Dimensional Descent

"The line that separates Force Pill Crafting and Crafting is a fine one. In her scholarly writing, Lythariel Seeker, noted three particular points of this interweaving tapestry. These points came to be known as the Convergences, an overlapping set of principles that both disciplines rely upon.

"These three Convergences are the Point of Life, Point of Dimension, and the Point of Creation.

"According to the analysis of you and your partner, are these Convergences comprehensive? Are there too many or too little of them? If they are perfect, what does this mean for the disciplines? Is there hope of them one day becoming one under a unified banner?"

Leonel looked up at the ridiculous question and felt like he was back in school again. Which stick-up-the-ass professor concocted this nonsense?

Lythariel Seeker? Who was that? Point of Life? Point of Dimension? Point of Creation? What even were those things? He had not a single clue.

Looking at the general confusion in the region, it seemed that he wasn't alone either.

He shook his head, having already predicted much of this. This was the worst-case scenario for the path Minerva could have taken, it was just a bit annoying to watch it play out.

But the issue with this wasn't just that the question was steeped in countless years of ironic academia speak, but rather that it did so while forcing the fusion of two disciplines.

If it was just about Crafting or just about Force Pill Crafting, it could still be acceptable. But because it was a nigh esoteric question that touched upon both disciplines made it cross over from the realms of just difficult to outright sinister.

If it was just related to Crafting, Leonel could likely deduce what the meaning of all of these things were. However, there were multiple reasons he couldn't do the same as easily now.

For one, he needed the context of a Force Pill Crafter to do the same. Second, the words hadn't been spoken. Instead, they were just put up on a message board and read. It had already been muddied by so many fluctuations of Dream Force that there was nothing for Leonel to take advantage of.

Third, while he had the Life Tablet, it didn't just give him random tidbits of information on any and everything. It had important documents related to history and it also had the rules of the Dream Pavilion spelled out in detail, but it didn't have academic papers on the philosophy of Crafting lying around.

Leonel looked up at this question for a full three seconds before he looked away, a time interval that might as well have been an eternity to him.

In the end, he shrugged. 'Well played.'

Going as far as to set up this message board was truly a clever move, he couldn't deny it. It seemed that Minerva was being far more cautious than she even needed to be.

toward the other youths, but he almost immediately felt a suppression on his Dream Force. It wasn't just him, but it happened

precautions taken. On the surface, this seemed like a helpful nudge for the lower rungs-after all, if

or not, who could resist his Dream Force at this

Leonel smiled.

it wasn't at least this difficult,

she is,' Aina's

'You do?'

are recordings of her in the Golden Tablet. But she was a bit weird in that she didn't use her Blood Sovereignty to concoct pills like I do. She

the Convergences?'

'No, there was nothing about that. There weren't even methods, honestly. It was just a technique that gave a small introduction to how to

me see it,' Leonel

nodded and a stream of information

split second. It was extremely rudimentary and was clearly

be simple, though... if

the Blood Sovereignty Tablet,

just assumed that she wouldn't be, but he made a mental note to

tried to communicate with the Life Tablet,

'I can't?'

Tablet. It was on him. These people couldn't

Second Dimension and the Dream World in general. But in that case, how is it that I can still use my soul

realized that he had no method of

to the Second Dimension, we would just all die. Our bodies would become fleshly sacks. That means what they're restricting here isn't actually the Second

that means the reason I can talk with Aina is because she's followed the perfect human path. Her ability

she has a sliver of my

She gave Leonel a glare, but she ultimately didn't resist. This was

added that on top of this

began to do so. A smirk curled his lips, but he

understood, the tablets like the Blood Sovereign Tablets weren't created by the God Beasts of Creation like the Wise and Legacy Tablets. Instead, they were