Since he was in the Treasure Planet, Aster couldn't directly go to his mansion at the Twin Sword valley and had to go through the portal to the neutral city and then return to the Battle Planet, which honestly he found annoying.
'I'll have a talk with that old man, since he is in charge of the security of the sect, he should be able to give me an extension of authority, to go to the territories of the Battle Peak directly from the mansion, at least for the three planets near the Battle Planet', thought Aster, referring to Salazar.
Supposedly, the reason as to why going from one planet to another is only allowed for the punishment elder, of the law enforcers, as well as the Supreme Elders and Ancestors, is for security.
But with his authority as a holy son and his recent contributions, there shouldn't be any problem to make him an exception, his group killed an elder from an evil sect, as well as other evil cultivators, there is no better way to confirm they being trustable for "righteous" sects, than that.
pαпdα Й?νê|,сòМ The Myriad Occupation Sect, is managed in a different way, so in his case, his achievements are what should grant him that right, but for other sects, they give better positions to those who openly kill the enemies of the sect, through missions.
So that they if they were to leave the sect, they would be killed by the evil sects or the other competitors, is a way to ensure the disciple's loyalty, there is no such a thing as free meal in this world after all.
Aster appeared at the portal area of the outpost with Camila in his arms, and the first thing he noticed is that there was a lot of people, and they were interrogating and inspecting those who were about to leave the planet.
'These idiots are still looking for the treasures of the 18th batch, what a shame, even if you inspect the rings of all he people in this planet, you won't find them, as they no longer exist', thought Aster.
He ignored everyone and directly walked towards the elders in charge of the portals, he is a Lord of a valley so he doesn't need to wait in line, nor use the public portal after all.
"Hey you, where the hell do you think you are going!", but then, some of the guys interrogating others, shouted and a wall of earth blocked Aster's way.
Aster looked at the guy who blocked his path, others might be fooled by the masks given at the auction, but they were also part of the experiment, in other words someone skilled in soul energy like him, could see through them, as long as he didn't use spirit sense, so Aster easily recognized this guy as the one who tried to win the 18th batch of monoliths, by asking spirit jades from the other participants.
Still, Aster ignored him, right now he wanted to take Camila to her bed, so she could rest and also enjoy a nice dinner with the girls, Aster simply walked through the earth wall, more accurately when he was around a meter from it, the wall simply exploded, as it made contact with the protection of the paragon body, which was in its invisible state around Aster.
Seeing that he was being ignored, the guy gritted his teeth and then whistled, then the other people nearby rushed to his side and encircled Aster.
"You there, I suspect you stole something from the auction house, and so we will be inspecting you and your companion, we are from the punishment hall so cooperate if you don't want to end up locked in a cell!", shouted the guy.
Aster saw that the elders guarding the gate didn't flinch, the unspoken rules of this planet stated that as long as there weren't deaths, "excuses" could be used to rob others, so they were forbidden to interfere.
That being said, this pack of wolves chose the wrong target this time, Aster slowly turned around to see the guy who apparently was the captain of a squad of the punishment hall, and then smirked.
"I wonder if a simple captain from a squad can take the responsibility to stop me?", as soon as Aster finished speaking, his spirit pressure flooded the whole area.
The floor below Aster's feet cracked, and out of the group of around 20 people, 19 directly fell to the ground, the captain was on his knees, his face was pale, though he is an energy/body cultivator, having reached the Star Tribulation on the energy path, he recently started cultivating his body.
Aster even poured some of his soul energy in the mix, so even if this guy were to be at the peak of the Earth realms in his two paths, the result would have been the same.
'Damn, he is a soul cultivator, so this guy isn't the one who messed with me at the auction house, I was fooled because he is accompanied by a girl, wait energy/soul cultivator, is he that monster!', inwardly shouted the captain in his heart.
Aster's next words, made the captain's worst nightmare become true.
