After listening to Aster’s question Camila stopped what she was doing to contemplate about it.
According to the information she learned from the only available page of her manual, there was no way for her to control her ability to attract things with spirit energy until she formed her natal treasure, besides being near someone with the “Alpha Booster” lineage of the Wolfstein.
And the only one who met that requirement was the black-haired youth in front of her, so right now she had two choices which will lead to two completely different results.
Lilia already offered to help her with her training during the remaining days that they stayed at the Azure sky planet, in the meantime she could stay around Aster and focus in forming her natal treasure.
The problem was that even after draining the properties of all the things that were in the table, she noticed she only managed to condense a few milliliters of copper liquid and a couple of drops of the silver liquid which was the material needed to form the natal treasure.
Inside her dantian there were now two different regions separated by a thin invisible wall, at one side there was a small concentration of a copper liquid with the size of a puddle, at the other side there was an even smaller “stain” of silver liquid.
She could see the copper liquid slowly evaporating, then it was somehow absorbed by the thin invisible wall before it condensed again as that silver liquid, but the result didn’t increase the size of the silver stain at all, or it would be more accurate to say that the change was too small to be noticeable.
In fact, the manual specified that to get the most benefits out of the treasures she had to find the treasures by herself, if she absorbed the properties of treasures which were bought or handed by another person, then the result was the copper liquid which’s function was to attract higher ranked treasures and also could be refined into the silver liquid.
Surprisingly the silver liquid was refined from the things that came from Camila’s room, apparently it was like that because to get the silver liquid she had to be “familiarized” with the treasures she absorbed, the natal treasure was something created to perfectly fit its owner after all.
The silver liquid was a mix of properties of a treasure and some kind of “feeling” of either ownership or desire, something treasures evocated in people, it was too soon for Camila to comprehend the concepts of her manual, so this was her current understanding.
So, her first option was to focus in producing as much of that copper liquid as she could, then refine it and form her natal treasure with whatever she could gather in the time Aster was around to help her not explode due to her own ability.
But the book was very clear, the less of that silver liquid was used for the formation of the natal treasure, the weaker it will be, which will later make her stagnate or have a poor battle prowess compared to other cultivators of the same level.
The second option was of course leaving the Azure sky planet with Aster and his family, by doing so she will have all the time she needed to gather as much silver liquid as it was possible to form her natal treasure.
So right now, she was trapped between the sword and the wall, to be honest she really liked the idea of leaving with them to a vaster world, where she could spread her wings and reach heights no one in the Rodia star cluster has even hear off.
On the other hand, she was resilient to the idea of abandoning her duties as the supreme elder of the Wolfstein family, the position which was inherited by her from her father.
Camila’s eyes had a complex light glowing on them but just as she was about to reject the offer, the old woman and her husband entered the dining room, they listened to all the previous conversations in secret, of course everyone but Kana and Camila noticed it.
Kana because her cultivation was too low to notice them and Camila because all her attention was focused in the information of her cultivation manual.
The old woman approached Camila and patted her head like a mother would do to a daughter.
“Little girl, you saved this family from being wiped out and even found the one to which that chest was left behind for, any responsibilities you had with the Wolfstein family were already fulfilled, so now you need to focus in your own happiness”.
Camila opened her mouth but she simply couldn’t find the words to answer, the old woman gave her husband a death gaze which made him bitterly smile before taking out a letter from his spatial ring which he handed to Camila.
“Your father perfectly fulfilled his role as the supreme elder, but his priority wasn’t the family but you… if you were to ever show desires of leaving the family, we were told to give you this”.
The voice of the old man became softer by the end of the sentence, unlike other supreme elders his friend didn’t want his daughter to dedicate her whole life to the Wolfstein family, so going against all the customs and traditions he was taught as a child, he left this letter for Camila.
Camila’s trembling hands opened the letter, she immediately recognized her father’s hand writing and little tears formed in the corners of her eyes.
“Dear, I’m sorry if I can’t tell you this by myself, but don’t be sad, if you are reading this then I already reunited with your mother, the family is important but don’t let that be the only objective of your life, take your own decisions and live to the fullest, that’s the inheritance me and your mother have left for you and not that chest”.
