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.

scheme that was working out perfectly now. But

Aina's amber eyes

hand and made a snatching motion toward Nigmir's corpse. What happened next left the crowd

that had been pooling shot toward a single point, forming into a ball of crimson that left Nigmir's corpse looking like nothing more than a mummified

even that didn't last long. Soon after, what remained of Nigmir's body dispelled into the wind like ash, floating away like

of scene one would never

own, hovering there and reflecting the now high sunlight. It acted as a silent reminder of the scene they had

in the end, he could only

he loved her. Maybe it was because he didn't know what those words meant, or maybe it was because

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

of Aina's delicate, small hand piercing through the heart of another

knew why she had 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 had known in school was nothing but a mask

the girl he thought he liked wasn't her at all. She took

It sent him into a tailspin, one that he hadn't recovered from even now. Maybe he had only gotten better at ignoring it.

quite funny. It seemed that he was very good at doing exactly that…

his grandfather's ideology without feeling as though

to ignore even such a blatant conflict… a