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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fall out with them after being snubbed by him? What

wasn't he considered to be lucky?Was this what those psychologists

mistakes, yet managed to survive every time by the skin of his teeth.

pulled up from the depths of Leonel's mind, each one striking a cord with

a single strike. During their journey to the Fort, he had even had thoughts of

seven A-grade Invalids back to back. Maybe that had been

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

forced both him and Aina into a

follow him. But, had he

could he eve think of blaming Aina for lying

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 she was in a world he

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

stare at the wall,

his side right now,

suffering here because of his

had he been to

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

stemmed from his own personality. Nothing ever entered his sights, nothing ever caught his attention. The only exception to this was Aina, and other than knowing that he appreciated her demeanor, Leonel couldn't quite explain his

notice always became roadblocks he could only