Whilepletely enveloped by softness on the outside world, Aster entered the mind space since he still had to spend some time with onest girl.


    Aster who was weed with the eternal starry sky of the mind space, he looked for his cute empress for a couple of seconds and found a "lump" formed on the sheets that covered the giant bed on the "bridal bedroom" at the top of Hyperion.


    "I wonder where would my Rya might be", said Aster out loud before he shed, appearing above the bed to then let his body fall on the mattress.


    "Kyaaa!", Rya who flown out of the bed due to Aster throwing himself onto tit, let out a cute surprised sound before a soft current of soul energy made her safelynd on a warm and soothing embrace.


    "The fact that we can''t have a date outside, doesn''t mean I have nothing prepared for my empress", said Aster as he caressed Rya''s silvery hair.


    "Weren''t you having quite a lot of fun with that perverted dragon girl earlier", mumbled Rya while she hid her face on Aster''s chest, making thetter chuckle.


    "Speaking of which, I now understand why you "yed dead" during our date, mom got the day and you get the night, not a bad deal", he said.


    Aster then gently raised Rya''s face by her chin with his hand, so that she would directly look at him, before taking out a spatial ring from his pocket making Rya''s mouth cutely widen in surprise.


    "W-When did you get that!", she eximed as she snatched the ring away from Aster, naturally Rya already had an engagement ring which Aster personally made for her, like all his girls, what got such a reaction from Rya wasn''t the ring but its contents.


    Her surprise was justified, since inside that ring were… all the secondary materials that were needed to create a new body for her, which they had yet to find before!


    "I have been preparing this gift for quite some time, it was especially hard to only talk with Julian only when a certain someone wasn''t looking", jokingly said Aster.


    That exined why Rya didn''t know about the existence of this materials, Aster timed hismunication with Julian to ovep with the hours of when Rya is immersed in her daily soul recovery treatment sessions, it might be short moments due to the difference in the time flow between the outside world and the mind space, but that also meant more moments per day which gave Aster the window to achieve this.


    "Humph, so you already figured out moments where you can do whatever you want without me noticing it", said Rya as she pouted, that being said her eyes were glowing in a happy light, Aster went through all the hassle to surprise her with a "gift" after all.


    Aster softlyughed and then pecked Rya''s lips before saying.


    "There are only two main materials left and then I''ll take you out with me", Rya''s heart drowned in sugar when she heard Aster''s words, she limited to nod while letting out a soft sound.


    "Mm".


    There is a reason as to why Aster hasn''t been doing much with Ryately, the empress has advanced more in her recovery process, her soul was in a critical stage and she couldn''t take strong "stimulus", so their nights have been consisting on mostly cuddling and caresses.


    This really didn''t interfere with her daily routine, externally she could watch over Aster and her strength wasn''t affected at all, after all she is protected by the mind space, but she had no "defenses" against Aster.


    Aster didn''t mind at all, he enjoyed just spending time with Rya, but the empress who had returned to a much more "immature" and younger version of herself, felt jealous of Lilia and the others, it was normal, and Aster found it rather cute.


    Luckily, Julian did his job and found the secondary materials through his connections with other Ster Systems in other Heavenly Quadrants, of course this costed a lot of money, but that was luckily not a problem for Aster as of current, also he brought a fortune in yin and yang umtion crystal which ended up being the key point to find thest materials.


    After all, those crystals where universal resources while the ones Rya needed were more specific and probably just kept as part of a private collection, the moment Aster gave Julian the crystals to use them as bait, the fishes came to the by themselves and here we are.


    Rya felt her little maiden''s heart racing after receiving such a nice gift from her lover, at least until she heard Aster''s next words.


    "Of course, if you want another type of "gift" I also prepared this~", Aster then took out a small jar and used his finger to scoop a bit of the content of the jar, it was a light green ointment of some kind.


    "W-Wait what is… hyaaa~", Rya was taken by surprise, when Aster used his finger to apply the ointment right in the middle of her back which was naked as her camisole was half raised due to her being flown earlier.


    "Since strong stimtions are a no, no, I asked Vivian to make me the strongest numbing poison she could make, refined with Rigel''s mes and then gave it to Mylene to create an ointment that rxes the soul by lowering external sensibility, this recipe was originally designed to help people attain illumination, but it can be used for other "purposes", its name is "Empress''s Love" by the way~".


    Rya''s face exploded in red.


    ''Thisscivious bastard'', she thought, Aster was teasing her, since she normally scolds him for using his powers to y with the others and now, he turned it around, that being said, she couldn''t help but unconsciously rub her inner thighs a bit, which of course didn''t escape Aster''s eyes.


