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?"

down. His face turned

that I find this

"Weird?"

just as I remembered in my memories. The view, the smell, the people, and the atmosphere. There was nothing strange about what

strange about

thought suddenly struck me and a look of

the fact that he was not

before I could finish my sentence, he

get what you mean, don't worry about it. Everything is the

"No, not that."

"...What do you mean?"

tip of his finger, Ren tapped the table with his other hand. For the next couple of seconds, he didn't say anything.

perhaps have your ID on

suddenly asked. My head

Why are you

perhaps trying to pretend to be me? Indeed, he was a nobody in this world, but that wouldn't really work. We looked

you have it or

impatient voice

"...Yeah."

out for my pocket I took

"Here."

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

"...As I expected."

card back

"What did you find?"

asked out of

pointed at my ID. His expression

look

head, I lowered my head and stared at my

anything

froze. Extending my hand forward I slid the card before me. Lowering my head I took a closer look at

"...What's going on?"

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

"Where is my name?"

my address, date of birth, and all the stuff that an ID card had, yet, there was no

minute.

the back

was my name

returning, I couldn't remember my real name...and now even my own ID

what in the world is going

I call you

other Ren carefully

once

"Yeah..."

used to

before he leaned

me ask you

"Go ahead."

you remember the faces of

of my

my eyes and tried to

Blank.

I remember the

breathing started

"You can't remember?"

my head still lowered, I shook

was the

I knew. Lifting my head

"Unversity A."

"...Unversity A?"

and eying me from the top of

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah."

This answer

could I forget

"Ren..."

on the other Ren's face. My brows furrowed after seeing his face. Was there something wrong with my answer? I

eyes, I

something wrong with my

side of his

there really a university called university

became fainter. The previous confidence I had slowly started to

as my mouth opened and

the place I wanted to go