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?"

cup down. His face turned

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

"Weird?"

I remembered in my memories. The view, the

was so strange about

was then that a thought suddenly struck me and

fact that he was

lips as I tried to reassure Ren, but before I

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

"No, not that."

"...What do you mean?"

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

have your

asked. My head tilted back in

are you

was a nobody in this world, but that wouldn't

you have

impatient voice reached my

"...Yeah."

complied. Reaching out for

"Here."

who took it and analyzed it. A deep silence enveloped us as Ren carefully analyzed the card in his hand.

"...As I expected."

put the card back down on the

"What did you find?"

out of

my ID. His expression was extremely

look

head, I lowered my head

anything

froze. Extending my hand forward I slid the card before me.

"...What's going on?"

clouded my face as I stared at my card. Lifting

"Where is my name?"

of me, my address, date of birth, and all the stuff that an ID card had, yet, there was

minute. Something isn't

the back

was my name

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

the

call you

Ren

at him once again, I

"Yeah..."

used

he

ask you a couple

"Go ahead."

you remember the

faces of my

eyes and tried

Blank.

the

breathing started

"You can't remember?"

ears. With my head

question. What was the name of the university you

eyes lit up. This answer I knew. Lifting my head I

"Unversity A."

"...Unversity A?"

the top of

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah."

This answer I did

could I forget

"Ren..."

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

eyes,

there something wrong with my

side of his

a university called university A?...

su..." Pursing my lips, my voice slowly became fainter.

creep into my body as my mouth opened

indeed the place I wanted to go