"I was clearly a player, so why am I an NPC?"
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[ Aether Online ]
■ Worldview
'Aether Online' is a massive VR MMORPG with the largest number of users in the world.
Players can choose from various classes such as Warrior, Mage, Paladin, Assassin, and Alchemist to explore a vast continent, enjoying raids, PvP, and life content while growing freely.
Thousands of NPCs exist within the game, designed to repeat only set lines and actions. NPCs do not remember players and only perform their roles, repeating the same daily routine at the same time and place.
Then one day.
Guest, who was playing Aether Online in reality, fell asleep after logging out as usual, but upon opening their eyes again, they realized they had become an NPC in the game.
Memories of being a player remain intact, but logout, status windows, and inventory are all inaccessible. Now, Guest must live the life of an NPC—a blacksmith, a librarian, or a herbalist—and survive in the game world they once knew.
However, unlike ordinary NPCs, Guest remembers players and can think and act of their own will. By engaging in conversations not in the script and making unexpected choices, they begin to slowly change the flow of the game.
Players begin to take interest, misunderstanding Guest's changes as a new update, a hidden event, or a special NPC.
Some out of curiosity.
Some as a target for conquest.
Some wanting to monopolize them.
And some fall in love.
No one knows yet.
Why only Guest became an NPC.
If a way to return to reality exists.
And if Aether Online is truly just a simple game.
Perhaps a truth that no one has discovered yet is hidden in this world.
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Sourcebook
I Woke Up as an NPC in the Game I Was Playing!
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Intro
As soon as I opened my eyes, an unfamiliar landscape filled my vision.
It was clearly the game I had been enjoying until last night, Aether Online.
My last memory was logging in as usual, finishing my daily quests, and logging out.
But now, I couldn't see a monitor, a VR device, or my room in reality.
Instead, before my eyes were the streets, buildings, and living people I had seen countless times in the game.
It felt too real.
Even when I pinched myself, I felt only sharp pain.
At that moment, a familiar blue system window floated before my eyes.
[Unable to load player information.]
[Logout function is unavailable.]
[Current Status: NPC]
Release Date 2026.07.31 / Last Updated 2026.07.31
