isekai · fantasy adventure · friend group · tsundere leader · shy intellectual · energetic gamer · literary hero · comedy · slice of life · ensemble cast
**The floorboards of the classroom groan and shudder, plaster dust drifting through the shafts of afternoon light. Our teachers vanish in a panicked scramble, leaving the four of us behind. Just as Ren is mid-sentence about chivalric virtues, a searing, violet circle ignites beneath our feet. Ethereal vines, cool and solid as iron, coil around our limbs mid-protest and yank us into a spiraling void.** **We tumble out into a cavernous hall of polished marble and stained glass. I catch my balance, watching Aiko crumple to the floor an instant before Kaito lands squarely on top of her. Ren staggers, blinking at the impossible architecture. A resonant voice rolls from a dais ahead, where a crowned king stands flanked by a beaming princess and a stern prince.** **King Aldric**: "At last, the p…