Dimensional Descent

Chapter 929 - Show Me!

Leonel and Anya were escorted into a large room. There was just a single workbench present at the very center of it all and five chairs prepared for the elders that would be, presumably, overseeing it all. Clearly, they had only prepared a single workbench believing that Anya would be the only one taking her exams, but Leonel had thrown a wrench into those plans.

To make matters worse, Leonel and Anya seemed to be laughing and joking amongst each other as though they were two old friends. It was difficult for the elders to even interject with any snide remarks without simultaneously offending Anya herself who was clearly enthusiastically responding to everything Leonel said. So, they could only bite their tongues.

In truth, they didn't care about whether one or two people took the exam now. Their issue with Leonel wasn't that he was here, but rather that he had made them lose face. Every happy interaction Leonel had with Anya was like another slap to their faces. It was as though they felt like he was snatching the good impression Anya was supposed to have of them for himself.

Engnaril followed along with furrowed brows. He was meant to act as an ambassador for Anya so he wasn't necessarily participating in this as a Crafter. But, that only made his emotions even more complicated than the other elders.

In the end, there was Elder Isoltihne who would have very much liked to lop Leonel's head off his neck. But, she too could only stifle herself.

"I thought that you would be mean, but you're actually very nice." Anya said with a giggle.

Leonel raised an eyebrow. Him? Mean? Since when did he give off that sort of impression?

"Mean?"

"Mhm. Your eyes always look like they're calculating something, like you have a barrier up for the world. Plus, there's something dangerous coming off from your body that you seem to be suppressing. You should smile more, yours is not bad to look at."

to be commenting off hand, not thinking very much about what she was saying

always thought himself to be quite charismatic… He had even managed to

think of those times as he hopped from organization to organization, baffled as to why he couldn't have the same positive effect on them he had had

could even ignore his own charisma because it was more intent on fighting and killing than forging relationships and building

he was just

were cruel factors in the Dimensional Verse he couldn't control. But,

and charisma were among the most useful traits he had, but it seemed that he had been handicapping himself. He rarely led with his charisma anymore. He

been so on guard against the Dimensional Verse that he was changing even himself to fit the parts he hated so much about it.

but gaze at Anya quite deeply. This woman had only known him for about ten minutes. Was it a coincidence she had said something so profound?

go, calculating again."

seem to mind

quite smart for a

a little girl! I'm already a woman, I'll have you know. I'm 20

ample chest out as though to prove a point, but all she got from Leonel was more

suddenly spoke seriously. "That's already twice today. I guess I

didn't say much

of the five chairs. The room was exceptionally hollow, making their voices echo. It was obvious that this

only prepared a single

problem, granny. I don't really need a

clenched so hard it