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.

more carefully, I could find more

the story

...

9:15 P.M.

agonizing. It was as if a part of

did I want to meet people that I had never

longing for a

discarded

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

Perhaps...

Right.

previous Ren? What if this longing feeling I was feeling towards my new family

did the previous Ren

couldn't help but feel the slow rhythmical palpitations

...it hurt.

felt whenever I

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

I spent with my family back in my previous world. When everything wasn't as fucked up as it was now. Their

flooding down like a dam that had broken into

"Fuuu..."

eyes that had slightly reddened, I closed my eyes and

you doing to me Ren? and why

...

square '”

and pleasant voice resounded across the train

at my surroundings before

seat next to the window, I took out

down, my

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

died and a small part of him remained inside of

wasn't and it was just my imagination, I wasn't

influence my future course of action. If by chance I was forced to do something I didn't want to do

square

the voice coming from the train speaker echoed throughout the whole train and the doors

-Clank!

Lock square ▷ Northen District, Veril

-Vuuuuam!

air, the air train slowly picked up speed and headed

a cumulative population

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

It was massive.

size, Ashton city was divided into five different

Eastern District, Western District, and the

they were split that way

the jurisdiction of

Hunter

Guild ▷

Black Hammer

of

the main powers that kept humanity in check, they still

keep their power centralized