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

there was more to the

...

9:15 P.M.

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 wanted

I had never met before so badly? It's not

for a family

quickly discarded

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

Perhaps...

Right.

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

how much influence did the

help but feel the slow rhythmical palpitations that would increase whenever I dug more onto the previous

...it hurt.

feeling I felt whenever I thought of my parents back in

think along those lines, it just didn't seem

started remembering the happy days I spent with my family back in my previous world. When everything

those memories came flooding down like

"Fuuu..."

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

doing to me Ren? and why

...

square '”

pleasant voice resounded across the train

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

a seat next to the window, I

calming down, my thoughts

then, I knew that the previous

had still not fully died and a small part

just my imagination, I

If by chance I was forced to do something I didn't want to do

Lock square

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

-Clank!

square ▷ Northen

-Vuuuuam!

the air, the air train slowly picked up speed and headed towards my destination, the

had a cumulative population of

and most centralized area in the human domain,

It was massive.

Ashton city was divided into five different

Southern District, Eastern District,

reason why they were split that

was under the jurisdiction of one of

Hunter ▷ Southern

Starlight Guild ▷ Central

Black Hammer ▷ Western

of Dawn

the main powers that kept humanity in check, they still allowed the top four guilds to take control

their power centralized and