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 :

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...

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.

and assessing the situation more carefully,

the story than

...

9:15 P.M.

times, every second that the train wasn't here felt oddly agonizing. It

that I had never met before

longing for a family that

discarded such

back in my previous world, it shouldn't be to

Perhaps...

Right.

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

did the previous Ren have

heart, I couldn't help but feel the slow rhythmical palpitations that would increase whenever

...it hurt.

feeling I felt whenever I

to think along those lines, it just didn't seem

back in my previous world. When everything wasn't as fucked up as

like a dam that had broken

"Fuuu..."

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

what are you doing to me Ren? and why

...

square

pleasant voice resounded across the train

quick glance at my surroundings

seat next to the window, I took out my earbuds and

down, my thoughts became

know what went over me back then, I knew that

still not fully died and a small part of

just my imagination, I wasn't sure,

hoped it wouldn't influence my future course of action. If by chance I was forced to do something I didn't want to do due to the old Ren's influence,

square

I was in deep thought, the voice coming from the train speaker echoed throughout

-Clank!

square ▷ Northen

-Vuuuuam!

train slowly picked up speed and headed

city had a cumulative

in the human domain, it

It was massive.

city was divided into five different

District, Eastern District, Western District,

they were split

from the Northern district, every other district was under the jurisdiction of one of the four Diamon graded guilds present in Ashton

1. Demon Hunter

2. Starlight Guild ▷

3. Black Hammer ▷ Western

of Dawn ▷ Eastern

the union and the central government were the main powers that kept humanity in check, they still allowed the top four guilds to take control over

their power centralized and keep guilds satisfied