chapter 578  sarina’s wings (part 5)

    sarina admired the small blade that was floating around her, carefully, knowing that aster should have put a lot of thought into it.

    the interesting part, is that when the idea of this belt came to aster, sarina was unable to turn the spirit energy of the atmosphere into energy for her, that''s why aster destined the prison mercury for her use.

    the idea was that she totally overwhelmed others in the energy path, and for that, a material that dispersed spirit energy like prison mercury, was perfect.

    and even now that she obtained the capacity to decompose spirit energy through her version of annihilation, the belt was even better, think of it like this, she could block energy attacks and turn them into strength for herself by using her wings.

    she is mainly an energy cultivator, so enemies won''t try to use the soul path against her, but instead will go for close combat after seeing that long ranged or wide area energy attacks are not effective against her.

    only to realize they are kicking an iron plate since sarina won''t be weak in the body path, and the use of weapons, in the rare case where someone that excels in the soul path tries to attack her, she has a soul constitution.

    and in the even rare occasion where the enemy instead goes all in and uses continuous energy attacks, outmatching her reserves of spirit energy will be really hard, as she basically has two.

    in other words, all the points are covered, which is what aster is trying to get all the girls to achieve, by developing abilities of the three paths, regardless of the ones in which they cultivate.

    "now, try with lightning and mist flames as well", said aster, to which sarina nodded.

    her wings extended on her back, since she couldn''t use her three attributes at the same time, without them, as of current, something that she is planning to solve through venturing with aster in the next mission.

    electricity as well as flames sparkled around sarina''s wings as she injected spirit energy into the belt once again, making another two of those diamond shaped jade plaques, separate from the belt and gloat around her.

    unlike the first one which was rotating and generating currents of wind, the second one was crackling with electricity and the third one was burning in ash-red flames, the three orbited around sarina moving at her will due to the link created with spirit energy through the belt.

    since she wasn''t used to control things at will, as she isn''t a soul cultivator, sarina had to use her hands to command the three jade plaques, aster was amused at her entertained expression, as she saw the jade plaques do some maneuvers on the air before they returned to her side.

    only then, sarina noticed aster''s gaze on her and she blushed a bit, realizing she was a bit too amazed.

    "how cute", said aster which only made the motherly woman pout.

    "don''t tease me", she mumbled, making aster loudly laugh, but the surprises weren''t finished yet.

    "though only recently i obtained all the materials needed for the jade sword belt, the truth is that the idea comes from way back, not too long after we met, when you fought that woman with the pipe", said aster with a nostalgic voice to then add.

    "the sharp gales of wind that surrounded my sarina as well as her fierce expression, certainly you embodied what a storm should be like".

    aster then hugged sarina from behind, ignoring the fact that the jade plaques could have grazed him if sarina was careless, of course it didn''t happen and sarina found herself in aster''s embrace while her heart drowned in sugar.

    aster then held sarina''s right hand and intertwined his fingers with hers, as he whispered at her.

    "you looked really beautiful holding your sword so fiercely, despite your gentle nature, just like how wind can be a soothing breeze or a razor-like gale, so i added this specially for you, try to use ghost sword on the one of the plaques".

    sarina''s eyes sparkled, she, camila and felicia who were being held back due to the limitations of the places where they lived and their varied personal situations, are "behind" in terms of intent, considering that the young girls with kana''s exception have all learned at least the first level of intent of their respective weapons and some have comprehended the second one, thanks to their high talents and the fact that they have been venturing with aster.

    in comparison, sarina, camila and felicia have only recently started venturing as they used to have other things to tend to.

    but from aster''s point of view, that is an advantage, they having only first level intent doesn''t make them weak, in exchange for it, they have more experience in the use of their own weapons as they have lived more than alice and the others, even if it is just a couple of dozens of extra years, those are years of experience that can''t be replaced by anything.

    and the fact that they are only at the first level of intent makes it easier for them, to give shape to what their third level will be, after all they can expand or change the base as they need, something that will be harder to do if they were to be at a later stage.

    sarina''s weapon of choice is the light sword, unlike aria''s rapier which focuses on piercing and flexibility, sarina''s sword is made for rapid and sharp slashes, since her swordsmanship was supposed to match her wind attribute.

    aria, alice, tiana and nerissa, sofia and alexandra were having a... "heated" conversation, regarding their sparring session of today, felicia, lilia and tamara on the other hand where chatting and laughing.

    as for the scare men that could stay in aster''s mansion, erick, tomas and julian were drinking and playing cards.

