The Author's POV

-Swooosh!

Extending his hand forward and swiping right, the scene before me changed once again. This time, instead of a classroom, it was right outside Ren's house.

Standing outside of Ren's house, Ren and Matthew stood before each other.

Compared to before, Matthew's demenour was completely different. If before he was gloomy and lonely, he now looked like an outstanding and refined young man. His very presence screamed elegance.

His warm eyes and voice would instantly cause everyone who met him to have a good impression of him.

...A stark contrast to before.

Smiling, Matthew took out two transparent potions from his pocket and showed them to Ren.

"Hey Ren, my dad was extremely happy with my results recently and he gave me two advanced potions!"

"What! How did you even get a hold of such expensive potions?"

Opening his eyes wide, Ren couldn't help but look at the two potions with a hint of envy.

It had to be noted that a single advanced potion could go for tens of millions of U. That's how expensive they were. Moreover, compared to intermediate ones, they were much more efficient.

No wonder Ren was surprised...

Scratching the back of his head and chuckling, Matthew said

"Well, I really did please my father this time. After he gave them to me, he said that it was a good investment into my future"

"...damn, I'm getting jealous here. I haven't even tried an intermediate potion, let alone an advanced one"

Nodding his head multiple times, extending his hands, Matthew put both potions in Ren's hand.

"Yup I know, that's why I'm giving them to you...More precisely give them to your parents"

Stupefied, Ren's hands shook as he held onto those potions. With his eyes wide open, Ren's voice couldn't help but tremble

"W-what are you doing?"

"I'm giving them to you"

"D-dude, do you know how expensive these things are? what about you?"

Seeing Ren's state, Matthew couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Hahaha, no worries. I already had one, it's the least I can do to repay your parents for having taken care of me over the years. If I had to be honest, they're like my second parents..."

-Crack!

"...Bullshit!"

Turning my head, I saw Ren beside me clenching his fist hard as his hands cracked. His face became incomparably dark as he stared at Matthew with pure hatred. Biting his lips, he coldly spat

"If you truly cared about them like they were your second parents you wouldn't have...damnit!"

Confused, I wanted to ask what he meant by that, but I decided to just watch the scene before me unfold. I was bound to find the answer sooner or later...

Staring at the two potions in his hands, Ren hesitated before looking back at Matthew and once again asking in a trembling voice.

"A-are you sure?"

"Yeah, just take it"

Staring at Matthew, and noticing his earnest expression. Ren shook his head and sighed.

so adamant about me taking them, refusing you will just be

you give them the potions. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't be the

his head, Ren

"Sure, I will"

with a big smile on his face, Matthew

smile on his

"I'm sorry best friend..."

-Swooosh!

Glancing at Ren who was beside me, though

if he was trying his best to not give in to his

"Y-ou ho-w could you!!"

on the ground, outside of what seemed to be a rooftop, Ren's figure appeared kneeling on the ground as he glared upwards. His eyes contained an unimaginable amount

know. I guess

figure, Matthew tried to hold his laughter back, but he

I'm sorry Ren...I really had no

wide, Ren stared at Matthew who was laughing maniacally

could you betray

-Bam

"khh...I can't!"

his palm on the invisible wall, the memory paused. Clenching his

"...This was the day"

and jaw clenched tightly as he

the day my

-Vuam!

thick red bloodlust started exuding from Ren's body as his

his shoulder and tried to snap

explain to me

-Shua!

clothes getting tugged, forcefully trying to calm himself down, the bloodlust around Ren

he had given me in my

"Yeah"

my head, I remembered. How could I

However, with the price each one went for, I could only

were cursed with a

my head, I couldn't help but stare at Ren in

The mind breaker

mind breaker curse...one of the strongest curses

was under the curse would die

was undetectable. You wouldn't realize you were cursed before it was already too

...a demon.

"huh?"

my eyes widely, I couldn't help but stare at

back

a contract with a

"what..ah..e"

Ren for a couple of seconds, I tried to say something, but in the end, no words came

since that last memory, Matthew changed. He became a

I thought he was trying his best to move on,

covered his

realized something strange in his behavior...he had already fallen

best friend I knew

to speak, I remained

he had such a

a brother turned into a villain and in doing so cursed

"Khhhh...damnit!"

Matthew's image in the distance Veins pooped from Ren's forehead, as his eyes

do...be it sneak inside of my parent's room to give him secret information regarding the guild operations or any other sensitive information that costed the

and looking at me

so much...I was the reason why