The Author's POV

Raising his hand, Kevin knocked on the door of Ren's apparent.

To Tok—

However, upon knocking on the door he was met with no response.

To Tok—

Frowning, Kevin knocked once again. But, yet again, he was met with no response.

'Is he not back yet? Could he perhaps be training?'

Although Ren seemed like a slacker he was in fact someone who worked hard, therefore, Kevin quickly came to the assumption that he was training at the moment. Well, at least to him, that was the most probable location of where he could be.

As his thoughts paused there, he started hesitating.

'Should I? ...or should I not?'

If he was training, then he didn't really want to disturb him. He knew just how annoying it was when someone interrupted him in the middle of his training.

"Screw it."

But after thinking things through, he decided to go anyways.

He desperately needed answers.

The doubts that were rising within him were starting to eat at his sanity.

He had to deal with them right now.

And so, after once again checking to see if Ren was present in the room or not, Kevin decided to head to the training grounds.

***

At the same time.

Opening my eyes, I found myself back in the training room.

Di—! Di—!

[00 : 00]

What followed after was the repetitive sound of the alarm ringing, signaling that the training session was over. What followed after was a subtle clicking sound and the door opened.

"haaa...haaa..."

Leaning my head back, I breathed heavily.

At the moment my mana was completely drained and I had trouble moving my body.

As I had left my bracelet back in my apartment, I did not have anything to refuel my mana with. This was a precaution I took in the chance that the other Ren took over my body.

Fortunately, nothing happened, but I didn't want to take the risk.

Closing my eyes, instead of leaving the room I remained seated and channeled the mana in the surroundings towards myself.

As I was recuperating my mana, I started thinking back on my experience.

'Looks like I was right, Monarch's indifference is not a simple skill.'

For me to suddenly be brought to a weird void the moment I activated the skill, I could tell that there was now more to it than it looked on the surface.

My apprehension towards it grew even more.

Not only that but the fact that I was somehow able to get the skill made me question reality. Did I really get the skill by simple coincidence? ...If so it wouldn't make sense. How could such a skill suddenly fall in my hands like that?

The more I thought about it, the more questions I had.

But if there was one thing I was now certain about, it was the fact that I was being manipulated.

Whoever the other Ren was, he was trying to make me act like he wanted to. Disgust washed over me as my thoughts paused there and my eyes opened.

'Is this how others feel when I manipulate them?'

Disgusting.

Scratching the side of my head till my hair became messy, I coldly muttered.

"...Want to treat me as a pawn?"

head, I clenched

use me as a pawn. I'll show you just what happens when a pawn does not move the way that you want

everything that I was doing was being directly predicted and controlled by him, then all I had to do was

just going to let someone

the aid of the wall, I

was still low in mana, having recuperated some of it in the meantime, it

stop. My brows furrowed tightly as my eyes

you doing

opposite me, all the way towards the other side of the entrance of the gym

on

something wrong with

was looking at me. It

hand, Kevin pointed it at

"You."

Kevin spoke.

words sounded

direction, I tried to

Are you still worried

Emma must still be haunting him. Perhaps he came

as I took a step forward, he took a step

"Don't come any closer."

"What's wrong?"

instantly taken aback by his

grew as

he suddenly opened his mouth

I want to ask

asked, his face was

stopped moving

"Ask."

put on a friendly

you have anything to ask you can just ask me. I will do my best

"Okay…"

nodded

deeply into my eyes, his voice suddenly became

any part in what happened

"...eh?"

froze and the smile on my face quickly receded. Lowering his head and staring at me from

any part in

"W…what?"

he figure something

Ba...thump! Ba...thump!

heart started

at him, I forced

makes you think

anything, Kevin took out his tablet and turned on the holographic function where a

and it soon

a look

Kevin pointed his finger towards Aaron's

hope you send Ren your

slowly mouthed as his cold voice rang throughout the

heart sank

'Shit...'

the tablet away.

anything, yet why

"That…"

head and meeting his gaze, I really didn't know how to

tell him that someone inside of me is trying to manipulate me and Kevin to do his bidding? Would

what was going on. But I knew that I had to reveal

the other Ren's influence, I had

all the things that he couldn't possibly predict that I would reveal everything to Kevin. Regarding the matter about my reincarnation, and all the fucked up shit I did in the

escape his influence, I had

it really

before I could say anything, a powerful

I took a step

"Wait, Kevin."

already too late. With a loud 'bang' Kevin's

direction like a

'Damn it!'

gritting my teeth, I pressed my foot on the ground and sidestepped, narrowly voiding his fist

hand, I softly placed my palm on his abdomen. My movement was so fast and fluid that Kevin was unable to

Booom—

slid backward till his back crashed against the side of