Selene was an ordinary woman, but not the stereotypical shut-in who spent every waking hour playing video games, although she indulged occasionally. Beneath that surface, she was a diligent, hardworking individual who yearned for peace in her life. Her mother's words echoed in her mind: "If you work hard enough, you'll get what you desire." As a naive child, Selene believed this wholeheartedly and swore to work tirelessly.

But was she truly happy? Selene found joy in watching anime and immersing herself in all things otaku. Her mother, however, dismissed these interests as mere distractions, a waste of precious time. Reluctantly, Selene abandoned her passions to focus on the path laid out before her. Yet, deep within her heart, she dreamed of a life where she could be anything she wanted, unshackled by expectations and free to explore her true self.

Selene yearned for freedom, much like the protagonists in the isekai anime she adored. But unlike them, she had no interest in a harem or the explicit content that sometimes accompanied those stories (hentai).It was their vibrant, carefree existence that captivated her, their happiness a stark contrast to her own constrained life. Watching them live out their fantastical adventures, Selene couldn't help but wish for a similar fate, to be whisked away into a world where she could start anew and live unburdened by the weight of expectations.

But those things are just nonsense. No way those are real. Right?

And a truck hit Selene on her way to work

Teehee just kidding

But Selene did die

By a what?

...

Guess

•𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐞•

Ughhhhh... I feel... dizzy...

What happened?

My consciousness is back now but I'm not in the hospital?

More like I'm outside

Am I being thrown out!?

I'm still laid down, watching the sky

It oddly blue and pure

The air smells... different

It not like a fire being burned in the forest or anything but it like the air has been purified

How do I know this? It not like I've been smelling purified air or anything

Ok seriously my body feels so light like as if all my burdens have been taking away

I like the feeling of it

I stand up and look around my surroundings

Hmmm... this is... not my home

Am I in a whole new country or what?

It just a grassy land

Grass and a random trees

No wonder why the air smells nice

Also... the grass are oddly green

Like seriously

No dried grass?

Oh my gosh who's been taking care of this place??

Not to mention, there's literally no houses around here

"Where am I?"

I spoke to myself

Not like as if some random person came out of nowhere and say like "Finally, you woke u-"

"Finally, you woke up"

Suddenly a random voice of a man came out of nowhere

I... honestly didn't expect that

Did I just predict something?

I look around to find the unknown voice

Just to soon realize, he was just under a tree, reading a book

That man... he seems to be wearing a black vest with a diamond cutout on front and another cutout on his side

He's also had a muscular build

Why the fudge is he that sexy?

I didn't mean.. in a..

nevermind

also, he wear a white jacket and there's like some kind of straps around his arm and his thigh too

I don't think it a white jacket

How do I describe this?

Kind of like... his jacket being burned or something which leaves the right side survived

also his hair is wavy dark blue, it cover a bit of his right eye but not entirely

This guy sense of fashion is weird

"Uhhh... how long have I been sleeping?"

I ask the unknowm man

I hope I haven't been sleeping for like... 20 years or something

I don't wanna be old and I don't wanna pay my house bill yet!

Before I could even realize that unknown suddenly teleported in front of my face!

I almost jumped so high I could even reach the moon!

Did he seriously used teleportation?

No way that exist in this world

Unless...

My eyes widen

"AM I IN-"

"Yes, you're in another world"

"Let me fini-"

"State your name"

OK BUT LET ME FINISH!

This guy is as arrogant as fudge...

Wait...

HOW CAN I NOT NOTICE IT SOONER!?

Why is he-

"pfft"

I tried to hold my laugh

But yeah I don't think it working

The unknown man sigh

I imagine him rolling his eyes

Too bad I can't tell

Because he's wearing a mask

Not some ordinary mask

How do I say this...

His mask is like it made out of those sculpture you can see at the museum

Like a alabaster statue

But it grey

So I think it either the thing I just mention or just a mask made out of stone

But it hilarious tbh

Why the fudge is he wearing a weird looking mask?

"Laugh all you want just tell me your name"

The man voice is like a narrator

But annoying

"Uhhh.. my name is Selene. Also, am I seriously in another world? Like... for real?"

The weird masked bla bla man didn't reply

Rude

Instead he is just scanning me like some sort of robot

I can tell his gaze are looking at me up and down judging by his head movement

"Hmm..."

He gave me a unpleasant tone

Is it because I'm a girl???

THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE DAYS IN THE HISTORY

Or is it because he's racist or something?

