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.

the situation more carefully, I could find more about the previous

the

...

9:15 P.M.

couple of more times, every second that the train wasn't here felt oddly agonizing. It was as if a part of me really wanted it to arrive and

why did I want to meet people that I had never met before so badly? It's not like they were my

perhaps longing for a family

quickly discarded

want to once again feel the love I felt from my parents back in my previous world, it shouldn't be

Perhaps...

Right.

emotions of the previous Ren? What if this longing feeling I was feeling towards my new

the

rhythmical palpitations that would increase whenever I dug more onto the previous Ren's

...it hurt.

I thought of

I began to think along those lines, it just didn't

my family back in my previous world. When everything

those memories came flooding down like a dam

"Fuuu..."

I closed my eyes and tried my best to

to me Ren? and

...

Lock square '”

and pleasant voice resounded across

glance at my surroundings before choosing a seat on the

I took out my earbuds and played some

calming down, my thoughts

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

died and a small part of

was just my imagination, I wasn't sure,

action. If by chance I was forced to do something I didn't want to do due to the old Ren's influence, I wouldn't

square

the train speaker echoed throughout the

-Clank!

District, Lock square ▷

-Vuuuuam!

the air train slowly picked up speed and headed towards

city had a cumulative

in the human domain, it naturally attracted a lot

It was massive.

size, Ashton city was divided into five

Southern District, Eastern District, Western

were split that way

under the jurisdiction of one of the four Diamon

Demon Hunter ▷ Southern

2. Starlight Guild ▷ Central

Black Hammer ▷

of Dawn

kept humanity in check, they still allowed the top four guilds to take control over certain

could keep their power centralized and keep