After enjoying their meal together, Aster and Lilia finally left the mind space, not without saying goodbye to Rya and also assuring her they will return later at night so that they could spend more time together.
Aster also told Rya to take a day to rest in between the treatment, while he won't fully enter the mind space until night, since he now could divide his attention with parallel thinking, he will be entering every two and a half hours, which is the equivalent to a day in the mind space, to give her soul energy.
Also, before leaving, Aster looked at the small residence he built using only his soul energy to move the materials that Lilia brought out of the ring, naturally in ten days he couldn't build a huge mansion or a castle, but he built a house with enough space for a couple of dozens of people.
A couple of seconds later, Aster and Lilia opened their eyes in the outside world, they were still laying down on the bed cuddling since the morning, Lilia who was sitting on top of Aster stretched her beautiful body.
This is the first time she has spent so much time in the mind space, so she felt a bit stiff, an interesting thing about the mind space, is that though the time flowed differently there, it only applied to "positive" things, unlike places where the time ratio was altered though formations.
For example, the advances and cultivation, resting and recovery that happened with the help of the extra days gained in the mind space remained when returning to the outside world, but you won't lose those same days of lifespan.
If not, Aster wouldn't use the mind space so freely, as it would be like aging at ten times the normal speed, though cultivators had long lives, they aren't immortal so he would be wasting hundreds of years of his life in a month or two.
"Let's put on some clothes and go with the others, after Rya's horrible cooking killed my taste buds, I miss Sarina's food~", playfully said Lilia.
Aster laughed, naturally Rya complained from within the mind space, they got dressed and then left the room.
The sun was already settling by the time Aster and Lilia left the mind space, so at this point of the day, the other girls had already finished their daily routine and were chatting and resting in the living room.
"Big brother finally woke up~", Kana who was previously sitting on Sarina's lap, became a gust of wind and the next thing Aster knew is that the little girl was holding onto his back, by encircling her arms around Aster's neck.
Naturally Kana who was as light as a feather didn't cause Aster any problem, his body could take on weapons head on, so what could the little girl getting a bit enthusiastic of seeing him do to harm him.
The other girls also greeted them, there was no use in looking for any changes in the way Lilia behaved towards Aster, she couldn't love him more or be closer to him than what she already does after all.
If anything, there were a couple of girls who still didn't know about the true nature of their relationship, in the form of Tiana, Vivian and Agnes, but that was it, well there was also Dahlia, since Helena seemed to be aware of it somehow.
"Let's go have a nice dinner together ladies, tomorrow we'll go look for a mission", said Aster.
The girls smiled and they all went to the dining room, Sarina prepared the dinner with Camila's help, apparently, she was still ashamed of having slept the whole day, so she helped around in preparing the meals of the day.
During the dinner, the subject of who will be going to the mission naturally came up, it was none other than Aria who brought it up, since it is her turn.
Aster saw the expecting gaze in Aria's eyes and he found her cute, Alice has already had her turn and she gave her chance to Kana last time, since the mission to get the Emerald Whirlwind had a time limit, so she was obviously excited to have her turn this time.
"Since my rank went up quite a bit, so did the range of missions I can accept, I asked Angela to look for missions in the Fritz Stellar System, since I have some matters to tend to there".
"Besides Eris who is our "escort" this time, Camila, Agnes, Felicia and Tiana will go too, the Fritz Stellar System is mainly focused in the body path, since their rulers and guardian force are too, so it's perfect for Aria's training as well", said Aster.
Aria smiled and nodded, everything perfectly aligned for her, so she was going to enjoy this chance to venture with Aster.
"Hey, if it's a Stellar System full of body cultivators, shouldn't I go, you are bringing Camila again after all", cunningly said Alice, but Aster who was sitting next to him shook his head, while his hand sneakily moved and squeezed her ass.
"Nope, you need to train Dragon Aura, I already asked Eris to leave behind a few illusion type spirit formations, that work with my "aura" only for you sis, so good luck".
Alice who was doing her best not to wildly moan by getting her ass firmly grabbed by Aster below the table, nodded,
"F-Fine, have fun with the ice princess, humph~".
The other who wanted to tag along was naturally Kana, but Sarina scolded her as they had to train on how to use their wings, not to mention the spirit garden was still under construction and she was the one in charge of the project.
"Big brother, mom is being mean to me!", said Kana, she gave Aster puppy eyes and got him to pat her head, but Aster convinced her by saying.
"You need to make Vivian and Espi company, also listen to Esmeralda's teachings, I'm preparing a big gift exclusively for good girls, so train hard and surprise me when I return, okay".
Vivian smiled at Aster, both he and Aria who had Rigel's flames were leaving, so she felt a bit lonely, though she now had a barrier in the form of the cycle Aster created in her chest, she was still a bit in getting along with the others, but with Kana and thus Esmeralda staying behind there shouldn't be any problem.
'Mm, when you return, I will have had mastered the cycle in my heart's meridian and then I'll travel with you all the time', Vivian swore to herself.
