Dimensional Descent

Aina shifted in Leonel's arms. When she realized where she was, she began to blush profusely. But, as much as she wanted to run away, she didn't dare to at this point. She really regretted throwing all her clothes away now. And why was this damn water so clear?

Leonel's chuckling awoke Aina from her own thoughts. By now, her entire body had turned into a deep shade of red. Unfortunately, the only place she had to hide was Leonel's chest.

"Oof… Don't squirm so much…"

Though Leonel was laughing at Aina, he too wanted to shed tears. Didn't this girl realize where she was sitting? He had displayed enough will power for a lifetime today.

Aina blinked, peaking up from Leonel's chest. A bright smile spread across her lips, her embarrassment suddenly vanishing.

"It's not like this is the first time I've seen it."

Leonel almost choked on air again.

"That wasn't me!" Leonel defended himself.

It wasn't his fault. It really wasn't. Back then, the primitive man had had control over his body.

Damn, by now, he had already forgotten about that embarrassing moment, only for Aina to bring it up again. He felt as though he had suffered a lethal combo.

Aina giggled. Only she knew that that wasn't what she was referring to. But, if Leonel knew that she was referring to a certain event that happened in the Joan Zone, it was unknown how he would react.

unconscious back then, so he had no way of knowing what happened. And, even if he had been conscious, at this very moment, he was suddenly very

"I'm sorry."

The lewd thoughts he had had vanished like the

brought a hand to Aina's cheek, forcing her to

to apologize for." He said seriously. "In fact, I'm sorry. I was so focused on other

he had abandoned her. Back then, he purposely left the Segmented Cube with Aina as a sign of exactly that. He had only taken the Segmented Cube with him before he left to the

hadn't worked out

a person who could break things down into their simple details and analyze them logically. If he was in Aina's place, he would have seen through the fact he left behind the Segmented Cube as a good sign. But, that didn't mean that Aina herself would see it as

Aina could have easily seen the Segmented Cube as a sign of pity. After all, it had the only cure to her scars within it. So, who knew

her head at

one who pushed you away. I

why she had

tried to downplay things to reassure

it out alive, so it wasn't a big deal. But,

an acquaintance asked you how your day went, most would give a perfunctory answer even if your day really had been terrible. Only

then had practically treated Leonel as though he was an acquaintance she was sharing a few words with rather than a man she could give her heart to. It was no wonder Leonel had chosen to pull away

head and smiled, gently stroking Aina's

it. It's not a

Aina shook her head again. "It is

speak. She didn't allow Leonel to cut her off or say that it was fine again. She knew that Leonel cared too much about her, if she really allowed him to say that it was fine, he would simply never ask