Dimensional Descent

"No relationship can work one-sidedly. You can follow your heart, but not to your detriment or to the detriment of the person willing to give you theirs," Leonel said with a solemn tone, his words hanging in the air.

Eamon fell into silence and nodded slowly.

The two just sat there in silence, and at some point tears began to flow from Eamon's eyes, but Leonel didn't leave.

The two sat there for a long while until Eamon's tears dried.

He wiped his cheeks and took a shuddering breath.

"... I know that I shouldn't like Cindra, or at least that's what she's told me. She said that she was forced to do a great many things to survive and get to where she is today, she's also much older than me, much wiser as well. In some ways she even raised me even though she was never my mother in a real sense.

"I knew that it was uncomfortable for her to see someone she had known as a little boy suddenly begin to pursue her like I did, and it was selfish on my part, I know that.

"... I will apologize to her and close this chapter. Maybe in another life."

Leonel smiled and patted Eamon's shoulder.

"Come with me, we're going somewhere cool."

Eamon blinked in surprise, not quite understanding what cool thing they were going to see. But when he finally laid eyes on it, he was truly speechless this time. It could be said that Leonel was one of a kind in the worst and best of senses.

To think his idea of somewhere cool was strolling into Godlen territory.

...

high above Godlen City, both standing on a

about and did their business, but they couldn't seem to spot

Leonel said. "Do you see

city that was perpetually caged in, I wouldn't

sentence by Eamon made Leonel look toward him with a

or the ability to introspect at all. In fact, he looked thoughtful, a hint stoic,

had just found a problem to

to focus on now, but he's also had a bit of a change in demeanor. This could greatly help his Dream Force in the

Eamon gave just now didn't have much detail, but between Dream Force experts, not many words needed to be exchanged to begin with. In fact, even if they spoke in intelligible syllables, so long as they still had their

with caging their citizens in like this for what was approaching two years

were caged in the first

was both a defensive and illusion formation at

very impressive," Eamon said, seemingly finished analyzing and looking toward

that Leonel was already staring at him, Eamon blushed in embarrassment, wondering if he had said

Leonel nodded. "The last time I came here, this formation wasn't nearly as good.

it still wasn't

really gain the ability to improve this formation by this

doesn't really matter much," Leonel said with a

spear manifested from Emulation Spatial Force and Scarlet Star

And he suddenly swung down with a

CRACK.

CHIII.

and fragmented glass. The shards of formation fell from the skies, raining down and startling the citizens below. They all looked up at once to find Leonel and Eamon lording over