Though Aster was able to sleep while he was in the secret realm, thanks to Rya and Kana accompanying him, just like the girls he felt something was lacking when they weren't sharing his bed with him.
It was a strange sensation of loss, which he hadn't experienced since he was a normal human back at earth, he was pretty much alone and was never able to make proper friends or have a relationship.
Rya was with him, but he was unaware of her existence, he just thought it was a side effect of spending most of his life in an orphanage without being adopted, but even when he was a normal human surrendering wasn't his thing.
He cheered up, appreciated how the sisters that managed the orphanage treating them like family although they weren't related and looked for a job, slowly but surely he started to do something decent with his life, earning his living and supporting his previous home at the orphanage.
And though that appeased him to some extent, the very first time in his life in which he was able to have a full night of rest and even dream, was when he reincarnated in the Azure Sky planet.
When Lilia held him in his arms, it was as if something missing in his very essence had started to return to him, however though Lilia was the one who started it, she wasn't the only one that caused that phenomenon in him.
Alice, Aria, Rya, Sarina and even Kana, each of the girls he has accepted in his life and shared a bed with were part of it, sleeping with the girls wasn't just for night activities only, being surrounded by the people he cared for eased him.
The girls were more external in how much they resented being separated from him, but it was mutual, the only difference is that a certain sword girl was always with Aster, it was his last line of defense, what separated the incomplete him from his current self, well more accurately there was a pair of twins that also lived in his dantian, but most of the time they couldn't communicate.
It was obvious he didn't fall from each and any beauty that showed interest in him, or the family would have grown quite a lot more at this point, so perhaps the girls to which he felt attracted were those who could cause that phenomenon on him, the ones for whom his heart moved, instead of just considering them as bystanders.
It didn't stop there, Eric has proven to be a good friend and a brother in arms, the only guy in his age range with which Aster hadn't clashed, probably because of the easy-going relaxed attitude of Eric, he didn't envy or resent others and instead admired and was motivated by them, that was his path.
Besides that, he also was glad to have met Eris, Mylene, Camila and the others which he considered his friends at this point, there were also those with which his relationship is... ambiguous, like Agnes who liked to be around him or Natasha and Charlotte who were pretty direct in wanting to be in a relationship with him since they met him and lastly the girl whose situation was rather similar to his, in other words Vivian.
Why are we mentioning all this you might ask, the answer is pretty simple, Aster woke up in the mind space feeling quite refreshed, and for a moment all what he has walked to reach to this point flashed through his mind, he experienced a short but pretty important moment of epiphany, maybe because he just advanced in the soul path, or because he understood back at the secret realm that he doesn't need to be able to do anything by himself, because he isn't alone anymore.
'So the answer was always in front of me, yet I couldn't see it... just like a certain someone', he thought as he admired the pretty sleeping face of Rya.
His advance brought more changes to her current appearance, more strands of her hair turned silver and her factions became more youthful, she even shortened a centimeter in height, the age she appeared to have was perfectly in synchrony with Lilia, a beauty in her middle twenties, one who has yet to mature and explode her full potential.
If anything, her breast size was indeed bigger than Lilia who "cheated" as she had and even now is lactating, even in this younger form Rya was the winner in that aspect, that probably would explain why she had such explosive... curves in her adult form.
A perverse smile appeared in Aster's face, when he imagined how these two would bloom later on, and how he will embrace them at the same time, it was something to look for in the future.
"Mm~", maybe because she could feel Aster's perverted intentions, Rya's eyes suddenly opened, she directly looked at his eyes and as if she could read his mind she mumbled.
"What are you thinking first thing in the morning you pervert", her face was slightly blushed and Aster couldn't help but find her rather cute.
"Good morning my cute Empress, where is my morning kiss?", he said with a teasing voice.
"This shamelessness gives you away as Lilia's son", she mumbled, that being said Rya happily leaned in for a kiss, nothing too passionate just a soft peck on Aster's lips.
"Good morning~", she said in a shy voice.
Aster softly laughed, he kissed her back and then got up the bed, there was a lot of matters to tend to today, not only with the girls, he has broken through and so he needs to see the reach of his new soul's cultivation, of course Aster is an expert in using powers others would deem as "sacred" or "outraging", for the most mundane things, so he will get by along the day.
"I'll make it up to you for all the... dates you have missed for being trapped here later, soon I'll take you out", mumbled Aster as he left the mind space, leaving a happy smiling Rya behind.
"As long as you realize I'm here, anything is fine~", she mumbled as she let her body fall back on the bed, today she decided to just rest, maybe because she is returning to her younger self, but meditate all the time has started to become monotonous.
'How many years has it been since I have acted so... human-like, it's not that bad though, maybe I'll try eat something later', she thought as she closed her eyes to sleep a bit more.
...
Aster soon opened his eyes in the outside world, and he felt a sensation of relief as he saw the familiar sight of being surrounded by beauties first thing in the morning.
"Good morning sleeping beauties", jokingly said Aster, maybe because they had really good rests, all of them were awake this early in the morning, though they all feigned to be asleep waiting for their ritual morning kiss.
Aster chuckled seeing that they weren't responding, he even caught a glimpse of Kana's pretty blue eyes expectantly looking at him, before she closed them in a hurry when she noticed him looking at her.
