Grand Foreigner (Chapters 1- 200)

Chapter 133

The first thing people would think of when they hear the name Hans Christian Andersen was that he was a famous writer of children's fairy tales.

The second, for a narrow circle of his acquaintances and unhappy people who were unlucky enough to interact with the author in life - was as a quarrelsome, petty, bilious and unhappy person.

But above all else, Andersen was still a writer of fairy tales.

His fairy tales were not happy in the full sense of the word, where bunnies fart rainbows and prince charming arrives with his stupid white horse to save the day. No, his heroes have to save themselves. But in the end, having gone through pain, passing through trials and all the bitterness of this world, his heroes achieved their 'happy ending' with their own hands. Well as happy as Andersen himself thought was acceptable.

From these facts followed two things that were important for Andersen himself.

First, he did not accept in any way a happy ending for the protagonist when they did not deserve their happy ending.

And second, if the hero deserved a happy ending, Andersen would do everything in his power to make it happen.

Dr. Jekyll had suffered enough to deserve his own happy ending.

He was a naive boy, contrary to any depiction in media, rejoicing even at the very opportunity to be on the edge of the battle against a great evil threatening mankind. He acted stupidly, rushing into battle with an enemy that was unknown to him.

Oh, and Andersen was talking about Jekyll here, so don't get any stupid idea.

Ainz had no plans for Dr. Jekyll to participate in any way. Of course Andersen has no idea what goes on in that monster's head, nevertheless, Ainz was not particularly concerned with helping his likely ally. Only providing Dr. Jekyll with only a few general buffs and not planning to save him if he fell into a trap.

As far as Andersen knew anyway. Let it be repeated that he has no idea what goes on in that scary person's head. He wouldn't be surprised if all this was all as planned. If so, then he wonders just how much Ainz knew about him, to know that he couldn't stand Jekyll's plight.

The lyrical hero has experienced neglect, betrayal and contempt.

Shakespeare was immune to anything Jekyll could bring about. Their 'fight' was more of a farce in the battle between Servants.

The lyrical hero had experienced an unexpected and irreparable defeat.

Shakespeare had trapped Jekyll and imprisoned him in a dungeon of horror and hatred in his own making. He had trapped the hero in a torture chamber, where Shakespeare mutilated his mind, causing irreparable trauma and a terrible wound to his psyche.

The lyrical hero then lost, sinking to the very bottom of the abyss where he could not even lift a finger to defend himself. The hero is all alone against his invincible opponent.

This was, perhaps, enough for Andersen.

Marchen Meines Lebens. Andersen's Noble Phantasm, a tool greatly suited for the glorified writer.

Where Shakespeare's great tragedies were based on already existing works of his predecessors, Hans Christian Andersen created new things. Where Shakespeare used the past as his blade, Andersen used his creativity to cut a new path.

Andersen's Noble Phantasm was great, after all, it allowed reality to be rewritten.

To rewrite lines unsuited for a scene. A paragraph displaying the logical result of other people's actions. Was this not the strength of the writer? As they dipped a pen into an inkwell, each stroke of their instrument displaying a new facet of an adventure. With each sentence creating a new story and details of the life of a character.