Chapter 1: Mysterious Place I am Caramel. I am the protagonist of a game my owner has been playing a lot lately. My owner is the one who gave me that name. ...It’s the sort of flashy, outlandish name that would be ridiculous in the real world, though. One day, while I was moving about under my owner's control just as usual, I heard a sound like a thread snapping—*snap*— and before I knew it, I was in a pitch-black place. I noticed the name of the location displayed in the top-left corner of the screen, written in hiragana: "Mysterious Place." I’ve heard the name, at least. The "Mystery Zone"—or *Nazo no Basho*— is a space players can enter by exploiting a glitch; apparently, many players end up trapped there, unable to get back out. …But something is wrong. The "Mystery Zone" glitch is supposed to exist only in *Pokémon Diamond* and *Pearl* (the original versions). So why am I here, even though I’m the protagonist of *Pokémon ZA*? The more I thought about it, the less sense it made. Then, a voice came from the darkness. ???: "Huh? Are you the new guy?" ???: "It's dark in here, so I'll just turn on the lights." With a *click* of the switch, the space before me lit up. There, I saw many other protagonists the Master had controlled. One of them spoke to me. ???: "Oh, sorry. You're the newcomer... right?" Herb: "I'm Herb. Just like you, I used to be a ZA protagonist." Caramel: "'Used to be'?" Herb: "Let me explain. You see, whenever the Creator changes a protagonist's appearance, they completely transform them—making them look like a totally different person. When that happens, the protagonist whose look was drastically changed gets discarded here." …It feels like a pretty meta topic, but I guess I won't worry about it. Honestly, even calling it "meta" is meta in itself. Herb: "Follow me. There are plenty of other discarded protagonists here, too." To be continued…
this is my novel.(English version) I used Google translation.sorry.
