The Author's POV

"I'm done Nola, come here"

Smiling, I waved at Nola in the distance and urged her to come to me.

"Um"

Nodding her little head, putting the phone away, Nola ran in my direction.

"Up"

Lifting her into my arms, I smiled and pointed towards the playground in the distance.

"Let's go play"

"Yes!"

Walking towards the playground, although I was smiling, that was merely a facade I put on since Nola was with me.

My mind was in a current state of turmoil.

After 'politely' conversing with the two individuals, I found out a few things.

First off, the long-haired guy's name was Simon Perk and his father was a relatively influential person inside of a bronze-graded guild. The guy next to him was called Greg Topaz and he was his childhood friend as well as bodyguard.

...The reason why they knew me was because the old Ren and they, used to attend the same middle school.

Fermin middle school.

One of the top middle schools in the northern district.

However, from what I've uncovered from my 'talk', the previous Ren Dover was a social outcast.

It wasn't like this before, but after a series of events, he became an outcast. This probably happened right after he got accepted in the lock.

Although I wasn't able to get a clear picture of what had happened since they weren't part of Ren's class, I was able to deduce that an important event had happened in Fermin middle school.

Which was enough of a start for me...I at least had a direction to focus on now.

"Bwader?"

As I was busy pondering over the old Ren's matters, feeling a light tug on my pants, I saw Nola's droopy eyes staring at my shoes.

"Are you tired already?"

"um"

Nodding her head, Nola extended her hands in my direction.

11:20 A.M.

"...it should be time anyways"

Checking the time, I picked Nola from the ground and left the park. It was about time I headed to the guild.

I wonder what's it like being in a guild.

...

"It should be this one"

Arriving in front of a large skyscraper that was about 200 meters in height, and had about 80 floors, I brought Nola inside of the building with me.

From what I had been told by my parents, the whole building was used as the base for their guild Galxicus.

Although they didn't own the building, they managed to rent it out for a reasonable monthly price.

Arriving in front of the elevators at the entrance of the building, I pressed the button and called for one. As I waited for the elevator to arrive, I took a quick glance at my surroundings.

Surrounded by glass, the interior of the bottom floor was brightly lit by the sun in the sky. White marble floor covered the entire pavement, and people moving to and fro inside of the building was a constant sight.

It looked extremely busy.

-Ding!

Entering the elevator and pressing on the 25th-floor button, the elevator doors closed and a slight pushing sensation appeared beneath my feet.

-Ding!

a matter of seconds, the elevator reached the 25th floor, and the doors

-Clank

"Wow..."

opened a whole different world appeared before my

like a luxurious

large, with a space that could accumulate over hundreds of people at

in was the main reception area of the guild. The higher floors were office spaces for administrative management, and the lower floors were for heroes as they provided training facilities and other things heroes required like a potion station and

a red carpet, and large TV screens were installed in the corner of the space with constant updates on the news and which

everywhere. Most likely, they were the members of the guild being followed by

before me, I

was my parent's guild,

"Ren!"

my revere, was the cheerful sound of my mom's

just in

mid-sentence, my mother's eyes landed on Nola who was standing next to me. The more she looked the grimmer

"Ren"

me, her eyes became cold, and her previous cheerful demenour

attitude, I didn't know what to do as cold sweat suddenly

and why does it look as if a

Something wasn't right...

"What's wrong?"

that you can't tell what you've done

What I did wrong?

everything that had happened today. Apart from taking Nola to the park and beating a couple of kids, I don't think there was anything to warrant

was she so

Sigh

I was, pointing towards Nola, her tone raised a few

at the

"Nola?"

both her pockets were filled with candy and she was

god. What kind

to Nola and apart from one

mother's seriousness, she could only turn her head in

...I'm sorry.

putting away all of the candy, Samantha, my mother, took Nola by her hand and

forget it. Follow me up to meet your

"Ok"

up, the

here. Everyone

were doing, crowding towards the elevator, a bunch of

-Clank!

the elevator doors opened, exiting them was the Vice-guild leader of the

was curved up slightly, and he had a well-trimmed black beard that nicely fitted around his jaw. The solemnity given off by his extraordinary appearance was similar to

"…Huu."

eyes, the Vice-guild master of the Galxicus guild, Martin

guild is going to the

loud enough for most people around him to hear. With a moderate arrogance and a lethargic attitude, Martin Lorewik

at him in the distance, my eyes

inner conflicts within the guild. He was a ranked Hero, just slightly weaker than my father, and was selected by the

"...hm?"

murmurs engulfed the entire floor

white-colored, long-sleeved loosely fit T-shirt with a strange insignia sewn on the back of it. His black obsidian eyes

outstanding with his skin being smooth without any imperfections. His long black-colored hair

Martin from behind, with his back straight he would look down on everyone present in the room. Almost as if he owned

suddenly drifted towards the other end of the hall where three individuals stood. A

"Follow me Alex"

of people, Martin and the youth named Alex soon stopped in

mother, Martin politely

pleasure seeing

before it quickly disappeared as fast as it

"Hello, Martin"

since we've

conversing with each other. However, if someone wasn't paying close attention to their

to

largely due

was conversing with Martin, the youth behind him walked up to me. Seizing me up, a

to how their father stole from his own guild to pay

moment I saw him,