    "big brother~", kana rushed towards aster and sarina to hug them both at the same time, or at least she tried to, the arms of the little girl weren''t long enough for that, that didn''t affect the result though as aster patted her head a couple of times, as he was welcomed by the others.

    originally, he was going to prepare the dinner, as he promised, but sarina insisted on giving him a "lesson" as the last part of her date, and how could aster refuse the petition of his girl, also he was a bit tired after all they did today, sarina was amazing for preparing the food for all the people in the mansion, almost daily and mostly by herself.

    ''i wonder if i should get some maids, well, there is mylene but according to eris she is a mess in the kitchen... though seeing her in a maid outfit doesn''t sound bad at all'', thought aster, unaware for him, mylene had a sudden strange premonition but she didn''t find the origin of it, so she shrugged it off.

    ultimately, he put the matter at the back of his head, currently everyone did their own chores, with the exception of cooking which was almost fully left to sarina, the problem is to have someone working on the mansion, it had to be someone in which aster could really trust.

    he went to the kitchen with sarina and after a long battle, the "hey, brother, if you aren''t "busy" for tonight, how about you join us for a couple of games", said erick to aster, who immediately fell the dinner was ready and everyone sat at the table to enjoy the last meal of the day.

    "hey, brother, if you aren''t "busy" for tonight, how about you join us for a couple of games", said erick to aster, who immediately fell the gazes of the girls on him, sarina included.

    "sorry, maybe tomorrow, in any case you need to amass some nice money so i can take it all", said aster.

    "hahaha, i''m looking forward to it!", said erick as he raised his cup at aster, naturally he was drinking alcohol with his food, since he really had a liking to it and it was really hard for erick to get drunk due to his body constitution so there was no problem, well, at least nor physical or moral, but sofia who was sitting next to him, didn''t think the same.

    "you better be back before midnight, i don''t want to be woken up by you returning at 3 am like yesterday", she said, which made the girls laugh and erick bitterly smile.

    leaving that aside, once everyone had their fill each took their leave to do their own things, and soon aster found himself in front of the door of his room, the girls had gone in before, since there was someone that wanted to have word with him.

    the one that won the sort of today, was none other than that wild sister of his, alice was gazing at aster with "enthusiasm" wrote all over her face, since her date started early for her, as she will be getting some love tonight.

    alice jumped into aster''s embrace, while aster extended his arms to carry her like a princess.

    "i tied with the ice princess first you know, but ultimately i won, you still owe me lots and lots of love, so i can''t wait for tomorrow~", said alice as she placed her lips on aster''s to get a kiss from her beloved brother.

    aster inwardly chuckled as he firmly patted her ass a couple of times, "forcing" her to let go of him, while giggling.

    "be good, and wait for tomorrow, tonight we''ll have some "fun" as family", said aster as he opened the door and jumped onto the bed where the others were waiting for him, of course kana wasn''t in the room, she was participating in eris and mylene''s sleepovers, as well as camila, though she''ll be returning once their session ends.

    for the next hours sweet cries and giggles could be hears inside of the room, before everything returned to normal.

    aster looked at the result of his "work", a few beauties laying down on the bed with happy satisfied smiles on their faces, aster chuckled and just used rigel''s flames to clean everything, before he put on shorts, to then call kana through the mental connection, so she returned as it was time to sleep.

    naturally the little girl gave aster puppy eyes, she couldn''t participate in the night activities, but nothing prevented her from getting some head pats, not to mention kana who talked with espi was curious about her mother''s date.

    aster patted kana''s head and then laid down on the bed, the others were already sleeping, so kana got to snuggle with aster alone for a change, while she asked her beloved big brother about all the things he did with sarina during their date.

    the more she heard about it the more the little girl laughed, and before she noticed she actually fell asleep.

    aster caressed her hair a couple of times as he closed his eyes, this night the little snake slept while coiling around kana''s neck.

    sarina who slightly opened her eyes and saw kana pretty sleeping face as she snuggled with aster, and a beautiful smile couldn''t help but flourish on her face.

    ''what a good way to end my date~'', she thought, at the end of the day, she is still the motherly sarina, she wanted her daughter to have some fun too.

    the rest of the night was pretty much uneventful and after a nice night of sleep, the moon was replaced by the sun at the sky, and aster who was sleeping couldn''t help but feel alice''s intense gaze on him, first thing in the morning.