"We bring you news from around the world; recently, the coronavirus outbreak has been spreading very rapidly.
Just yesterday, the country registered more than 100,000 cases. Government officials advise people to stay home and stay—
I shut the TV off in annoyance and closed my eyes. The world is experiencing an outbreak, and everyone is ordered to stay home.
I have no problem with it; my family and I live in a town where people are scarce. So we have nothing to worry about.
GROWL
"Ugh!" I grumbled in annoyance as I got out of my sofa. "Mom, I am going out to get some food; do you want anything?" I yelled while looking upstairs, but there was no response.
"Mom!" I yelled again, but still nothing. Maybe she's asleep. "Mary, I am going out; do you guys want anything?" I called my little sister; she is a twin, by the way.
But I didn't get a response from her either, "Jane! Mary!" I called out once again; Jane and Mary are twins; they are younger than me by two years.
Hmmm, what the fuck is wrong with them? Why aren't they answering?
I, instead of going out, started to walk towards the stairs. "Lailah!" I called my big sister, who is older than me by five years.
But still nothing. "Hey, I am going to get really mad if you guys are trying to play a prank on me!" I yelled as I reached the first floor.
But all I was met with was utter silence. Now I was getting worried; my heartbeat quickened as I went on my guard.
I mentally prepared myself that there might be a burglar in the house, 'Fuck! The gun I'd got downstairs!' I cursed inwardly as I slowly took a step.
I reached my little sister's bedroom; they shared a room, and slowly opened it.
None, both my sisters weren't there, and there isn't any sign of a struggle either. I then closed the door and looked at the opposite one, my big sister's room. I, like before, opened the door slowly, and like before, she wasn't there.
'Where is everyone?' I wondered; my bedroom is on the ground floor, so there is no way that they are in my room; I would know.
"That only leaves Mom's room." I mumbled out loud as I walked toward the end of the small hallway.
CLICK
I slowly opened the door with heated breath and
SIGH
"There you are, why the fuck aren't you answering? I was so worried that a burglar had got in!" I said as I entered the room.
My entire family was there, standing before my mom's bed, but weirdly, all of them were staring at the floor.
"What are you guys staring at?" I asked with a frown as I walked toward them.
And the moment I reached them, "What the…?"
There is this big blue circle on the floor, shining brightly; it had many strange symbols on it that glowed like the circle itself while some of them moved once in a while.
My little sister, Mary, who is a weeb and into anime a lot, turned towards me and mumbled, "Big bro, I think that's a magic circle."
I almost scoffed at her words, but as a person who is into anime as well, I looked carefully at the circle, and sure enough, it looked like the ones in anime.
'Wait, don't these magic circles appear whenever the MC is to be transmigrated into the fantasy world?'
My eyes widened while my heart thumped against my chest as realisation dawned upon me.
I turned to my family, my expression horrid as I shouted, "Quick! Get out—" but alas, I was too late.
The magic circle began to shine brightly, almost blinding us for a moment before everything went black.
…..
I slowly opened my eyes only to find myself floating in a dark space.
I quickly went into a panic as I looked around for my family and got relaxed when I found them; they were floating beside me.
Are you guys all right? I wanted to ask them, but no words came out of my mouth. Sure, my mouth moved, but not a squeak of sound came out.
My sisters too seemed to have noticed and were in a panic.
I quickly floated towards my little sister Jane and held her hand and smiled reassuringly. She seems to have calmed down a little after seeing me.
I could see my big sister and mother holding Mary's hand and floating towards me. I could see my mother panicking; I bet she wanted to ask what was happening, but, like before, no sound came out of our mouths.
But the moment all of our family came together, our bodies stiffened. If before we couldn't speak, now we couldn't move either.
"Hohoho! Looks like I have succeeded!" A voice echoed through this dark space.
No, instead of a voice, it was voices. It sounded as if someone had remixed a thousand voices into one.
"Honestly, I thought I would fail. I never transmigrated someone with their body intact, you see."
What the fuck!? What the fuck do you mean never transmigrated with their bodies intact!?
I wanted to curse the voice but alas, I had no voice. But then, as if the voice was reading my mind, said.
"Hoho! Quite a feisty fellow we have here!" I instinctively knew the voice was talking about me as I could feel someone or something looking at me.
"Anyways, since I have succeeded, let me explain to you what's happening." The voice began.
"Basically, I am transmigrating you into another world. A fantasy world to be exact; ask the little girl if you don't know what it means." The voice said, and I knew it was talking about Mary.
"But this world isn't like your typical fantasy world. But I don't want to give you spoilers, so wait for the surprise!" the voice said.
This damn bastard is having too much fun. And like before, the voice seemed to have read my mind.
"Huhuhu, that yes, I am. Anyway, I have changed your body structure to suit that world, and don't worry, you are still human. I have also given you a gift, an all-elemental affinity. You will understand what it means after you enter the world.
And don't think that you are tasked with some divine mission. Man, those freaks are hard to deal with! I don't care what you do in that world, laze around, or try to rule it, or destroy it. I don't give a damn!
I am doing this for fun! So live your life however you want; I don't care.
Oh! Your time is up! Chop chop now, I hope you guys survive and have fun."
….And everything went black…. Once again!