Ring, ring.
"Summer, class is starting!" my classmate Vassen called, but I didn't respond right away.
Because I wasn't fully here.
I am Summer Saha, a 20-year-old college student at Calcutta University, studying Computer Science. I love reading novels, web novels, anime, and cartoons. Most people see me as a normal college student… but there's a side of me they'll never understand.
I'm a daydreamer. And not in a small, fleeting way. When I daydream, I step inside it — like I'm transported into the world of a story. A few seconds in class can feel like an entire lifetime in my mind: birth, childhood, adulthood, marriage, even death.
Today, I got hooked on a web novel I was reading last night. It was about a scientist who is transported to ancient India, became an emperor, and left behind legends that last for centuries. I could see it all vividly in my mind — the palace halls, the royal robes, the people.
Sometimes, reality fades so completely that I forget I'm even in a classroom. And just like that, I am anywhere, anyone, everything…
But even as the teacher's voice calls in the background, I can't stop thinking: what if I could live in that world for real? What if I could decide the fate of a kingdom?
And just like that… my daydream begins.
Everything I knew disappeared — and I was somewhere else entirely.