Dimensional Descent

Leonel held onto Aina for a long while. He lost track of time, but if he was truly paying attention, it was easily over an hour before Aina's tears slowed to a crawl.

However, from start to finish, he didn't say a word. He only held her in his arms, a protective aura manifesting around him. At that moment, he didn't care who it was who stood before him, he wouldn't allow a single hair on her to be harmed.

When Aina's tears stopped, she fell into a deep sleep. Without a care in the world, her cheek rested against Leonel's beating heart, its steady rhythm lulling her into a world of dreams.

**

City Lord Keafir sat at his desk, a blank look on his face as he gazed at the dim fire lamp before him.

There were countless methods of keeping tabs on one's life and death in the Dimensional Verse. Since City Lord White was such an important piece of Terrain's invasion, it was no surprise that the Cities would invest in monitoring her situation.

Though City Lord Keafir had expected to deal with casualties in this war, maybe the last person he had expected to lose was City Lord White. His heart couldn't help but swim with a torrent of emotions.

His hand reached out, grasping the dying flame and allowing it to dance in his palm. Despite the fact it was a fire, it held no warmth. In fact, it was quite cold.

Taking a deep breath, City Lord Keafir squeezed his palm into a fist, shattering what remained of the flame.

He closed his eyes, images of what happened during City Lord White's final moments playing in his mind. He had originally paid the ridiculous expense needed for this feature so that he could be aware of any powerful enemies their scouting reports might have missed out on. But, now, this had little to do with strategy and reconnaissance. He needed to see who had killed her.

his eyes opening. His gaze held a slight hint of red within them that

His gaze swept across the 12 fire lamps on his

His eyes narrowed.

hadn't had any relations since that fateful night so many rumors

and with a people who had yet to awaken to their abilities. Even Anared had made his displeasure known for his father's decision

Even if she wasn't tasked with attacking the Capital, she should have, at

sent to Camelot. And somehow… she died in a place that should have been

wouldn't lay his life on the line for her. But, he also wouldn't stand idly by

be quite shocking. Anared was overly protective of all those he saw as his own,

help City Lord White at all

knew well that Rie was his half sister and that

simple. Why would a family like the Keafir family treat a

her." Anared asked

silent for a long while, the beating of his heart becoming slower with each passing moment. Eventually, it regained its former

"Aina Brazinger."

that any expert that managed to kill her would have been an unknown. He had only asked as a formality,

name Aina

possibly stand a chance against City Lord White? Was that some sort of

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