Aster noticed the temperature getting lower as the time passed, which meant the night has fully come at this point and it was time to return to the mansion, as they have a lot of thing to do tomorrow.
Still it would be such a shame to just send everyone to their own places, when even at this point they were happily chatting with each other, even Vivian had opened a bit more and found someone with whom she had a lot in common, Mylene.
She shares an interest in the alchemy path, but at the same time she isn't aiming to be a pill master like most of the alchemist, but a poison master since that is which she excels.
Aster chuckled, little by little Eris and Mylene integrated in the group better, first it was thanks to Kana but now they had become friends with the other girls, to the point that they participated in Lilia's idea to make a fashion show with their swimsuits.
Felicia and Tiana were the same, the daughter had a lot in common with Alice and Aria, maybe because they were similar in age and the three enjoyed sparring, as for the mother, she seemed to get along with Sarina and surprisingly with Lilia, which isn't an easy to achieve feat.
Agnes on the other hand was incredibly excited to help Kana train, and her eyes sparkled at the thought of helping Aster achieve the third level of intent, as he is the younger ever candidate, if he gets to do it, then he will be breaking the record in the four Heavenly Quadrant, the sole thought made her feel an incredible thrill.
Aster could feel Agnes's intense gaze and he bitterly smiled.
'Mom was quite harsh when I was younger so I kind of got used to hard training… but she is a training maniac', he thought before saying.
"It's getting late ladies, if you wish to you are all welcomed to stay at the mansion, there are plenty of free rooms after all".
The girls had slightly different but positive reactions, Felicia giggled while she "protectively" hugged her daughter.
"Oh, so this was your plan all along, but I won't hand my daughter so easily even if you are my Lord, you'll have to invite us to more days like this one first~", she cutely said.
"Uhh, mom what are you saying!", Tiana of course reacted like a cat whose tail was stepped on.
"Hoh, maybe I should take upon that offer", jokingly said Aster, making Tiana hide behind her mother, which made the girls laugh at her.
"Jokes aside, being alone in that mansion just the two of you sounds boring, so whenever Eric is on a mission, I don't mind if you want to drop by, it's rare for mom to show interest in having friends so it's a win-win situation", added Aster, making Felicia softly laugh.
"Well, I don't mind, Tiana is already spending the whole day training with Alice, so I might as well join the fun", she said.
Agnes approached Aster with a bright smiling expression as she said.
"I-If you don't mind, I would like to stay in your mansion, until you reach the third level of intent… can I?", she asked as she fidgeted her fingers.
Lilia couldn't help but listen to Agnes's offer and she giggled as she said through the mental connection.
'As expected of my darling, you got someone to show you their third level intent and it's even sword intent which is one of the more coveted, I wanted to be your first, but I'll allow it, the Fey's intents don't focus in raw power but control and accuracy, I remember your godmother hitting a coin with an arrow a whole Star Cluster away~'.
Aster nearly spit what he was drinking, what Lilia just said was outrageous, the capacity of travelling through space of those above the Void Manipulation realm, is limited to the range of their spirit senses, and not even Heavenly Realm cultivators can go from one Star Cluster to another with their spirit sense.
The only ones whose conscience can cover such a large extension are Heavenly Conquerors, who are considered practically gods among cultivators, so how strong must one's soul be if she can accurately calculate the direction of an arrow to hit a small target, at such a long distance, the calculations required are even hard to imagine for him.
'Well… I guess mom's friends can't be normal, thought Aster.
"Mm, I told uncle I'll stay for the night", Vivian's soft voice woke Aster from his daze, she just gave Julian notice that she will be staying.
A girl wouldn't normally accept such an invitation from a man who met not too long ago, but if her overprotective body constitution deemed Aster safe to be around, what else did she need to trust him, not to mention he is her benefactor and her first friend.
"It's settled then, let's return to the mansion, we have a lot of things to do tomorrow".
"Mm~", all the girls nodded and answered at unison, with a snap of Aster's fingers using his authority they were all transported inside the mansion, everyone was pretty tired in a good way and they were full after eating so much so there was no need for dinner.
Felicia, Tiana and Agnes had been visiting the mansion in the past two months, so they knew where the living area is, it's worth mentioning that they didn't go to the guest area but the same wing of the mansion where the main room is, so they occupied the rooms near Aster's, just like Camila, Eris and Mylene.
After saying goodnight they all entered their respective rooms, even Mylene and Eris who normally stay together to chat, were too tired and just wanted to take a quick shower before going to sleep.
Aster closed the door behind him, before he placed Kana's soft sleeping body, which he has been carrying all the time, on the bed.
