"Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven" - John Milton. Seems a lot of people agree, what with the popularity of portal fantasy and isekai reincarnation

"Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven" - John Milton. Seems a lot of people agree, what with the popularity of portal fantasy and isekai reincarnation stories. Magic does make living in them more convenient than real history. Still, getting glory as a bona-fide warrior "hero" is a different kind of happiness than modern urbanite... But it is still a kind of happiness. Some of us might prefer it.