After dying on set of his debut Supernatural TV show ripoff, Kanin ends up Between, a space between dimensions. There he meets Noli, an elf, who’s also gotten stuck between worlds. As a magic spell pulls them back into reality, a predator in the dark attacks Kanin, stabbing him through his soul.

The horror of Between quickly fades as Kanin and Noli fall back into reality—but not into their original bodies. Kanin ends up in a homunculus core shaped like a small glass flask, while Noli falls into the body of a toy clockwork octopus. The two have accidentally been caught in a wizard’s spell intended to power a magical automaton designed to do his yard work.

Kanin learns how to maneuver the world as a tiny glass flask, leveling up and taking a Wizard class to help him perform spells and gain mastery over his fragile body. Before he can figure out how to communicate with his summoner, however, the predator from Between strikes, killing Kanin’s only hope of returning home.

Noli and Kanin are forced to flee, searching for help before the spell keeping them stuck to their temporary bodies runs out and they’re thrown back Between, where they’ll face permanent death—if the predator doesn’t consume them first. After many days on the road, and a failed attempt to get help, they make it to the nearest village, where they attempt once more to flag down assistance. Noli transcribes a “cheat sheet” for Kanin to use to communicate, while she writes a letter explaining their situation to send to her wife. But just as they’re ready to break down the language barrier, the predator returns, and this time Kanin understands a horrible truth: it’s summoned by his own unwitting actions.

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After the predator possesses Kanin, killing two travelers and crippling Noli in the process, Kanin flees the village, as much to find help elsewhere as to protect everyone from himself. With Noli unable to walk, Kanin is her only hope of finding help before their spells expire.

While on the road, Kanin survives the elements and battles undead creatures—and also befriends a devilish rogue named Zyneth. Zyneth takes Kanin to the nearest city, where he hopes to find the help he’s looking for. However the friends of the two slain travelers also catch up with Kanin, intent on avenging the deaths of their comrades. His only means of communication destroyed, left injured and alone, his spell timer approaches the end. Just as Kanin has given up, however, Noli finds him with the help of people they’d met along the way.

With renewed hope, they once more begin to search for a wizard who can free them. Simultaneously, Kanin discovers he’s capable of extending the timer on their spells himself—but it would require tapping into the predator’s void powers to do so. With time running out, Kanin performs the spell to extend their lives just one more day, although the cost means the next spell he casts will summon the murderous predator from Between once more.

Finally, Noli’s wife catches up to them, and helps usher everyone back toward her home—and Noli’s comatose body. Kanin reluctantly agrees to perform the spell that can bind Noli’s soul to her body, but doing so summons the predator. Zyneth gears up to fight off the predator as Kanin sews Noli’s soul back into her body, but not before the vengeful travelers find them. After a three-way battle, Kanin finally resolves the fight by confronting the predator head-on and sealing it within his inventory.

With the predator gone—at least, for now—and Noli’s soul returned to her body, Kanin sets his sights on achieving the same.