“Sniff”, Camila lips trembled for a couple of seconds, small diamond like tears flowed down from her beautiful blue eyes, she took a moment to calm down before carefully folding the letter and keeping it inside her spatial ring, her father which was always strict when it came to customs and traditions of the family, deep inside never cared about all that as much as he cared about her, and yet he kept quiet about it.
She stole a couple of glances at Aster and from the bottom of her heart felt thankful to him.
“If he never appeared then I would have continued with my life as the supreme elder, without knowing the true wishes of dad, gotten stuck at the star axys realm and then probably died of old age… if not killed by that idiot’s actions”.
Camila took a deep breath, the look in her eyes changed as the chains that kept her tied to this planet were shattered to pieces, the small knot in her heart which could potentially have become an inner demon dissipated.
Then with a bright smile she directly looked at Aster, her blue eyes were clear as precious sapphires as she spoke
“Please let me go with you, whether you want my loyalty or my help to find the location marked in the map, I will do my best to repay this kindness you have shown me”.
Aster nodded, he wasn’t going to ask anything from her in exchange, having Camila around will help him find treasures which could potentially mean Rya would get her body back sooner, but he had to admit that her integrity was outstanding in this world where family members betray each other for some benefits.
Lilia inwardly grinned, but on the exterior, she smiled like a noble lady.
“That solves it, we will be leaving at the end of this week, I suggest you to change your room to the one next to Eris’s, so that you will be close to my darling even when you sleep, better be safe than sorry”.
“Also, I will help you get used to your new power, we can start training by tomorrow in the training room near my room, sparring with a fellow star tribulation cultivator like Sarina would be of great use to you”.
Since Lilia set her eyes in Camila as a candidate to her family, she of course had already thought of a plan to help her with her current situation.
Camila happily nodded without noticing she was slowly falling into the trap set by a certain mother which loved her son a bit too much.
Of course, Alice did know the truth so she softly snorted by the sides, but didn’t say anything, everything was for the sake of her beloved brother after all.
Now that Camila officially joined the team Aster wasn’t going to be a cheapskate, he originally had the intention of gifting some treasures to her before leaving, but instead of that he got a better idea.
“You can go to the treasury of the castle, there is a ton of useless stuff so feel free to give them a good use, don’t worry about the amount, the sand mountain sect will provide higher quality equipment for the Rodia star cluster from now and onwards”.
Camila shily nodded, she as the supreme elder didn’t have the authority to withdraw things from the treasury, but with the patriarch’s “permissions”, then there was nothing to worry about,
Camila felt the complicity gaze her aunt was giving her and she felt a bit weird but after shaking her head she excused herself.
Although she already decided to leave with them, she still had many things to do as the supreme elder before that, she also had to move her belongings to the room next to Eris one, and also continue absorbing the properties of other treasures.
After they left, everyone was dismissed, in a couple of hours Sarina and Kana will have their lesson of the day with the owner of the restaurant, since Aster now had his soul avatar condensing the soul weapon, he decided to focus in breaking through.
While Alice and Aria had a “friendly” match arranged due to the situation of early in the morning, Eris and Mylene accompanied Kana to have a tea party with Sarina, Aster and Lilia went to their room.
As soon as Aster closed the door, he stared at his mother for a couple of seconds before raising his hand and then smacking her ass.
“Pah!”.
“Hyaaah ♥”.
The loud clapping sound produced by Aster’s hand clashing against that round big ass, followed by a surprised moan echoed through the room.
Lilia put on puppy eyes as she feigned to feel weak before hugging her son.
“Did mommy made something to anger you darling?”, she asked in a pitiful voice.
Aster sighed, his mother was a really good actress, but he knew that spank didn’t hurt her at all, she is a gate transcending body cultivator after all.
“You know why I did that, that time with Eris I could still let it pass as an accident, but doing it again and so soon gave you away”.
Lilia stuck her tongue at her son, her pretty ruby like eyes glowed for a second before she drew circles on his chest with her fingers.
“Are you going to punish me ♥”.