Tiana’s flashing spear & Nerissa’s flowing sword (part 1)

Though their time was almost over, Aster still had one last surprise prepared for the date, well, calling it a surprise was a bit too much, but it's something he specially prepared for the ligress girl.

"How many cities of the Battle Planet have you visited just for fun, Mira?", asked Aster while they floated through the dimensional tunnel.

"Mm?", the ligress girl frowned for a second, while Aster isn't at the castle most of the day due to the dates, she is sure he knows that she doesn't go out of the valley out of her own will, the couple of times she has accompanied the others was to act as part of the forces allied with Aster, in other words she has just gone to the store in the central capital and to the life and death arena in one occasion in both cases.

Still, since he asked, she casually replied.

"None, I have yet to fully explore the valley anyway and there is a lot I need to do".

Aster playfully smiled in response to then say.

"What's with that old bitter woman kind of answer".

Mira softly growled but before she could say anything, Aster approached her and attached a badge to her shoulder.

"Luckily, you are now registered as a patrolling guest elder of the Black Sword faction, so as long as you aren't out on a mission, you have to check how things are on a random city under the management of the Black Sword faction at least once a week".

"What!", Mira looked at the silver badge with a black sword engraved on it as she exclaimed, to then glare at Aster, at least that was what she wanted, but by the time she reacted, he had already grabbed Aria's hand and flown towards the exit of the dimensional tunnel that was a few hundreds of meters away from their previous position.

"Come back here you… shameless dragon!", shouted Mira just to see Aster and Aria passing through the exit of the dimensional tunnel, which made her growl to then hurry up and follow them.

The scenery changed from the dimensional tunnel, to middle of the street at the Est Sky city, in other words the main territory of the Black Sword faction in the Battle Planet.

"She is going to bite you sometime if you keep teasing her you know?", jokingly said Aria.

"It's fine, my skin is thick enough both literally and figuratively", said Aster, referring to the fact that he is quite shameless and also that even when Alice in her instinct driven state, bit his shoulder as part of their lovemaking, she barely left any mark.

They both couldn't help but laugh, the lovely atmosphere between those two caught the attention of the nearby girls that were passing by, who couldn't help but gossip among them.

"Look, it's senior brother Aster and sister Aria".

"Not fair, they really look good together, I also want to go on a date with senior brother".

And similar comments could be heard coming from the girls that observed, Aster enjoying his time with Aria, but the previous was interrupted by a portal opening and a silvery-white haired girl coming out of it.

"Hey why did you leave without saying anything else…", Mira's slightly agitated voice, died down as she noticed a large crowd of girls all gazing at her with sparkling eyes.

"Uwaah, is this what they call a "love triangle", but senior brother is known for having many lovers, so what's going on?", mumbled a girl with a reddish expression on her face.

"Mm, maybe it was time for that silver haired sister to have senior brother but sister Aria interrupted, speaking of which, I don't remember having seen her before", added another junior disciple.

"I do, she was there when senior brother taught a lesson to those idiots from the Blue Anvil faction, I remember little sister Kana saying her name was, Mira", a third girl proudly said.

"Look, she is wearing the badge of a guest elder similar to little Kana's mother, as expected of senior brother, he got another strong sister as his lover~", exclaimed one of the senior disciples.

Aster saw Mira's frozen expression as she was caught by surprise by all the imaginary scenarios created by those curious girls and lent her a hand, since he caused this to begin with.

"Now, don't say that, she is your new senior sister Mira, treat her well for me, okay".

"Yes, senior brother Aster~", said those girls in unison.

Aster nodded, he grabbed Mira's hand and then dragged her away along with Aria, the ligress girl reacted a few seconds later.

"You didn't know it right, East Sky city was exclusively created for the disciples of the Black Sword faction, so it's a little paradise where even Kana can spend her day without any supervision, because there are only allies there".

"If that little girl can do it, I bet a certain fierce ligress princess wouldn't have any troubles, right, the badge can take you to the cities under the Black Sword's faction management, of course others can accompany you if you want to", he said.

Mira softly snorted; she retrieved her hand which Aster was holding until a second ago to then say. "Aria was right, if I give you an inch you take a mile… however, I like this city's atmosphere, I wouldn't mind coming here from time to time, so why don't you show me a good place to eat here", she said while she slightly held onto Aster's sleeve.

Aster smiled, he observed the result of this date, his Aria whose pretty platinum blue hair and pale skin made a perfect contrast with her white dress that was decorated with blue and golden ornaments, among which the the pendant which Aster gift her earlier outstood quite a bit, was brightly smiling.