"To think someone in the punishment hall, can't recognize me even now, I guess if I kill you all, there won't be a next time, and you attacked me so it is within my right as the Lord of the Twin Sword Valley".
The guys who were laying down unable to move on the ground nearly peed themselves, they looked at their captain with resentment, out of all the people they could have gotten involved with, they had to mess with the psycho who killed the grandson of a Law Enforcer in front of him and also got rid of the next Law Enforcer, not to mention clashed with a Supreme Elder.
"W-Wait, senior brother, we mistook you for someone else, we are looking for a body cultivator, we are sorry to having interrupted you, please accept this little token of sincerity as an apology for you and your companion", the captain managed to squeeze some flattery out of his mouth, while being constantly crushed by Aster's pressure.
Of course if Aster wanted to, they would have already become minced meat under his serious spirit pressure, let alone them, even a Sea of Knowledge would be crushed, unless it was a body cultivator who could resist the weight of the armor.
Aster saw the captain offering his own spatial ring and his pressure vanished, he had no interest in playing with this third rate thugs.
The captain saw a way to live and he immediately ordered.
"You bastards what are you waiting for, present your respects and sincerity to senior brother!".
The other guys couldn't get up, but they still took off their rings and respectfully placed them in front of them, making Aster nod, with a wave of his hand his soul energy made all the spatial rings come to him, after keeping them in his pocket, he turned to leave, not before saying.
"This is enough to pay for interrupting my time with my girl, I don't want to see you lot in this planet ever again, or I will have to tell old Salazar, understood?".
"Y-yes!", they all shouted, normally one would think they would try to get back at Aster, but that wasn't the case at all, they were genuinely happy to have managed to keep their little lives.
When the gap between two cultivators is too big, envy becomes admiration, as of right now, the only ones that still had the guts to act against Aster, were guys like Victor, the unofficial holy sons and the people in the top ten from the female disciples probably, the others might still be jealous of Aster, but have no other choice but to recognize his superiority.
Naturally that only applies to the Battle Peak, the others only support their own comrades, though the Alchemy Peak which is formed almost exclusively by female disciples, has a good impression of Aster, since he saved Dahlia and the other girls kidnapped by the evil sect, that being said, some also see him as an enemy due to his store, it's a mix of both.
Aster who showed his ring to the elders, was about to leave when he felt a gaze on his back, he could recognize the owner of it, which was the core elder of the White Sword factions, Mikaela, who came from the auction house too see who was the owner of such a strong soul energy, which she felt even from afar.
But she soon retracted of it and Aster left in peace, though he left behind a mess for others, Mikaela descended from the sky and after personally making the guys who caused the destruction of this part of the city, to fix it, she approached the elders in charge of the portal.
"Was that the rumored Lord of the Twin Sword valley?", she asked.
"Greetings to elder Blanche, yes, we scanned his winged ring, it's authentic".
"Oh, I see, certainly it is quite a flashy person as the rumors mention", said Mikaela as she soared into the sky back to her office at the auction house, those who haven't personally owned or handled one can't feel it, but she felt a faint trace of an Immortal grade treasure, appearing in the outpost, meaning someone got something incredible from this planet.
'To think someone from the young generation was able to decipher one of the riddles of the young miss… and someone from a middle rank Stellar System on top of that, things are going to get interesting when she returns', thought the elder with curiosity glowing in her eyes.
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Oblivious to what happened after he left, Aster appeared in the neutral city, Camila was still sleeping, she even accommodated her face on his chest.
Her defenseless and peaceful sleeping face was quite a sight to behold, Aster repeated the process and then he was allowed to return to the Battle Planet, where he directly used his authority to return to the castle, the sun was disappearing from the sky at this point, so he was just in time.
The girls who had finished their own activities saw Aster appearing in the living room, and they all welcomed him, naturally it didn't escape their eyes that Camila was sleeping with such a comfortable expression while being carried like a princess in Aster's arms.
"Poor Camila, what did you do to her, so that she ended up so tired, darling~", playfully said Lilia.
