How To Survive As A Villain

Ren -A registered Host

Ren tried his best to save himself from upcoming troubles.

"What if you are one of them as well? How am I supposed to believe you just like that?"

The few silver flicks of glittery black light started gathering in front of Ren, too small to focus on yet too pretty to ignore.

While the silvery mass kept going through some sort of evolution, Ren heard the now completely childish voice defending itself with all its might.

"We are a small branch of Universal Caretakers who govern this area. You can think of them as a very professional police department. They take care of every time-related crime happening in all the world your eyes can see and cannot see right now. If I were one of those rogue systems you claim me to be, I wouldn't be standing here with you for this long."

So, there is a very professional 'police' department. By the way, this little system was focussing on it. Ren was pretty sure that they were definitely not doing a perfect job.

"It has been like what ? Twenty-something minutes??? I still don't believe you, Little One."

The system felt its data shaking a bit.

"Only us, the Good Operating Web Domanians, are given this right to stay in this environment because we deal with souls who are either on the verge of collapse or forcefully torn apart.

Please! Believe me! I'll give my all to fulfill my role. I'll even give you discounts….as much as I can."

The flickering tiny globe of silver-black waves kept dancing in the vicinity, as if pleased with its effort at gathering this great mass all at once.

Ren suddenly felt like he was being very cruel to a child who was not even human, "So, am I about to wither away? Let me be!"

"We absolutely can not. You were going to wither away when half of your soul got reincarnated. You have been here for two thousand and eighty-five years. We finally managed to put your soul together. You have to enjoy your life. Don't you want to live like a prince? Enjoy all the blessings the world has to offer?"

What Prince? Ren was just talking random nonsense to get away from all the stuff.

Ren honestly didn't know how to react after realizing that he was sleepwalking for so long.

The system meant to tell him that he could have slept peacefully for so long, yet some random part of his soul decided to go on a trip.

"No! Give me my sleep back!!!"

Ignoring Ren's misery over his sleep, which a system like itself cannot understand, it continued the persuasion.

"Now that you know, Mr Ren, believe in me, and if you ever encounter something like those rogue systems in the future, kindly report it to us, so we can reboot them."

Ren's frustration over his sleep was still evident in his sarcasm-laced answer.

"Yes, sure. Who knows …I might see them while going grocery shopping."

The system, unable to understand Ren's sarcasm, continued to sell itself, "You are absolutely right. Such incidents have been recorded in recent data. That is why you are lucky that you encountered me this time."

Ren"...." Well OK. He is the stupid one.

Without any suspicion, the system continued, "I cannot turn back time to the beginning where you were robbed of your real parents, but I managed to reach a point in your school years."

"Wait what?! Someone robbed my parents?"
Like money? Robbed parents?

Ren wondered if he had to look for them.
In his last life, Ren lived with his grandmother after his parents separated. To him, parents were nothing but a vague concept.