Dimensional Descent

Hearing this, Sael was stunned for a moment before she sighed and sat back down again.

"To think…" She mumbled to herself. "This was the real cause of all this trouble but you weren't even aware of it."

Sael kept shaking her head as Leonel waited patiently. It seemed he had much more fortitude than she did.

"The Heir Trials are the reason we were so cautious with you." Sael finally looked up. "In fact, the Heir Trials are the only reason we even know of your existence in the first place.

"Usually, Seventh Dimensional organizations are way too far out of our reach. As far as we know, they're the pinnacle of the universe. But then again, that's just our limited knowledge. There might very well be an Eighth or even Ninth Dimensional existence, maybe even Tenth… We have no way of knowing.

"However, our Valiant Heart Mountain has records of your Morales family's Heir Trials because of how unique they are. I stumbled upon a record of one of our ancestors from several generations ago. According to him, he got the chance to participate as a friend of one someone who, I assume, is one of your Ancestors.

"He speaks of this experience as being one of his fortuitous encounters and it's even because of this that we were able to lay claim to 70% of the Valiant Heart World. In the past, we barely had control of even 20%."

Leonel continued to listen quietly.

"That said… While the ancestor said this had been a great opportunity, it was simultaneously a terrible thing as well. If all he received was benefits, let alone 70%, even 100% of the Valiant Heart world would be in our hands.

"Don't look down on this. Valiant Heart has the potential to enter the Sixth Dimension. In fact, if it wasn't for particular struggles we face, we might have cleared enough Zones to do so already. Having full control of this world would be a great boon for us. Unfortunately… we couldn't.

"Do you know why?"

didn't respond. Obviously,

great benefits, but we were ultimately just canon fodder, too weak to make a large

end, he explained the whole truth. It wasn't just him but tens

was the only one

sharpened. Such a high

almost died as well. He

sighed. "That year, there had only been two candidates for the Heir Trials and the one

two, the carnage was unimaginable. Of course, the Heir themselves always survive to the end,

to meet

Heart Mountain is too small to get

Leonel paused.

the reason you've stayed at arms length is

to solve our problems, it would be impossible to refuse your

with the Morales family, at least not in any important capacity, you're hopeful that I will be able to help you now without

her lip hard,

"Mm…"

out the window

cry from the freshman quarters. Everything seemed prim and proper. There was just a single thing out of place… A picture stapled to a pole light that carried the face of someone easily recognizable, having

react much to seeing this caricature of himself. Why would he? By now, he had already seen hundreds of

as a student of Valiant Heart Mountain

didn't look back toward Sael, but he could tell that she