Chapter 420: Arc 6, - 36: Real as Real Gets
"You really think this is all fake?" Jotou glanced around the vicinity. Fires caused by her lightning fortunately were not able to catch onto other forestry and snuffed themselves out.
She was kneeled in the grass, with Ben’s head on the ground staring up. "Can’t you breathe the fresh air? Don’t you feel the soft grass?" her hand idly caressed through greenery.
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"The brain’s a fickle thing man... It’ll believe what it’ll wanna believe," he parted his lips and watched the sky. "That said, it’s not like I can’t believe the things I physically feel."
"So it’s the people who’re fake to you? You honestly believe that," Jotou replied.
"This’s all been a fantasy world. It’s something I’ve always dreamed about. In this world, I wanna be whoever the hell I wanna be; do whatever I want that I couldn’t... You think my fat ass could be a hero in our world? You think I’d be getting dates and-"
"Be confident?" Jotou interrupted.
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"I think your mentality’s the issue there buddy."
"Don’t gimme that ’You can be whoever you want to be’ crap. Or ’You can do whatever you set your mind to’. It’s not that simple and the world doesn’t make it fucking easy either. Even your body works against you half the time.
You get to be this beautiful noblewoman with lightning magic and I get to be this awesome dude with fire magic. The NPCs? Complex as hell to figure out, but you can figure them out eventually.