Dimensional Descent

"-so you were thrown into the in-between worlds to collect demons for the juniors, and this happened while you were inside?" Vivak's gaze narrowed. "You're quite... lucky."

Leonel laughed, scratching the back of his head. "My Dream Force is quite good and my reaction speed is excellent. Plus, I was lucky enough to find a spatial tear out and took my chances."

Vivak nodded slowly. Leonel's Dream Force was indeed powerful, abnormally so. It should also explain why he managed to become a Spear Sovereign.

'A Destruction Sovereign and a Spear Sovereign in the same body. He's exactly the kind of specimen we were hoping for... no, he's more than we could have ever hoped for. But that doesn't explain why we didn't sense him.'

"Your Spear Dom-"

"Ah! Noah!"

Leonel's eyes opened wide as though this was the first time he noticed his cousin by his side.

Noah was a bit sluggish to react, but he looked at Leonel with a dull gaze before nodding lightly.

"Oh... Hello, Leonel."

He nodded and then lowered his head to the floor.

Leonel blinked in "confusion," before he pursed his lips and pretended to be peeved by Noah's reaction.

"We're cousins and you still act like this every time you see me? Is it that big of a deal that I was named Crown Prince and you weren't? You even went and changed your last name."

The nonsense flew out from Leonel's mouth with a practiced ease.

He had thought about pretending not to know Noah at all, but he tossed that idea to the back.

much information these people had about him. If he pretended not to know Noah, and then they found out that they were cousins, then wouldn't he be shooting himself in the

this was a perfect compromise. It gave him a reason to expose their relationship without

would find that he and Noah were indeed not that close. Though,

her die just like that. If Noah ever snapped out of it and found out what

"Cousins?" Vivak's gaze narrowed.

mother and his father are siblings," Leonel said

flash with a fierce

pushed it aside

Lineage Factor, how is

lit up. "... Oh, you mean that. Sorry, I

an

but when it awakened for me, it was different. I think it might be because I have too many Lineage Factors; it might have

shot

explain everything. It was no wonder

Vivak wasn't necessarily wrong. At the very least, the first avoidance was due

the Bow Domain Lineage Factor, so he didn't suffer its corruption. And then his Spear Domain Lineage Factor fused with his Metal Synergy Lineage Factor and the Midas,

you what, Leonel, is

God

that he quite

going with me instead of Molexi?"[Author's note: spelled like that on

Leonel was

Vivak observed Leonel.

doing was an act, but he still felt a hint of suspicion. It was difficult to reconcile this

something, that beautiful young woman who

things all the time for their women. If Leonel had only acted back then to make sure that he and Aina went to the same place, it would be easy to reconcile this

Molexi about bringing

face sank, and tears began to pool in his