    "I''ll be sure to practice hard, so that when the timees, I can satisfy my empress in the outside world", whispered Aster at Rya before nibbling on her ear lobe.


    "Wuuuh~", Rya cutely moaned, she threw all reason to the air and what followed were a couple of hours of soft moans and happy sounds echoing through the virtually limitless mind space, it''s worth mentioning that Aster wasn''t tired after today''s date with Lilia.


    The clingy dragon girl refilled his physical energy after Aster satisfied her pent-up desires, so while he went to sleep, he wasn''t really tired, it was more a thing of enjoying cuddling with the girls.


    …


    And the hours went by and the moon abandoned the sky, reced by the bright sun illuminating the Battle, Aster opened his eyes in the mind space first, he gently kissed Rya''s forehead before saying.


    "The next time tell me if you want something, whatever it is, I''ll do my best for you, just like you did for me", Aster then left, leaving behind a Rya who was all smiles right now, she cutely rolled on the bed happy to have been spoiled by Aster to the content of her heart.


    Unaware that Aster was still watching her and was amused by her reaction, the older Rya was much more mature andposed, but this younger inexperienced empress had a different charm, it was simr to the case with Lilia and dragon Lilia, which made Aster wonder if those two were evenpeting in that aspect.


    Whileughing to himself, Aster slowly opened his eyes on the outside world, like usual, his face was buried between a pair ofrge breasts, first thing in the morning.


    "Get up mom, we have a lot of stuff to do", said Aster as he squeezed his head out of Lilia''s ample bosom to then kiss her, making Lilia "wake up" on the spot.


    "Good morning darling~", with a bright smile, Lilia got off Aster''s body allowing him to give the others their respective morning kisses, it was rather early so even Sarina was still on the bed.


    As to why Aster decided to start the day early, that''s because they had to prepare everything for the little party/reunion they''ll be having at noon, also for that same reason today''s routine will be different, no training or other work that wasn''t rted to the party will be done.


    Aster and the girls got up and changed into casual clothes, before leaving the bedroom to the kitchen where the others were already gathering, since everyone was aware of their own tasks for today''s event.


    "Yo, brother Aster, I brought the spirit beast''s meat forter, mom has it in her ring", loudly said Eric, he got up a few hours ago when the fresh ingredients arrive at the restaurants and stores of the sect to buy the best of the best, that was his job.


    "We took the liberty of bringing spices, vegetables and fruits from our garden, I hope you like them", a voiceing from the living room drew Aster''s attention, it was Dahlia who was just arriving with her aunt Helena.


    Yesterday he didn''t go out of his way to invite them to the party, because they have beening to have breakfast with them every day, so he was going to invite them today morning, but apparently there was no need for him to do so, they didn''t need to invited anyway.


    Since they literally had a room in the castle for them, which was connected to their house and secret garden, which is how they travelled from the store to the castle and vice versa.


    "Big brother, can we have an apple and an orange from the ones sister Dahlia brought?", cutely asked the little girl, in representation of herself and the little wyrm as well, earning a few head pats from Aster.


    "Sure, make sure have your fill, I have an important task for you and Espi after all", said Aster.


    "Yeeei~".


    "Hisss~".


    While those two happily ate their fruit, Aster went to the kitchen, Sarina had all the ingredients for her usual menu prepared beforehand, so it only took her a few minutes to have the breakfast ready, Aster arrived just in time to help her bring the dishes to the table.


    As usual eating Sarina''s delicious food was a bliss, everyone had their fill and then left to do their own things, everyone but Aster and Sarina who took the dishes to the sink, which automatically washed them thanks to the formation engraved on it.


    "Do I get to go first this time?", mumbled Sarina, Aster could hear the jealousy behind her voice, the image of dragon Lilia provoking her yesterday was still fresh in her mind.


    Luckily Aster perfectly knew how to deal with the motherly blond woman''s rare jealousy, he walked towards Sarina and hugged her from behind, enveloping his arms around her thin waist.


    "Now, now, tell me how can I help you my beautiful chef", jokingly said Aster with a feigned humble voice.


    "Pffft~", Sarina couldn''t help butugh at Aster''s words, the bittersweet sensation of having topete with two Lilias now, disappeared from her heart, that being said she still didn''t let go of Aster.


    She will be preparing all the food for the party, sure the other mothers will give her a handter, but she had to start the process by herself, so she made good use of Aster, or more urately of his especially urate telekinesis, asking him to cut, chop and crush ingredients, while taking out all the pans, pots and other utensils needed, preparing the stove and practically every other tedious task was relegated to Aster.


    "That''s enough, thanks husband~", luckily for Aster, Sarina had mercy on him and didn''t ask him to actually cook anything, after making him suffer a bit, her motherly side took over and she gently kissed Aster before letting him go, not without giving him a smile which wasn''t smile.


