The last thing I remember is the feeling of a bunch of magic rushing into the area but before I could even react to it I passed out. Now I am not the most powerful magic knight but I definitely am not weak. So, I wonder who could somehow sneak up on me to cast magic without me even noticing? And why even go to the trouble of attacking some random knight? I haven't really done anything that could offend someone, at least I don't think I have.

A few minutes later, my thinking is interrupted as I suddenly regain the ability to move. And with it back, I open my eyes and instantly glance around the room to survey for attackers. But oddly my eyes found no one at all and I saw that I was no longer at my house.

Earlier when I was still being forced to sit still I heavily considered the fact that I may have been kidnapped since the person who knocked me out didn't end up killing me but now I am confused on why they would leave me alone and unrestrained. 

Well, all the better for me since now I don't have to fight someone right off the bat. 

I then stand up and look down at myself to check for injury. But I notice something strange. And that is that the clothes on my body are definitely not mine and that the body on my body is definitely not mine! 

Wait body on my body? That isn't how that works. There isn't a body on my body. I am just in the wrong body. But now that brings the question of who's body and why am I in it? 

And to figure that question out, I start to feel around it from head to toe. And from my check, I deduced that this body is of the female sex and the elf species. Ok, now this makes this whole situation 100 times more confusing. Who the hell randomly turns a male human knight into a female elf? Like why? What was the point? And if you were gonna use transformation magic on me couldn't I have at least stayed male? Honestly, if it wasn't for my special training I would probably be freaking out right now but instead, I am just confused and angered.

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Now that the body inspection is complete, I inspect the room a little more in hopes of finding any hints on what was going on. But sadly I find nothing and the room seems to be your run-of-the-mill cheap apartment.

I'm surprised by the fact that whoever did this managed to leave without leaving any evidence behind but it's also annoying since it will make it harder for me to hunt them down so I can force them to reverse whatever spell they used on me.

And with my inspections done I head towards the door leading to the outside, but before I can reach it I hear a scream from someone in a neighboring apartment. And I hear another and then another until it seems like dozens of people outside are yelling and screaming. 

What the hell? Why is everyone freaking out? I am the one in the strange situation. 

I open the door to the outside and take a few steps out and am met with absolute chaos. Some people are running down the street yelling, some are on horseback, I also spot some people just laying on the ground passed out and I see a few people just standing there.

What in the hell is going on? Everyone is freaking out? Is this unrelated to what happened to me or did everyone on this street wake up with the wrong body also? 

My eyes scan the street once again and in the middle of the chaos, about 20 feet away, I see a man sitting up against a building with a pipe in his hand. And since he seems the calmest out of everyone I decided to approach him. 

"Hello sir, you wouldn't happen to know what is going on?" I slightly cringe at how much more high-pitched my voice was.

The man turns to look up at me while taking a puff of his pipe. "I think I do, but my theory is just an assumption that is based on recent personal experience." He takes another puff of his pipe. "Now a few minutes ago I was sitting in the middle of the forest on a multiday hunting trip when suddenly I get knocked out. And then I wake up here, a place I have never been to, and in the body of some stranger. Now going off these events and seeing how everyone else is freaking out I am assuming they all are going through similar things. Is that a good theory? Are you also in the body of a stranger?"

I respond with a quick nod. Great... this makes things so much more complicated.

I then plop on my bottom and sit next to the man, while my mind starts to think of tons and tons of different situations that could cause this.

In my thinking, I feel a poke from the man. "Want some?" He says while holding out the pipe.