It was only for about 30 seconds that he was entrapped in this world of white, but in these 30 seconds, his world would be changed forever.

Not knowing what was happening, Ace looked around, confused on if this was a dream or not.

“I’m sorry.”

A voice transferred directly into his head. A voice that apologized but didn’t sound sincere. A voice that didn’t apologize out of the goodness of their heart, but one that felt that it was necessary to do so.

He knew when someone was being sincere, and this wasn’t it.

He was still confused as to why they were apologizing until...

The 30 seconds passed.

Now, instead of being surround by a white light, he was dipped inside a shade of moonlight, placed on top of a field, surrounded by a forest. He had no idea what was going on, he couldn’t get a grasp on it all.

After about a minute of just sitting there and thinking it was a dream, Ace actually took a long look around and tried to fully understand the situation.

“Wait..”

His voice trembling from what he just discovered.

“Stop..”

Ace knew what this was called, he spent time reading and watching people going through this experience through anime and manga.

“Tell me this isn’t real.. Please..”

Ace just got sent to another world. He couldn’t believe what he was seeing, he believed that it was just a dream, but no..

This was reality.

“Please..

He started to tremble.

He couldn’t stop his hands or body from shaking. Everyone in the shows were always excited or happy about going to another world but..

“Please..”

He was scared out of his mind.

Why would he be happy about this?

He had loving parents,

a good friend,

a proper place to live,

and food to eat,

but someone/something decided to throw him into another world?

Fuck all that.

He wanted to go home, he wanted to turn off his alarm clock again, get dressed at home again, eat breakfast with his parents again, go off to school again, say hi to his friends again, walk home again, eat popsicles again, play games again, play basketball with his dad again, and watch movies with his mom again.

Yesterday was the last day he could do all that.

No way.

He was scared out of his mind.

He wanted to go home.

He curled up into a ball in that small field, closed his eyes and started sobbing.

He hoped that this would all be a dream, when he already knew the answer to that question.

364 Days

23 Hours

59 Minutes

Map

Support

“—!?”

He suddenly opened his eyes in shock of what he just saw.

Words were being visualized in his head when he closed his eyes.

“*sniff* What was that?”

He wanted to confirm it, so he closed his eyes once more.

364 Days

23 Hours

58 Minutes

Map

Support

“—?!”

It was true, these words were being visualized into his head. One thing was different this time though...

The 59 minutes had now turned to 58.

There is some sort of time limit and if his guess is right, then that time limit is exactly 1 year,

But that’s not the only thing that surprised him…

What was this word called support?

He closed his eyes once more to see the words.

He didn’t know if there was a way to activate the words that were shown so he just focused all his attention on the word support.

“…”

“Yoohoo, it’s mee~! The main man, the transporter, your god!”

“—?!”

Ace’s body jumped, scared by the sudden voice.

A voice forced their way into Ace’s head. It sounded like a young boy’s voice and this was the same voice who was apologizing earlier.

Ace wiped the tears away from his eyes, relieved that he wasn’t alone.

He then realized that this was the guy who took him away from his home.

He started to boil up and get angry, he wanted answers that only one person had.

He wanted to get out of this world that he was in.

"Who are you?!"

"Where am I?!"

"Why am I here?!"

"How do I go back?!"

"Tell me!"

The god quickly responded to his barrage of questions...

“I’ll answer those in order but I don’t have much time so try to pay attention.”

The god's tone of voice turned into a more serious one than before, preparing to answer all the questions seriously.

"Number 1: I am the god Deeta, and indeed, the one who brought you to this world.”

“Number 2: You are in the country Felona, a beautiful kingdom who has an enemy that they are having trouble getting rid of.”

“Number 3: You are here to get rid of that enemy. You will start off as strong as you were in your old world but your growth rate is increased exponentially in this world so you will be able to defeat the enemy with training.”

“Number 4: There are two ways to go back. The first way is a two way trip, you can go back for exactly one day, and then you will have to return here. The second way is to defeat the enemy of the kingdom of Felona.”

All this information was hitting Ace like a truck. He needed to take time to process it when..

“If you have questions, ask them now, as you can only talk to me for 2 minutes a day, and one minute is already up.”

He had to take in all that information and respond with proper questions within one minute?!

--I need to get back home!

Ace's determination to go back home overpowered his worries..

He collected his thoughts and picked the questions he was going to ask.

Ace's tone of voice also turned more serious, returning the seriousness this "god" had shown him.

“First, what happens if I don’t defeat the enemy within the time limit?”

“This world will be destroyed, you along with it, with no chance to escape.”

“—?!”

That was a hefty load of info to take in, but Ace constantly reminded himself of his goal.

“Next, if I use the second option to return home for one day, there is no restrictions on who I can talk to and what I can do?”

“Absolutely no restrictions, but I suggest you use that option quick and try to explain the situation to your parents and friends before they go to the police and claim you as a missing child. I only have time for one more question.”

“…”

“Why me?”

“Because you have good potential. That's all there is to it.”

“That’s it for today, if you would like to use the second return home option, just say “return home” three times over. Once you use it, you will be transported at exactly midnight, at the end of the day.”

His voice returned to a more playful, kiddish tone.

“Bye byeee…”

And the voice disappeared from his head.