Thousands of years ago, five nations lived in harmony. Each realm was ruled by a legendary hero, deeply respected by their own people.
But one day, the Goddess who ruled over the continent grew bored of the peace. Deciding that a war will be far more entertaining, she began to whisper poison into their ears, manipulating the heroes into turning against each other.
That was how the first rotation of the divine wheel began, sparking an all-out war.
Fast forward to the present day.
My name is Aung Chin Phyo. I have average build, messy black curly hair and I wear glasses.
One day I was just walking home from high school, minding my own business, when a giant glowing magic circle suddenly materialized right above my head. Before I could even process what was happening, gravity quit its day job. I started floating straight up toward the sky.
In a panic, I lunged forward and grabbed a nearby lamppost. It didn't help. The magic was so strong that the entire metal post got yanked right out of the concrete with a loud CRACK, and now I was floating upward while spooning a piece of city infrastructure .
Staring up at the swirling vortex of magic runes, a cold sweat broke out down my spine. I realized I couldn't stop this random fantasy kidnapping. If I was going to another world, I only had seconds left to handle the life-or-death task of my entire existence. With my free hand, I whipped out my phone, frantically tapped the screen, and cleared my browsing history.
As the blinding light swallowed me whole, I let out a breath and smiled a deeply satisfying smile. My body might be stolen, but my dignity remained intact.
When I finally woke up again, the first thing I saw was a canopy of unfamiliar forest trees that looked far too ancient to be normal. I sat up, groggily clutching my head as the sheer dizziness of the interdimensional teleportation hit me. I immediately looked towards my side to see the lamppost was still there. It is not.
With a heavy sigh, I scanned my surroundings instead. That's when I noticed four other strangers scattered nearby, all looking just as out of place as I did. They were just starting to stir from sleep, groggily blinking at the weird, golden sky in absolute confusion. Fueled by pure curiosity, I pushed myself to my feet and walked over to inspect them or introduce myself.
I judged them one by one. The first girl looked so icy and untouchable she could probably freeze the entire continent with a single glance. The next guy was a textbook definition of an edge lord, radiating pure emo energy because he was looking around in an all black outfit like he planned the entire dramatic interaction from the start. Then there was a girl trying way too hard to play the elegant role too seriously, you could see the thin layers of makeup from five feet away. And the final guy? He had a look of permanent confusion that made me suspect he could get lost on a straight, single path, or he was just flat-out stupid.
I speak up to break the awkward confused silence. “Hey, you guys are kidnapped too?”
The Icy girl looked up with her frosty gaze perfectly level “Seems so,” she said calmly. “Although I can't trust anyone here just yet.”
Hearing us, the try-hard princess girl puffed up her chest that was barely there and pointed a dramatic finger towards us “you peasant dare speak so casually in my presence? Do you have any ideas who you are talking to? I am The great Alexander the third! Bow before me!”
Four of us turned to deadpan stare at her. Then, in perfect unison, we said “I don't recall any royalty with that name.”
Alexander immediately began throwing a tantrum in the background, but the rest of us just ignored her and looked around to finish introductions. I raised a hand carefreely “my name is Aung Chin Phyo. What about you guys?”
The icy girl raised a sharp eyebrow “that is an unusual name”
I leaned down slightly, looking at her with a smirk “oh yeah? What about your name, Elsa?”
Her left eye twitched in pure annoyance. Being called a Disney princess by a guy who looked like he still lived in his parent's basement was clearly not on her agenda today.
“My name is Lucy Glacia.” she snapped her pristine posture cracking “Just call me Lucy.”
I chuckled “Lucy huh? Nice to meet you.”
Lucy just gives a stiff nod.
Our eyes drifted towards an edge lord, who is currently deep in his own world, internal monologuing about something undoubtedly edgy while trying his absolute best to blend into the scenery like a background character. Well it will work for the other people in this world but not us.
Lucy raised an eyebrow at him. “and you are?”
The guy immediately feigned total innocence, looking like a man desperately trying to avoid the spotlight. “The name Htet Win. I am just a side character.”
I raised my eyebrow and didn't press further. Watching him play dumb was way entertaining. Instead I turned towards the last guy who looked utterly lost. “and you are?”
The lost guy answered immediately, attempting to strike a cool pose “ahh, umm, yeah! My name is Jane Connie. I only like fighting.”
I nodded respectfully but internally, I was losing my mind ‘Unbelievable. I got Elsa who looks like she doesn't want to team up, Princess Peace is still throwing tantrums in the background, Bruce Wayne over there brooding in a fake innocent act you can't fool me with fake innocent act although I honestly can't wait to see what his alter ego look like, and there Zoro 2.0: all bruises no brains.’
I sighed and looked up at the canopy of the ancient forest. 'sigh this is gonna be either the best or the absolute worst Isekai adventure ever.’
