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.

the world

world where Kevin and I never

say that this is a world

didn't exist,

and the other races

the four great cities having disappeared from the world's map and being replaced by many

That wasn't all.

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

was none other than Octavius who held such power, but despite my best efforts, I was

This world…

no

I take

"Huh, yeah, sure."

scooched to the side a little and allowed the

my face with my arm, I

world? There must be a reason… and how do

was no way Kevin did all of this without a reason. There must've been

perhaps wondering why you've been sent

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

my right. Immediately, my breath stopped, and my

was a face that I'd never

whom I used to regard as my best friend. The same one that I had killed a long

"M,matthew?"

***

Angel Wing Guild.

a serious look on his face as he looked at the screen in front of him. Two other men were standing behind him, and both of

was incredibly

one uttered a single word as everyone gazed in the direction

again. It showed

yet, he couldn't

it some sort

how was that

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

to sacrifice a hefty

some sort

men behind Edward uttered. He had long gray hair and a thick

sure we would've known about it. There's no way our information network

"I agree."

male nodded. He had a fairly large stomach, dark hair that was beginning to thin out toward the back of his head, and wore a

the detection of the captain. Since he boldly entered

"Yeah."

"Hmm."

he heard

was practically impossible for someone that

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

that has been secretly

frown, and he turned his

guys have

"No."

man

family history, no DNA, no date of

"Hmm."

frown deepened further

starting

there absolutely nothing

"Actually, there is something."

taking out a

cameras and the base system, we were

"Oh?"