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.

patrol guards couldn't help but compare Leonel to Tyrron. If one were comparing the two, it was obvious who was the better at administration. Leonel couldn't

had lost his way to the City Lord's mansion and was now

continued to walk around the city, the expressions of the patrolling guards only became weirder. Whereas before they thought that Leonel

waste time, shouldn't they

Every so often, her laughter would ring through the empty streets and catch the attention of

Even if Leonel's goal was to enjoy his time with Aina, wouldn't they have been better suited in… a

even anything to see on the streets. By now, all the stalls were empty, the restaurants were closed, and the citizens were closed off

there be to

down street after street, having a nice chat with

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

…

I'm serious." Leonel

eyes. "No person in their right mind

perfectly logical!" Leonel stood

her gaze locking

put milk

eyes lighting with 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!

a speed eater, by the time you get to the bottom, you'll have nothing

soggy cereal, it's a way of life. Next thing you know you'll be saying that peanut butter is more important in a

"Well…"

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 of icing, right? Peanut butter is the foundation! You have to have

walked away, pretending to ignore