Dimensional Descent

Aina suddenly felt as though her body wasn't hers. There was a disconnect between her mind and body as though one was being rejected from the other. It was hard to tell exactly which was happening, but the fundamental truth was that the disconnect made her feel as though her body wasn't her own.

With a frown, Aina brandished her ax out of habit, just trying to do something she was familiar with.

By now, she had long since lost count of the number of times she had swung her ax in her life. Leonel was always fascinated by her tanned skin, but wasn't that just the product of all the work she had put in ever since she was old enough to understand the cruelty of the world around her?

There was nothing in this world that she was more familiar with than her ax.

A swirl of Universal Force followed Aina's swing. For the first time since this oddity began, Aina felt as though she was back in her own body again.

But, just when she thought it was alright to stop and her previous feelings had just been an anomaly, she felt the feeling come back the moment she stopped swinging her ax. In fact, now, due to the abrupt stop, the feeling was even more obvious than it had been before.

It was like invisible shackles had suddenly been placed over her body.

Aina's ability worked on instinct mostly and was only partially an actionable act taken up by herself. But, at this moment, that instinct seemed foggy.

Whereas before she was certain of the next steps she had to take to train her body and improve her ax, at this moment she felt confused and baffled.

'Did I overuse my ability? Did I run into a bottleneck?'

A bit of worry mixed within a deep frown took over Aina's features. Was this really the limit of her talent? A slight hint of anxiety bubbled up within her heart.

aware that her ability was good, but she didn't know anything about its growth potential or even

It can't be. It

Aina's jaw steeled.

to avenge her mother in the future. If this was really her

this. Even if this was the end of her road, she'd find a way

know how much effort it would take to take them down or what kind of backers they had. But to

"Aina?"

her ears, snapping her out of

girlfriend. Without her mask on, it was easy for Leonel to read her mood. He could see the cycle of emotions Aina was going through. But, he couldn't understand what was

you okay? What

trying to find any injuries she might have,

"Hm?"

Leonel's gaze suddenly sharpened.

If it wasn't for the fact he had been determined to find out what was wrong with Aina, he would have overlooked

was so faint that it seemed to blend

else faced these eyes,

for Aina, she somehow didn't find anything wrong with it. In fact, her beating heart seemed to calm considerably. Beneath Leonel's shadow, she found peace

she felt at peace, Leonel's expression twisted, a flickering rage erupting within the depths

the second tier of his Wisdom Branch Lineage Factor. As such, he could only use the most basic abilities of the Snowy Star

that was more than enough for him to sharpen his gaze

It formed into an illusory leach, latching