Dimensional Descent

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It wasn't long before Leonel had left the Sith family Faction, another million Void Points poorer. He was certain it shouldn't have cost this much, but there was nothing else he could do if he wanted solid information.

As for what had changed, it seemed that Treanna's Faction had finally been promoted to Silver Grade, and as such, its wealth and power had substantially increased, as had its territory and influence. This made Leonel's brow furrow a bit, but that was all.

Silver Grade Factions had more leeway and could also have their own territory. These territories were the very same neighborhoods Leonel had mentioned before.

In the Void Palace, outside of a few places, the regions were all controlled by students. Everything from city planning to even some laws were set and decided by the Faction of a given area.

Of course, there were also some neutral areas where lower class students who couldn't afford to live in these higher class areas could use. In fact, these neutral areas were precisely where Aina had chosen to buy their home before it was burned down.

Living in a Faction's territory didn't necessarily mean that you were part of a Faction, but in partaking in their benefits, you did have to pay taxes and, of course, rent. Many higher class territories even required entry fees. As for why you would pay just for a temporary stay, though the effects weren't as exaggerated as with the Spear Faction, there were many benefits.

For example, there were certain specialties you would only find in certain areas. Just one potential thing were restaurants run by high level Force Pill Crafters. Factions of high levels would either recruit or rent such experts to run popular food stops in their territories. If you wanted to partake in such luxuries, you would have to pay just for the chance to enter.

Of course, Leonel wasn't interested in this as there was no better cook than the woman by his side. But, that didn't mean there was nothing that could tempt him at all.

Palace, and even some of the prime living locations were mostly cornered off by high level

live in a shabby place. Leonel didn't usually care about such things, but their earlier spat seemed to have reminded him that he hadn't really done much of anything

wouldn't be surprised if, in the

well. He had never stopped 'wanting' Aina. He had just shifted his priorities and

shifted those priorities again. He was probably the only person who could

was, could those priorities shift

the first place was because he felt that Aina had betrayed him, not in the harshest sense, but enough that he found

he learned of why and the weight she had carried everyday, it was already too late to turn back. There were sometimes where the timing of things were

wouldn't allow him to sit with. He ended up doing things that were completely

as though even his Tier 4 Ability Index couldn't

times where Leonel didn't understand something and he allowed it to stop his footsteps and fester in his mind. But, this was something he didn't

thing he never really cared about finding the

fresh wounds that couldn't even be considered to have scabbed over. As funny as it was to joke about baby making appointments, Leonel

would probably accept it with open arms anyway, but that didn't

woman. Why it was things were like this, he didn't know. All he knew

this point, Leonel couldn't even call himself straight. He was more like an Aina-sexual. He was practically

in his hand

you and I want to stay mad for a little