Dimensional Descent

A knock sounded.

"… Leonel? Aina? Hoho, feel free to ignore big sis if it's inconvenient to—."

Before Mordred could finish her words, the door to the room opened.

Mordred's words were caught in her throat as she blinked speechlessly.

Aina stood before her with an equally questioning glance. It had already been more than a week since they came here, but this was the first time someone had come to check on Aina. Well, aside from the usual delivery of food that came every so often.

Camelot wasn't clear on Aina's strength while King Arthur believed that Leonel wasn't quite strong enough to make a big difference either.

Though King Arthur had battled and lost to Leonel before, those circumstances were quite special. Back then, due to his pride, he fell into Leonel's rhythm and tried to compete with him in speed casting.

Objectively speaking, back then, if Leonel had to battle either Mordred or King Arthur, it would have been a difficult and long fight even after grasping the Winter Realm with his bow. This was how much strength these two legends had.

Had King Arthur been more level headed back then, Leonel wouldn't have been able to make such a fool out of him. This much should have been clear by the fact that, despite the optics of it all, Arthur came out of their battle completely unscathed.

And now, King Arthur had finally crossed the barrier he had stalled at for so many years.

This wasn't all either… Because now, the people of Camelot were considered to be people of Earth. As the world evolved, the people of Camelot, too, began to awaken to their own abilities.

King Arthur of now was by far and away stronger than the version of himself Leonel would have already struggled mightily to defeat. So,

made sense that no one had come to communicate with Aina and Leonel.

that it was inadvisable to underestimate Leonel was Mordred and this was because

there was one interesting thing about that trial that Mordred

trial was a test of sifting through information. It took some time for Leonel to realize

same issue. But, compared to Leonel, she had a much harder time

not, but it was because it almost felt as though Leonel's life had not one… but two

It was exactly this

on Aina, a welling of almost motherly sympathy burst

poor girl, you have to treat yourself better. Your scars have

she heard these words and involuntarily took

been there, she wasn't aware why Mordred would somehow know

up would be a simple observation for anyone. But, to say 'again' so

they had a raging violet redness to them that was even more severe than

still ever present, they looked like normal knife wounds. But now, they

much of Aina's life as she had seen of Leonel's, Mordred knew well that Aina's scars only flared

sighed seeing Aina's reaction. She too felt that she was a bit too rash with her words. Aina had no idea that she had seen

May I come in?"

certain that

with women? She's clearly in a distressed state

even more about Leonel's. She knew how easily he detached himself. Whether it came to his mother or James, she didn't think that anything would change when it came to Aina