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"Huh?"

When the blinding light fades, I open my eyes, but I don't recognize my surroundings.

It seems I'm in a bed, but I have no clue who's it is.

The last thing I can remember is walking to school. I do remember seeing a blinding light though, and then the next thing I know … I'm here.

Come to think of it, was I the one that said something? I distinctly remember that I did, but the voice that I heard was completely different from mine. Actually, my entire body feels different … I wonder what happened.

Answer: You've been brought to another world in order to save it from evil.

Although I thought something like that would happen, no voice from the heavens says anything. I guess this isn't going to be one of those kinds of stories.

"Fuu"

Well, there's nothing I can do about that. I may as well try to figure out where I am at the very least.

It seems my body really has changed though. It's a lot harder to move around now, or at least it seems that way. My movements have improved a little after I managed to sit myself up though.

Well, I suppose there's no helping it anymore, I have to stand up.

Luckily, I already have enough experience using this body that I'm easily able to swing my legs over the side of the bed.

Before I take the plunge though, I steel myself for what is about to come. I expect that I will most likely fail, but if I don't take the risk, then I'll never be any closer to understanding this situation.

I take a deep breath, and calm my nerves. Babies can't walk when they are newly born either, so if anyone asks why I'm having so many issues, I'll say that it's because I was only just born. Then again, that's a pretty bad excuse. I can tell that I'm not a newborn, so nobody would believe me anyway.

Anyway, that train of thought is going nowhere, so I better just get this done.

Here we go.

Any moment now.

I can do this.

Okay, just imagine it's a band-aid that I just have to rip off.

It's time ...

"HUP!"

Well, although I had thought I would fall ... I'm apparently a lot stronger than I thought. Well, who cares. I'm standing right now, and that's quite a lot of progress compared to where I was a mere five seconds ago.

Hmm, what should I do now. I feel shorter than I used to for some reason, but I can't really place why. Eh, it's better not to worry about these kinds of things.

I suppose while I wait for some cosmic event to tell me what to do I can search this room. Who knows, maybe there's a mirror in this room. If I could just get a hold of one I'd be able to see my appearance. Then, I'd know for sure what happened to me.

That's when I notice it. There, in a certain area of the room, is a shining, floating crystal with the word "EVENT" hovering over it. I honestly don't know how I missed that, but I'm guessing that's where I need to go. Even if something disastrous happens, something will happen, and anything is better than nothing at the moment.

Even though I say that, it doesn't hurt to be a little cautious, so I slowly walk towards the event crystal. Suddenly, because I probably got close enough to the crystal, the world shifted a little bit. Nothing really changed from my point of view, but I felt it change somehow.

Anyway, that's not the important part, the important this is that I can't control my body anymore. However, now that the world has shifted and the event crystal has disappeared, I can see a mirror.

It seems that whatever it is that is controlling my body also wants to get to the mirror as I start walking towards it. It feels incredibly strange to not be in control of my own body, but I can tell that I'm nowhere near strong enough to be able to regain control.

With that being the case, I try and sit back and let the cosmic powers that are controlling my body do as they please. Of course, this entire train of thought takes only a fraction of a second. However, before I realize it, I'm standing in front of the mirror.

"Well … it's not exactly what I expected"

Seriously though, who is this girl standing there in the mirror. That's not me is it? Last I remember I was pretty sure I was a guy. I don't think such a drastic change could happen without me knowing it.

Then again, it's not like I know what to do in this situation, so there's no point in crying about it. Besides, this girl isn't half bad. She's got pinkish hair, and lively purple eyes. It seems she's pretty short, but that's not really an issue once I get used to, but her skin is like porcelain. It's definitely much paler than I was. I guess I'm the one with those things now though.

Looking at myself, it seems I'm still in something similar to night wear. I assume this is what I(?) slept in last night, but I can't go around just wearing this thin shirt-like thing.

I guess that means I have to find this girl's clothes.

"Hmm, I wonder…"

Will the event crystal show up again? It seems that once I was done inspecting my new body the forces that were controlling my body let me have control again. Then again, since the crystal has "EVENT" hovering over it, I wonder if that means the event was over once I regained control.

Well, it's not like I have anyone I can ask about any of this, so I'll just shelve that question at the back of my mind for the time being.

Anyway, the event crystal did show itself again. Like last time, I had no control over my body. I did try and probe the force to see if I could regain control, but like I thought, I have to be much stronger to actually free myself from it.

So, I dejectedly went back to watching what this body did without my consent. I was worried for a second because I stopped right in front of the dresser, but made no attempts to open any of the drawers. Then, before I could start complaining to the cosmic forces for their stupidity, a menu screen like thing appeared before me listing clothes I could choose from.

Well, it's not like there are many things to choose from. In fact, there's only one thing I can select, and it says it's a hoodie. I don't know why it just says hoodie, but since it's the only thing I can select, I might as well.

[Default Hoodie selected. Equip now?]

Uhh, what's with this game like situation. It can't be that right? The dream-like situation that every gamer has wanted since the dawn of video-games? The so-called "video game world"? Well, this is definitely going to be really fun.

Oh that's right, I have to confirm it somehow. Uh…

"Confirm?"

[Default Hoodie has been equipped]

Alright, that was much easier than I would have thought it to be. Anyway, now I'm wearing this … giant hoodie? Well, I don't know why, but I don't have any pants on. Then again, this hoodie does cover everything important, so I guess it works. I'm really starting to question this girl's fashion sense.

I have something much more important to do though, so I can't concern myself with this girl's questionable choices. Since this world seems to be like a video games, there should be a status screen. I just don't know how to open it. Well, let's at least try something.

"Open, Status Screen"

What do you know … that worked.

Sitting in front of me is a that which could only be called a status screen.

What's with those strange skills, and that title?

『Neptune LV1
Status:
hp: 100
sp: 25/25
str 10
vit 10
int 10
men 10
agi 10
tec 10
luk 10
mov 5
Active skills:
「Strike lv 1」
「Defend lv 1」
「Identify lv 1」
「Goddess Form lv 1」
「HP Restore lv 1」
「SP Restore lv 1」
Passive skills:
「Katana Mastery Lv 1」
「Friendly Aura Lv 1」
「Gamer's Thoughts」
「Gamer's Perception」
「True Goddess' Blessing」
Titles:
「Gamer」
「Goddess of Planeptune」』