Dimensional Descent

Leonel woke up with Aina on his chest.

After finishing his training, he didn't hurry to do things with the Tentacle Womb or other faction building things because after a while, he suddenly felt the need to just spend time with Aina.

When his Spear Force perfected its fusion with the final stage of his grandfather's path of the spear, Leonel mind entered an odd state of relaxation where he suddenly understood that understanding himself was even more important than understanding individual Forces.

Anastasia's words, when taken to the logical extreme, precisely meant these things.

Ultimately, just like with his Spear Force, the "life" of his Forces didn't come from them, but rather himself. While they all had their own preferences and leanings, they were ultimately in his control.

Running was always designed to be faster than running. By the same token, throwing was always designed to move things from your hand into a further distance. The same assignments could be made for walking, swimming, talking…

Any one of these activities were things everyone and almost everything did naturally. They all also had the same exact purposes, regardless of who was executing them. However, did any two individuals do them the exact same way?

Leonel had come to understand that he should treat Force in this way as well.

When he used Force, he actively did something that was the equivalent of running, or walking, or swimming, or even talking. However, he had always treated it as an external thing, not putting enough time and attention into them, much the same way that anyone could run, walk, swim or talk, but not everyone could do these things as effectively as another.

reaching prominence in these facets was

to walking, you learned through trial and error as a child. When it came to running, you did the same thing. For swimming, it was the same once again, and it was even the

were forgotten by most as they happened so early on in life, but Leonel could remember those memories clearly. He could remember every failed attempt and reattempt. He could remember how he had to learn to shift his balance to adjust to his own body, not the

to understand these Forces, he would have to learn about himself as he learned

came to that conclusion, Leonel chose

from her meditation and brought her to leisurely stroll around the Segmented Cube. Aina was confused at first and didn't quite understand what the point of this was, but she realized it was rare for her to spend this kind of leisurely time

completely forgot that she didn't understand what was going on and why Leonel did

been one of fiery passion and emotion. They danced between life and death, and even when they weren't, they were

to see in the Segmented Cube aside from the beautiful ambience of nature, and yet it was so

they ran out of things to talk

had received since the Metamorphosis descended. It was hard to fathom but since that last day of high school, the two of them had never

battle after battle, war after war, death threat after death

return to such a

down from Aina's waist and pinched her ass,

away and adjusted herself on his chest

laughed to himself. Alright, one

of them hadn't crossed that final step yet, he had definitely made this little