Dimensional Descent

It was a hard decision to make and even Leonel hadn't quite been able to lock down a decision. He was leaning toward the latter, but that was because before Somnus provided him such an opportunity, it was his original plan to begin with.

But that didn't mean it was a smart plan. It was just born out of necessity and a lack of options.

He needed resources, and a lot of them. The multipliers and hidden traps in the Dream Pavilion's contribution point system left his hands strapped, while his father's asks were getting wilder by the day.

Taking advantage of the smaller worlds was safer and more viable, but the reward was potentially much less as well. While taking the latter option was much the opposite.

At that moment, a sudden flicker of red landed by Leonel.

Aina's hair slowly rescinded from a crimson hue and returned to its usual black, as did her eyes, though they returned to a golden brilliance.

Leonel raised an eyebrow at this change, but didn't say much.

"Are we going?" Aina asked.

"... I think that if I had a real breakdown of exactly what to target and where, it would be worthwhile. But in this situation, it's hard. We'd basically be moving around like headless chickens, trying to find something that caught our attention. And even if we did find something that did, whether or not we could snatch it is a different matter entirely."

Leonel was imagining finding some great weapon or some hidden strategic resource, only for it to be guarded day and night by some elite of the Ninth Dimension.

"In that case, let's return," Aina said firmly.

"You're right," Leonel said with a sigh.

giggled. "You look like someone ripped your heart out. Is

said with righteousness spilling out of his

Aina laughed harder.

into an all-out war where failure meant their demise, and all for the sin of slighting him, but that wasn't enough? How

Leonel was petty enough to leave behind perfectly good braces just to prove a point. In fact, they were more than just a perfect good, they could easily

a vacation."

said somewhat absentmindedly, as though he was still trying to think of a way to screw

head. "Our honeymoon was

up, suddenly realizing that

took a long while, then there was an extended period between, and then the Gathering of Minds was another ordeal. The time had slipped away without him even realizing, and yet he still felt that his last vacation was just a

you want to go to Ma'at Bubble,

staying in, it also happened to

ulterior motive when he asked this,

had spun a web that trapped the Owlans, but there were still so many other loose ends that he had

God Zoltene was still lingering in his mind, a

him curious. If the Beast Empire had been preparing all along, how many had they

another plan brewing in the darkness that he wasn't aware

now, his grandfather had still yet to appear, and Leonel could only conclude that there was a very good reason

about these murky waters, the more sense it made that Emperor Fawkes was being so cautious

want to learn even

of the picture. He had gotten lucky this time that things fell in line so perfectly, but there was only so much reading history could do