    The meaning behind it was clear "Next time, the punishment will be worse~", Aster bitterly smiled in response, Sarina''s fierce nature which was usually reserved for battle, hidden behind her gentle caring self, got out in a strange way when she cooked, probably because she was training to be a Spirit Chef, so this was also a "battlefield" for her.


    Leaving behind a happy Sarina who was humming while she started seasoning the meat and other stuff that required real knowledge and experience, Aster went to the next stop, besides food, a party needs drinks.


    Luckily the set up for that, wasn''t in a kitchen but in a ce where Aster had some expertise, al alchemy workshop, more urately Mylene''s one.


    Aster reached the entrance to the alchemy workshop of the castle, he could hear Mylene and Eris speaking out loud, they were giving a lesson about alchemy and rune mastering to the girls interested on it, which were Vivian and Cam, Myra was also here but only as a listener, since this was a lesson using knowledge of this mortal realm, which shecked.


    "Hidies, sorry but I''ll have to borrow our teachers for a bit", said Aster as he leaned on the door of the room, interrupting the ss, making Eris and Mylene slightly blush at being called "teachers" by Aster.


    "Lascivious dragons", mumbled the ligress girl as she shed out of the room, or at least that was the idea until Aster appeared in front of her, blocking her way.


    "W-What are you nning?", said Mira, she was still wary of Aster for letting dragon Lilia chase her around like a cat.


    "Don''t worry, this time you''ll y with Aria instead", jokingly said Aster, speaking of Aria she was just entering the room and got to see Aster teasing the poor ligress girl already.


    "What do you need me for, I know nothing of this ce''s alchemy or rune mastering", said Mira trying to escape from Aster''s grasp, but he instead grabbed her by her shoulders and dragged her towards Aria.


    "You''ll be supporting Aria, since she has to maintain the Heavenly Furnace to refine materials and liquid spirit energy, Mylene and Eris can''t make their magic without ingredients after all", he said.


    Mylene refined elixirs of the highest quality possible with the materials she used, so the better the materials the better the result, all those drinks and candies she prepared were alchemic products.


    "Here is the list of the elixirs chosen for the party, if you need anything I''ll be at the forest", said Aster as he handed a piece of paper to Mylene before disappearing from the room.


    The scenery changed from Mylene''s workshop to the entrance of the forest, where there seemed to be no one, until Aster appeared, but that was only outer appearances.


    Aster extended his arms in a specific direction and was tackled by a ball of fluff, which consisted on Kana and Espi jumping at him.


    "Big brother~".


    "Hisss~".


    The little girl rubbed her face against Aster''s chest, while the little wyrm coiled herself around Aster''s neck, they would have continued to do so, if not for a mocking voice that interrupted their yful behavior.


    "This task seems fun, let me join in", the neer who spoiled the fun of the little girl and the little wyrm was none other than Alice.


    Kana and Espi stared at each other and both sighed before they let go of Aster, well Kana got off him while Espi jumped on top of her head, not without both gazing at Alice with resentment.


    Aster softlyughed, to be honest he was about to stop those two, since he came to them to prepare something important for the party, but Alice was faster, he also had no idea why that dragon sister of his, came but he could tell that it was a dream to think she will leave now, so he didn''t even try.


    "We can yter, I need to know the best spots of the valley, to choose where to set everything up for the party, I wonder if there are a pair of knowledgeable girls who can lead the way", said Aster making those two''s eyes sparkle.


    "We can, let''s show big brother the new ce we found earlier!", eximed the little girl as she grabbed Aster''s hand, the three of them turned into currents of wind, leaving behind an Alice who softly snorted before shing to follow them.


    Aster got to see the world from the point of view Kana had when she fused with the wind, it was an interesting experience, it felt as if a soft breeze enveloped his body, it didn''tst long though as they arrived to their destination a few secondster, followed by Alice.


    "Oh?", the moment Aster set his eyes on the area, he couldn''t help but raise an eyebrow, they were in a medium sized de within the forest area of the valley, but that''s not what caught Aster''s interest, there were countless zones like this in the forest, the one where Kana was working in her garden and Espi''s house which was built for her when she couldn''t live in the castle, was located, was one of them.


    What made Aster feel interested is the fact, that the spirit energy strongly gathered in this area, giving the vegetation an especially lovely green color, the atmosphere was too good for him to not have noticed when he first scanned the forest when he became the Lord of the valley, in other words this ce had changed in a short period of time!


    "What do you think big brother, I found that if we y here, we don''t get as tired as usual", said Kana as she left her body fall backwards on the soft grass which cushioned her fall, it was as if the forest itself weed Kana.