Uhhh...

Does that count as racism?

I don't think so honestly

"You're a female. Right?"

Of course I am!

Never seen one before?

"Yes? I am a female? Does my face and hair give you proof enoug-"

Just as I was about to show him my hair

I realized it was shorter

and somehow blue

"H-HUH!? WHY IS MY HAIE BLUE!? DID I DYE IT IN MY SLEEP SOMEHOW!? DID YOU DYE IT WHEN I WAS SLEEPING!? MY MOM ARE GONNA BE SO MAD!"

I panicked real hard

But the man just stand there, confuse

"I assumed you were already aware that you are in another world."

Oh

Wait

How can I forgot?

I asked him that from the beginning

Obviously my mom is not here

...

My.... mom is not here..?

I suddenly heard someone snapping their finger

repeatedly

It that man again

I nearly got lost in though about my mom

"Focus"

The man says

I am focused!

Just tell me what is it

I rolled my eyes

That man doesn't seem to care about it

"Very unusual... typically, it is males who are reincarnated into another world."

He paused for a moment, patting his chin still scanning me

"So what?? I don't understand anything. I just got reincarnated into this world and here you are talking nonsense"

I spoke up

But I gotta agree with him

I know I've been isekaid to another world and all

Usually in isekai anime, the mc are mostly male

I don't know why or how

Probably because they just love getting hit by a truck

ALSO MY DEATH IS NOT BECAUSE OF A TRUCK

SO DON'T THINK OF ME LIKE THAT

"Ok so.. let me got this straight... I've been isekaid... and you randomly came out of nowhere. What are you? It like.. you've been expecting my arrival"

I ask

Yeah I'm clueless

Still clueless when I'm fully aware I've been isekaid

I never though of things like this actually exist

I honestly wanted to go to the afterlife

Though being isekaid is also pretty cool to be honest...

"I am your Guide"

He replies my question in an annoyed tone

Well he doesnt seems happy with his job

Also...

A Guide?

Well that's new

Things like that never exist in any isekai novel, manga or anime

Or it because I'm already too old I didn't even realize there is a Guide in isekai anime, manga etc..

"There is... a Guide in isekai world??"

I ask him again

I heard him sighing again

Just quit your job already I don't want a Guide that keep sighing when theri purpose is literally guiding and answering the "tourist" question

"I am , a person who is supposed to guide you through your fantasy magical stories"

He sounds like he's reading a script

Which he is

Ok since when did he suddenly got that script?

I swear he was holding a book and not a script

Also where's that book???

I stares at him as I hears him say what he said

"So you are the one who is going to be my guide?"

I can just pretty much tell that he doesn't seem to care much about me

Which I don't care too

Because it look like he was about to slap the script in his hand to my face

"Didn't I say something about me guiding you as your..."

He pinch his own nosebridge

Clearly unsatisfied with my... "denseness"

Then he look at the script again and read it outloud, continuing what he was about to say

"...about...me...guiding you as your Guide on your magical fantasy stories new life?"

This guy is weird honestly

I don't understand his way of thinking

"Ugh... you are a strange person...But anyway, first things first... what is this place?"

I seriously can't tell

There is a bunch of trees and all that

Seriously where are we?

"A forest of course, how dense are you?"

Ok he don't really need to call me that...

Of course it a forest

"I was expecting some smart-ass answer like that from you... but, in that case, is there a nearby town or city nearby?"

I ask him. again

I really wanna see what inside the city or town in this world!

I bet it'll look like a video game style!

And who knows..

The food there must be delicious!

Thinking about that makes me want to drool..

"Yes, but first as a"

he reads the script again trying to memorise it

"Ahem... as you, a reincarnation, someone who has been reincarnated into this world, you must confront many challenges in order to continue your journey and eventually enter the city."

The way he talk is oddly fancy

No like for real

Why the sudden formalities?

"I see, what kind of challenges are we talking about here? Some monsters or something?"

I asked him again

This time he's not sighing or anything

Which I'm glad

"Yes, now go fight one"

He snap his finger and a monster randomly teleport out of nowhere

A huge one too...

I honestly didn't expect it to be so sudden

I hate you, masked guide

"E-EH!? WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THAT!?"

I SERIOUSLY HAD NOTHING TO DEFEND MYSELF AND HERE THIS GUY RANDOMLY TELEPORTING A MONSTER OUT OF NOWHERE

GO EASY ON ME I DON'T HAVE ANY WEAPONS