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.

about me taking them, refusing you will just be rude

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

his head,

"Sure, I will"

his face, Matthew turned around and left

Matthew turned around, the smile on his face slowly

"I'm sorry best friend..."

-Swooosh!

around me changed. Glancing at Ren who was beside me, though he returned to his usual indifferent self, I

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

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

rooftop, Ren's figure appeared kneeling on

know.

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

sorry Ren...I really

eyes wide, Ren stared at

could you betray me

-Bam

"khh...I can't!"

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

"...This was the day"

tightly as he glared in Matthew's direction

the day my

-Vuam!

bloodlust started exuding from Ren's body as his eyes became

seeing Ren's current state, I grabbed his shoulder and tried to

explain to me

-Shua!

tugged, forcefully trying to calm himself down, the bloodlust around Ren disappeared. Glancing in my direction

remember the potions he had given me in my previous

"Yeah"

my head, I remembered. How could

wanted to try advanced potions once. However, with the price each one went for, I could only admire them

cursed with a Mindbreaker

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

mind breaker

mind breaker curse...one of the

cast. No matter how far, with a simple flick of their fingers, whoever was under the curse would die as

was an especially scary curse as it was undetectable. You wouldn't

...a demon.

"huh?"

my thoughts paused there, opening my eyes widely, I couldn't help but stare at Matthew in

I understood, glancing back

made a contract with

"what..ah..e"

to say something, but in the

what happened, but...ever since that last memory, Matthew changed. He became a

trying his best

covered his

t-the end I only realized till it was too late. By the time I realized something strange in his behavior...he had already fallen into

best friend I knew

struggle to speak, I remained

knew that he had such

turned into a villain and in doing so

"Khhhh...damnit!"

distance Veins pooped from

me to 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

looking at me in

him so much...I was the reason why my parent's guild fell