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?"

his cup down. His

don't know...it's just that I find this

"Weird?"

just as I remembered in my memories. The view, the smell, the people, and the

was so strange about this

thought suddenly struck me and a

fact that he was

lips as I tried to reassure Ren, but before I could finish my sentence, he promptly cut me

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

"No, not that."

"...What do you mean?"

table with his other hand. For the next couple of seconds, he didn't

have

suddenly asked. My head

Why are you asking me about my

was a nobody in this world, but that

have it or

voice reached my

"...Yeah."

but I still complied. Reaching out for my pocket I took out my

"Here."

then slid it over to Ren who took it and analyzed it. A deep silence enveloped us as Ren carefully

"...As I expected."

back down

"What did you find?"

asked out

my ID.

look at it

my head, I lowered my head and stared at my ID

anything

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

"...What's going on?"

at my card. Lifting my head,

"Where is my name?"

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

minute. Something

scratched the back of

my name

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

in the world

call

Ren

once again, I

"Yeah..."

used to being

Ren nodded before he leaned back on his

ask you

"Go ahead."

remember the faces of

of my

closed my eyes and tried to

Blank.

the

breathing started to

"You can't remember?"

voice reached my ears. With my head still lowered,

another question. What was the name

I knew. Lifting my

"Unversity A."

"...Unversity A?"

from the top of his eyes, he had a questioning

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah."

This answer I

I forget my

"Ren..."

troubled look appeared on the other Ren's face. My brows furrowed after seeing his face. Was there something

his eyes,

wrong with

side of

but, is there really a university called university A?...

Pursing my lips, my voice slowly became fainter. The previous confidence

started to creep into my body as my mouth opened and closed multiple

A, that is indeed the place I wanted