Dimensional Descent

Aina wiped her tears away, finally regaining her composure after several dozen minutes.

By this point, she was quite embarrassed. She had been trying to stop for a while now, but it kept flooding outward. Even she hadn't realized how much she had ignored until now. But, somewhere deep inside, she knew it was deeper than just this.

It wasn't just the emotion of not seeing Leonel for so long, but she could also feel it. She could feel that Leonel had finally truly stepped into the Dimensional Verse. Whatever it was that he had experienced in these last two years had definitely been no lesser than her and it had changed him.

She knew… There was no going back for him now.

Aina forced a smile as she wipe the last of her tears.

"You finally cut your hair?"

Leonel scoffed. "Are you trying to say you didn't like my long hair?"

Aina giggled, a girlish charm twinkling in her eyes.

Ironically, though, at that moment, Leonel could tell that she had truly become a woman. In these two years, Aina had truly grown into her own. He found it hard to believe, but her curves were even fuller and her charm just a measure greater.

Even covered in blood and sweat, Leonel was certain that he had never seen a woman as beautiful as her, nor would he ever.

"You look much better like this." Aina skirted around the question. "Much more handsome."

Her smile grasped onto Leonel's heart. It was as though the two were in their own world, oblivious to the several geniuses bleeding out below and the hundreds watching them from the outside.

In truth, Leonel might have been inclined to at least help the geniuses below if it wasn't for the fact he was certain that no small number of the wounds on Aina now had been caused by them. The fact he wasn't killing them all one by one, especially Raylion and Aphestus, was an act of kindness in his opinion.

moment, though, Leonel

not as smelly as a certain someone

herself, suddenly embarrassed. "Do I really? Go away,

Leonel's scent to be particularly good right now. It was fine if they both smelled

a burst of laughter, bringing her

I'll take you and all your little imperfections. You have a good, earthy smell to you. Almost

shouted out his name in embarrassment, but that didn't stop Leonel from burying his

with a hint of lust and ticklishness, followed by a flood

away, her hands pressing firmly against his

"People are watching!"

then he realized that such beautiful sights should be left to him and

and Aina suddenly disappeared from public view. The

man had gone for two years. But, in all this time, they had begun placing all their hopes and

felt like they were all watching their daughter being snatched away right in front of them and there was hardly anything

minutes later that the screen hiding them both finally reappeared. Yet, somehow, Aina was wearing a completely new set of clothes. She had ditched her military uniform

planned this,

matching pajamas during the holidays, right?

is that it's a little…

her waist as though to check whether

"…"

speechless. It should be a crime to

my fault that you've… grown so much in the

rolled her eyes, but she was

"Ah! I forgot!"