Dimensional Descent

Leonel wasn't particularly angry at Matteus. Other than the time he ordered Little Nana to bind him, an action that almost cost him a spot to enter the Zone, his interactions with the man hadn't been all too bad. In fact, Matteus had even extended an invitation for him to join the Adurna family.

The issue here was that Leonel wasn't in a very good mood. And, having to listen to Matteus spin a fanciful tale Arthur and the others just gobbled up left him even angrier.

Compared to The Empire, Leonel hated the hidden families several times more. Even if it wasn't Aina in particular that had suffered at their hands, he would be disgusted by their actions.

Ostracizing a little girl and her father. Killing that little girl's mother. And for what, exactly?

Even to this point, Leonel wasn't exactly sure. But, judging by the fact everyone else of the Brazinger had red hair and eyes while Aina did not, someone as intelligent as him could connect the dots.

It was Eugenics.

Leonel had been surprised to see that all these families had the same eye and hair color initially. But, after a while, he came to understand just why this was.

Eugenics was a set of beliefs that ascribed to the idea of maximizing the gene pool quality of a population of people. They did this by massacring those not like them and ensuring marriages between those who could guarantee 'quality' children.

There were cases like this in ancient Germany with the Nazis and those with blond hair and blue eyes. There were cases like this from ancient America with White Supremacists. There were cases like this from ancient Africa with…

each instance was just as heart wrenching as the last. The practice was sickening. Leonel had this sort of visceral reaction he couldn't even control when he thought about it. He couldn't imagine deciding a person's worth by the way that

argue that it was more than skin deep for these hidden families. At least, compared to those ancient civilizations with disgusting

Lineage Factor? Hadn't his two parents still managed to

measured by their strength?

this new world order, the more it disgusted him and

frowned upon hearing

I must represent all of our 'hidden' families. Even if you'd like to be angry, keep it within. A lack of maturity won't help you

words caused many to frown in Leonel's direction. His actions were indeed inappropriate considering the

flashed with a hint of worry before she shook her head and sighed internally. She had already given up on her father, there was no need for Leonel to continue to try to stay within the arbitrary lines of political

used some of that intelligence before you were captured by Magus Aliard, or at the very least, you could have used some of your family's so-called

froze, a hint of rage flashing within his eyes. He had never done anything too wrongful to this child, he didn't know why he was being

the forefront and speak. Matteus took over this job to hopefully blunt Leonel's potential aggressiveness. But, what he had never expected

the expressions of the court ministers somewhat

recognized Matteus before because

everything… if the representation of this Adurna family couldn't even protect his own life without Leonel's interference, then how powerful could they

had become. She had almost forgotten this completely. Compared to Leonel's overwhelming strength

puppeteering taking away their strength. But, the fact that Margrave could