Dimensional Descent

Leonel sat on a chair in the Lab Setting, staring out blankly into space.

In truth, in the beginning, even he wasn't fully aware of why he was feeling like this. It could even be said that Thunderous Clap and Roaring Black LIon understood before even he had. It could only be said that the objectivity of a third party was great.

He had come here with every intention of instantly getting to work, diving into training until he could barge his way out. But, instead of doing any of that, he found himself frozen in time.

After a long while, he finally understood the emotion he was feeling…

Shame.

He had made too many mistakes. Initially, he kept brushing them off as though they were nothing more than jokes. But it seemed that as time passed, the 'mistakes' he made continued to have more and more serious consequences. It came to the point where even though this most recent mistake of his had no real consequences yet, he simply couldn't put up with himself anymore.

What truly baffled him was that he wasn't immediately certain of how to fix this. Wasn't it only natural that someone as young and uninformed as him make so many mistakes?

But, the more Leonel thought about it, the more he felt that this excuse was exactly that… an excuse. In a world like this, who cared if he needed time to mature? Would the spider king's venom wait for him? Would the Force Crystal Core let him go on account of his youth? Would Simeon leave him be until he matured?

The answer to all of this was obviously no. No one owed him such a thing.

Compared to others, how much better was his starting position? Whether it was his talent, the treasures his father left for him, or the Lineage Factor his mother left for him… How many times luckier was he than another?

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doing. Did James fall out with them after being snubbed by him? What about Yuri? She was one of Aina's only two friends. How was she doing with them? Was she

he considered to be lucky?Was this what those psychologists deemed as

by the skin of his teeth. Sometimes it might be due to his own wit,

were constantly pulled up from the depths of Leonel's mind, each one striking

Mayan Tomb and Aina killed Conrad with a single strike. During their journey to the Fort, he had even had thoughts

fought seven A-grade Invalids back to back. Maybe that had been under the guise of

back then couldn't even compare to the current him. A single A-grade threat was

he forced both him and Aina into a corner. Instead of waiting until

a word, Aina had still chosen to follow him. But, had he not found Joan's weakness

blaming Aina for lying to him about the entry quota

was the battle at the Royal Blue Fort. He had foolishly traveled back to the Fort, thinking that everything would be over as long as he made his way back. But, that ended up in Aina almost dying, and now

had he been to survive that? If he hadn't been so naive, wouldn't Aina still be by his side

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his side right now, would he even be capable

was again. Another stupid mistake. He was suffering here because of his own foolishness,

lucky had he been to

cautious, had he just asked more questions, had he just not gotten ahead of

his attention. The only exception to this was Aina, and other than knowing that he appreciated her demeanor, Leonel couldn't quite explain his infatuation either. He only knew it

a disposition if those things he always put beneath his notice always became roadblocks he