Chapter 1

I was reborn on the day of the pilot selection and promptly withdrew from the competition.

This was because in my previous life, after being chosen as a pilot with top marks,

My childhood sweetheart Seraphina wanted the runner-up, Zoran, to be selected instead. She fabricated medical records to accuse me on the spot.

"Alaric has schizophrenia, he's completely unfit to be a pilot!"

After I was forced out of the running, she then pretended to make amends.

She got me drunk and cut my tendons, utterly crushing my dreams of becoming a pilot.

Just when I was on the brink of suicide multiple times, Genevieve, who had always secretly loved me, encouraged and comforted me to start anew.

But on the night of our wedding, Zoran merely said he missed her.

Genevieve immediately abandoned me to spend the night with him.

Devastated by these consecutive blows, I lost my mind and accidentally fell to my death.

When I opened my eyes again.I decided to abandon commercial aircraft and opt for a higher, farther-reaching plane. This time, I'm going to soar freely through the heavens!

————————

1

"Alaric, I want to withdraw from the selection."

The flight instructor's jaw dropped in shock as he hurried to dissuade me.

"Alaric, I must remind you, this pilot selection isn't child's play!"

Dropping out mid-evaluation is considered forfeiting.

The more stringent airlines might even blacklist you.

Yet my flying skills and overall abilities were leagues ahead of the other candidates.

Almost everyone, including the instructor, never expected.

That I would so casually announce my withdrawal.

"I'm planning to apply for the national pilot examination, to serve our country. Thank you for your guidance these past few days, instructor."

The instructor patted my shoulder happily.

"Alaric, I greatly respect your abilities. Since you have a better option, I won't stand in your way. I hope you find your birth parents someday and achieve your dreams of flying higher and farther!"

Just as the instructor finished speaking, someone came to hurry him to the next evaluation.

I smiled and said goodbye.

"Please go ahead, instructor. I have some matters to attend to, so I'll be leaving now."

As I turned to exit.

I saw the other pilot candidates waiting outside, eyeing me with disdain.

"Stop putting on airs. Your rich boy identity is fake, who knows what else about you is fake!"

I raised an eyebrow and asked him irritably.

"What do you mean by that?"Since a few years ago when the Carlisle family found Zoran, their true young master, there's been a lot more talk about me in the airline company.

But this was the first time someone mocked me to my face.

That person glared at me fiercely, not saying another word.

After all, I grew up in the Carlisle family since I was little. Even a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

They didn't dare to confront me directly.

Other people around also came forward to mediate.

"He's just talking trash, Alaric, don't mind him."

I didn't want to cause a scene in public, so I turned to go downstairs.

But then I heard Zoran's voice from below.

"I believe in Alaric brother. He wouldn't intentionally bribe doctors to falsify test results. Seraphina and Genevieve, please promise me you won't expose Alaric brother, okay~?"

"How can that be okay? If he did something wrong, he needs to correct it!"

"That's right! Otherwise, this assessment won't be fair. It's not fair to you or the other candidates!"

I laughed coldly to myself.

So that falsified medical report diagnosing me with schizophrenia from my past life was produced by Zoran.Reflecting on the inexplicable hostility from that person earlier, it seems Zoran has been spreading rumors about my falsified medical records.

In my past life, this was the spark that ruined my entire existence.

I never got to see what it actually looked like.

Now, even though I'm standing far away,

I can clearly make out that it's just a photocopy printed on a sheet of A4 paper.

The ridiculous part is that such a crude fabrication

fooled Seraphina, my childhood sweetheart who grew up with me, and Genevieve, who's had a crush on me for over a decade.

Yet they know better than anyone how much blood, sweat, and tears I've shed to become a pilot.

Still, they didn't even bother to verify the authenticity of this piece of paper, blindly trusting Zoran's words.

Just because they're both shareholders in the airline, no one dared to challenge the evidence they presented.

That's what led to my downfall in my past life, becoming a pariah despised by everyone.

Zoran's face is twisted with conflicting emotions as he inadvertently catches sight of me.

"Big bro Alaric~."

At these words, Seraphina and Genevieve's gazes snap towards me in unison.

Their faces light up with delight.

Seraphina, beaming, calls out to me."Alaric, we were just about to call you and ask when you'd be coming down after finishing your evaluation," Genevieve chimed in eagerly.