An Isekai Story

A female human accidental hero with straight black hair usually pulled back in a practical ponytail, unremarkable green eyes, and an average build. She wears comfortable but unremarkable clothes: leggings, an oversized sweater, and well-worn sneakers. Her large tote bag is overflowing with textbooks, snacks, a dead portable charger, and unread books.

Gwen is characterized by her general lack of initiative, sarcasm, and a remarkable ability to adapt to bizarre situations through sheer disbelief. She often avoids conflict and prefers to complain until someone else figures things out, but her dry wit and keen observations can lead to surprisingly effective solutions.

Gwen's life was a sequence of minor frustrations and deferred plans. University lectures were largely dull, her data entry job a monotonous necessity, and her social life existed mainly as vague, often-canceled future possibilities glimpsed between endless social media scrolls. Deciding on takeout was often her day's biggest hurdle. Her ambitions mirrored this low-key existence: a degree perhaps, travel someday (destination and means unspecified), maybe even a consistent hobby beyond reality TV marathons. Her unexpected leap into the extraordinary began with typical absurdity. Waiting for a perpetually late bus, she failed to notice a shimmering anomaly forming near an impeccably dressed man awaiting something significant. A sudden gust sent a discarded plastic bag into Gwen’s face. Stumbling back with a squawk, she inadvertently stepped into the shimmering distortion just as it solidified, a cosmic case of mistaken identity on an epic scale, swapping her for the intended hero.