?Astra stared right into Vaan's eyes and,
"Do the two of you sleep in the same room?"
She questioned directly.
Vaan tried to avoid her eyes, but with her piercing gaze, he couldn't hide the truth for long and ended up nodding his head.
"I think I already made it clear that you are not allowed to take the final step before the two of you are officially married.
Or have you become so great that you believe that you can avoid my orders now?"
Astra narrowed her eyes.
She did not like the fact that everyone was hiding things from her right when they were sent to the Academy.
"…"
Vaan, of course, had no answer.
He wanted to clarify that he hadn't taken the final step, but he could tell that it won't change anything. Just the fact that the two of them were living in a completely different Mansion and not with the rest of the Vesta Family was enough for Astra to be disappointed.
But suddenly,
"Astra, as I said,
They are allowed to make their own decisions.
We have no right to interfere with what they do."
Orion stepped in front of Vaan and spoke as he looked right into Astra's eyes.
Astra narrowed her eyes, Orion, however, didn't back down and continued, "They aren't doing anything wrong, he is simply living together with his fiancée, Elara does not mind it, neither do the rules of the Academy prohibit it, you have no right to dictate their life."
Orion didn't hold back.
Right now, he felt like he needed to take his son's side, which surprised Vaan to a shocking degree since he never thought his father would go against his mother.
But then, he received an even greater shock.
"T-Teacher, I-I don't mind living with Vaan either…"
Elara spoke up, standing up in front of Astra for the first time in her life.
"What…?"
It wasn't just Astra who was taken aback, Vaan had a similar reaction on his face. To further his shock, however, Elara quickly held Vaan's hand and, "Teacher, please let me stay together with Vaan, I feel that it has a positive effect on my emotions and strength."
Astra narrowed her eyes, she couldn't find any connection between the two things Elara mentioned, however, seeing that even her student was against her, she could only back down.
After all, she had no other option.
Orion had openly shown disapproval of her decision, so just to respect her husband, she could only step down, not to mention her student had also spoken up.
In the end, Astra stared at her child and decided to drop the topic,
"Describe everything that happened in your battle against Alaric and Kaelen in detail."
She spoke, changing the topic. A grim look appeared on her face as she glanced at Vaan.
Vaan was quick to understand her intentions, without wasting any more time, he started telling everything from the start, and as his story continued, Astra's frown deepened.
"Your Spirits devoured God's Energy?" She questioned.
"I do not know if it is God's Energy or not, I just know it was formed when Alaric started praying," Vaan replied.
"That whirlpool of Energy huh…"
Astra commented.
This was the first time she was hearing about something like this, obviously, her surprise was normal, soon however, she calmed down realizing that her child could see beings who no one else could and those beings held knowledge about things people like them could never fathom.
Something like this was indeed possible.
"So what you need is more of this Faith Energy, correct?"
Astra questioned, Vaan had also told her how the Faith Energy he devoured boosted his body, instantly filling up his Mana Veins with processed Mana that could be used without any problems. A cheat that could make him the strongest Basic Mage in the world.
Vaan nodded,
Faith Energy was indeed something he needed urgently, after all, according to Flamey, once they absorb Faith Energy for the third time, they won't meet the outcome similar to Splashy. The meaning behind those words was clear, the more Faith Energy they had, the better, however, before making any moves, Vaan wanted Astra's input.
And just like he had expected, Astra was quick to shake her head,
"You need to be extremely careful while dealing with the matters regarding Faith Energy.
We do not know if the Gods have developed a way through which they could talk to their believers.
Iif the Gods are somehow capable of informing their believers that you are able to devour their blessing.
The balance on the continent that was being held very delicately would be ruined almost instantly as all the churches would come after you and the Vesta Family."
Astra's expressions were grave, then, after thinking for a while,
"Once a month."
She spoke.
"You can allow your Spirits to devour Fatih Energy every month, honestly, it would be better if you keep devouring Orion's blessing, however, I know that is not a long-term solution.
Devouring other's Faith Energy is the only feasible option, you just need to be more careful while doing it.
Rather than devouring your Opponents' Faith Energy, try targeting opponents fighting each other and devour their Fatih Energy instead, this would make it harder for others to notice the problem and pinpoint it to you."
Astra spoke with a grim look on her face.
Establishing more rules talking about how Vaan is supposed to address the matter.
She placed many restrictions on Vaan, however, knowing that she was doing it for her own good, Vaan nodded in understanding and did not resist.
The talks went on for a few hours, and only once Astra was done with her lecture did the two move.
*Knock* *Knock*
While the two were talking, a knock was heard.
Vaan frowned, they were still in the Vesta House and not in their own mansion, however, even then, someone daring to knock on Astra's door when she clearly left with her child to talk about some important matter,
Vaan couldn't understand who this person was.
Astra, on the other hand, had a slight idea as to who it was, with a confident smile on her face, she ordered,
"Come in."
The doors of the room opened up and suddenly, both Vaan and Elara were taken by surprise. It was a girl who had a very… peculiar relationship with the two of them.
"Seraphina Stormweaver will be joining the Academy as a new student as well."
Astra revealed and Seraphina, who had walked into the room smiled as she glanced at Vaan and slightly bowed her head,
"Young Master Vaan, Lady Elara."
Elara momentarily narrowed her eyes. Seraphina was surprised to see the look on her face, Elara was looking at her as if she was an enemy, a look she had never shown before.
Vaan on the other hand, was confused,
"What are you doing here?" He questioned.
"There was only so much I could do to help you when you aren't even there with me, people tend to forget and I believe gathering people from my circle won't do you any good, at least not in the near future.
So I requested Lady Astra to bring me to the Academy as well."
Seraphina replied with a calm look on her face.
Elara didn't say anything and only stared at Seraphina's face.
Astra, who could see a slightly different Elara raised her eyebrow in curiousness.
She allowed the children to play around a little and turned towards Orion.
The two of them nodded as they both stepped back and walked to the corner of the room.
"Take care of him."
Astra spoke with a grim look on her face.
Orion had a similar expression on his face as well.
Vaan didn't understand the Implication of this new 'power' he had discovered, however, the two of them were different.
This could lead to the entire world coming after him, even the Gods.
Not to mention that there is also the Church of Light, the Strongest Faction in the entire world with more than half of the population in the world following the God of Light and a third of those were full devotees.
"Come back to the Vesta House the moment you find something odd."
"Are you going to involve the entire Vesta Family in this?"
Orion was taken aback, if it was a matter of giving her life for her son's sake, Astra would do it in a heartbeat, however, as a Leader of the entire Vesta House, she had the responsibility of thousands of lives on her shoulders.
Suddenly, a determined look appeared on Astra's face, and,
"If they are going to enjoy the grandeur and glory he would bring to the family,
They will take the risk of being destroyed as well."
Astra had decided.
Orion couldn't help but smile widely. Suddenly, he started stretching his body as if he were preparing for a fight, but then,
"Right, I also heard you found a new student,
Why didn't you bring her here? I wish to meet her.
"
