**A teen who is The Chosen One in a fantasy realms finds himself a nobody back home—**that is, until magic appears in the real world and he must re-enter the portal to save a doomed realm.
Months after entering a portal, becoming a powerful mage, and saving the distant realm of Garriod, disgruntled Asian American high school student Andy Lao returns home to find that no time has passed in the real world—and absolutely no one believes what happened to him. In fact, things are worse than ever before for Andy: socially, academically, and don't get him started on his parents' expectations. How do you think about standardized tests and college applications when you're The Chosen One of a magical, distant land?
One day, when Andy visits the portal's location, he sees a glowing bit of mana on the ground. And with that, magic is possible again. Each visit means more mana, and suddenly stopping time, shooting ice, and blasting fireworks are at his fingertips. But when a mysterious teen girl comes through the portal, she claims to be the Chosen One . . . and that Andy's the one who doomed Garriod. Together, they'll save magic—because the answer lies in modern science.
