Dimensional Descent

The Emberheart Lady spoke calmly and in the end, her husband couldn't refute anything she said.

Inwardly, though, they both felt complicated about this matter. Nothing in Leonel's letter was wrong. They had disparaged his wife, and they had raised the status of Lyra.

The latter choice was because Lyra's marriage to Thalion was meant to be the catalyst they needed in order to move forward with the next steps of their plan.

Part of their mixed feelings was exactly because of this. They had put their daughter directly in the line of fire not just once, but twice now. Although the world didn't know, how could they not know that they had tried to marry her off to Leonel first.

These matters built up frustration in layers and they felt like they were being painted into a box. But ultimately, they never had a choice...

Until now.

Finally, they could take some of the brunt of the pressure away from their daughter and bear it themselves as her parents. The Emberheart Lady didn't even plan to have Lyra on the participating roster. She would do this for her child... as Lyra's mother.

They accepted Leonel's challenge.

By doing so, they felt that they could better paint the humans as the villains and their plan, which had stalled, could roll forward once more.

...

What the couple didn't know was that this wasn't their choice at all.

Leonel stood on the high clouds of the Dream Pavilion, taking in the beautiful array of blues, pinks and violets. It was truly gorgeous in ways that couldn't be described.

now, but he was hard pressed to

he didn't, and that was because he

to them. If he had, there was no way they'd go the extra step of publicizing it, and thus they had played right into

Leonel chuckled to

eyes glowed, a smile that could blot out the sun spreading across his

Pavilion. Inside, he found Goggles exchanging ideas about Crafting with

startled with Leonel's sudden appearance and were about to hurry

here to interrupt you guys.

with a gaze filled with

eagerly followed up, but Leonel couldn't help but

was faked. It was too easy to see

to pay. It will take time. Plus, it isn't as though I've put in

the time they would wrap their arms around one another's shoulders and

didn't come without

have something I might need you two

be a dojo style challenge. The number of participants is dependent on myself, though there are some quirky rules we have to be

know the rules when the time comes, but I'll be depending on you

list of rules was extensive and if Leonel really poured it on them, they wouldn't be able to retain it all. It was better if he just

immediately plummeted and he felt like the sky was being overturned. He had been having fun

know if he was ready

what your greatest weakness is,

blinked, blushing down