Dimensional Descent

The next month passed by in an odd silence. Leonel didn't appear again, but neither did Sarrieth seem intent on doing anything. For those who had been waiting for sparks to fly, this was an exceptionally odd lull that left many feeling disappointed.

However, whether or not the two had actually thought of letting matters settle just like this, it was completely unknown.

…

"That should do it."

Leonel raised his head for the first time in a long time. He seemed to have sat in the same place endlessly, completely focused on his task. Before him, there were two finished products. One was the grenade they were all familiar with while the other was most definitely not. However, considering the nonchalant responses the others had to this phenomenon, it was clearly not the first time in this last month that they had seen this design.

Leonel ended up having to simplify the two designs he created, effectively forming a stream of four different products, two of which could only be crafted by him, while the latter two were made easier for the other members of Polished Glass to complete themselves.

The result was a line of elite products and common products that would give the group some better leverage on the market.

Kaela smiled. "Rum!"

Rum obediently took hold of another behemoth-like stack of boxes and began to bring them out.

Leonel stretched his back, his eyes slightly red.

"Go take a shower, hermit. We can't have our prized engineer walking around like a rat's nest." Litia teased Leonel ruthlessly.

thing, Leonel

tried to stop Litia from being too harsh, but all she got was a

big man. He'll

and get dressed. At the very least, this

long before the

…

this showcase

that today would be our day. As long as we perform well, our products will appear on the Valiant Hall Exchange List and the system will be pretty much automated

"I thought we would

Leonel off guard. Had he said something

afford that." Kaela looked up into the

grubber. The Valiant Hall Exchange List is safe and about as no-hassle as you

our own store as long as it was in a decent part of the city, but all the land has been bought up by seniors long ago. Usually, you would just have to defeat the store owner and take over the rental fees to take over a

much of a headache to deal with. So, stores usually only get passed on willingly

only shake his head. The more he learned about Valiant Heart's system of competition, the more he realized just how little real

group made their way to Valiant Hall, Rum's heavy

Rum?" Leonel asked

He was practically an enormous teddy bear. "You've already done so much work for us, this is the

finally gave up. This big teddy

the registration information. We'll go start setting up." Kaela handed over some forms over to the thin and spectacled Thilly who quietly accepted