Dimensional Descent

The Ma'at Bubble wasn't as beautiful as the Owlan Bubble, but it carried an elegance of its own, especially at a time like this where the mood was festive and inviting.

From Leonel's perspective, the Gathering of Minds had ended in humiliation, but how could it be the same for Lyra Emberheart, who had become the pride of her Race in a single bound?

The victory that she secured was akin to the best in recent history for the Spirituals and even Pure Blooded Spirituals. Her name was already being written into the annals of history.

Although she and Aerin were only third place, they had placed behind two groups of Demi-Gods. This effectively meant that in terms of Mortal talent, she was at the very top. How could the Spirituals not take pride in this?

This was the sort of festive environment that Leonel and Aina stepped into.

Quite frankly, Leonel had expected that entering such a Bubble would have been much harder. But it seemed that with the festivities, everything had become far more lax.

There was also the network of teleportation platforms that had been connected. Because of the Owlans' current situation, they weren't exactly in the position to retract their previous order. So it could be said that Existence was more connected now than it had ever been before.

Leonel and Aina walked through the streets, both of them wearing masks in the fashion of a masquerade ball to fit in.

By now, their faces were too famous between the Gathering of Kingdoms events and the Gathering of Minds. So this was the best option for them now.

They spent a few hours moving through a crowded bazaar and buying cute little trinkets that Aina found cute.

them, he had also coaxed Kira out to have some fun

head buried, studying and improving with the corpse of the Shadow Tail. If Leonel had forgotten himself for a

began to wane, Leonel looked toward

he had been having so much fun

smiled. Although she was eager to see her friends, she also wanted to spend some alone time

with the highest

"Relative?" Leonel asked.

open-mindedness, but there's still a thinly veiled class system of sorts. The governor of the region is a Half Spiritual, so it's not like the Pure Bloods

Leonel nodded.

the past, it wasn't until everyone was brought under one banner and culture that things changed. But even then, rather than a matter of Race, it became a problem of Class,

who died in droves when the Metamorphosis appeared, but Leonel,

It was too cruel.

a world like this one where strength ruled above all, and not something as vastly more complex as intelligence, for

as they had placed decently during the Gathering of Kingdoms, so Leonel wasn't too worried about them. But it was probably best that they prepare for

gathered up his brothers again, teasing

his way of

was. Joel was

husband and wife. Back on Earth, such a separation

it was filled with vitriol and they had both said some wildly cruel things to one another. In fact, the first time

yelling at each other, the next they were making out, and in the next they