Aster laid down on the floor of Eris's studio whole he caught up his breath, with Rigel's flames as strong as they were now, he shouldn't have needed to exhaust himself to get a good result.
In part he had to thank Ley for "donating" his feathers, he had already done a good part of the work, the maximum possible to integrate was the blood of a Heavenly Conqueror level spirit beast.
As the ones using the "Magistral Wings" manual are those in the mortal realm, but of course when given to a member of the young generation, it has to be refined until its tame enough to not kill its user, then it has to be refined one more time by the one who absorbs it, to eliminate the rough parts before it can be nurtured by the user.
Ley and his family did all that part for Aster and he only had to purify the poisonous attribute which Ley imbued into his feathers, which was a piece of cake for Aster, his spirit energy was stronger than Ley's and Rigel's flames were the bane of any poison.
What was kicking his ass were two things, first removing the leftover divine energy that had mixed in the feathers, it's not that Aster didn't want the girls to have it, or that it wouldn't be good for them.
According to Mylene, there are mortals in the Divine Firmaments and they also absorb Divine Energy to cultivate, but they take insanely amounts of time to cultivate until they surpass the Heavenly Conqueror realm, Eris and Mylene are in their late twenties from the point of view of their lifespan/mentality, but it's a relative thing as they have lived more than Lilia, not to mention the time their souls were separated from their bodies.
That is from the point of view of a mortal realm though, Mylene didn't want to explain that much in the secret realm because she didn't know if it would affect Aster once they returned to the Heavenly Quadrants where the laws were stricter.
But she did mention that there is a huge difference in the time flow between a mortal plane and a Divine Firmament, and that is in big part what has made those in the mortal planes to see them as divine beings, because for them the time flowed at the rhythm of the Divine Firmaments, where tens of thousands of years in mortal planes were just a few dozens for them.
In a rough calculation, despite all the years they were trapped in Prasil, for their families they have probably been gone for less than a hundred years, which is worrisome but not considered deathly, though they knew their soul tablets exploded when they were dragged by that dimensional breach, as their trackers and all of their treasures were destroyed.
Anyway, he didn't want the girls to absorb the divine energy in Ley's wings because it wasn't pure, he had the curse casted on the poisonous side and Aster could tell it will have negative repercussions, he had to purify it but his flames weren't strong enough, so he just separated it completely and it was condensed thanks to Eris's formation.
The other thing that made him use a lot of spirit energy and stamina in general, is that he didn't conform with the original blood used by Ley for his wings, nor the one from the members of the Storm Roc family.
He wanted to give his girls the best of the best and so he put his everything into purifying the materials, until they surpassed the original, of course that didn't mean they would jump to the Heavenly Conqueror realm or anything similar.
The effect will instead improve their battle prowess, so that they will always be stronger than their peers just by the purity of their lineages, similar to how Lilia was invincible in the same generation of the Drage, of course that was just a better start and a bigger potential to exploit, ultimately it will be up to them to take advantage of it.
And so Aster pushed through until he reached the limit of purification of the materials, a bit more and they would be destroyed, it took him a total of about five hours at his maximum output, to do it.
"Mylene, can you do the honors please, half and half, a single large doze for Sarina and three smaller ones for Kana…".
Before Aster could finish speaking, he fell asleep, he didn't enter the mind space but actually went to sleep to recover.
"He looks quite different when he is sleeping", mumbled Eris as she looked at Aster's sleeping face.
"Mm, less perverted", added Mylene as she giggled.
Truth is, she already saw Aster's sleeping face when they shared a room in the secret realm, and she was positively surprised.
I made her thought about some things she never considered before, first and formal, she never found anyone male or female attractive back then, in fact she didn't even think about such things as she was too busy surviving the schemes of the family members that wanted her status as the next heir.
But now that her way to see things changed so much, she made memory and realized that… Aster was the most attractive guy she has ever seen, not the handsomest as she has seen those guys who are pretty enough to charm both male and females, they are normally the ones that dual cultivate and absorb yin which makes them have "feminine" characteristics, the classic pretty boys.
Aster is different, he is indeed handsome and he will improve with each breakthrough, it's part of cultivation, but unlike those guys he is attractive as a whole instead of just having a pretty face, his body shape, aura and demeanor, made him appealing for women.
"I didn't want to think about it… but his yang was strong enough to repel the corrupted yin that the moon of the secret realm radiated", mumbled Mylene with a slightly blushed face.
Eris bitterly smiled as she said.
"A part of me tells me to not get surprised by anything he does at this point, but for someone who isn't a pure yang cultivator that has reached a realm where he can destroy celestial bodies, to compete with one is too monstrous… I wonder how are Sarina and the others able to keep up with him, not to mention he has yet to mature as a dragonkin even a bit, so in a couple of years it's going to be even more… energetic", by the end of her sentence Eris's face was also red as an apple.
Mylene nodded with a reddened face as she mumbled in a low voice.
"Well, there is four of them and Lilia is way stronger than him and she is a dragonkin too so… she is probably the one handling it".
Both girls then shook their heads as they realized their imaginations have drifted to a dangerous territory.
