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.

more

more to the

...

9:15 P.M.

gone through the report a couple of more times, every second that the train wasn't here felt oddly agonizing. It was as if a part of me

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

perhaps longing for a family that

quickly discarded such

my previous world, it shouldn't be to the point where I would start longing for it from strangers that I've never

Perhaps...

Right.

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

influence did the previous Ren

I couldn't help but feel the slow rhythmical palpitations that would increase whenever I dug more

...it hurt.

feeling I felt whenever I thought

to think along those lines,

previous world. When everything

those memories came flooding down like a

"Fuuu..."

closed my eyes and tried my best to hide the tears that

are you doing to me

...

Lock square '”

pleasant voice resounded across the

took a quick glance at my surroundings before choosing a seat

to the window, I took out

my thoughts became more

I knew that the previous Ren had something to do

a small part of

just

was, I hoped it wouldn't influence my future course of action. If by chance I was forced to do something

square

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

-Clank!

Lock square ▷ Northen District,

-Vuuuuam!

air train slowly picked up speed and

a cumulative population of 50 million

centralized area in the human domain, it naturally

It was massive.

Ashton city

District, Southern District, Eastern District, Western District, and the Central

why they were split that way

other district was under the jurisdiction of one of the four Diamon graded guilds

1. Demon Hunter ▷

Guild

3. Black Hammer

Eclipse of

central government were the main powers that kept humanity in

way the union could keep their power centralized and keep guilds