The Author's POV

Sunlight filtered through the canopy of trees, gently bathing my body and enveloping it with a thin layer of warmth.

The birds chirped, and a gentle breeze lingered in the air.

It felt nice outside, but as I sat down on a wooden bench in a familiar park, everything around me seemed so intrusive.

"I want it, mom!"

"No, that's enough sweets for today."

"Umhhhh!"

My gaze never left the pair of mother and daughter in the distance. They were quite close to me. About a hundred meters.

…Yet, they never felt so distant before.

"Nola, you better behave. I already told you that you can't have any more candy for today."

"Why!?"

"Because I said so."

I couldn't help but crack a smile as I watched the two of them argue from a distance. It was a sight that had been seen plenty of times before. One to which I have been accustomed for a considerable amount of time.

"Is there something that you need, young man?"

Apparently noticing my gaze, the woman turned her head to look at me.

She looked the same, maybe a bit older than in my memories.

I smiled at the two.

"No, don't mind me. You guys just remind me of my family."

"Oh."

The woman flashed me a smile before patting Nola on the head.

"Is your sister as naughty as her?"

Lowering my head to look at Nola, I laughed.

"…You can say so. Perhaps even naughtier."

"You must have it tough then."

The woman spoke with sympathy before taking Nola's hand. She was currently glaring daggers at me, and I couldn't help but laugh once more.

"It's getting late. We have to go. It was nice knowing you."

"It was nice knowing you too."

I murmured while staring at their departing backs.

I didn't have to wait for very long before I lost sight of the two of them, and when that happened, I leaned back against the bench that I was sitting on.

"This is fucked."

The whole situation was fucked.

"Why did you do this, Kevin?"

I had an idea at first, but it only became clear to me after a while.

not the world I lived

where

to say that this is a world where

didn't exist, and no one had ever heard

and the other races

different from what I remembered, with Ashton city still existing but the four great cities having disappeared from the world's map and being replaced by many other major

That wasn't all.

of the people here was drastically lower than in the world that I was used to. In this world, the highest power was

who held such power, but despite my best efforts, I was

This world…

no sense to

take a

"Huh, yeah, sure."

side a little and allowed the person to

face with my arm, I took a deep

me to this world? There must be

Kevin did all of this without a reason. There must've been one, but just

why you've been

my body tensed. The voice… It was somewhat familiar. I

slowly lowered my arm and looked toward my right. Immediately, my breath stopped, and

a face that

my best friend. The same one that I

"M,matthew?"

***

Angel Wing Guild.

he looked at the screen in front of him. Two other men were standing behind him, and both of them were also staring intently at

room was incredibly tense

single word as everyone gazed in the direction of the screen

events that had taken place in the past were played over and over again. It showed a young

the twelfth time that Edward watched, and yet, he couldn't understand how that youth managed to disappear from the

it some

was

practically impossible to get, and those that did have it were the most authoritative

hefty sum

be some sort of

uttered. He had

really did have a skill, then I'm sure we would've known about it. There's no way our information network would

"I agree."

fairly large stomach, dark hair that was beginning to thin out toward the back

the captain. Since he boldly entered the place, I'm sure he must've had some sort

"Yeah."

"Hmm."

when he heard

for someone that young to know a skill and yet be unknown

there were only a finite number of skills in the world, as the most powerful Guild in the world, they would undoubtedly be the first to learn of any newly discovered skills in the world, so how could they have missed the appearance of such a

been secretly groomed by a

made him frown, and he turned his

you guys have anything on

"No."

man

No family history, no DNA, no date of

"Hmm."

deepened further at the

possibility was starting to seem more

absolutely nothing on

"Actually, there is something."

man spoke, taking out a tablet and

and the base system, we were able to

"Oh?"