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.

after going back home and assessing the situation more carefully, I could

there was more to the story

...

9:15 P.M.

second that the train wasn't here felt oddly agonizing. It was as if a part of me really wanted it to arrive and quickly send me

I want to meet people that I had never met before so

for

discarded

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

Perhaps...

Right.

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

the

rhythmical palpitations that would increase whenever I dug more onto the previous

...it hurt.

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

began to think along those

started remembering the happy days I spent with my family back in my previous world. When everything wasn't as fucked

those memories came flooding down like a dam that had

"Fuuu..."

of my eyes that had slightly reddened, I closed my eyes and

doing to me Ren? and why

...

Lock square '”

and pleasant voice resounded across the train

train, I took a quick glance at my surroundings before choosing a seat

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

down, my thoughts became

back then, I knew that the previous Ren had something to

died and a small part of him remained inside of

just my

to do

square '”

thought, the voice coming from the train speaker echoed throughout the whole train and

-Clank!

▷ Northen District,

-Vuuuuam!

train slowly picked up speed and headed towards my destination,

city had a cumulative population

safest and most centralized area in the human domain, it naturally attracted a lot

It was massive.

size, Ashton city was divided into

Eastern District, Western District, and the Central

reason why they were split that way was

other district was under the jurisdiction of one

1. Demon Hunter

Starlight Guild ▷

3. Black Hammer ▷ Western

Eclipse of Dawn ▷

kept humanity in check, they still allowed the top four guilds

keep their power centralized and keep guilds satisfied