Dimensional Descent

Leonel walked into the city to find it quite silent. It was clear that Tyrron and the others had done an excellent job.

By now, the patrolling troops had been replaced with officials of Earth, a stark change from the 500 youths that had been tasked with maintaining order previously. Though these men and women were less powerful, their training was more substantial and, most importantly, there were far more of them.

Seeing Leonel's entry, the Head of the patrol units came forward quickly, saluting respectfully.

"Prince!"

Leonel still couldn't quite get used to this form of address. But, he thought it would be a bit ridiculous if he asked them all to call him Captain, so he let it slide.

"The patrol --."

Leonel shook his head. "It's fine, you don't need to explain these things to me. I'll be headed to the City Lord's mansion. Just be prepared to see to my orders. Here."

Leonel handed the Head patrol guard a talisman that would make communication smoother. To Leonel, drawing such a talisman was as easy as breathing.

Though Leonel hadn't had any formal training in talisman drawing and it could be considered a profession outside of Force Crafting, their roots were practically identical. In fact, Leonel was probably better than most low level Talisman Crafters thanks to his ability.

The profession relied on precision and accuracy, and these were things that Leonel was best at.

The Head patrol guard was bit taken aback by Leonel's dismissiveness. But, he still respectfully accepted Leonel's talisman and watched as the pair began to walk around the city seemingly without aim.

Every so often, the patrol units would come across Leonel and Aina. Without fail, each would immediately respectfully bow before continuing along their patrolling routes.

What of them expected, though, was for this stroll of Leonel's to last so many hours.

obvious who was the better at administration.

the patrolling guards thought that Leonel had lost his way

expressions of the patrolling guards only became weirder. Whereas before they

wanted to waste time,

through the empty streets and catch the

was to enjoy his time with Aina, wouldn't

to see on the streets. By now, all the stalls were empty, the restaurants were closed, and the citizens were closed off in their homes

what could there

obviously didn't explain himself. He walked down street after street, having a

a very long time. Though she felt one part guilty, she couldn't help but feel another part ease as well. This feeling was

…

serious." Leonel said

eyes. "No person in their right mind

logical!" Leonel

walking, her gaze locking

psychopaths put

a wild light. "If you put in milk first, you can control the amount of cereal. If you put in the perfect amount of cereal, you can finish it all before it gets soggy. Then, you can incrementally add more cereal! You can savor

in the milk, unless you're a speed eater, by the time you get to

thing you know you'll be

"Well…"

got to be kidding me. Pretend like you don't know

icing on a cake. Even though it's good, you can't just make a cake entirely out

done with you." Aina walked away, pretending to ignore