Dimensional Descent

Aina looked like she was just fine after she left her father and Leonel behind, but truthfully she was a nervous wreck. What she didn't expect, though, was for Leonel and her father to suddenly appear before her just a few minutes later.

She exhaled a breath of relief quite quickly, though, feeling that things between them shouldn't be so bad if her father came in when he had so vehemently refused to previously.

"Aina, give me your hand," Miel suddenly said, reaching forward.

Though confused, Aina did as she was told. Miel stayed silent for a long while as he held his daughter's palm, but there was a continuous wave of emotions passing through his eyes as the time ticked by.

Just when Aina was about to ask what he was doing, he pulled his hand back. He looked toward his daughter with no small hint of shock in his eyes.

Aina could feel that her father was probing her, but she had little resistance against it. She, obviously, wouldn't put up any guardrails against her own father.

"You've actually progressed so far..." he said softly.

Aina smiled. "Not enough."

Miel sighed. He knew what his daughter meant by that. Obviously, she wanted to wipe the Brazinger family off of the map, but that was a more complicated ordeal than he knew.

Quite frankly, Miel wanted to tell his daughter to just target those that were responsible. But he didn't have the heart to say it.

to suffer that same pain, except she was far less experienced, far less mature, and didn't even have him by her side while

feel he had the right to tell her how

I and your mother met?" Miel asked

question, she didn't. If not for her Soul Clairvoyance, she wouldn't

I... I held more power in the family than you know, and a large part of

to leave my duties behind, throwing a tantrum like a child and following after Gervaise to Earth. Those were the circumstances I met your mother

never met her. And if my strength hadn't been drastically suppressed so that I could follow those foolish impulses of mine, I could have protected her

"I..."

breath and looked away from his daughter's gaze. There was a great amount of guilt and remorse

Embarrassment, humiliation...

But he steeled himself.

Earth, I had

father and her mother, but she always thought of it as a classic love story. She could have

at Leonel and felt that she suddenly understood Imperatress Anselma's almost unhinged fury. How would she act if Leonel did

mind immediately went to that woman, there could have only been one. It was too obvious the moment her father said it.

until the end. It's all my fault. I was a selfish man and I never intended to fall in love with your mother. I was throwing a tantrum

kindest soul I ever knew. I originally never intended to take things so far with her. The guilt was killing me, but