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

don't know...it's just that

"Weird?"

in my memories. The view, the smell, the people, and the atmosphere. There was

strange about this

was then that a thought suddenly struck me and a

could be referring to the fact that he was not used

I

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

"No, not that."

"...What do you mean?"

the tip of his finger, Ren tapped the table with his other hand. For the next couple of seconds,

you perhaps have your ID on

suddenly asked. My head tilted

are you asking me about my

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

you have

impatient voice reached my

"...Yeah."

out for my pocket I took out

"Here."

A deep silence enveloped us as Ren carefully analyzed the card in his hand. It wasn't long before he

"...As I expected."

back down

"What did you find?"

asked out

at my ID. His expression was

look at

lowered my head and stared

anything wrong with

hand forward I slid the card before me. Lowering my head I took

"...What's going on?"

I stared at my card.

"Where is my name?"

of birth, and all the stuff that an ID card had, yet, there

a minute. Something isn't

scratched the back of

was my name

I couldn't remember my real name...and

what in the

I call

Ren carefully

once again,

"Yeah..."

used to

Ren nodded before he leaned back

you

"Go ahead."

remember the faces of your

of

eyes and tried

Blank.

the

started to

"You can't remember?"

ears. With my

you another question. What was the name of the university

This answer I knew. Lifting my head

"Unversity A."

"...Unversity A?"

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

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah."

nodded confidently. This answer I did not

I forget my

"Ren..."

seeing his face. Was there something wrong with my answer? I didn't

eyes, I

wrong with

the side of

university called university A?... Does such a name

lips, my voice slowly became fainter. The

my body as my mouth opened and closed

A, that is indeed the