    ''Don''t tell me… that a new Law Line will be born in this ce'', wondered Aster, the Law Lines are the equivalent of meridians for a, they are connected to the core and distribute the spirit energy that is produced within it, through the whole.


    Said spirit energy is different than the one that lingers in the atmosphere which is used by cultivators, the one that is produced by the core of a has the purpose of nurturing, is spirit energy with a soft nature.


    The valleys prepared for the Holy Children, were especial ces where the Law Lines of the Battle approached the surface as most as possible, creating a ce of power where spirit energy naturally gather, also the chances of treasures appearing in ces where a Law Line passes through, are way higher than other ces.


    The most important part is that since they aren''t physical, just like meridians, a high ranked soul cultivator or someone with equivalent skill was needed to just sense their overall location, even this valley was built around the rtive position of a Law Line.


    And Kana casually found a ce where a new Law Line seems to be appearing, it was quite the achievement.


    "It''s a really nice ce, good job", said Aster as he patted Kana''s head, earning a few happy giggles from the little girl.


    That also made Espi pout, the one who found this ce was Kana, so the reward was for her, but she also wanted to be petted by Aster, it was then when the little wyrm was reminded of Aster''s words from earlier.


    Espi jumped out of Kana''s head and changed to arger size of around thirty meters, Aster and Kana turned to see the little wyrm wondering what she wanted to do, then to their surprise light brown spirit energy was radiated from Espi''s body.


    The ground shook for a second, before arge rectangr table made out of rock emerged, followed by chairs which had grass acting as cushion on them, in total a giant table with thirty chairs appeared, around it there were another five or so tables for six people with their respective chairs.


    Also, it was minimal, but Aster noticed that the ground which was uneven, waspletely t, in other words the little wyrm even leveled the ground removing rocks, without affecting the vegetation.


    That wasn''t all, Aster saw that all that material which would have normally been left aside by a spirit beast, was sent by Espi into the spatial storage treasure which he gave her, in other words the little wyrm did a reallyplex job, it was a sign of how much wiser has Espi grown.


    "Hisss~", the little wyrm shrank again and then turned to see Aster, proud of the result of her effort, to which Aster smiled before giving her the reward she wanted.


    "I''ll leave you two to decorate however you want, surprise us", said Aster to the two little girls who continuously nodded in response.


    "Mm~".


    Aster chuckled and then left alongside Alice who limited to observe from the sides.


    "Food, drinks and location have been dealt with, now we just need…", Aster who was marking stuff out of the preparations list, was interrupted by the arrival of Julian and Thomas who was talking a short walk with Tamara.


    "Hey kid, you could have told me you were going to throw a party", said Julian who was a bit out of breath, making Thomasugh at him before adding.


    "He nearly got a heart attack when little Vivian called him to tell him that she was going to have fun with boss at noon".


    Julian stared daggers at Thomas, thetter has be his drinking buddy and they became friends after a few sessions, they had a thing inmon, which was that they were both protective of their daughters.


    The difference being that Thomas openly rooted for Alexandra to get closer with Aster, while Julian was worried that Vivian was getting too closer with him.


    It''s not like Julian was worried that Aster would do something to her, the problem is that Vivian was rather defenseless around him as she has shown to not distinguish the line of what is considered "friendly" and what is "intimate" with him, in other words she was the source of Julians wariness.


    Alexandra on the other hand wasn''t like that, also Thomas was impressed by the fact that Aster waspletely immune to the effect that Tamara''s body constitution had on men, since besides himself, the only other one who had achieved that was his sworn brother.


    "Ahem, I came to contribute to the event with entertainment, I am no genius musician, but I know how to y the fiddle and old Thomas has a thing for the flute, since heposed a few songs fordy Tamara when they were young", said Julian.


    "Hey, I told you to not mention that to anyone, I only spilled that because I was drunk!", eximed Thomas, making his wife giggle at him.


    "Leave the music to us, I''ll help make these two focus on the job instead of the drinks", she said with a smile that wasn''t a smile.


    Aster nodded and then left, leaving Thomas and Julian to their luck, with that the four important points were covered and now he could go help the girls, or that''s what he thought until Alice who had remained silent all this time, hugged his arm to then say.


    "Now that the boring stuff hase to an end, why don''t you help me choose an outfit for the party".


    Aster raised an eyebrow, but as he was about to tell her that he still had other things to do, that dragon sister of his yfully licked his cheek, imitating dragon Lilia before adding.


    "I am a little dragon girl after all, who knows if I do it alone, I might forget to use underwear or something like that~".


    Aster inwardly sighed, turns out Alice wanted to get back at him for being treated like a child by dragon Lilia.