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.

was not the world I lived

a world where Kevin and

to say that this is a world where

also didn't exist, and no

the other

geography was also very different from what I remembered, with Ashton city still existing but the four great cities having disappeared from

That wasn't all.

in the world that I was used to.

despite my best efforts,

This world…

no sense to

take

"Huh, yeah, sure."

scooched to the side a little and allowed the person to sit next to

with my arm,

what is your purpose in sending me to this world? There

without a reason. There must've been one, but just what was

why

pricked my ears, and my body tensed. The voice… It was somewhat familiar. I just couldn't quite remember to

my right. Immediately, my breath stopped, and my mouth opened and

a face that I'd

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

"M,matthew?"

***

Angel Wing Guild.

in front of him. Two other men were standing behind him, and both of them were

room was incredibly tense at

uttered a single word as everyone gazed in the direction of the screen in front

over again. It

that Edward watched, and yet, he

some sort of

was that

practically impossible to get, and those that did have

a hefty sum

some sort of

the men behind Edward uttered. He had long gray hair and

known about it. There's no way our information network

"I agree."

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

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

"Yeah."

"Hmm."

he heard

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

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

has been secretly

him frown, and he turned

have anything on

"No."

man

database, but I got nothing. No family history, no DNA, no date of birth, nothing… It's as if he

"Hmm."

deepened further at

possibility was starting to seem

absolutely nothing on

"Actually, there is something."

spoke, taking out a tablet and

the cameras and the base system, we were able to

"Oh?"