alice wasn''t the only one who was thinking something similar, aria of course recognized that expression, as she was the first "outsider" to join the family, and so she went through a small friend state, not that it took her too much time to develop feelings for aster, something that up to this date she questions.

it''s not like she just accepted becoming aster''s lover on a whim, it was a bit rushed if you think their relationship started not too long after they met, but before she decided to become his, she carefully evaluated her feelings.

during her whole life up to that point, aria had many bitter experiences, once she bloomed as young lady, both boys and girls started to show interest on her, her family also tried to use her as a way to climb the ladder, the few "friends" she had revealed their true colors soon as well.

it was then when she ran away from the mansion, to the inn that the old sebastian ran, she disguised herself and worked there, it was her way to escape from reality and her safe place, until that day when she met a strange young boy who acted way different than what his age would suggest.

up to this day, she doesn''t know why she decided to show him her real appearance, or act as a employee of the inn, maybe she simply wanted to find something with whom she could be herself, and for the first time in her life fate smiled at her.

at this point she has already forgotten about any doubts, a dragonkin is appealing for the members of the opposite sex, it''s part of their nature to seek and have many lovers, and her constitution should make her irresistible for them.

but aster has never been like that, the first thing he complimented her about wasn''t her face, skin or her body figure which for a girl her age was an overkill honestly, but her unique hair color, the only thing about her that she liked back then, as her beauty only brought her negative experiences.

''it''s because he is like that, that i fell in love~'', she thought.

besides some casual chatting, the girls of course made fun of eris and mylene, since it has become something like a tradition, to laugh at the ones that went on their date, of course the others also noticed the bracelets those two were proudly wearing and then lots of intense gazes fell on aster, making him bitterly smile.

luckily they let him off the hook when he explained it was a cultivation related treasure, they all knew eris and mylene''s harsh situation, so at the end everyone was happy for them, though kana still asked aster to modify the pendant he bought to her back at prasil, because the effect that espi''s scales combined with rigel''s flames was really good, but aster told her she''ll be getting it after she shows some improvement in controlling her lineage ability.

after enjoying their dinner, they all went to sleep to their respective rooms, helena and dahlia were still here, the weekend was free for them and they could go to their garden if they wanted to since a portal that led directly to there was stablished in the castle, besides they enjoyed the high quality of the spirit energy in the valley.

aster asked helena to find him some things and then they parted ways to their respective rooms, seeing that eris and mylene stole some gazes at aster after he said goodnight to them, alice chuckled before saying.

"feel free to join us, when you are ready for it of course~", she said with a challenging voice, as she entered the room following aster, leaving a blushed eris and mylene behind.

they started at each other and then stayed together in eris''s room, to talk about how much they enjoyed today''s date, until late into the night.

...

the night went on uneventful, until early morning when aster felt someone hugging him a bit too hard.

''it seems i made sis wait too long'', he thought as he kissed rya''s pretty sleeping face, before leaving the mind space.

as he expected, in the outside world while lilia was laying on top of him, alice and aria were clinging to his arms.

"i expected alice to be like this, but even my cute aria is feeling jealous?", mumbled aster, making aria''s pretty face blush and hide her face on his sides.

''ah, she is damn cute'', thought aster.

he carefully lifted lilia by her waist with the intention of placing her next to them, so he could get up, but of course lilia demanded a few kisses from him.

aster softly laughed and pressed his lips against lilia''s, once he finished bribing his mother, he kissed the foreheads of sarina and kana and jumped out of the bed followed by alice and aria.

aria who was watching from the sides saw alice suddenly stumbling and she approached aster before saying.

"what happened to the dragon princess, i felt a huge amount of soul energy being released along with a warm pleasant sensation?".

aster chuckled and then pointed at him.

"it''s something like an illusion, created using my soul energy and my yang energy, you''ll see the results in a second".

as soon as aster finished speaking, alice''s breath was erratic and her face was noticeably blushed, suddenly fell to the ground and then started rolling around, at some point her tail appeared at the end of her lower back and started wiggling and bending in the shape of a heart.

"kyaah, do you really want to have a baby right now, i think it''s too soon, but if that''s what you want go ahead~".

"..."

listening to all the embarrassing things alice was mumbling while hugging herself and rolling on the ground, aria who normally would laugh at her couldn''t help but feel sorry for alice.

aster on the other hand did laugh, he doesn''t know how to do illusions, nor he has a technique for that as his manual is oriented to dragonkin who shouldn''t be prompt to the soul path, so what he did was pour a huge amount of his soul energy and his yang into alice, the result was similar to an illusion, in simple words she was now seeing what she wanted to see, her mind was clouded, it was similar principle to what murderous intent is, but instead of negative feelings, it was loaded with desire and similar sensations.

obviously this only worked because it was aster''s soul energy and yang which alice received, she would have broke the neck of any other guy who dared to aim such things at her, besides her beloved brother.

"i didn''t know you could do that, it''s similar to my bewitching ice fairy...", mumbled aria, to which aster nodded.

"i got the idea from that, you got me good with that after all, so of course i analyzed how it worked, soul energy and yin are the base, of course the fact that my aria is too cute also played a big role", said aster, how could he miss the chance to flirt with aria after all.

aria blushed, she hugged aster and hid her face on his chest as she mumbled.

"you bully~".

aster smiled, he used three fourths of his soul energy in "charming" alice, so she''ll be like that for a while, which meant it was time to focus in the other participant of this date.

aria suddenly felt a shiver running down her spine, she slowly raised her head just to see aster''s "dangerous" smile.

"well, that should give sis the push she needed, now it''s time to help my cute aria exploit her potential", said aster, he then grabbed aria by her waist and flew away to put some distance, between them and alice who was absolutely destroying the nearby area with her tail.

aster then descended from the sky at one of the most used areas of the training room, it was the physical improvement area, in simple words it was were the equipment for physical training were, weights, bars and a big variety of devices that honestly looked like things brough from the inquisitions back at the black age of earth.

aria''s eyes got teary, she gave aster puppy eyes, in a try to save herself from this destiny.

truth to be told, aster''s heart waved, how could he not, when aria had that pitiful (though obviously feigned), expression on her pretty face, it was enough to make even the vilest person want to protect her.

"don''t look at me like that, let me tell you my opinion regarding what you need to improve, it''s not like i''m going to torture you, how could i do such a thing to my lovely aria", said aster as he rubbed his face against hers.

''that being said, mom did make me practice with all these stuff back then'', he thought.