Dimensional Descent

"Elders." Leonel smiled as though he hadn't just been talking about destroying them all. It seemed he had already gained the two face nature of a politician.

Leonel didn't see it this way, though. As long as Valiant Heart didn't get in his way, there wouldn't be any need for them to lock horns.

Of course… He was planning on aiding their mortal enemies for what must have been several millennia already. So, maybe his thinking was still a bit green, albeit more forceful than it had been in the past. Even Aina couldn't help but give him a side eye.

"I see that the shop is still going strong even after so long." Magnaril tried to open the conversation up with some small talk.

Leonel nodded in return. "My partners from the former Polished Glass Faction have improved greatly in my absence. I'm quite proud of them."

Leonel had left Kaela and the others without much guidance or instruction, not expecting his departure to actually be for so long. He had never thought that they would end up grasping the opportunity and growing so much in his absence, especially Kaela.

Long before he left and before even building BLACKSTAR, Leonel had given the group material and information they needed to greatly improve their Crafting. However, in the end, an opportunity was just an opportunity. Often times, people even took such things for granted to the point of squandering their chance entirely.

But Kaela, Rum, Madia and the others most definitely hadn't. In fact, their improvement even impressed Leonel.

But, his foundation couldn't be built without a layer of

weak, this group had more than proven to him just what kind of people they were. And

had already given them even more resources and knowledge. As

that would have been weird to any outside observer. It seemed as though they were having a talk of

what they had seen from Aina in the past couple years, Valiant Heart had practically been turned upside

more enraged with each passing day. As the pressure from outside sources also increased, no small number of people had withdrawn from the organization

oblivious despite knowing that he probably had the largest hand in all of

short of their collapse, he became trapped in another world

knew that Leonel had intentionally done such a thing, causing an uprising amongst the freshmen against their seniors, were Leonel and Aina. So, feigning ignorance

less inclination they'll have to get in my way… It's either that or they'll react like cornered beasts.

the elders didn't want to have such a talk out in the open, they eventually chose to go to a nearby restaurant. Leonel still had

group sat down. Once again, Magnaril took the lead. Maybe because they believed her familiarity with Aina would help, she seemed to always be the one who headed

deep breath. "Valiant Heart is in trouble and we've