The Author's POV

Friday, 9:00 P.M.

Sitting on a bench waiting for the air train to arrive, I absentmindedly stared at my phone.

Looking through the files smallsnake sent me, a strange feeling welled up inside of me. The more I read the files, the stronger the feeling became.

「Galxicus - Information」

Guild grade :

[Bronze] [▼Silver] [Gold] [Platinum] [Diamond]

History :

Guild was established in 2045, with 10 years to its name. Currently graded as a silver ranked guild and is under command of current guild leader Ronald Dover ranked hero. Under his guidance, the guild was able to rise from a bronze-graded guild to a silver-graded one.

Current situation :

'”Financial distress [Debt - 95,000,000 U]

'”Risk of guild relegation [Silver ▷ Bronze]

'”Internal power struggle [Current guild master under heavy scrutiny by board members]

More information :

...

...

Looking through the information and after pondering for a bit, I somehow got the gist of what was happening.

After going through my phone, I found out that the three-year lock enrolment fee was 30,000,000 U.

To some, it may be spare change, but to regular people, it was an absurdly astronomical sum.

Prior to when I reincarnated, Ren's parents must've taken a 30 million U loan under the guild's name to finance 'Ren's' tuition fee for the lock.

After a long and heated debate, Ren's parents must've been able to convince the board to loan them 30 million U as a form of investment.

However, after Ren took the test and was judged to be a ranked talent by the lock, the guild executives must've started pressuring Ren's parents into paying back what they owed.

...As soon as they saw that Ren wasn't talented, they immediately ceased all formalities with their own guild master and took it as an opportunity to take over the guild.

The fact that they were withstanding such a heavy burden yet letting me attend the lock at the same time, went to show how much they loved me. Their 'son'

As I thought more about it, another question emerged in my mind.

What happened to the original Ren?

After thinking long and hard about it, my face became grim.

My current hypothesis was that after receiving his talent grading, he fell into a deep depression due to the guilt he felt towards his parents and chose to end his life, allowing me to take over.

...But this was just a hypothesis I came up with only the report as a reference.

assessing the situation more carefully, I

was more to the story than

...

9:15 P.M.

wasn't here felt oddly agonizing. It was as if a part

meet people that I had never met before so badly? It's

perhaps longing for a

quickly discarded

the love I felt from my parents back in my previous world, it shouldn't be to the point where I would start longing for

Perhaps...

Right.

Ren? What if this longing feeling I was feeling towards my new family was due to the old

much influence did the

palpitations that would increase

...it hurt.

was the same feeling I felt whenever I thought

those lines,

remembering the happy days I spent with my family back in my previous world. When everything wasn't as fucked up as it was now. Their home-cooked meals, their nagging, the

came flooding down like a dam that had

"Fuuu..."

eyes that had slightly reddened, I closed my eyes and tried my best to hide

you doing to me

...

Lock square

and pleasant voice resounded across

train, I took a quick glance at my surroundings before choosing a seat on the right

on a seat next to the window, I took out my earbuds and played some

my thoughts

don't know what went over me back then, I knew

had still not fully died and a small

he wasn't and it was just my

to

square '”

coming from the train speaker

-Clank!

▷ Northen District,

-Vuuuuam!

up speed and

city had a cumulative population of 50

and most centralized area in the human domain, it naturally attracted a lot of

It was massive.

Ashton city was

Eastern District, Western

why they were

the jurisdiction of one of the four Diamon

1. Demon Hunter ▷

Guild

3. Black Hammer ▷

of Dawn ▷

main powers that kept humanity in check, they still allowed the

way the union could keep their power centralized and