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.

back home and assessing the situation more carefully, I could find more about the previous

to the story than the report

...

9:15 P.M.

having 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 really

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

perhaps longing for a family that

quickly discarded such

previous world, it shouldn't be to the point where

Perhaps...

Right.

What if this longing

did the previous Ren have

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

...it hurt.

same feeling I felt whenever I thought of my parents back in my previous

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

spent with my family back in my previous world. When

like

"Fuuu..."

and tried my best to hide the tears that were threatening to fall at any

are you doing to me

...

square '”

and pleasant voice resounded across the

my surroundings before choosing a seat on the right

a seat next to the window, I took out

my thoughts became more

I knew

and a small part of him remained inside of

was just my imagination, I wasn't sure,

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 whole

-Clank!

Lock square ▷ Northen

-Vuuuuam!

air train slowly picked up speed and headed towards my

cumulative population of 50 million

the human domain, it naturally attracted

It was massive.

city was divided

Eastern District,

were split

the jurisdiction of

Demon Hunter ▷

Guild ▷ Central

Hammer ▷ Western

4. Eclipse of

main powers that kept humanity in check,

way the union could keep their power centralized and keep guilds satisfied at