Kana pouted for a moment but ultimately, she nodded, leaving that little episode aside and after Alice teased Camila since she will be going in another mission after the returning not too long ago, they enjoyed their food and then went to sleep.
Lilia had already had her fill of Aster's love in the mind space, so she left him sleep, or more accurately he left him sleep in the outside world, while she fooled around with him in the mind space.
She could now visit her beloved son at any time and that made her smile even in her dreams, they will be testing the limits of the mind space during this mission as well, to see if Lilia could enter from where she was, and also if just like Rya, she could communicate directly with Aster if she was in the mind space, even if they were many galaxies apart from each other.
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The rest of the night went on uneventful and a few hours later the sun replaced the moon in the sky and thus morning came.
Aster woke up early today and after giving the girls their morning kisses, they got dressed and prepared to go to the Central Capital to look through the missions Angela compiled for him, while girls were dressing, Aster left his bedroom and went to the living room, where Camila was already dressed and prepared, waiting along with Eris.
"Good morning, ladies, didn't you wake up a bit too early?", asked Aster.
"Well, Camila looked a bit weird waiting here nervously, so while Mylene is still snoring in her bed, I decided to make her company", jokingly said Eris.
"Uhh, I'm full of energy thanks to the gifts Aster gave me, so I just need to sleep for a few hours… also I was eager to see what kind of mission will Aster take me", mumbled Camila as she fidgeted her fingers.
Aster laughed, she was absorbing and refining the properties of the Steel Lightning Tree root, that's why she was full of energy, considering it is an Immortal grade treasure, also she could now sleep peacefully thanks to the coat Aster gave her, even her attitude has improved and she was no longing isolating from the group, and has started treating Aster as an equal and a friend instead of her benefactor.
"Hahaha, brother you never cease to amaze me!", a thunderous voice echoed through living room as Eric who finally returned from his mission, along with Sofia entered through the door of the mansion, in time to see Camila acting in such a different way to what he remembers.
Aster smiled, he walked towards Eric and they greeted each other with a fist bump, it would be a lie to say he wasn't glad to see his friend returning in one piece, though he was full of bandages, he was full of vitality so it seems he benefited from his mission quite a bit, he also grew a couple of centimeters.
"I didn't find mom and sis in the mansion, so I supposed they were staying here, are they sleeping or something?", asked Eric.
"You fool, only now you return, it seems you need a little reminder so you don't forget to call home during your mission", Tiana who left her room along with Felicia saw Eric and her image flashed, the next thing Eric knew is that his tall and bulky body was sent flying after being punched by Tiana's little fist.
Felicia didn't pay attention to her children's quarrel since this much was normal between them and instead, she greeted Aster.
"Quite a lively morning we are having right~", she said with her usual smiling expression.
Aster nodded; he then saw Eric getting up practically unscathed but he still rubbed his stomach where he received Tiana's punch.
"Woah, sis, what's up with your speed, weren't you famous for being slow and ungraciously strong…", before he could finish his sentence, Tiana kicked him towards the door, which Aster opened with his soul energy, so that Eric was sent flying outside of the mansion, landing on the nearby forest.
"Hmph, I feel sorry for Sofia, having to put up with this muscle head brother of mine", said Tiana as she softly snorted.
Felicia and even Sofia nodded agreeing with Tiana, still Eric returned once again he was totally fine, though his hair was a bit messy and there were some leaves on it.
"Brother, I'm going to go sleep and rest, I'll see you at dinner, since you managed to make sis use something else besides her armor, then you can handle her bad mood hahaha!", before Tiana could beat him up, Eric made a run for it, and Sofia followed him, after greeting everyone.
"Oh, so those two's relationship has progressed during their mission, how cute", mumbled Felicia, her eyes were glowing as she spoke, meaning she used her ability to see the traces of other people's spirit energy.
Aster bitterly smiled, that ability of hers was kind of scary, he then turned to see Tiana who certainly wasn't using her usual armor, instead she was using a black turtle-neck sleeveless blouse, a long blue skirt and something which seemed like a hoodie to cover up her arms.
Tiana noticed Aster's gaze on her and she gave her mother accusatory eyes.
"Mom, I told you this was too much, I shouldn't have accepted that bet with you!", she complained.
But Felicia covered her mouth and softly giggled.
"I wonder what are you talking about, didn't you say you wanted to try on girly clothes once, besides you look good and they don't limit you at all, so what's the problem".
Tiana gritted her teeth, she was tricked by her mother, who didn't give up in making her wear dresses, so she ultimately accepted to wear these clothes, which to her surprise she didn't dislike, but she couldn't bring herself to publicly recognize it.
The other girls soon arrived and naturally, Tiana wearing something different became the topic of the group, Agnes had to endure something similar, but unlike Tiana, she didn't mind saying it was because she wanted to change her style a bit, though it was reserved for her private time.
Now that everyone was here, Aster used his authority and they all disappeared from the mansion, the plan was to go look through the missions and then have a nice breakfast in a restaurant, since Aster will depart soon, though it all depended on the missions available currently.
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