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

a world where Kevin and I

to say that this is a world where the Demon King

and dungeons didn't. The Monolith also didn't exist, and

and the other

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 cities all over

That wasn't all.

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

power, but despite my best

This world…

made no sense to

I take a

"Huh, yeah, sure."

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

my face with my arm, I took

what is your purpose in sending me to this world? There must be a reason… and how do I go

no way Kevin did all of this without a

wondering why you've been sent

was

toward my right. Immediately, my breath

face

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

"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

room was incredibly tense at

as everyone gazed in the direction of the screen in front

taken place in the past were played over and over again. It showed a young person with short black hair, and deep blue eyes, looking around before

had been about the twelfth time that Edward watched, and yet, he couldn't understand how that

some sort of

was

and those that did have it were the most authoritative individuals

sacrifice a hefty sum to acquire a

must be some sort of

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 information network would miss someone

"I agree."

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

from the detection of the captain. Since he boldly entered

"Yeah."

"Hmm."

he

someone that young to know a skill and yet

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

he's someone that has been secretly groomed by a

him frown, and he turned his

have

"No."

older man shook

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

"Hmm."

frown deepened further at

possibility was starting to

absolutely nothing

"Actually, there is something."

plump man spoke, taking out

system, we

"Oh?"