Author's Reincarnation in a Fantasy Setting



"Do you feel better now?" Anya asked as she took a sip from her cup of tea. 

"Yeah," I replied. 

I'd finished eating everything that I'd ordered and felt much more alive. Right now I was on my way to drinking the third cup of coffee while I continued to chat with Anya.

"How were you doing while I was gone?" I asked. 

"You mean how did I adjust here?" I nodded to that. "Well, I won't say that it was easy. To be honest, I was in a very worse condition when everyone was teleported here. 

"Everything had happened so suddenly, we were told about the demons and the invasion and that now we have to live in this new city. We didn't have a house and were low on money so I was worried about mother and father too, after all, they had to live in the refugee area. 

"It was such a mess, honestly," she said as a sarcastic smile overtook her face. She was probably looking back at her actions and thinking about what she could've done better. 

That was a very normal way of thinking I'd say, I had gone through it as well. And not once but many times.

When you are in a tough situation you struggle to find a way out, or when you do find a way you are not sure whether it is the right choice or not, whether you should choose this option or wait for another one to appear. 

The uncertainty that strikes in times like those is more terrifying than a physical wound. But despite that, you still make a choice and move forward—not doing anything is the worst choice after all. 

However, when you are finally past that tough situation and you look back at your past self, you realize how things would've turned out entirely different had you chosen the other option. 

Then comes the regret. If you had chosen to walk down the path that was in front of you, you think back on it and say to yourself that the situation would've been better if you had waited for a new path to appear. 

And if you had chosen to wait for a new path to appear, you look back on it and think that perhaps the outcome would have been better if you didn't wait and went on the first path. 

The cycle of regret and uncertainty continues until you finally accept the choices you made and come to terms with your current future. 

Although letting go of the past is easier said than done…In fact, it's very difficult to do so. 

"So, how did you manage to get everything together? From the way I see it, you seem to be doing quite well right now," I continued. 

"Right?! I'm doing much better than before and it's all thanks to him. When I was at the darkest point of my life he was the one who motivated me and gave me the energy to move forward. He was the one who told me that no matter what I did in the past, there is still a future ahead of me. Had it not been for him, I would most likely still be holed up in my room all depressed."

As Anya talked about this person a cheerful expression took over her face. From what I could see, she admired this person. However, with just a little push this admiration would change into a different sort of feeling. 

…The most cursed feeling out of all. 

"Are you talking about Leon?" I questioned. I'd done many things to keep him from getting into a relationship with Anya, but it was possible that some developments had happened while I was not here. 

"Hmmm? No, Leon did try to cheer me up but I'm not talking about him," she replied. 

"Not Leon? Then who is it? I don't remember you having any other male friends who are this close to you," I said. 

"Oh, come to think of it you haven't met him. Actually, he transferred into class A when we took the reevaluation exam," Anya replied. 

'A new person? No, a new character?' I thought to myself. 

This was some news to me. I don't think there was any character like this in loli_pop's novel. I mean, originally by this time I was supposed to be dead and Anya was a part of Leon's harem so there's no chance of any other guy popping up. 

I went through the memories I had of the novel again but still couldn't find a character like this. 

That was strange. Not good. In fact, depending on the person himself it could be a big problem for me. Because if the guy she was talking about wasn't a character from the novel then he was most likely an original character just like Ryfin—who didn't exist in the novel. 

But unlike Ryfin this one was involving himself directly with the main cast—a.k.a Anya. 

'If I don't do anything there's a good chance that he might end up changing the entire plot!'

I know that I'd left the idea of keeping the plot the same however as long as things went like in the novel I had a fair advantage, therefore I still wanted to keep the plot similar if not exactly the same for as long as possible. 

"Who is this guy you are talking about?" I asked as I took the last sip of my coffee. 

"Well, he—ah, you're in luck, he's here," Anya said while pointing behind me with her finger.

Turning behind I saw three people. I recognized two of them—they were Leon and Ellyn. However, the third person was unknown. 

He was around the same age as Leon and was about the same height as well. He had jet-black hair and eyes with a skin tone that was on the fairer side. (Character image in paragraph comments.)

But most of all, he was someone I did not know. Someone who did not exist in loli_pop's novel. Someone who despite all that, was interacting with all of the main cast.