Through the mental connection he had with the star maidens, Aster could feel the burning fighting spirit of Aria and that made him smile, she and Alice haven't stopped getting stronger with the intention of proudly standing next to him when the time comes.
And that motivates Aster to not let up, if he wants to keep his family safe, he's got to be strong, just like with Rya, he will never let anything separate them from him.
Aster who was flying towards the Void Manipulation snake, realized his mind was going through what motivated him to fight, and that made him frown.
For a moment he thought he was going through introspective, just like what happened inside Esmeralda's secret realm, but he then shook his head, it was different.
He decided to leave it for later and focus in the current situation, the snake had recovered from the previous shook, its right eye was half closed due to the damage it received earlier and there was blood flooding from the scales Aster destroyed.
