Dimensional Descent

~Half a day ago~

Heira stumbled out of a teleportation gate, her knees feeling weak.

A mixture of emotions seemed to ram against her skull, causing her to keel over, the contents of her stomach emptying out before her.

She heaved and coughed, her elegant demeanor twisting to nothing every time she remembered Anared wouldn't be coming back.

After a long while, when her heaves reaped nothing but dry coughs, she stood, wiping her mouth with her forearm.

If those who wrote tales of this goddess like woman were to see her now, it was hard to tell how they'd react.

Heira took a look around the world she was on currently. But, after a moment, it became clear that it would be hard to call this place a world at all. Rather, it was an asteroid floating aimlessly in space. If it wasn't for the Force Arts protecting her from the cold and especially the fearsome Astral Wind Force, she would have died a hundred different ways by now.

Her appearance hadn't gone unnoticed.

This was a small relay hub, the location of which was usually only known to bounty hunters and the like. So, it could be said that their alertness was as high as it came. Plus, considering the small size of the asteroid, they would be far to incompetent to miss the sight of a grieving and vomiting beauty.

The hub was made of nothing more than what looked like a gas station. As for what kind of vehicles it fueled, it was hard to tell. But, from the outside, it didn't seem to be as important as it truly was.

Heira stumbled forward, the change of gravity not helping her case in the slightest. But, she still managed to make it to a dwarf like man who seemed to be napping.

The short man reclined on a chair, his face covered by a newspaper. Even after Heira got close, he still didn't react.

me a communication channel." Heira

groggy eye peeking out from behind the

ring off her

the ring out of the air with movements that were

a narrow wooden outhouse that exuded

it without a word. She didn't seem to give a damn about the

phone hanging above that seemed to have appeared from thin air. With nimble fingers, she dialed numbers in quick succession, her demeanor becoming calmer and calmer by the second. It was as though every

"Hello."

voice on the other side seemed as

"Commander Scithe."

directly this time. Finally had

didn't seem to react

have quite a lot of time on your hands despite being a Quadrant Overseer.

to be so

reason?" Heira sneered. "Or is it more related to a certain

took a long pause, not responding immediately. But, when he did,

There's a reason men don't like women who are too smart

on things that may or may not be true. I'm just a woman, after all. How could I know any of these things for certain?"

may be true that no one has been able to confirm this due to the fact his assigned overseer has

and this just might mean that for this overseer to resist temptation despite the price for such

phone beneath his palm didn't escape Heira's

this was the first time Scithe had made such a connection. This was about as good as Leonel having the favor of a

was a silent warning, a hidden blade in the darkness. The purpose from the very beginning wasn't to hide the