Dimensional Descent

Aina stood with her back to Nigmir's fallen body. Though one couldn't see her face, the cold look one could see through the slits in her mask were enough to send shivers down one's spine.

The contrast between Leonel and Aina was too drastic. There was no mercy, no hesitation, there wasn't even a small chance. The moment Nigmir showed such signs to her, she cut him down where he stood.

At that moment, Aina was pissed. She wasn't only pissed at the members of Bear Rose, she was pissed at Leonel too. He might think it was fine to forgive your enemies like this, but how was she supposed to react when a boorish brute who just tried to kill her man was let off so easily?

It was always easiest for the victim to forgive, but what about those who cared for the victim? Was she supposed to let things go too?

Aina felt that she was maybe too agitated, but the feeling was stifling. She didn't know how many times she had to tell Leonel to stop showing mercy like this. She didn't know when he'd finally realize that a hint of mercy shown today could easily come back to bite him the next. It was infuriating to the point she didn't even want to look at him right now.

If it wasn't for Nigmir coming in a timely fashion to give her something to vent on, she might have exploded already.

The volatile feelings in her chest rampaged around. And now, she had to wait ten minutes for the next victim.

Aina herself hated that she reacted so violently. She found it harder and harder to keep her cool when things were related to Leonel, a problem he ironically had the same issue with though toward her.

But, compared to Leonel who only wanted to protect her, Aina found some of Leonel's actions deeply frustrating sometimes.

that was working out perfectly now. But

Aina's amber eyes tinged

hand and made a snatching motion toward Nigmir's corpse. What

had been pooling shot toward a single point, forming into a ball of crimson that left Nigmir's

didn't last long. Soon after, what remained of Nigmir's body

of scene one

and reflecting the now high sunlight. It

frown deepened. But in the end, he

his feelings were for Aina, he had yet to tell her than he loved her. Maybe it was because he didn't know what those words

managed to jump over many hurdles. But, the one that had yet to

the heart of another human being was

done it. She was telling him that this was the person she was, the person that she had always been. The gentle, graceful young woman he

but to show him that the girl he thought he liked wasn't her at all. She took this action even though she knew it would alienate not only him, but her own close sisters

had worked. It sent him into a tailspin, one that he hadn't recovered from even now. Maybe

quite funny. It seemed that he was very good

still didn't believe that he could stand to his grandfather's ideology without feeling as though his comprehension of the world was

ignore even such a blatant conflict… a core ideology that left them diametrically