He gave up everything he owned in exchange for the right to be by her side.
Even if the price is accelerated aging, even if he is just a playmate in the game in her eyes.
He succeeded but something went wrong in the middle. He became an old man directly, but luckily he could come to her reasonably.
The inspiration comes from a short video "The lover in the second dimension comes to see you in the first dimension at the cost of accelerated aging." The story is my own original creation.
The early stage of the story is long
Okay, let me show my cards, my writing is lousy.