Aria saw Aster smiling and she knew he was not up to something good, she tried to stand up from the bed but when she was about to, she felt someone grabbing her arm, when she turned around, she saw Alice laughing at her.
"Hehehe where do you think you are going?"
Aster did not miss the chance, he threw himself at the bed, Alice already made space for him so he positioned his body in the middle of the bed and then he used his left arm to drag his sister closer to him, of course Alice leaned herself against his brother while resting her head on his chest.
Alice had already let go of Aria's arm but she did not leave, when she saw Alice clinging to Aster, she had a bitter sensation in her heart, then she saw Aster's right arm extended on her direction as if he was saying "come here".
She hesitated, even if she knew that her relationship with Aster was confirmed to evolve to something more than friends, she still felt hesitant to have intimate contact with him.
Aster did not take the initiative this time, he already made clear that he liked her so how much could they advance on that direction will be up to her, Aria saw Alice directing a provocative smile at her and she gritted her teeth, after doubting for a moment she slowly lay down on the bed but kept a bit of distance between herself and Aster.
Knowing it was as far as she would take the initiative for now, Aster used his right arm to pull her closer to him and ignoring her fake resistance he began to gently stroke her hair, Aria closed her eyes and let herself enjoy Aster's soft careful touch, as she convinced herself by thinking "he's just stroking my hair, it's nothing inappropriate."
Of course, he did the same to Alice, their hair's softness and the good smell of their feminine essence made him feel drunk, this is why he wanted to become strong so that he could enjoy his time in peace with his girls, Aster couldn't help but imagine the moment where he could be embracing Lilia along with Alice and Aria on the same bed to sleep but for now, he wanted to enjoy the legendary "a beauty in each arm".
"I'm really grateful that I had been reborn on this world he thought", the three of them were so lost in the moment that they actually fell asleep after a couple of minutes of relaxing.
When Aster reacted, he was in his mind space, as always, he saw the giant sword radiating golden light but there was something different this time… another star was starting to change its color but it was still on the process as he hasn't heard the voice that informed him about Pollux last time.
Even then Aster was happy because this probably meant that Aria was starting to accept him as a man, he still didn't understand how it worked but with the information he had right now it seemed like each star selected a girl as its maiden and whenever he progressed on his relationship with them the star will fuse with him more and more, for now the one with which he had made more progress was Alice and Pollux entered on the second step of evolution which Aster decided to call "manifestation", although it was a supposition when the time comes for him and Alice to cross the last line there will probably be another change but that was something for the future.
After wondering for a moment about what will the star that seemed to be linked with Aria will be like he left his mind space, when he opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was Alice looking at him directly, after confirming that Aria was still sleeping, he gave her a swift kiss.
"Mmm ♥", Alice enjoyed his brother lips on hers so she wanted more but Aster stopped her after feeling that Aria was about to wake up.
Seeing her slowly opening her eyes Aster wanted to tease her.
"Hehehe good morning sleepyhead, did you enjoy your rest?".
Aria wanted to dig a hole to hide, she actually fell asleep while being hugged by Aster!!!, she started hitting his chest with her small hands several times as she said.
"Y…you bad man, always taking advantage of me".
Aster patted her head and whispered in her ear.
"I do it because you look cute when I tease you", he kissed her cheek after that and saw her blushing a bit.
Aria didn't know what to say, Aster was getting more and more bold with his actions but she did not feel uncomfortable in fact she enjoyed how he treated her and he still has not shown any lust towards her, only love and tenderness could be seen whenever he looked at her.
Aria snapped out of her daze, when she felt Aster's arm wrap around her waist as he said.
"How about you stay with me today?".
Aria hid her face using the pillow as a cover, but Aster could still see her nod her head and then he heard her reply in a low voice.
"Ine…."
Aster knew she agreed but he wanted to mess with her a bit more.
"I can't hear you what did you say?".
Aria took the pillow off and with a red face loudly said.
"Yes!!! I'll stay are you happy now? ".
Aster saw her teary eyes and thought he might have exaggerated a bit, so he gently nestled her against his body with her head resting on his chest, he even kissed her forehead as a way to comfort her
"I didn't want to embarrass you; can you forgive me?".
Aria enjoyed it when he treated her kindly so she just made a small sound of acknowledgment.
"Hmm ♥".
Alice saw all that and she couldn't help but feel jealous, she pressed her body against Aster to make him pay attention to her.
Aster felt his sister asking for attention "she is cute when she is jealous" he thought before using his left hand to softly grab her ass taking advantage of the fact that Alice's body position made impossible for Aria to see what he was doing.
"Hnng ♥".
Alice quickly covered her mouth with her hands to prevent Aria from hearing her voice, she turned her face towards Aster and gave him an accusatory gaze.
"You pervert brother", she said in a low voice.