The Author's POV

Ci Clank—

"I know a nice place."

Closing the door behind me, I followed Ren out of my apartment. After taking a look at our surroundings, we decided to move to a better place to talk. Simply put, my apartment was too filthy to stay in.

Just the stench of alcohol alone was enough to make the both of us want to leave.

As I followed Ren from behind, there were many questions that I wanted to ask him such as what was he doing here? And why was he in my apartment?...but, more than anything else, I finally felt calm.

Ren's presence and existence gave me a sense of calmness.

If he was here, it meant that everything that had happened to me wasn't merely some kind of dream. I wasn't in a coma, and I really did reincarnate back into that world.

'It's real.'

What I went through wasn't the fruition of my imagination.

Knowing this, I was able to recompose himself.

"After parting ways with each other, darkness completely overtook my consciousness. I thought that I was finally gone for good, but before I knew it, I found myself in this world."

Walking around the streets, Ren's voice reached my ears.

"It wasn't even for that long. Probably a day and a half. Just when I thought I would never associate myself with my old life, you suddenly showed up. I honestly, didn't expect to see you so soon."

My brows slowly knit together.

'Probably a day and a half. Didn't expect to see you so soon.'

Indeed, if I wasn't wrong, only two days had passed since I had died in this world. Just like the other Ren said, the time he had been here only amounted to around a day and a half.

"At first I was a bit confused about this world. As in, everything looks a lot less advanced than I previously remembered. There were no air trains, no holographic devices, or anything remotely close to that kind of level of technology..."

Ren's feet came to an abrupt halt.

"There also isn't any mana in this world."

His brows were knit into a tight frown.

Taking another step forward, Ren continued.

"At first I was very scared. Scared about the idea of coming into a world that I had never been in...but thinking about the fact that my family was fine, and that they were in your hands, I felt somewhat reassured."

Stopping in front of a cafe shop, Ren entered the place. I followed behind him. He then proceeded to order a coffee, and I did the same.

I was familiar with the place we were in. I remembered coming here a couple of times back in the past. It wasn't bad.

"As I was saying, just when I had come to terms with this world you suddenly appeared out of nowhere."

Raising and lowering his head, Ren's eyes passed on me before he squinted.

After a while, seemingly having made up his mind, he suddenly asked.

"Is that how you looked before coming to my world?"

My mouth twitched at his question. Eventually, I nodded.

"...Yeah."

"I see."

Ren took a sip of his coffee before his brows suddenly furrowed.

"Strange..." He softly muttered.

Hearing his words, my head tilted.

"What's so strange about me looking like this?"

Yes, I was fat. Very fat if I had to put it bluntly, but was it really so strange? Well, perhaps it was since he would've never have thought that the guy who took over his body was someone like me.

"Oh!"

Ren covered his hand with his mouth before waving them.

"Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that the fact that you are fat is strange. I'm just more concerned about other things."

The frown on my face deepened.

"What are you talking about?"

put his cup down. His face turned

just that

"Weird?"

nothing strange. Everything was just as I remembered in my memories. The view, the smell,

strange

a thought suddenly struck me and

fact that he

to reassure Ren, but before I could finish my sentence, he promptly cut me off. My face froze as

mean, don't worry about it. Everything is the same as

"No, not that."

"...What do you mean?"

his other hand. For the next couple of

you perhaps have your ID

head tilted back

Why are you asking me about

Indeed, he was a nobody in this world, but that wouldn't really work. We looked

have

impatient voice reached

"...Yeah."

aback by his impatientness, but I still complied. Reaching out for my pocket I took out my wallet and took out

"Here."

as Ren carefully analyzed the card in his hand. It wasn't long before he was done looking

"...As I expected."

the card back down

"What did you find?"

asked out

at my ID. His

a look at it

my head and

anything

slid the card before me. Lowering my head I took a

"...What's going on?"

my face as I stared at my card. Lifting my head, I looked

"Where is my name?"

all the stuff that

minute.

scratched the back of

my name again?

I massaged my head. Even after returning, I couldn't remember my real name...and now even my own ID card did not have my

the world is going

I call you

Ren carefully

him once

"Yeah..."

was now used to

other Ren nodded before he leaned back on

me ask you

"Go ahead."

you remember the faces of your

of

my eyes and tried

Blank.

the

started to become

"You can't remember?"

reached my ears. With my head still lowered,

you another question. What was the name of the

up. This answer I knew. Lifting my head I confidently

"Unversity A."

"...Unversity A?"

repeated. Lowering his head and eying me from the top of his eyes, he

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah."

answer I did

forget my dream

"Ren..."

troubled look appeared on the other Ren's face. My brows furrowed after seeing his face. Was there something wrong with my answer? I didn't think

eyes, I

something wrong with

scratched the side of

really a university called university A?... Does such a name really make sense

voice slowly became fainter. The previous confidence I had slowly started

creep into my body as my mouth

is indeed the place I