Ray reflected on all this for a while, and it brought to mind the era he'd originally come from—where beauty standards had gotten just as twisted, with effeminate men turned into national idols. Clearly, foreign money and influence were behind it, working to hollow out a people's spirit from the inside.

Just think about it: if every young man back home turned that soft and delicate, could the army even fight a war anymore?

Ray shifted through time again.

He passed through the twin dynasties,