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

was a world where Kevin and I never

this is a world where the Demon King

also didn't exist, and no one had ever heard of the

and the other

city still existing but the four great cities having disappeared from the world's map and being replaced by many other major cities all over

That wasn't all.

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

Octavius who held such power, but despite my best efforts, I was unable to find any humor in

This world…

no

I take

"Huh, yeah, sure."

little and allowed the

face with my arm, I took

sending me to this world? There must be a reason… and

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

why you've

It was somewhat familiar.

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

a face that

my best friend. The same one that

"M,matthew?"

***

Angel Wing Guild.

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

incredibly

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

it, the events that had taken place in the past were played over and over again. It

yet, he couldn't understand how that youth managed to disappear

some

was that

did have it were the most authoritative individuals in the entire

sacrifice a hefty sum to acquire a

be some

Edward uttered. He had long gray hair and a

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

"I agree."

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

sort of trick to escape from the detection of the captain. Since he boldly entered the place, I'm

"Yeah."

"Hmm."

frowned when he

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

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

him frown, and he turned

you guys have anything on his

"No."

man shook his

got nothing. No family history, no DNA,

"Hmm."

deepened further

was starting to seem

there absolutely

"Actually, there is something."

man spoke, taking out

cameras and the base system, we were able to

"Oh?"