The Author's POV

Splash—! Splash—!

Splashing water onto my face I stared at my haggard figure in the mirror. Glaring dark circles bagged beneath my eyes as my mind felt numb.

Glink—!

Turning off the tap, I turned around.

My eyes paused on a certain book in the middle of the table.

My heart remained calm as I stared at the book...or rather, my head was too numb to process what was happening around me. Nothing excited nor stimulated my emotions.

Closing my eyes, I sat down on my bed and leaned forward.

"...Just what happened?"

Ever since waking up, I've been trying to make heads or tails of what had just occurred to me.

My head really hurt.

'For starters, the world I was in not too long ago was definitely not my own world...or did that world even exist in the first place?'

From the fact that I had no recollection of my parent's faces, my own name, and the fact that the prestigious university I wanted to go to was called 'Unversity A,' a name which itself seemed far too generic to make sense.

Putting everything together everything that I previously thought that I knew no longer started to make sense inside of my head.

"Aghhh."

'My head hurts.'

Grasping my head with my hands I ruffled my hair into a mess.

Everything was a mess. A mess I couldn't quite figure the answer to.

"There's also him..."

The previous Ren.

Just thinking about him spread uneasiness throughout my whole body.

There was definitely something odd about that guy. How did he know about the fact that the world was a novel? I never gave him the password of my laptop so it shouldn't have been possible for him to figure out that the world I was in was that of a novel I wrote.

Furthermore, how did he know to ask the right questions?

Like what my name was, whether I recalled my parent's faces and the name of the university I wanted to go to.

The order of the questions didn't really make sense...it was as though he already knew about my answers beforehand.

"Haaa..."

I suddenly stood up.

My head throbbed even more fiercely.

Pacing around the room, I started to think back to my first interaction with the previous Ren in search of an answer.

This wasn't hard, I had only interacted with him once throughout my whole life so I could still vividly remember what had happened.

It was the time he was showing me his past experiences with Matthew and what was going on with his parents...my parents.

I remember that time clearly.

I could see just how sad he was.

Was that a facade or was that really him? At this point, I no longer knew.

"Ugh."

I groaned.

Massaging my head, I thought even further.

'Ever since meeting him, did something strange ever happen to me?'

My brows knit tightly.

Placing my hand on my chin, I fell into deep thought.

"Something strange happening after meeting him..."

My brows which were knit together suddenly jumped up in shock.

"Wait...hold on..."

the incidents that had occurred right after meeting the previous Ren,

My head snapped upwards.

'There was one...'

hands fidgeted all

thought process...it definitely changed after meeting

to me before, but, didn't

back at myself, right after meeting the previous Ren, I started to get this weird idea that everything around me was

did that

prior to meeting the previous Ren, everything I did was

thoughts about treating everyone as a

felt the change...but now that I was looking back at them, from this new perspective, it really did

though someone was forcing traits and different ideologies inside of me. Ideologies that I

wild and crazy theory suddenly

My breathing evened out.

"....It can't be, right?"

repeatedly. It couldn't be. Yeah, there's

My toes curled inwardly.

TRIIIING—! TRIIIING—!

of my thoughts. Lowering my

ready? Should I come

"Haaa...haaa...."

me. Taking my communication device, I quickly sent back

[Yeah, that would do.]

sending the message, I shut off the communication

"huuuu..."

a deep breath, I took my jacket and put on my face mask. Then,

needed some fresh air to sort out my

were eating

Ci Clank—!

the door behind me, I walked down the

***

Ding—!

as he slowly opened his eyes. The first thing he saw

[Synchronization complete]

Synchronisation : 34%

"Haaa..."

straight, Kevin exhaled deeply. Covering his forehead with his hand, he supported his body with his other

world did

vision he saw

he saw in the vision, and it was because he remembered that at

up straight, Kevin was able to calm himself

was me

to be. The fact that he was desperately searching for Emma, and that the name of the black figure was 'Kevin', he didn't believe for one second that

vision he saw, was not something he

a vision of the

stared at the white ceiling

at the vision made

what else could it

about it, the more certain he was about his analysis. Whatever he just

"...Fuck."

Kevin's fists clenched tightly.

Emma dying on him

"Haaa..haaa...who was that man?"

he saw. The features of the figure were obscured and so was his voice, but from what he

flask in his hands already gave him an idea

Kevin was sure.

more tightly as

'...He needs to die.'

he recalled that scene. But there

felt slightly familiar

met him before, yet, at the same time, he didn't. There

that have been Ren? ...No,

shook his head, trying to discard

resemblances, Kevin knew Ren. He would never do

"It couldn't be, right?"

his many attempts at trying to deny what

creep into his

"Haaa...What do I do."

face with both hands. He really did not know what to believe in

***

it, my footsteps stopped in

was early in the morning. I thought about going

having walked a couple of steps out of my residence, I subconsciously

"This is good too..."

at the moment