Dimensional Descent

Leonel's eyes snapped open. His first instinct was to jump up, but the creaking of his bones and his splitting headache made him think twice.

"Hm?"

The sound of a breathing rhythm Leonel was certain was his caught his attention. He turned to the side, only to find Aina curled up like a kitten, her mask still on. Leonel couldn't blame her though, it was probably far more comfortable for her to sleep with it on rather than off.

Leonel's bed was quite large, enough for even four people to sleep on without bothering each other. So, though Aina was curled up to his side, she was still about half a meter from him.

Leonel couldn't help but smile. The little mink and Aina cuddled up together was definitely an adorable sight to behold.

Leonel's stirring seemed to alert Aina. Her eyes opened only to see Leonel's smirk.

A deep blush colored Aina's face. She couldn't help but be thankful that she had this mask now.

"Are you alright?" She asked.

"Good as n --" Leonel hardly finished his sentence before he grunted. His whole body felt like it was cramping, he never thought such a thing could be so painful.

Aina frowned. "You pushed yourself too far."

Leonel smiled bitterly. He didn't think he had in the moment. He was just doing whatever was necessary to win. But, he hadn't thought that the impact on his body would be so severe.

Ultimately, using the Four Seasons Realm to display combat prowess beyond his means was like pushing his body past its breaking point. The more he did so, the greater the backlash would be.

Though the Four Seasons Realm allowed a person to challenge those in Dimensions beyond them, there, of course, had to be a price to pay.

Luckily, Leonel's body and mind were already within the Fourth Dimension or else the backlash would have been even worse.

Realm was beyond anything Leonel could have expected it to be. It was only right that there was a

deal with such backlash at all,

a sharp breath. A

"Ah!?"

up, waking the little

"Leonel? Leonel!?"

to Leonel's side, her hands pressing against his chest as she tried to see what was wrong. With her knowledge of the human body, it really wouldn't be much of a problem to do so. After all, she was a Five Star Professional. In fact, if

happened next left Aina completely

been in pain, suddenly shot an arm around her waist, sending her crashing toward

before laughing evilly, his master plan having worked

been tricked, Aina pouted and tried to push herself

Ah!" Leonel didn't need to

"Okay! Alright! You win!"

head. She had given Leonel space so that she wouldn't harm him, only for him to

"Yip! Yip!"

again, the little mink dashed away, likely going to find Little Tolly to

see the things I have to do to get

moment of silence though, she said something

Leonel or Leo... I

didn't have to meet Leonel's gaze at this moment. She buried her head into his chest as though trying

feel the rumbling of his chest against her ear, causing her face to redden like

run away again, but Leonel's pained act cause her to have no

on his face. His hand ran through Aina's hair, the smell of apple

never be like everyone else

the pain in his body wasn't so bad after