Chapter 2554 [Bonus] Anything
[Bonus chapter courtesy of Fire2112 (aka Firemonster) <3 1/6]
Leonel knew that this was his one chance, but he was also limited in what he could take. The rules were overly complex for seemingly no reason, but it seemed to be that this was how Dream Force users liked to operate.
He was beginning to understand that certain groups of people had certain personalities not decided by their race, but rather what Forces they chose to use. In an irony of ironies, it could be said that his thoughts about how Light Force and Dark Force weren't necessarily good or evil were somewhat incorrect, though not entirely so.
Clearly, by the personal choice he had made with his Dream Force, it was possible to deviate that path somewhat using Sovereignty. But, just as obviously, not everyone could grasp Sovereignty.
This was all to say that the rules of the Dream Pavilions were overly verbose and filled with caveats and sub-sections for sub-sections. The rules themselves would take a lifetime for a mortal to read, and they might not even make it part of the way through.
Even for the current Leonel, it was impossible for him to grasp them all. Much like a lawyer, he could only focus on certain sub-sections of the rules at a time. But also much like a lawyer, he wasn't very worried about this. N0v3l--B1n was the first platform to present this chapter.
Let alone Leonel, most members of the Dream Pavilion were just as obtuse about the scale and scope of the rules; they could only pick and choose their spots as well. That meant that it would be harder to take advantage of Leonel, especially since he had a database of the rules in his mind right this moment, something the others couldn't boast.
If the time came where he had to defend himself based on some arbitrary rule, he was sure he could do it. Though it made him feel uncomfortable that he wouldn't likely be able to prepare for it ahead of time, at this point he didn't really have much of a choice.
The question was, with this one loophole he had left to take advantage of...
He laughed to himself. If he adjusted everyone based on Aina, would he start calling every woman he came across ugly now?
Jokes aside, the woman, even on that scale, would be considered average.
Leonel was quite biased when it came to Aina, but the objective truth was that she was a woman with beauty beyond compare, especially after her brush with death. Her body had been entirely reformed, and she seemed to have taken the opportunity to refine everything to perfection.
Honestly, he didn't think that Aina had done it on purpose, though it was possible. It was just that her Body Clairvoyance had reached an entirely new level, and she couldn't help edging toward perfection even if she didn't consciously want to.
So for this woman to be average on such a scale, that was certainly saying something.
Her hair was actually a rainbow of colors, looking more like motes of light than filaments of hair. Her nose was small and pointed, much like her ears. She had rosy cheeks and freckles that added to her charm. She was the type of woman one wanted to protect.
'Pointed ears?' Leonel blinked. He knew that this was a Spiritual, but why'd she look like an elf from those tales of Earth?
Leonel's mind shifted, and he found some information.
'Pure-blooded Spirituals? What does that even mean? How can you be pure-blooded anything when you're born a soul?'
Leonel looked toward the woman again, his mind drifting through the information he had just read. These Pure-Blooded Spirituals were apparently as close you could get to being a Demi-God without actually descending from a God.
"Hello," she finally spoke in a sweet tone. "Please tell me what you would like to exchange from. With your performance, you can have anything."
Leonel frowned when he heard the suggestion in her last words.