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

world where

accurate to say that this is a world where the Demon

didn't exist, and no one had

and the other

with Ashton city still existing but the four great cities having disappeared from the world's map and being

That wasn't all.

the world that I was used to. In

power, but despite my best efforts, I

This world…

no sense to

I take a

"Huh, yeah, sure."

scooched to the side a little and allowed

arm, I took

purpose in sending me to this world? There must

Kevin did all of this without a reason. There must've been

perhaps wondering why

and my body tensed. The voice… It was

and looked toward my right. Immediately, my breath stopped,

face that I'd

whom I used to regard as my best friend. The same one that I

"M,matthew?"

***

Angel Wing Guild.

had 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 them were

incredibly tense at the

gazed in the

past were played over and over again. It showed a young person with short black hair, and deep blue eyes,

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

some sort of

how was that

those that did have it were the most authoritative individuals in the

hefty

be some sort of

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

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

"I agree."

fairly large stomach, dark hair that was beginning to thin out toward the back of his head, and wore a pair of thin

must've used some sort of trick to escape from the detection of the captain. Since he boldly entered the place, I'm sure he must've had some sort of

"Yeah."

"Hmm."

when he heard their

for someone that young to know a skill

world, as the most powerful Guild in the world, they would undoubtedly be the first to learn of any newly discovered skills

that has been secretly groomed by

frown, and he turned his

have

"No."

man shook

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

"Hmm."

frown deepened further at

possibility was starting to seem

there absolutely nothing on

"Actually, there is something."

taking out a tablet and passing it

base system, we were

"Oh?"