Seeing Aria looking at her proudly, Alice didn’t feel like staying just to witness how her brother and Aria flirted with each other.
“Mom, let’s go already”, she said in an impatient voice.
Lilia giggled and with a wave of her hand they both disappeared from where they were standing.
Aria chuckled and then softly nudged Aster.
“You shameless brat, what did you told aunt Nadia yesterday… today when my father greeted me, he seemed really mad with you”.
Aster laughed out loud and then caressed Aria’s lower back before replying.
“Are you sure you want me to speak about such things in front of your mother’s tomb, I might get cursed you know?”.
Aria sighed and then shook her head, Aster and Arthur acted more like friends than a son-in-law and a father-in-law, which was a bit weird for the people of this world where customs and manners were strict among families that have existed for many generations, whether they had a noble status or not.
While Aster and Aria joked and flirted, Lilia and Alice appeared near the commercial district, even if it was early in the morning the place was crowded.
Alice turned to see her mother which had that usual sly smile in her face and she snorted.
“What are plotting this time mom… Eris already told me you purposedly kissed Aster when she was looking”.
Lilia giggled remembering the surprise in Eris’s face when she saw her kissing her son, but she didn’t answer and instead started walking leaving Alice no choice but to follow her.
After a moment they entered a store where different materials were sold, and after asking for a sample of many things she took a seat along with her daughter.
Lilia’s next words made Alice frown.
“How much do you love Aster?”.
Alice immediately answered without a second of delay.
“He is my everything, I would do anything if it’s for his sake just like I know he would do the same”.
Seeing the big smile in her mother’s face, Alice couldn’t help but feel tricked.
“But… you already know that, what are you trying to confirm mom?”.
Lilia chuckled; her eyes glowed with a strange light as she said.
“If that’s the case, would you not prefer him having all the remarkable women under the firmament?”.
Alice’s mouth widened a bit, for a moment she thought her ears were deceiving her, the always “I’m the main wife” and jealous mother she knows actually said she wanted Aster to have more women.
Lilia enjoyed her daughter’s reaction, but she remained calm and relaxed as she explained her previous words.
“You know I used to believe that the more women entered in Aster’s heart the less space he will have for us, cultivator or nor, beautiful or not, I’m also a woman, of course I fear another woman comes and steal my darling for me”.
“But, when Aster condensed that black pommel, I could finally see Rya’s true appearance… to be honest I never considered another woman at the same level as me, until that moment, actually even I was dazzled by her”.
Lilia’s words were filled with pride and rivalry, she still had a long road to walk through and was completely sure she wouldn’t lose with Rya.
“In terms of beauty, even when we met Eris and Mylene which come from a higher plane and are older in terms of age, I can say they aren’t my match!”.
Alice wanted to complain but her words died in her throat, she as her daughter and the first one that fought with Lilia for the love of her brother, recognized in her heart that her mother currently is the most beautiful woman she has ever seen.
And now, that same woman is saying that Rya is at the same level or probably even above, of course it’s something to be shocked.
Lilia then shook her head.
“Anyway, let’s not divagate, what I’m trying to say is that while as his lover I would of course want him to be with me all the time, as his mother I’m proud of my son for getting the attention of girls who I’m sure will never accept to share a man with anyone but him”.
“As the main wife I of course have the role of choosing possible candidates for my darling, that’s why I gave Eris a little hint about us, and curiosity killed the cat hehehe”.
Alice rubbed her chin giving some thought to Lilia’s words, for the first time she considered what would have happened if she didn’t become Aster’s lover, with her talent and personality of course she would gotten a partner which would never have another woman in his heart.
“I guess he is the only one capable of “taming” such problematic women like the ice princess and those twins”, she mumbled, clearly ignoring the fact that she was in the same category.
“So, your next target is Camila, is that why you are helping her?”.
Lilia had a slight grin in her face as she said.
“Her lineage came from a chest which even those two from a higher realm can’t decipher, she has never been in a relationship before and her personality is good, not only that, she even has some kind of destiny with Aster, so I don’t see the problem”.
In a rare occasion, Lilia hugged her daughter before saying in a completely honest voice.
“But that isn’t the reason of helping her, ultimately the decision of coming with us is not up to me, I’m just giving her the chance, since she was the only one that celebrated the birth of my children, something even my own family didn’t do”.
Lilia’s words were filled with motherly love, Alice couldn’t help but feel warm in her heart, while most of the time they didn’t act like mother and daughter, she knew Lilia has always looked for her.
Alice cleared her throat before trying to get away, even after sharing a bed and a man, this kind of sudden intimacy was a bit too much for her.
“Ahem mom?”.
Lilia saw the ashamed expression in her daughter’s face and she giggled before patting her head and caressing her hair, just like when she was a little girl.
“I’m sorry if I pressured you too much before your brother was born… I tried to do better than my mother, but I probably ended up doing the same”.
Alice sighed, she returned the hug and then let go of her mother, after seeing Aria talking to a tomb, she realized not everyone had the chance to speak be with their family, she was lucky to have both her mother and brother.
“Don’t worry mom, you never forced me to do anything and I’m pretty sure you would have never given up on me or Aster, for benefits… like other people would have, what do you say if we try to act more like a mother and daughter instead of women who share a man”.
Lilia laughed, this was the closest to “filial love”, her daughter has openly shown, which was a good advance in the right direction.
Then they both started chatting about random things besides Aster, what they liked and what they didn’t, the other girls and even what were they going to do once they left the Azure sky planet.
Seeing from afar unlike when they arrived at the materials store, they looked friendlier between each other, even the employee which was asked to get some things by Lilia waited until they finished talking before approaching them.
“Miss, here are all the things you requested, the ring is a courtesy of the store”.
The employee handed Lilia a spatial ring with a lot of samples of many minerals, metals and even spiritual herbs, the price was of course in spirit stones so the ring wasn’t worth mentioning.
Lilia accepted the ring after using her spirit sense to inspects the contents, she paid the employee and then left with her daughter.
Since Lilia was pretty much sure the trigger for Camila’s constitution was Aster and not them and also after more than one hour passed since they left the Ghale family, it was time to return.
With a wave of her hand, they both disappeared and after a couple of seconds appeared inside of their bedroom.
Lilia placed a little seal on the ring which contained the materials just in case, and then they both went to the dining room where Camila and the others were still waiting for their return.
“Mm?”, Camila saw Lilia and Alice, then she saw the clock and got a bit confused.
“It still hasn’t been two hours, did something happen?”.
Lilia shook her head, she and Alice both took a seat before she spoke.
“No, but something should be starting to happen… right now”.
Still confused by Lilia’s words, Camila was about to reply but then her heart beat accelerated, she felt as if something was pressing her chest.
“This feeling of anxiety again, but why it isn’t night yet?”, she exclaimed.
Lilia saw the reaction she was expecting and smirked.
“So, it really is Aster the one that calms you”.
All the other girls, Alice excluded reacted the same way.
“Huh?”.