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.

wife, the love of his life, and his daughter had to suffer that same pain, except she was far less

to tell her how

you know how I and your mother

knew the answer to that question, she didn't. If not for her Soul Clairvoyance, she wouldn't even remember her

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

to Earth. Those were the circumstances I met your mother under, but it was also because

and I met the challenge head on instead, I would have never met her. And if

"I..."

breath and looked away from his daughter's gaze. There was a great amount of guilt and remorse in his eyes, but there was also something

Embarrassment, humiliation...

But he steeled himself.

I arrived on Earth, I

hear. She never knew the story between her father and her mother, but she

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

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

all my fault. I was a selfish man and I never intended to fall in love with your mother. I was throwing a tantrum and wanted

originally never intended to take things so far with her. The guilt was killing me, but in the end I was a weak