1 Banishment and Rebirth

"Father, trust me please! I didn't do what Evelyn has accused me of! You must believe me!"

Sam was standing in front of a desk, which was occupied by a middle-aged man with a woman who was crying behind him alongside another young man.

"You… animal. You fiend, a drug-addicted gambler who has tarnished this family name to the point that now we have your fiancee saying you nearly drugged her? Couldn't you wait?! You are lucky your brother saved you!"

"He set me up! Father, I wouldn't dare do such an act, even if I am what you call me! Please trust me!"

The middle-aged man, Sam's father, began to wonder if that was the case, but soon a hand was on his shoulder and he turned to see his much more well-behaved son.

"Do not believe his eyes, I have proof of what he did and Evelyn has video evidence of him doing this also. He is a disgusting animal and doesn't deserve to uphold your family name."

"You… you are right! Sam, you are trying to deceive me!!!"

Sam looked perplexed and angry, "Father, I only stated the truth!"

"I DO NOT CARE! FROM HERE ON, YOU ARE NO LONGER PART OF THE YONG FAMILY! GUARDS, TAKE THIS DISGUSTING HUMAN AND REMOVE EVERYTHING EXCEPT HIS CLOTHES IN HIS POSSESSION! FREEZE HIS CARDS AND DO NOT LET HIM EVEN STAY IN THIS TOWN!"

"What! Father please! No! Please!"

Sam tried to stop the guards who were pulling him away but it was no use, and soon one of the guards knocked him out causing Sam to lose consciousness.

Soon, Sam ended up in an alleyway in a city that he has never been to before.

Everything was disgusting, his body convulsing due to withdrawal as he hasn't taken a hit yet and his pockets were empty except for only one credit.

Soon, a few homeless dudes walked past him but Sam slowly stood up and grabbed one of the dudes' pants.

"Listen! Listen! I just need a few credits man, I'll pay ya back huh? I am a rich kid, trust me to ask anyone in this city about me, tell 'em Sam Yong is here huh? Give me-"

Before he could finish his sentence, BANG!

A right hook to the face, left Sam dazed and on the floor.

"Look at this stupid idiot, trying to brag about who he is yet he looks just as homeless as us!"

"Let's beat this fool up, who does he think he is!"

Punch and kick, kick and punch. They brutally beat down the now homeless Sam to the ground, leaving him bloody on the ground.

"STOP! PLEASE!"

"Quiet kid!"

Bang! A kick to the chest left Sam breathless.

"Yo, he has nothing but a single credit in his pocket, what sort of rich kid has that on him?"

"He is lying to us, and for that, he needs to pay even more!"

They continue to beat Sam again and leave after hearing sirens in the background.

Sam looks at the night sky on the alleyway floor bloody and wants to know why his life turned out the way it did.

Suddenly…

"ARGH, ARGHHHHHH!"

A massive headache swept Sam's head, his brain feeling as if it is about to explode.

He begins to cough up blood, and soon he feels like he is losing consciousness…

'Am I going to die?'

At this moment in time, usually, a person dying would have flashes of his past.

But in Sam's case, he begins having memories of a future, a future he hasn't experienced yet.

**

"I didn't want to do this Sam!"

Sam dropped to his knees, his hands holding his stomach which had a hole in it. Behind him was his closest friend, Nick who held a dagger covered in blood.

"Haha…" Sam began to laugh after hearing what Nick had just said.

"Please, stop laughing Sam… Please! The boss said that whoever killed the boss first would get the Gem, and you know how much that Gem is! I need it, Sam! I got a kid and a wife! You have no one! Just die and let me be rewarded in this lifetime!"

Sam slowly limped to the ground, laying on his back and staring at the sky. Two suns began shining down on him, and the clouds felt like images of his life.

"My friend… my brother… for riches, you would kill me. Riches that I would gladly give you in a heartbeat…"

"That's bullcrap! You know you wouldn't have given it to me! You… you would have killed me first! Yes. You would have done the deed before I did huh? You piece of crap!"

"… You are mentally ill."

Sam raised his hands to the sky, with a tear flowing down his cheek.

"Yeah I have no one, in the past, my family abandoned me for my stepbrother. I had no one until I met you. We've been doing this run for 15 years, Nick! I would have given you everything you wanted if you asked! COUGH COUGH!"

Sam began coughing up blood, but he still chuckled despite the pain. The situation was absurd to him, but it was the reality he was living in now.

"I have so many regrets…."

'I could have been something If only I took advantage of the portal all those years ago…'

Sam stared at the sky, the two suns, and the sand which was now flowing down his legs alongside his blood.

'If I could only rewind time…'

**

As Sam began to relive these memories, his body slowly began to heal miraculously.

He opens his eyes and takes a deep breath, before rolling to lie on his back and stare at the night sky.

"Earth… Before they joined the Realms…'

He began touching his face, feeling the smoothness of his skin. He was young, around 20 years old, and much more agile than when he was older in the future.

'A fresh start, I could be something now…'

It was something he could only dream of back when he was adventuring around.

'I know what is going to happen in the future, I can take advantage of that…'

No one knew about the world from this point on for a year, and even then only the major players would know about it and it won't be open to the public for another 4 years after that.

But Sam knew where a special portal was, he once slipped into it by accident many years ago when he was jumping from alleyway to alleyway, making ends meet as a homeless kid.

'Back then, I could only be an adventurer but now…'

Sam remembered that there was a special role people could choose in the early stages of the game, a role to become a leader of a settlement.

You grow as your settlement grows, and in the future when Earth finds out about this world, Lords are the ones who are in power.

'Alright, let's become a Lord!'

Sam slowly stood up and dusted his body off.

'But first, let's beat those idiots up for revenge…'