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

-Clank

"Wow..."

as the elevator doors opened a whole different world appeared

twenty-fifth floor looked like a luxurious

floor was extremely large, with a space that could accumulate over hundreds

management, and the lower floors were for heroes as they provided

was covered in a red carpet, and large TV screens were installed in the corner of

followed by people wearing formal ones appeared everywhere. Most likely, they

at the scenery before me, I

was my parent's guild,

"Ren!"

me out of my revere, was the cheerful sound of my

just in

my mother's eyes landed on Nola who was standing next to me. The more she looked

"Ren"

became cold, and her previous cheerful

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

and why does it look as if

Something wasn't right...

"What's wrong?"

telling me that you can't tell what you've done

What I did wrong?

happened today. Apart from taking Nola to the park and beating a couple of kids,

she

Sigh

I was, pointing towards Nola, her tone

at the state

"Nola?"

fact that both her pockets were filled with candy

my god. What kind of son did

Nola and apart from one Ice cream, she

under our mother's seriousness, she could only turn her head in my direction to which

...I'm sorry.

took Nola by her

me up to

"Ok"

mother up, the whole floor became quiet before suddenly

here. Everyone

the elevator, a bunch of

-Clank!

opened, exiting them was the Vice-guild leader of the Galxicus

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 that of my father as

"…Huu."

the room with his snake-like eyes, the Vice-guild master of the Galxicus

guild is going

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

him in the distance, my eyes narrowed into slits

the inner conflicts within the guild. He was a ranked Hero, just slightly weaker than my father, and was selected by the guild investors to become the Vice-director of the guild. With the aid of the board of directors, he managed to convince them into overthrowing the

"...hm?"

wave of murmurs engulfed the entire floor as a

with a strange insignia sewn on the back of it.

quite handsome and outstanding with his skin being smooth without any imperfections. His long

Martin from behind, with his back straight he would look down on everyone present

end of the hall where three individuals stood.

"Follow me Alex"

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

Martin politely

pleasure seeing

trace of disgust appeared on my mother's face before it quickly disappeared as fast as it came. Smiling politely she

"Hello, Martin"

long time since we've spoken to

someone wasn't paying close attention to their conversation, one wouldn't be able to notice all the hidden meanings behind each

my husband indeed worked very hard to build the guild from the ground

of course, that was largely due to how much

walked up to me. Seizing me up, a smirk

to attend to the lock due to how their father stole from his own guild to pay for

moment I saw