's read?' Alex's eyes widened.

'Okay, now I'm certain, the girls' characters were inherited from their mother.'

'Viviane is a battle maniac as much as Lilia, Alice is mischievous like her, Violette as fierce as her, and with what I'm witnessing currently, Scarlett loves reading and is smart like her. They are literally mini versions of her,' thought Alex with a contemplative gaze.

On one side, he was glad that the girls resembled their mother, but on the other side, he was wondering.

'What have they inherited from me?'

Viviane, Alice, and Scarlett weren't his daughters by blood, but he was the one who had raised them since they were children, and he was the only person they had ever referred to as father, so they should have picked up some of his traits, right?

'I'm certain they have inherited something from me!' shouted Alex internally.

'Let's forget it for now,' he thought.

"Thanks for the books, I guess," he said, storing them in his space ring.

"You're welcome!"

"Now that everything is sorted, let's go to bed; it's getting late," said Amelia while stretching her arms.

With that, the girls prepared themselves to go to sleep.

"What about you?" Lilia wondered, seeing that Alex was still seated.

"I don't feel tired, and with all the books you gave me, I have something to occupy myself."

"Well then..." Lilia leaned and kissed him on his forehead, "...good night, don't miss me too much."

"You know I will," Alex smiled.

"You must endure"

After that, Lilia entered the carriage where they would be sleeping.

Having witnessed her action, the other two also decided to give Alex a good night kiss.

Anna was the first; she leaned and gave him a peck on his lips.

"Good night, Master~"

"Good night, beautiful"

After that, she also retired inside the carriage.

"Won't you also be kissing me good night?" wondered Alex with a smile.

"Of course, I'm going to!"

However, contrary to the other two, Amelia got on her knees and kissed him on his lips. Unlike Anna, she gave him a deep kiss, even introducing her tongue into his mouth.

'I knew she wouldn't settle for just a peck like the others,' chuckled Alex internally while reciprocating the kiss, his tongue twirling around hers.

Much like each time those two got together, the situation quickly evolved. From what was supposed to be just a good night kiss, moaning and touching got involved.

Before long, Amelia was seated on Alex's laps, her legs wrapped around his waist, and her arms holding his head.

Meanwhile, Alex's hands were fondling her beautiful breasts.

His cock getting hard, pushing against his pants and lodging itself between his sister ass cheeks.

"Take it out... I want to feel you inside me~" said Amelia in a sultry voice.

Cough, cough.

Just as he was about to respond, Alex heard two people coughing inside the carriage, making him chuckle.

"I think we should just stop here; Cedrix is sleeping right here. Imagine if he wakes up when we are at it," Alex chuckled. "Don't want to cause the old man a heart attack."

"Not fair!" Amelia pouted.

"Haha, don't worry, we will be doing it another time, and at that time..." He squeezed her soft ass, "...I will be rocking your world."

"Mmm, you are getting me hot, are you certain we can't-"

Before she could finish, Amelia heard Anna and Lilia cough again.

"Tsk, okay, we will continue later."

She gave Alex one last kiss then stood up and entered the carriage.

The instant she got inside the carriage, Alex heard:

"You two are really a pain in the ass, couldn't you peacefully sleep and leave me be?!"

"It's actually because we wouldn't be able to sleep if we let you two be that we interrupted you," retorted Anna.

"We would have been quiet!" rebutted Amelia.

"Doubt it, I still remember the last time you two went at it; I had to forbid everyone from getting near your room. Your moaning was so loud that I'm certain even a deaf person could have heard you," added Lilia.

"Still-"

"Shush, you horny girl; some of us are trying to sleep," interrupted Anna.

"Well said" supported lilia.

Amelia grumbled, but ultimately went to sleep.

Alex chuckled, hearing their little argument. 'Good that they are getting along.'

He took a book then read it's title:

{Everything on the Virax race}

'How convenient, we are exactly on our way to save a Virax, knowing about them might come in handy'

With the light of the fire illuminating the area, Alex began reading, completely focusing on the task and not paying any attention to his surroundings.

However, a few hours later, deep in the night, he tore his gaze from the book and sighed.

'Looks like they came back.'