Dimensional Descent

"Don't fight!"

These words didn't come from Aina. She was in too much of a daze from Raj's harsh words to even register what Yuri was about to do. If it wasn't for this person calling out, they would have definitely crossed a line of no return.

Yuri might have only been trying to protect Aina, but killing one of Leonel's brothers would have been as good as signing a death warrant. There was no way Leonel would ever forgive something like that. And, it was impossible to tell if Aina would ever be able to forgive Leonel for killing Yuri.

Luckily, at that moment, a cloaked figure flashed between the two groups, her speed beyond their expectations.

When she removed her cloak, they all immediately recognized her. This girl, Savahn, had always been the third in the group of Yuri and Aina. Though Yuri had known she was here and among the nine seeded geniuses, Savahn had been keeping her distance from Aina and Yuri ever since Conrad's death.

Back then, when Aina did something no one ever expected her to do, it was probably Savahn who had been most jarred along with Leonel about that experience.

Of course, that moment was just yet another one of the reasons Leonel's teammates felt that Aina wasn't good enough for him. They knew their Captain well and could tell that the image he had built up of Aina until that point had all come crumbling down in a single instant.

As devastated as Leonel had been that day, Savahn was equally so, albeit for somewhat similar but mostly different reasons.

Savahn had always been the abrasive friend. When Leonel persisted in always asking Aina out, it was her who tried to draw a line between them. But, things hadn't always been that way. Savahn might have seemed to have a fiery and combative personality, but that was only because she had wanted to protect Aina.

She hadn't had very many friends in her youth. Much like Leonel and Aina, she had only been able to enter Royal Blue Academy because she was found to have a Five Star Profession. With how poor her family was, making friends in a school filled with noble children seem impossible… Until she met Aina.

the same. Savahn had long since forgotten the details, but by some miracle, she had managed to make

had always been protective of that friendship, and

crumbled that day. The result was her maintaining her distance, not

same way she always had before she

had dealt with

young girl living alone in such a cruel world. She had even survived a war and managed to make it

was in the right or who was in the wrong, or even if

her to ignore. The final straw was when she saw Aina on the verge of

to the same shy girl who had reached out a helping hand to a younger her without a single friend. Right then, she felt that maybe the

they can't be fixed through words, just give it time to breathe. Don't say

trembled in the air before she clenched

a single hand before

please give this to them? They won't accept

respond, still feeling slightly uncomfortable. But, before she could say anything, it was Aina who finally

hand, not allowing the latter to stop them as she took them and stepped past Savahn. Her arms trembled and

but his arms almost moved on their own. Though the

Aina's feelings were practically painted all over her sleeve. For a

too tightly. But, considering the quality of them, they were hardly

sorry…"

voice almost making Joel feel some sympathy. But, he managed to keep it