Dimensional Descent

[Bonus chapter thanks to TheCodedProf :) (2/6)]

Much of it was expected.

In the not so precious pile, there were large amounts of clothing... both male and female. Leonel didn't really have to think very hard for why that might be. At least, that was until he found mounds of makeup as well.

Leonel chuckled, picking them up. "I didn't expect that the mighty Dream Asura would be fond of cosplay and cross-dressing."

He gave Somnus an amused look, but the latter didn't seem embarrassed, nor did Leonel plan to care enough to tease him for it either.

If he was being more serious, it was less likely that Somnus liked to cross-dress, and more likely that he sometimes found pretending to be a woman to be more useful than being a man.

That idea, though, was even more amusing to Leonel. That was because rather than just cross-dressing, he was probably out there seducing people and...

Leonel picked up a pair of fake breasts and almost burst into a fit of laughter.

"Hey, hey. These almost feel like the real deal."

Leonel squeezed and pressed a bit. At first, he found it funny, but quickly he found it to be very impressive.

The only reason he could tell that these were fake was because he was exceptionally in tune with his own senses. If he was a normal mortal, then the difference would have been far too subtle for him to even tell. He could imagine this being the greatest invention for the mind of a teenage boy and lonely male. Back on Earth, he would have been made a billionaire overnight if he invented this thing.

"... You can't be serious..."

Well, he was going to pick it up, then smartly chose to use

on Somnus' face, but even Leonel had a hard time picking

began to clap, "I respect it. Going so far for your craft, I'm sure you've made a killing. I wonder, how many people, businesses and worlds have you pulled into your grasp with these tactics? This

go through the less than

quickly compiling a rolodex of information.

have pretty firm control over that many. Impressive. Unfortunately, they're all

of terror. He learned all of that just by going through his costumes and trinkets? What kind of

wasn't even sure what kind of mental capacity that would take, and one

all the information's in your head, right?" Leonel smiled. "If you cooperate, I might be willing to let you

Do you take me... for

I let you go, we're family after

as though a spark of understanding had taken shape in his mind, almost like he had his own

it be the reason he had sensed such a large

breathing became hurried, his heart quivering

Human? Why couldn't he sense any Dream

figure a lot of stuff out at once,

Somnus' eyes dimmed.

didn't understand why Leonel told him in the first place. Everything he came to

it was perfectly isolated. Someone as powerful as their Ancestor, for example, even if she couldn't enter without Anastasia's permission, would definitely still be able to pry

wasn't even certain if Anastasia could stop a deity on the level of the Demoness from entering in the first place, as a Dream Force expert,

Leonel chuckled.