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Aster smiled, he observed the result of this date, his Aria whose pretty platinum blue hair and pale skin made a perfect contrast with her white dress that was decorated with blue and golden ornaments, among which the the pendant which Aster gift her earlier outstood quite a bit, was brightly smiling.

Then we have the ligress girl Mira, despite she firmly affirming to not have put much thought into what to wear, she chose a different outfit than what she normally wears, instead of a purely white dress, she used a combination of black and silver that accentuated her hair and also her spirit beast characteristics, like her height, tiger ears and tail as well.

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After treating Aria and Mira to a sumptuous meal it was time to return to the valley, so after introducing the owner of the restaurant, to the ligress girl, they used Aster's authority, the next thing they knew is that they were standing in the living room of the castle.

"Welcome back darling~", naturally, Lilia was there to greet Aster the very second, he was back, but she wasn't the only one.

"So, how did it go, did you get to understand how wonderful is my beloved brother, cat girl?", casually asked Alice who was leisurely laying down on one of the many couches.

"Hmph, what I learned is that dragons are as shameless as I was told… but it was indeed fun", said Mira, as she walked past Alice towards her room, that being said she stopped for a second to say in a low voice. historical

"If anyone needs me, I'll be in my room".

Of course, the others noticed that Mira was way more social than before, which made quite a few of them suspiciously gaze at Aster.

"As expected of my darling~", playfully said Lilia.

Aster chuckled, he sat next to Alice who immediately got up to hug Aster, just to see a current of wind that appeared out of nowhere, which then transformed into the little girl and little snake who landed on Aster's lap.

"Welcome back big brother, how did your date with sister Mira go~", said Kana.

"Hisss~".

The pair of little girls both looked at Aster with sparkling eyes, they could barely contain their curiosity regarding how his date with Mira went.

Aster softly laughed and the patted those two's heads a couple of times.

"Everything went well, the next time you want to go to East Sky city, just tell sister Mira to take you there", he said.

"Mm~", Kana nodded and then hugged Aster, while Espi coiled around his arm, it's obvious that those two were out the whole day and now only wanted to rest, but they were waiting for Aster's return.

Speaking of which, Aster noticed that Alice, Camila, Tiana, Nerissa, Vivian, Sofia and even Alexandra all looked a bit exhausted, so while he caressed those two, he couldn't help but ask.

"Did something happen, it seems like you had a rough day?".

Alice who was blocked by Kana from jumping onto her beloved brother's lap, pouted as she pointed at Tiana and Nerissa to then say.

"Ask those two attention seekers".

Aster raised an eyebrow, but then when he gazed at those two, he understood Alice's words.

"Congratulations", he said, he didn't pay attention earlier, but now that he looked at them closely, there was a change in them, especially in Tiana's case, which is understandable, since a few hours ago she broke through to the Carnal Disaster realm, in other words her body cultivation advanced from the Stellar Axys, to the last of the Earth realms and now she was one step away from the Mortal Transcending realms.

In Nerissa's case, the change wasn't that easy to notice, but it wasn't less impressive, she jumped from the early stage of the Stellar Constellation in the soul path to the peak one, apparently, she has been suppressing her advance because a single minor realm wasn't going to be of much help for her who has reached the peak of the Star Tribulation in the energy path.

And it so happened that the two of them advanced in the middle of their daily sparring with Alice and the others, which granted them the advantage since at the moment of advance, be it spirit energy, soul energy or physical energy, they will be fully replenished.

"She is just bitter because we got one over her team during today's sparring", jokingly said Tiana, which made Alice cunningly smirk.

"Since you two seem to be so "synchronized", why don't you take tomorrow's turn together~", she said.

"Oh, that sounds like a good idea, how about we change the turn order, do you mind, Alexandra?", said Felicia.

The remaining girls weren't Aster's lovers, besides Lilia of course, so they didn't mind sharing their date with another girl, the pairs were originally Tiana and Felicia like last time, while Alexandra and Nerissa were paired since there was no one else remaining. "Sure, I don't mind", answered Alexandra, in any case she found it easier to relate with the girls that had already entered the Mortal Transcending realms, like Camila, Eris, Mylene and of course Felicia.

"Perfect, you two young girls go and have fun with the handsome idol of the sect tomorrow~", jokingly said Felicia to her daughter.

"Mom!", exclaimed Tiana, her mother enjoyed teasing her with Aster.

"You can't just decide it like that, what do you think Neri…", Tiana's voice stopped in cold, when she saw Nerissa nodding with a curious light in her eyes.

"I'm in".

