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,

there was more to the

...

9:15 P.M.

oddly agonizing. It was as if a part of

had never met before so badly? It's not like they

for a

quickly discarded such

love I felt from my parents back in my previous world, it shouldn't be

Perhaps...

Right.

previous Ren? What if this longing feeling

much influence did the previous Ren have

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

...it hurt.

whenever I thought of my parents back in my

I began to think along those lines,

started remembering the happy days I spent with my family back in my previous world. When everything wasn't as fucked up as it was now. Their home-cooked meals, their nagging,

of those memories came flooding down like a dam that had broken

"Fuuu..."

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

you doing to me Ren? and

...

Lock square

crisp and pleasant voice

took a quick glance at my surroundings before choosing a seat on

window, I took out my earbuds

down, my thoughts

know what went over me back then, I

a small part of him remained inside of

just

my future course of action. If by chance I was forced to do something

Lock square

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

-Clank!

Lock square ▷ Northen District,

-Vuuuuam!

up speed and headed towards my destination, the

a cumulative population of 50 million

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

It was massive.

of its size, Ashton city was divided into five

District,

why they were split that

Northern district, every other district was under the jurisdiction of one of the four Diamon

Hunter ▷ Southern

2. Starlight Guild ▷

3. Black Hammer ▷ Western

4. Eclipse of Dawn ▷

the union and the central government were the main powers that kept humanity in check, they still allowed the top four guilds to take

keep their power centralized and keep guilds satisfied