Dimensional Descent

Leonel smiled, feeling that Joel's question wasn't as simple as it seemed. It was almost like the latter was testing something.

"Well, that would depend on you, now wouldn't it?"

"How would your opinion depend on me?"

"I think you know."

"Still the same Leonel," Joel said, shaking his head.

Indeed, the changes to Leonel were a bit subtle. He seemed more expressive than usual. No, he seemed more expressive than he had been originally. The Leonel of Royal Blue Academy was a lot more like this.

It was enough that Joel was a bit skeptical of what was going on. The fact that Leonel was giving him a choice and not just telling him what to do was the most baffling. Since when did Leonel do that?

The last time they had a session like this wasn't long after Aina left for Planet Viola. Back then, Leonel had just told them all directly what to do. This time, though... it was very different.

"Just checking to make sure you didn't have a brain worm."

Leonel grinned.

"I assume that this choice is pretty straightforward. Absorbing it now will give me a more immediate strength increase, but waiting and comprehending it on my own will give me more potential in the future. I choose the first."

Leonel smiled, he didn't question Joel's decision. Of his brothers, Joel was without a doubt the most insightful. Although Allan was the smartest and the closest in intelligence to himself, that was more so toward the physical sciences and mathematics. When it came to people or reading social situations, he was very much lacking.

the situation quite well. Whatever this ability was, Leonel had only gotten his hands on it recently. By all rights, just like Leonel's advice for them had changed since back then, it would change again into the future. Leonel would likely also have

chose the path of greater potential now, the difference

so detrimental to him, Leonel would have made a note of it. It was more likely that while it would be more difficult to comprehend by directly absorbing it, it

hesitation, Joel took the Glaive Domain Lineage Factor and absorbed it,

you progress. I had

before going off to focus. He didn't want to waste any time, as curious as he

after thorough analysis, the evidence

as he waited. It was clear that this would decide a lot of his

"You're a useless blockhead."

was stunned for a moment before

son of a bitch, and here I was being serious

"I'm only telling the truth. You focused so much on your Lineage Factor that you've neglected other

he has no other supplemental skills to go along with it.

and then pressed them into the

As for James, I've passed onto you Milan's

this, this useless lug has always had a worse Ability

was feeling quite

"You tryna start something?"

so what

your Ability Index used to

but above the Nullification Tier there's still the Reflection and Amplification stages. Milan is

Be a