Dimensional Descent

"I need you to understand how horrible what you've done to your body is. Have you never held in a fart for too long? I don't understand how you don't feel uncomfortable all over. Plus, do you never sleep? How did you even manage to keep this up?"

Leonel frowned. He had never felt uncomfortable. Plus, even if he did, what was a little discomfort compared to being fried to ash by his own Innate Node? A part of him still somewhat believed that Wise Star Order was trying to trick him again. But, he deduced that that was unlikely.

Also, it wasn't very difficult to manage this because he just set one of his minds to the task.

"You're pretty vulgar for an old man. Now that I think about it, I have two Savants under my wing. You can train them."

Wise Star Order had been too surprised today so he had begun to think a measure before he spoke. Still, hearing that Leonel had two Savants with him made him speechless again. Since when did his kind start to grow on trees? But, worst yet, what made Leonel think he could train them? He had his ability and they had their own.

Plus, wasn't he afraid that he'd use the Savants to mess with him? The relationship between Master and Disciple was pretty special and Savants could either be much harder or much easier to manipulate than a normal human. He was playing a risky game here.

"What makes you think I can train them?"

"Even if you don't have their abilities, I'm sure you have a deep understanding of what it means to grow powerful as a Savant. Plus, you've seen a lot."

"What are their abilities?"

"One has a spatial lock ability, the other has a defensive mirror ability. They both seem to be variations or mutations of known Ability Indexes, Vice with a Spatial Affinity Ability Index, and Candle with an Energy Shield Ability Index."

"… Lucky brats."

was jealous. If he had those abilities instead of his own, he would have been able

would he have lost his long lifespan, but he might not have been able to keep his abilities a secret. By then, he would have become a weapon of war for the Luxnix

them. But don't blame me when they become more loyal to

choice

for Savants and the actions of his grandfather, though a risk mitigation measure, had

his quirks. But, he still functioned within realms of reasons to certain predictable limits.

and Candle, however, were completely anti social and couldn't properly interact with the world. They needed a mentor like Wise Star Order if they would be Leonel's guards in the

over Wise Star Order. If he handed them to some teacher with unknown motives at the Void Palace, who knew what could

arranging the containers. After he was done, he thought for a moment before pulling out a large basin three quarters the height of a normal man. Then, he

hopefully his mom and grandmother would be able

"That… Don't tell me…"

band-aid off now. I use this water to flush

and refreshing feeling hitting him from head to

to use it… How are you supposed to use Cleansing Water properly if you've sealed off your Nodes?! It's through them you're supposed to take in the greatest benefits.

reached the point of shedding tears. He truly

old man. He had only brought out Cleansing Waters because they had an exceptionally high boiling point and its

to overthink

this was the natural state of things, after so long doing

The pain