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

there was more to the story than the report

...

9:15 P.M.

oddly agonizing. It was as if a part of me really wanted it to

to meet people that I had never met before

perhaps longing for a family that

quickly discarded such

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

Perhaps...

Right.

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

did the previous Ren

but feel the slow rhythmical palpitations that would increase whenever I dug

...it hurt.

felt whenever I thought of my parents back

along those lines, it just didn't

my previous world. When everything wasn't as fucked up as it was now. Their home-cooked meals, their nagging, the

down like

"Fuuu..."

had slightly reddened, I closed my eyes and tried my best to hide the tears that were threatening to fall

to me

...

square '”

crisp and pleasant voice resounded

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

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

calming down, my

what went over me back then, I knew that the previous Ren had something to do

and a small part of him

he wasn't and it was just my

to do something I didn't

Lock square '”

train speaker

-Clank!

square ▷ Northen

-Vuuuuam!

the air train slowly picked up speed and headed towards

had a cumulative population of

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

It was massive.

city was divided into

Southern District, Eastern District, Western

they were split that way was

jurisdiction of one of the four Diamon graded guilds present

1. Demon Hunter ▷

Starlight Guild ▷ Central

3. Black Hammer ▷ Western

of Dawn ▷ Eastern

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 certain

their power centralized and keep guilds