Dimensional Descent

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Time passed and it wasn't long before Leonel was all alone within the Segmented Cube. Well, alone if Vice, Candle and Little Blackstar were ignored. As for Silam, he had left after recollecting himself, realizing that he and his family didn't quite have much of a choice in the matter.

Life worked in quite mysterious ways, honestly. Leonel had initially wanted to target the Radix and Midas families in order to complete the Silver Empire's legacy, but he actually ended up gaining the Umbra family instead.

Of course, it was a chess piece that he couldn't use quite yet, but it was one nonetheless. Having them would make things… Interesting.

As of right this moment, though, Leonel wasn't really concerned about such matters. Even now, with how real everything had suddenly gotten, it felt like a distant future. Instead, he was spending some time with Little Blackstar, trying to figure out exactly how the little guy had changed.

Raising the little mink by his arm pits, Leonel looked into Blackstar's deep black eyes. The little mink's long whiskers twitched as though to show his dissatisfaction toward being treated like a baby. Toward this, Leonel could only laugh.

"You're only three or four years old this year, right? You are a baby."

"Yip!!" Little Blackstar protested. "Yip! Yip!"

Leonel, who could feel Blackstar's meaning through their connection, almost choked on air. Did he gain another little pervert for his group? Why was this little guy saying such vulgar things.

"Look at you, being so boastful. What are you so proud about? The both of us are virgins."

Blackstar tried to claw at Leonel's face, but he

at the little guy's strength, though. It was only a casual swipe of the paw yet the wind pressure made Leonel's face sting

forcefully raised to Tier 9 recently, let alone for him to feel pain. Yet, not only had

tell that Little Blackstar's Dimensional grade hadn't budged a single inch. The little guy was still in the first tier of the Fifth Dimension. And yet, his power had actually

beamed. He would have to remember to thank Kira when they met

atop Leonel's head as Leonel himself turned toward Vice and

two for

girl in love, but Leonel knew enough to understand that Candle's mind hadn't even matured enough to give breath to such emotion. She was

more time he spent with them, the more guilty he felt treating

Locking them away and rearing them like cattle while only releasing them when they were useful to him… It truly didn't sit well

Leonel sighed.

he released the reins on them, their power would

and looked up

but the fact that I know it is enough. I hope to treat you both the same

like freedom and free will were foreign

Leonel had expected as much and

was he just going to avoid all the Savants to ever be born? There were

Of course not.