I hate being wed in a fantasy world!

Thanks to all of the ones who voted. Jeff Hays reads the story here (youtube). Sadly, I was unable to join google hangouts in time due to train issues first and technical difficulties afterward. The moment I had everything ready, it was already over... the bitterness!

Hope it'll work better next time.

RN (Katarine von Stolzherz aka Rine): “Wow, this was amazing!”

AA (Ara'ainn): “So the chosen scene was the first time we met. What a good choice.”

MK (Momokawa Kyou): “I don't sound as annoying like that!”

KK (Katsuragi Kenta): “I thought it was right on point.”

MK: “Shut up, Kenta! Why are we all voiced by a man in the first place.”

krpg (kenturspg): “Because there was only Jeff.”

MK: “We should have requested a woman to read our story aloud.”

KK: “Hey, I'm the narrator, so it makes sense to have a man do it... though we might ask for another reader next time. He mispronounced actually every name.”

krpg: “It's hard to pronounce everything right, as I foremost use Japanese and German names, and some letters are read differently in other countries. Funny thing is, that the pure sounds of letters are very similar between German and Japanese except the r, while English and those languages are very different from each other.”

RN: “We should tell Jeff. He called me 'reney', while it's rather ree-ne. My whole name isn't Kata-rin, but KA-TA-ree-ne.”

MK: “You also emphasize every second syllable of my name. MOmoKAwa Kyou. Also, not Ki-oh, here it's a diphthong.”

KK: “Same for my surname, KAtsuRAgi.”

AA: “For my name, you need to make more Ah. AH-RAH-AAinn.”

MK: “Also, concerning voicing us... Kenta is more... how do I say... dark? Calm? More annoyed? More like, 'what the heck is going on?' or '...this can't be good.' Though when he's surprised, it's somehow funny.”

KK: “Jeff-san messed up Rine. I mean, she's so... it's almost like she's shy.”

RN: “Tehehe, he can't now that I'm more outgoing, he had to deal with so many characters after all and doesn't know me well.”

AA: “Yeah, but you are a bit more... childish and bratty?”

RN: “Ara? Did you just call me a brat?”

MK: “Arako, you could call her 'youthful.'”

AA: “My voice is screeching... I'm more collected, I believe.”

KK: “Still, Oro'hekk surprised me.”

MK: “Why does he sound so... like that?”

AA: “I think it was a nice interpretation. Aera'Jos as well. Also, the interaction between the two of them was captured perfectly.”

KK: “Yeah, it really is... I'm so glad that I'm not in Aroahenn anymore...”

MK: “Ditto.”

RN: “Let's ask Jeff to do another request.”

AA: “We still need people to vote for it though.”

krpg: “Yeah, if you like to have another chapter-part read, please comment. Also, while we may continue the story from this point, we may also pick another part you like instead. This time I chose the scene to give new people an insight into how things work in the story, as the earlier volumes are still doing a lot of build-ups. I don't have particular preferences what to do next. Starting from the beginning, continuing where we left off or looking at another scene? So if you have wishes, comment them as well! Make your favorite part of the web novel come to live!”

KK: “...can't they just stay dead?”

This is the second reading, the scene chosen is from volume 4, when Kenta was captured by the mercenaries and fought them off by himself.

MK: “Ken? Why haven't you told us about being kept prisoner?!”

KK: “Would it have changed anything?”

AA: “You killed an alfr... I'm disappointed.”

KK: “She tried to kill me first.”

RN: “Kenta, you've really done well! I mean, you did everything you promised us and made the enemy fear you! You also proved with this, that you're a ranger, which saved us in the end, because Haa also recognized you.”

KK: “That hynoar-ranger you were talking about? Maybe.”

MK: “You could have died!”

KK: “...which would have the curse go haywire?”

MK: “Yes!”

KK: “Yeah, yeah, thanks for your concerns.”

AA: “Why was this scene only chosen?”

krpg: “Because of the comments on the chapter and a review!”

KK: “...figures. Well, in general, this was better than before.”

MK: “No wonder, Jeff-san had no chances to mess us girls up again.”

KK: “I still believe that I sound different.”

MK: “Yes, you're ten times more annoying and nerve-grating than that.”

KK: “You're just jealous because I'm the only one who participated.”

krpg: “I thought it was better to have Jeff voice a male narrator, I also wanted to let him make his own version of Kenta, as he was also a reader at this point.”

RN: “Ah, you're in there this time. You sounded tired.”

krpg: “I was, it was midnight home when SBTL started.”

RN: “Good job!”

krpg: “Thanks...”

AA: “I'm sure you wanted to tell more or different things.”

krpg: “Yeah, but I was already on a path, and there are others there. I also wanted to say, that Kenta and Kyou are teenagers, in a sense purer than most other fictional teenagers.”

KK: “What's that supposed to mean?”

krpg: “Every teenager is self-centered and egotistical at some point, incapable of feeling empathy, doing things even if they know it's stupid, being full of biases-”

MK: “Dear author, how about you, Ken, and I go there and have a nice talk?”

KK: “I'm thinking the same.”

krpg: “That's when you're finally on the same page!?”

KK: “Well, you made us this way!”

MK: “We're egotistical, self-centered teenagers without a hint of empathy and full of biases, doing stupid things.”

krpg: “Somehow I'm always digging my own graves...”

RN: “You could sell them maybe, you only need one after all.”

AA: “Or you could use them for your enemies, a neatly dug grave can also act as a trap or storage room.”

krpg: “...yeah, I made all of them that weird... Back to topic, how did you like the scene by Jeff?”

KK: “I don't want to remember, I don't want to remember...”

MK: “Ken, you used the same skills over and over again.”

KK: “I have only those! I need to work with what I have I wished I had others, like [Explode Head]!”

RN: “I've never heard of that spell!”

AA: “Seeing how the author notes something down, it may appear at some point. However, I wasn't aware that you can use [Entangle] in so many different ways.”

KK: “Train with Oro'hekk at some point, then you'll learn a lot of ways... like being picked up by trees to be thrown around to 'get used to heights'...”

AA: “I remember that one, it was funny.”

KK: “If you like, we can emulate it.”

AA: “Sure. With my [Motion Health] it won't do anything, though I'm rather skeptical whether your control of spirits is enough to make trees do your bidding, as [Entangle] has restraints on its use.”

KK: “Is that a challenge?”

AA: “It may be.”

KK: “Bring it on!”

RN: “I'm glad that they have fun.”

MK: “I'm surrounded by idiots...”

krpg: “Well, that's it! If you like another SBT-bit, you can comment and also propose which scene. Personally, I'm happy that I was able to do 2 nice scenes in a row, thanks to all of you! Take care!”