And with those words, Tiana's fate was sealed, which earned her a few mocking giggles from Alice.

'Tiana and Nerissa, now that's a strange pair, but it's not like they have nothing in common, they are both soul cultivators after all', thought Aster.

The rest of the day went on pretty uneventful, Sarina prepared a delicious dinner for them and after enjoying a nice family dinner, everyone went their separate way.

While Aster left towards his room, accompanied by Alice and the others, Tiana was walking towards her room with her mother while accusingly gazing at her.

"Why did you do that, I didn't mind if we go together since it can be counted as training, but now it's as if I'm really going on a date with him…", mumbled Tiana.

Felicia sighed as she opened the door of their room.

"Precisely because of that, the last of the Earthly realms is different, regardless of the path you chose, it's not something you can surpass with just training, you'll have to face the Mortal tribulation and you know that's harder for us than others".

"I spent many years to diminish the chances of getting an inner demon, solving as much of my regrets as I could in order to lessen my tribulation and still… had it not been by him, I would have ended up in a pretty bad state".

"And I'm not referring to the fact that the spirit energy he refined for me was what allowed me to advance, just his presence there somehow made it easier for me, do you think I would offer my strength to someone with whom I don't really feel indebted from the bottom of my heart?", said Felicia to then add.

"Just go have some fun, no matter how strong a material is, if too much pressure is put into it, it will end up breaking".

Tiana nodded, she has been training non-stop since she had use of reason, to the point that she made her first friend when she met Aster and the others, it's for that same reason that Erick purposedly messed with her, even if it meant he taking a beating, she could release some steam that way at least.

"Fine, but if Erick says something, I'll kick his ass", mumbled Tiana, which made Felicia chuckle while she entered the room, not without saying.

"Heh, you make it sound as if it's some kind of punishment but do you think I didn't notice how much fun you had during the previous mission, don't forget who changed your diapers and helped you bath until you were ten, you are a hundred years too young to trick me~".

"Mom!", Tiana's face reddened but ultimately, she sighed in defeat.

Leaving that little episode aside, a few hours later, the moon was replaced by the sun in the sky and a new day started in the Battle Planet.

Aster's eyes slowly opened, he was received by the pretty sleeping face of Alice, since she ended up getting the short end of the stick in yesterday's spar, she refused to be the pillow and instead occupied half of Aster's chest for herself, since the little girl didn't concede either.

In case you wonder where was Kana then, she was still there peacefully sleeping on top of Aster, but her face was hidden by Alice's tail.

"Sis that is cheating", jokingly said Aster.

"Hisss~", Espi however slid away from Alice's tricks and was the first to say good morning to Aster, as the little tongue which was cutely licking his left cheek suggested.

Surprisingly, Kana wasn't bothered by Alice's tail, still Aster carefully removed it to then give each girl a morning kiss, yesterday he had some fun with them in the bathroom so he didn't need to take a shower in the morning this time.

Instead, he simply put on his clothes and left the room, as usual there was some activity in the castle even in the morning.

Tiana and Nerissa were already waiting for him at the living room, but they weren't the only ones, Erick, Felicia and strangely Agnes were also there.

"I get that Felicia and Erick would be here, but I didn't expect you to join us early when you would normally be doing your morning exercises", said Aster to Agnes, who smiled in response.

"Well, I'm pretty sure probably had something in mind for these two, but cousin contacted me earlier in the morning, to congratulate her disciple for her breakthrough she told me to take her to the Treasure Graveyard, but I think it would be better to leave it in your hands, since this way you can also visit it again", said the Fey princess.

"It also sounds like a good experience for Tia, so I'm counting on you to make this a good "memory" for her~", added Felicia.

Ignoring Tiana who was giving her mother an accusatory gaze, Aster nodded, he Treasure Graveyard wasn't in his original plan, but it was a much better location for their date than what he had thought, especially considering the fact that Nerissa had fallen a bit behind of Iris in terms of intent, because of him.

"Here just break this token when you are ready to go out, the portal will appear for you to return", said Agnes as she snapped her fingers to create the portal that led to the Treasure Graveyard, before she handed Aster a purple coin with a sword engraved on it.

The previous time they sneaked in using William's authority token, but this time it was done the legal way, since Valentina had a free entry pass, she had been keeping for her disciple, the coin was made for Valentina's use but she gave Agnes the authority to use it.

Aster nodded as he kept the coin in the mind space, Tiana and Nerissa who were more or less explained about the Treasure Graveyard by Agnes and Felicia, took their respective weapons out of their rings.

"Let me hold onto them for you, t