Dimensional Descent

Leonel stepped out of the challenge with a smile on his face. But because he was still keeping up appearances, rather than a cocky smile, it looked like a relieved one. He swept Aina into his arms and gave her a huge bear hug, causing her to chuckle.

"You're much more adorable when you're pretending to be Aerin," Aina spoke into Leonel's soul. "If you were being yourself, you'd already be taking advantage of me."

Leonel scoffed. "Are you saying you like another man?"

He pretended to be offended, though he could tell Aina's true intentions with ease. With their souls fused, how could he not tell what she actually meant?

Aina giggled. "No, I prefer when you're aggressive-"

She cut off her thoughts, suddenly blushing down to her collarbone.

The outside world could have never guessed what they were talking about. To them, it seemed that the relationship between the two was so innocent that even a hug made Lyra react like this, and that made the two all the more endearing... and shocking!

Leonel tried his best not to burst into a fit of laughter, but his soul was convulsing. He might as well have been inwardly dying.

He knew that Aina was a masochist. A man that coddled her feelings too much wasn't what she wanted, though she also didn't want a man that ignored her feelings. It could be said that Leonel was and always would be the perfect man for her. She had only been teasing him.

However, him knowing was one thing, but her saying it out loud was something she had never done before.

That was the thing with communicating with your soul, your true thoughts spilled down usually before you could filter them. This time, she couldn't escape at all.

really wanted to take her to bed again,

was in an absolute uproar. It wasn't just the victory, but

other than Humans could be

the God Beasts, the Dwarven Race shared the bottom of the barrel with no one other than themselves. They

what if this wasn't just a method of self-preservation, but also a

was obviously using this as a chance to warn the world. Not only were the waters on this side deeper than they seemed from an outsider's perspective, but they even had more support from powerful Mortal Races like the Spirituals. In fact,

be said that whether it was Aerin or Lyra, both were blushing profusely. They didn't even know how they would face one another when they finally saw each

BANG!

wine at the wall with all the strength she could muster, watching the sparkling fine mist of rouge liquid and

only beautiful for a moment before it bared its teeth. The wine soaked the white carpet through and the shards of glass

her fury towering along

was a huge deal,

Patriarch Khafra, they were all important chess pieces. They were the best she could bring forward now without exposing what

the largest change

the Life Tablet, in order for Leonel to display the prowess of the Silver Tablet, he had to quite literally take out the Silver Tablet. Of

was the Life Tablet. If they assumed Aerin had a Life Tablet due to their ignorance, it would be a disaster, especially

bringing out the Silver Tablet left no room for