"Ahem, I'll go prepare the pills", said Mylene in a hurry as her body was covered in her pretty pink flames.
"Mm, let me help you create a good atmosphere for pill making", said Eris.
Aster was unfortunately asleep, or he would have been able to see he pretty reddened faces of the two girls, as they put to work.
…
Luckily today they woke up pretty early, so even after the hour Mylene spent to concoct the pills Aster asked her to do, it was only 1:00 pm when they finished, Aster's eyes opened as he caught a whiff of the fragrant smell that a successful pill making process released.
Aster stretched his arms feeling refreshed, he tilted back and then jumped to get up from the floor.
"Mm, did the ingredients gave you two more troubles?", asked Aster.
Mylene has made pills for them before without sweating at all, but right now her face was a bit red, Eris who was helping her was the same, which made him think there were some complications at the moment of creating the pills.
Mylene immediately shook her head.
"N-No, the pills are perfect, I was just a bit too careful when making them because there was no space for mistakes", she said with a convincible voice.
"Y-Yeah, Mylene is right, it would be too much of a waste if the effectiveness of the medicinal properties were to diminish by mistake", added Eris.
Aster nodded convinced by their reasons, he was happy that they put so much effort into it, as it was something for the family.
"Thanks, you two, I wasn't lying when I said I don't mind spoiling you, how about we go in a small "friendly date", just eating and seeing a couple of stores in the city, nothing serious, Eris is going to come with me to our next mission, but I won't be seeing Mylene for some time once we leave so…".
Aster couldn't finish his sentence when the two girls happily nodded and answered in unison.
"Yes~".
"But it will be on you", jokingly added Mylene.
Aster smiled, this past experience taught him that he might be gone for more time than what he expects, whenever he goes on a mission, so he wanted to dedicate some time for each girl in his family.
"Sure, I might not look like it, but I'm quite rich you know", said Aster with a playful voice, that made those two giggle.
Leaving the jokes aside, Aster heard someone knocking at the door and opened it to be welcomed with the sight of Sarina and Kana's pretty faces having an expectant expression.
Regardless of what was it, Aster told them he will be giving them a little "gift" during the breakfast, so they were of course happy about it, specially the little girl whose eyes were sparkling with curiosity.
"Let's go to the training room, mom and the others are already there", said Aster.
"Mm", the girls nodded and then they all disappeared from Eris's studio and appeared in the incredibly big space that was "encapsulated" in the training room of the mansion.
As Aster said, Lilia and the other girls were already there, even Agnes and Vivian were training with the others, they all approached Aster when they saw him appearing in the room.
"What did you want to show us darling?", asked Lilia who was leisurely floating in the air, with her usual charming smile and voice, that would melt the bones of any men just by listening to it.
"I'm pretty sure you know you can ask for anything you need to me, and be sure I will do everything in my power to obtain it, this time I happened to walk into a little souvenir for Sarina and Kana during my mission", said Aster as he took out the two bottles with the pills Mylene made for him.
One had a medium sized pill and the other bottle contained three little pills, he handed the first one to Sarina and the second one to Kana.
"This is my gift for you two, "wings", once you two refine those pills your lineages will awaken and I also added a little surprise in the mix, just for you".
Sarina was in awe for a moment, but she returned to reality when she felt the love filled gaze of Aster falling on her, her chest was flooded with a warm sensation, before a beautiful smile flourished on her face.
"Thanks husband~", she said as she jumped into Aster's embrace, she rested her head on Aster's shoulder while he gently caressed her hair.
For Agnes and Vivian who were the newest members of the group, it wasn't a secret that some of the girls were in a romantic relationship with Aster, but they weren't sure who was and who wasn't, since they all live with him and spend practically all their time together, Aster's strong yang aura is all over them, this includes Camila, Mylene, Eris and even Felicia and Tiana.
They didn't suspect of every girl, because they have noticed his aura has even stuck to them, with just the few close interactions they have had, not that they disliked it particularly.
So only now they have confirmed that Sarina is indeed Aster's lover.
Kana on the other hand tightly hugged Aster with a smile on her pretty face.
"Thanks, big brother, so now I will have wings like sister Alice?", she cutely asked, referring to the flame wings Alice used to have before she accepted that her path was different than her mother's.
Aster softly laughed as he patted the little girl's head with his free hand.
"Something like that, but these wings will be different, they will be especially designed for my little Kana".
Kana giggled and then rubbed her face against Aster's chest, Esmeralda which was inside Kana's dantian inspected the content of the bottle and her eyes glowed.
'What the hell, where did he find the materials to create such a pill… did an elder from the Storm Roc family died in this Heavenly Quadrant or what!", she thought.
The other girls were all happy for those two, that didn't mean they weren't a bit jealous but they then came to realize that Aster was going to give them all as personalized gifts as the ones he gave to Sarina and Kana, because he is always fair with all of them.
The gift isn't what they cared about, but the love and dedication he puts in it before giving it to them, that's what they appreciated the most, and maybe not today but later they will each get their turn, it was something to look up to.
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