Dimensional Descent

Aina rolled her lips over themselves. In a motion that was far slower than she cared to admit, she washed her hands clean, wiped away the portions that fell on Leonel, and covered his body in a blanket.

Even hours after she finished, her heart still beat wildly.

Days later, Leonel startled awake, finding himself in a rocking vehicle. It took him a moment to realize that he was lying on a bed made of straw and that the 'vehicle' was a horse pulled carriage.

Leonel shot up, taking quick and deep breaths.

How could he let this happen? Not only had he gone to sleep, but he was completely out of it. He was in a Zone, he wasn't at home.

It took several moments before Leonel realized that Aina was sitting on a cushioned bench opposite his, averting her eyes.

Leonel looked down at himself and blinked in confusion. He could tell that he was naked now, but at the very least, his lower half was covered. There was no real reason for her to avert her gaze like that. But, he didn't question it too much.

"Are you alright?" Leonel asked.

Aina finally turned to face Leonel, seemingly stunned by his question.

"… I should be asking you that." She said softly.

"Me? I'm fine." Leonel smiled, rotating his arm as though to prove a point.

He really did feel great.

like that." Leonel said apologetically. "I wouldn't be able to forgive myself

she tried to speak now, she wouldn't be

a Lineage Factor he wasn't even aware of. Usually such awakenings happened

something else. The longer you could withstand the awakening of your Lineage Factor, the greater potential it would have in the future. If her vague thoughts while she was unconscious were correct, Leonel had stayed awake for more than half a day. She had never heard of anyone lasting more than a couple hours

those people had been. He had been fighting a battle against thousands of enemies. It wasn't an exaggeration to say his

metric of how much the Lineage Factor managed to be stimulated. Therefore, if Leonel was battling while his was activated, it went to reason

could match him was her… But the difference between them was that when her Lineage Factor activated, she lost

killed her

stop apologizing to me…" Aina finally

smiled. "It's

"I…"

you have my pants?" Leonel cut her

for a moment before nodding. She had even managed to

a bit small for you now, though." She said softly. "I

smile widened. "So you pay

and turned away,

was certain that this carriage was only built

my question." Leonel turned back toward Aina. "Are

Aina sighed. "Put a shirt on first and I might consider