Loa had discovered Fairy Tail in his childhood. Every day after school, he would sneak into a bookstore and refuse to go home until he had finished the latest issue. It was there, one evening, that he met his first love. At the corner of a bookshelf, their hands reached for the same manga.
Those really were wonderful memories!
Then came World of Warcraft, just as he entered university and the game launched. His wildest, most reckless years were spent there, experiencing the life of Prince Arthas Menethil alongside the guys in his guild.
Even now, he could clearly remember the promotional video: Arthas, transformed into the Lich King, piercing the ice with his sword and summoning the Frost Great Dragon.
But...
That was all in the past. Once he started working, those days could only be memories.
Work, home, work, home. That monotonous rhythm became his life. Boredom and stress drove him to watch One Piece.
As he watched Luffy live free and unfettered, he mourned the youth he would never get back.
But he had never imagined his fantasies would become the source of his power.
“Nightmares born from the Illusion Realm possess an indescribable power to intimidate. Anything that doesn't belong to that world is quickly expelled. Even if someone survives by luck and becomes one of the fortunate few to cross the boundary between illusion and reality, they'll find it hard to leave again, bound by the Nightmare to that world forever.”
"And yet you've appeared here again and again."
"Do you understand what makes you special now?"
"I think I'm starting to."
Loa scratched his chin, then suddenly asked, "Wait! If I'm so amazing, why did I end up crossing worlds?"
"Don't tell me the real world rejected me?!"
"No, no. The real world doesn't