After a couple of minutes which seemed to be hours for Aster, he saw Alice and Aria coming down stairs, once they approached them Aria took the initiative to present herself, using the most elegant etiquette she knew as a noble.
“Good morning, my name is Aria Ghale it’s a pleasure”.
Lilia evaluated her from head to toe and she looked confused for a moment which made Aster had a bad premonition, but he decided to wait for a moment to see what would be his mother’s reaction.
Lilia nodded before saying.
“I was worried that my son was being deceived but it seems that I must offer this little girl an apology, my name is Lilia Drage and it’s also a pleasure, can I call you Aria?”.
Alice was speechless since when her mother was so comprehensive towards any person outside of them she wondered.
Aria was also surprised, after all the things Alice told her she thought that Aster’s mother was a hard to deal person but she turned out to be quite friendly.
“Yes… miss Lilia”.
Lilia found Aria’s answer amusing, “well even though I have two children it is true that I can still be considered a maiden since I didn’t lose my primordial yin” she thought.
“You can just call me Lilia; I have never liked formalities and things like that”.
Aria smiled as she nodded, so far, she was not having problems with Lilia and that made her happy.
Aster saw them getting along and he internally let out a sigh of relief.
“Ladies, what do you say if we go to the Fragrant food pavilion to have breakfast, then we can continue with our conversation?”.
Lilia nodded and they left the inn, once they arrived at the restaurant the hostess immediately guided them to the private room which was quite spacious so there was no problem with four people eating in the same table, of course Lilia took the seat next to her son while Alice and Aria sat in front of them.
They ordered the food and once the waiter left Aster started telling the story of how he met Aria and all the things that had happened between them so far, he secretly tried to discern his mother’s thought based on her expression but Lilia remained calm through all the story and she only spoke after he finished.
“Well, I can’t find any problems on the story but I just want to confirm something… Aria do you know the name of your special constitution?”.
Aria shook her head.
“No, unfortunately my mother didn’t seem to have it and it only manifested on me after she died so… neither my father nor the uncle who raised my mother know anything about it”.
Lilia nodded before continuing, your constitution is quite rare, in fact I’m surprised to see someone in such a low-level star cluster like this one to have it, that unique hair color is the indicator of the “Pristine Jade Yin Body”, an extremely yin type constitution which is on par with my Drage family “Dark Armageddon Dragon” bloodline”.
Lilia took a moment to see Aria’s reaction before she continued.
“The pristine jade body is exclusive to women and its potential is quite high but at the same time it requires the owner to not be near anything of yang nature like… men or your cultivation will be full of obstacles, so the question is, are you willing to sacrifice such a bright future to be with my son?”.
Aster wanted to say something but Lilia placed her hand on his shoulder and shook her head, Alice felt a bit bad for Aria, after all she had only met them not too long ago and although they have a good relationship its not to the point of being inseparable so right now whatever Aria decides to do no one will blame her.
Aria shook her head before seeing Lilia directly to her eyes.
“I don’t know if what you said is true or not but Aster is the first one that has ever treated me as a friend instead of a trophy without a hidden schedule…” she laughed a bit before continuing “although he for sure is quite… bold sometimes, I’m not as cheap as to change the person who I decided to be, just because there might be hardships on the way”.
Aster proudly smiled; Aria was quite shy on regards their relationship so it probably took a lot of courage for her to declare out lout that she wanted to be with him, even Alice couldn’t avoid to ithink “nice answer, if you didn’t have this kind of resolution then my beloved brother’s love will be wasted on you”.
After a moment of contemplation Lilia nodded and laughed out loud.
“Well, looks like my dear son has found a diamond in the desert hahaha”.
Aster was confused for his mother’s reaction.
“Mom… you?”.
Lilia hugged her son tightly before looking at Aria.
p “I’m sorry little girl but I had to confirm a couple of things before accepting you in my family, now I’m sure you were not sent by any other force as a honey trap for my son because if that was the case, the name of the divine beast “Dark Armageddon Dragon” would have terrified you, after all our the Drage bloodline comes from a “Darkness Desolation Dragon” which is only a descendant of that divine beast, if my family were to have someone whose bloodline purity was high enough to be considered a higher species then all the other forces would have been subjugated a long time ago”.
“Second and even more important, you are not with my beloved son due to benefits, it was a lie that the Jade Pristine Body owners can’t have any contact with men… but that is only kwnon by me and two more persons”, Lilia took a moment before she extended her hand towards Aria “as you can see my son is really important for me and I can see that you also seem feel the same so, welcome to my little family”.
Aria held Lilia’s hand and she felt relieved to pass her future “mother-in-law” test, little did she know that their relationship will be quite different to what she expects.
A moment later the waiter returned with the dishes and they started eating, Aria took the initiative to speak with Lilia about her family and some other things she has experienced thanks to Aster, Lilia felt empathy for the Aria’s past after all she also had bad experiences thanks to her family.
“Don’t worry little girl, now that you are a part of my family, I would like to see who dares to bully you”.
Aria felt a bit amused by Lilia’s words “I have heard that phrase before hahaha, I guess that’s something inherited in this family”, she thought.
Aster was happy that his mother seemed to like Aria, all his girls must be friendly to each other, once they finished eating Lilia smiled, she placed her hand on her daughter’s shoulder and spoke.
“By the way Alice, your brother has reached the earth origin realm so I will give you a special training to help you advance to the star formation realm, I’m looking forward to it ♥”.
Alice felt her knees giving up but she only nodded and gave Aster an aggrieved look before ordering a dessert.
Aster doubted a moment before saying.
“Aria what is the cultivation manual you are using?”.
Aria took out a white book out of her spatial ring and gave it to Aster.
“This is something that my mother told my father to give me in secret once I reached the earth origin realm, apparently when my mother was abandoned on the orphanage this book was left with her, fortunately it is just a normal cultivation manual so it wasn’t stolen and she kept it as a memento, it’s called “Ice Queen Beauty”.
Aster felt the aura that the manual was radiating but he handed it to his mother to confirm his suspicions, Lilia checked the book and she felt surprised for a moment but after considering things she returned it to Aria before explaining what she discovered.
She caressed Aster’s hair and then spoke.
“At this point I guess I should have expected something like to happen, that book is a… immortal high rank cultivation manual, the people of this planet doesn’t even know stellar grade manuals so it’s normal for them to not notice this treasure, whoever left this with your mother knew that it wouldn’t be stolen due to that”.
“But what intrigues me the most is that the other owner of the jade pristine yin body I know doesn’t practice this manual, so I guess whoever left this book with your mother wasn’t related to that frigid woman”.
Aster felt relieved, since the manual was of a high rank then Aria would not have to dissolve her cultivation to start again with a better manual, but he still had one doubt left.
“Mom, judging by its name this manual is supposed to use the ice element but Aria seems to use wind element would that be a problem?”.
Lilia shook her head.
“Don’t worry darling, her innate attribute is ice normally it would have manifested since she was born because of he constitution but for some reason she only started manifesting it years later, she only needs a catalyst to awaken it and there will be no problem since she is cultivating with this manual”, Lilia took a blue flower out of her spatial ring and handed it to Aria “this is a bone chilling lotus, a spiritual herb with yin and ice attribute… after we meet your father you will come with us to our home and then you can start refining it”.
Aria accepted the lotus and kept it in her ring, Lilia saw the dessert that Alice was eating and she also ordered it which made Aster think.
“Like mother, like daughter”.