Since Lilia was the one resting on his chest, he cupped her pretty face and then leaned downwards to kiss her, Lilia smiled in her "sleep" as she got a taste of her beloved son's early in the morning.
"Good morning darling~", she said as she opened her eyes and then she jumped out of the bed and stretched her deliciously curvy body, giving Aster a full view as she took off her nightgown.
Aster softy smiled and then continued this time with the mother and daughter pair, Kana had made a little "nest" between Aster and her mother during the night, so that she was hugging them both to sleep, it was adorable.
Aster patted the little girl's head and then pecked her forehead, earning a bright smile from Kana.
"Good morning big brother~", she said with that innocent energetic voice of hers.
Aster caressed her face a couple of times and then followed with the mother, while Kana was clinging to him, he leaned frontwards and pressed his lips against Sarina's, Sarina responded in kind and hugged Aster back, which made Kana to be receive a hug from both of them at the same time.
"Good morning" said Sarina with a gentle voice, Aster smiled and then pecked her nose, she rarely takes one of his sides as normally Alice and Aria monopolize them, but she never shows any envy or complains and instead prefers to act as his pillow, a selfless gentle beauty by right indeed.
They both heard Kana giggling while she was being "sandwiched" between them and smiled, before they let go of the other, Sarina got up the bed and brought Kana who was still clinging to Aster along with her.
Now it was the time for his ice princess, al always amazingly soft skin was a pleasure to the touch, though she was wearing a nightgown because they didn't take a bath and Kana joined them to sleep after they were finished, the fresh and smooth sensation of her body bypassed the silk, to comfort her lover, truly a body oriented for dual cultivation, but for Aster it was just a lovely shy girl who enjoyed cuddling.
Ince Aster admired her pale skin to the point that a slight blush appeared on Aria's face, he lifted her by her waist and placed her on top of him, before he caressed her face and pointed it at him.
"Uhh~", Aria let out a cute sound as she was gently kissed by Aster, once she broke the kiss she playfully rubbed her face against Aster's, before getting up the bed.
Last but not least it was Alice's turn, normally she hoggs one of Aster's arms, but since she was the first one to fall asleep and was naked below the blanket in which they wrapped her, she was left at the bottom of the bed, right at Aster's feet.
Aster smirked he turned Alice around and first gently nibbled on her ear, getting some mumbling sounds from her, before he smacked his hand right on his sister's ass.
"Hyaa~", Alice let out a startled sound, Aster went from zero to one hundred all of a sudden, not to mention she was still a bit sensitive after the rough orgasm she had yesterday, thanks to anal and having her tail teased.
"And you have the nerve to say it isn't your fault I like it back there~", mumbled Alice as she broke free from the blanket that was wrapped around her body, pushing Aster who was laughing aside.
At this point all the girls had undressed since it was bath time, Kana played outside the whole day yesterday and though she was way far from having any kind of bad smell, she was still a little lady and wanted to refresh herself.
Aster took off his shorts and then they all went to their private bathroom who was connected to the main bedroom.
There was still a girl who Aster hadn't greet, it wasn't his fault though, since Esmeralda who was sensible to the vibrations of the air, listened to the "depravity" taking place in the valley before it was brought to the bedroom, she closed her senses and limited herself to cultivate.
'Thanks to the heavens, he convinced me of forming a pact with little Kana instead, lewd dragon descendant... no, they are all quite indecent, perhaps it's his influence over them', wondered Esmeralda, but she was woken up of her daze, when she heard Kana's voice who she couldn't ignore saying.
"Ah, right big brother, don't forget to say good morning to sister Esmeralda~".
Aster chuckled but he still greeted her, before saying.
"Sure, she is also part of the group now".
Esmeralda felt Kana's expectation and she couldn't help but oblige.
"Good morning", she said in a loud voice, while she kept her eyes closed, since her field of vision was shared with Kana's.
And so, they all entered the bath, though the girls wanted to play a bit in the bath, specially Lilia who has pretty much recovered from all the love making of yesterday, Aster told them to leave it for night.
Still they were able to have some fun helping their lover bath, while Kana played in the pool, swimming around all over the place, she was clearly excited to play in the river later, though she was a bit too energetic.
After a long and fun bath, they all left the bathroom and helped dry each other, as Aster was about to put on some casual clothes, he heard someone knocking on the door.
Aster walked towards the door and when he opened, he was welcomed with Camila's pretty figure, she was wearing a short black dress which Aster recognized, as it was the one he bought as a gift for her back then when she tagged along with them to the commercial district of Ghaleria.
"Good morning... Tiana, Felicia and Agnes arrived for the breakfast", she shily said, as she saw Aster who was naked from above his waist, showing that perfectly toned body of his.
"Thanks, we'll join them in a minute", said Aster with a soft smile, to which Camila only nodded.
"Mm, your welcome", she said as she ran away like a scared rabbit, she caught a glimpse of Lilia tiding up their clothes, and she couldn't help but remember the nights in which she shared a bedroom with Aster, and the things he normally does with those who sleep with him.
Lilia saw her reaction and she giggled.
'Let the fun begin~', she thought.
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