Mylene and Eris saw that Camila was wearing the coat they helped Aster make for her and they smiled, apparently everything went well.
"Well, it's been a long day, let me take her to her room and then we can have dinner together", said Aster.
The girls giggled and then went to the dinning room to prepare for the dinner, while Aster took Camila to her bed, he gently let her down and after stealing one last gaze at her cute sleeping face, Aster left her room and closed the door behind him.
He then went to the dinning room where the others were already waiting for him, they all had a ton of questions about his date with Camila, normally they would be teasing her, but since she is asleep, then Aster became their target.
"Big brother, where did you take sister Camila for her date?", asked Kana with her usual lively voice.
Aster lifted the little girl and placed her on his lap, since her eyes were practically begging him to do it.
"We went to the Treasure Planet of the sect, you know Camila's ability right, she could do the most out of it there, there were also some fun activities there, and I even won some crystals just by visiting", said Aster, as he felt the bunch of spatial rings in his pockets.
"Woah, I also want to got there, can we go the next time?", cutely asked Kana, making Aster pat her head.
"Actually I have an even more interesting place to take you to, but you'll have to wait and show me your progress once I'm back from my next mission, okay?".
"Mm, Kana will listen to big brother, next time I'll be able to take big brother by surprise with my wings~", she said.
The other girls also asked some other things about his date, and the conversation then went on, to the subject of the next ones who would be spending a day with him, the last ones were Felicia and Tiana, well there was Lilia also, but she was excluded to be the last one, since she had Aster alone for her, for more than a week, and she also was the first one to engage in night activities when he returned.
"So where will you be taking us, for our date, Aster?", asked Felicia with her usual smiling face, making her daughter nearly choke with what she was eating.
Aster laughed but he then shook his head.
"Now, if I told you, it wouldn't be a surprise, just have a goo rest and be prepared, since it's going to be a bit intense", he said with a playful voice.
"Oh my, telling me something like that, what will you do if we start taking things seriously~".
"M-Mom!", listening to her mother, Tiana softly complained, making Felicia giggle.
"I'm just joking, don't be so stiff Tia, if you keep being such a tomboy where will you find a husband?".
Tiana softly snorted, but truth to be told, she was also eager to see what will they will be doing tomorrow, not exactly because of the date, but because she has seen how Alice and Aria improved a lot recently.
She is still able to somewhat keep up with them, but if she doesn't put in more effort, she'll be left behind, that and she has seen Alice mocking her every time she gets pushed back, when she uses that strange ability, she comprehended thanks to Aster.
"I'm just going because I can get inspiration… but thanks for taking care of me", said Tiana as she left.
Felicia also said goodbye and left, not without smiling at Aster, then everyone went to their respective rooms, on the way to his bed, Aster heard Lilia's voice directly in his mind, meaning she was using the connection they have as star maidens.
'Now that we are alone, how come I can feel Camila's scent on your face, d~a~r~l~i~n~g?'.
Aster could feel the accusatory gazes of Lilia, Alice, Aria, even the normally gentle Sarina, was staring at him, not to mention Kana who was pouting.
'Luckily I gave her that coat… now the only one who isn't going to sleep today is me', thought Aster as he entered his room, followed by the girls who were all smiles right now.
Aster tried to explain the situation with the incredible resource he got thanks to Camila, but the girls didn't listen to it and instead all jumped and pushed him down on the bed.
"To think Camila would be the one taking the first step, and here I was thinking Mylene would be the next new sister", said Alice.
"Mm, we can't take our eyes out of you for single day", mumbled Aria.
"As expected of big brother, right mom!", added Kana, making Sarina nod in response.
"Now, since you were a bad boy, today, you'll get punished by us, darling~", Lilia as the main wife was the one to give the verdict.
"Oh, let's see who ends up begging for mercy", said Aster with a smirk.
For the next couple of hours, giggles and other cute sounds could be heard coming from Aster's room.
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