The Author's POV

The next day.

"You work pretty quickly."

Opening the box that sat on the desk in front of me, I carefully picked up a small potion that was nestled in between a few wrappers.

98 million U

That was how much money I spent on the potion. Just thinking about the price made my face cringe, but I didn't regret my decision.

Holding onto the potion as though it was the biggest treasure in the world, I made my way towards the bathroom and closed the door behind me.

"Huu, it's about time I got rid of this look."

With both hands on the side of the sink, staring at myself in the mirror, and once again looking at my hideous face, I took a deep breath.

Then, uncapping the potion, without wasting any second, I quickly downed it.

—Gulp!

Within seconds of me downing the potion, a gentle and warm current flowed through the veins of my body. Opening my eyes, I could vividly see the burns on my face healing at an alarming rate.

In five minutes, much to my surprise, all of the burns on my face started disappearing. Then, once all of my burns disappeared, it was the scar's turn.

This process took a bit longer, as the poison on my face had penetrated quite deeply. With thick green lines appearing on my face, I felt a strange wiggling sensation crawling all over my face.

Lifting my head up and looking at myself in the mirror, I could see the strange worm-like lines wiggling all over my face as though they were alive.

It looked absolutely hideous.

Fortunately, this did not last for long as the lines shrank with each passing second.

This continued for a couple of more minutes before all of the green lines disappeared from my face. Following the green lines were the scars, and once they too were gone, what was left was a soft white skin devoid of any imperfections.

"I-is this how I look like?"

Staring at my reflection in the mirror, my fingers trembled slightly as I caressed the mirror in front of me.

"ha-aa..."

Biting my lips, I tried my best to remain composed.

But it was honestly hard.

This was the first time I had seen my face in eight months and the moment the scars from my face disappeared, it finally dawned on me.

I was free.

I was finally free from the horrible nightmare that I experienced at the Monolith. Although I still had a chip inside of my head, at least, for now, I could take matters into my own hands.

After a while, Scratching the scalp of my head and taking another potion, I muttered to myself.

"I should probably do something about this too."

—Gulp!

Uncapping the lid of the potion, I quickly downed the potion. Instantly, the moment I took my first sip of the potion, the hair on my head started to grow. Soon, they grew to the same length as it was before back when I was at the Lock.

"Better."

In this world, if there was a bald person, it was because they chose to be bald.

There was no such a thing as balding now. All it took me was a simple potion, and my hair was back to where it was back then.

Brushing my hair to the side, and staring at myself in the mirror for a couple of minutes, I took a deep breath. Then, turning around, I opened the door of the bathroom and went out.

"Smalsnake, I'm heading out. I'll see you in a bit."

Taking my coat and putting on a skin mask, I made my way out of the building.

As soon as I fixed my face, without letting anyone else see my face, the first thing I did was visit my family.

I really missed them.

***

same time, in a different

lordship, please feel free to tell me if you need anything. I will try my best to assist

a mortuary that was filled with corpses, a middle-aged plump man looked

down from his forehead as he stared at a black-humanoid creature that was

head and deep red eyes that exuded boundless bloodlust, the black humanoid creature indifferently stared

found your

The plump man asked.

"Mhhh, I have."

from the humanoid creature's mouth. Then,

the plump man, the

cause

"This youth?"

face was now incomparably pale, the plump-man, started pondering. Then, after a while, he pointed towards

youth's body. Before death, we can tell that he has gone through a tough fight with someone. Perhaps they may have both been

men suddenly bent down and pointed towards the chest

the real cause of death of for the youth is a clean strike to the heart. Honestly, judging from how clean the strike was, it can be inferred that whoever did this, did this in

out of his thoughts was the

creature's body started trembling slightly. Then, the corner of his

"Y-your lordship?"

behavior, the middle-aged man called out. Then, out of nowhere, the middle-aged

"Kukuku..."

to a raspy laugh

were

***

highly decorated lobby where people could be seen walking around everywhere, a middle-aged man walked up towards a

reception, the middle-aged man looked

if I want to

Did you say

The receptionist smiled kindly.

"That is correct."

The middle-aged man replied.

the computer screen in front of her. Then, pressing onto a couple of keys. she

wish to apply to our guild okay, let's start with a simple

"D+"

man replied without

I see...hm,

while for the secretary to process the information, and when she did, dropping everything

that

"Mhm."

head, the middle-aged man released a whisp of

"...my god."

the terrifying aura exuding from the middle-aged man, the

true, you're really

at the man before her, the

she was working for was not as strong as the

that was next to

wait a moment while I call

"Sure, take your time."

a

sigh in relief as

someone picked up, and the

yes, rank...mhm,

the phone for a good minute, the secretary soon hung

the guild master would like to meet

"Understood."

man obliged

they were walking, halting her footsteps,

handed in your dimensional

"Yes, I have."

"Good."

security at the entrance, once she

floor, the secretary turned

forgot to ask, but what is

"My name?"

"Yes."

short second, the

name is Ren