"I'll make that little girl take a bath tomorrow morning, she is used to the water at nature so there shouldn't be any trouble, but I...", mumbled Sarina before she undressed, that being said she was a second late, at this point Lilia and Alice were already fully naked and dragging Aster to the bath with them, while Aria was still taking off her clothes.
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"Phew, as I thought sleeping naked is the best~", said Lilia as she stretched her beautiful body, over the years she has developed the habit cuddling naked to sleep with Aster, because she is usually the one that stays awake to keep making love until they both pass.
The others were using some kind of underwear though, even Alice was wearing panties, while Sarina and Aria were using nightgowns and Aster was using boxers.
And then they all cuddled together to sleep, Aster turned off the lights and they soon entered the land of dreams, of course Aster went to the mind space to spoon a certain sword girl and spoil her until they both feel asleep.
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The rest of the night went uneventful, they all had a good time sleep and when the sun came, Aster's eyes opened directly in the outside world as he felt something different in the bed, Sarina and Kana weren't there.
"Good morning darling, those two went ahead because Sarina wanted the little girl to take a bath, before they prepared the breakfast~", Lilia who of course knew her son would notice first thing in the morning that two of the girls were missing immediately explained the situation.
Aster smiled, he dragged Lilia's face closer to him and softly pecked her.
"Thanks", he said before he kissed Aria and then to Alice's surprise, he didn't smack her eyes, but gently kissed her lips.
Seeing Alice's confused expression, Aster perversely smiled before saying.
"It's not a punishment if you expect to receive it, you won't know when it's coming", he playfully said.
"You bully~", mumbled Alice, but her smile betrayed her "afraid" voice.
Aster got up the bed and put some causal clothes sportsy clothes, pants and a black t-shirt, today he was going to do some activities with the girls, after two months, he needed to see how much they have improved, he does it on a regular basis as he is the head of the household and it's part of his duties, not to mention he enjoyed playing around with them.
While Lilia and Alice went to the dining room where all the other girls were already waiting for them, Aster went into the kitchen and there he found the remaining girls which needed to get their morning kiss.
"Mm~", Sarina felt Aster's hands suddenly resting on her belly while he hugged her from behind, she turned her head around to "scold" him to not take her by surprise when she is cooking, but ended up giving away when he kissed her.
"Good morning, you two", said Aster before he kissed Sarina's nose making her softly laugh, he then patted Kana's head and softly pecked her forehead.
"Good morning~", said the pair of mother and daughter, with bright smiles on their pretty faces, they looked like a pair of angels with their pretty long blond hair and gentle demeanor.
'It surely does one's heart good to see a par of mother and daughter, smile in the morning', thought Aster, before he got serious.
He didn't come here just to flirt with Sarina or spoil Kana, they were probably going to be the main "event" of today.
"Come to see me at Eris's studio at midday you two… we have something to discuss", he said.
Sarina nodded and then, she, her daughter and Aster brought the dishes to the table, he of course greeted the other girls as he took a seat, everyone then enjoyed a good breakfast together.
"I'm going to be a bit busy today, feel free to go out during the day if you want to but please return before noon", said Aster to Vivian, according to Kana, Esmeralda had made some progress in the task Aster asked her.
"Mm, thanks, I'll stay, Alice and Aria invited me to join their spars… since Aria also has those flames just like you", said Vivian, happy as she had the chance to make another friend who wouldn't be affected by her poison.
Aster nodded and then, he, Mylene and Eris left to Eris's studio, which was basically a room that she was given by Aster to use as she saw fit, she mostly used it to practice rune mastering, he even gave her the authority to put an energy gathering formation, so the room was filled to the brim with particles of spirit energy.
"Let's start right away ladies, I need your help with something, so I'll give you al the energy you need", said Aster as his body exploded in blue flames, which condensed into a giant pagoda that started dragging spirit energy and purifying it.
Aster was immediately able to tell how much he has advanced after breaking through in his soul cultivation, Rigel's flames practically doubled their power, so the pagoda was refining spirit energy incredibly fast, and soon what Mylene and Eris needed to cultivate, which Aster know knew it was called "divine energy", or it would be more accurate to say it was only halfway there, but it was enough, was filling the room.
Eris and Mylene exchanged gazes and then started absorbing the purified spirit energy to the content of their hearts, Aster kept injecting Rigel's flames and creating more layers until both the girls reached the current maximum amount of spirit energy they could circulate, as they still needed to recover a lot.
But Aster was charmed for a moment, those two were literally dazzling.
"Oh, this reminds me how we looked when we first arrived at this mortal plane", said Mylene as she looked at her pretty skin.
"Mm, this in an interesting phenomenon, maybe it's because we aren't natives of a mortal plane", added Eris.
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