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!

reached the 25th floor, and

-Clank

"Wow..."

as the elevator doors opened a whole different

looked like a luxurious

floor was extremely large, with a space that

I was currently 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

large TV screens were installed in the corner of the space with constant updates on the

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

at the scenery before me, I couldn't help but

my

"Ren!"

out of my revere, was the cheerful sound

you're just

landed on Nola who was standing next to

"Ren"

her eyes became cold,

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

as if a

Something wasn't right...

"What's wrong?"

telling me 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

she so

Sigh

I was, pointing towards Nola, her tone

look at the state Nola is

"Nola?"

anything wrong with her. Apart from the fact that both her pockets were filled with candy and she

kind of son

mom went to Nola and apart from one

seriousness, she could only turn her head in my direction to which I could only avoid and pretend to feign

...I'm sorry.

my mother, took Nola by her hand and

it. Follow me up to

"Ok"

I was about to follow my mother up, the whole floor became quiet

Everyone get

they were doing, crowding towards the elevator, a bunch of guild members

-Clank!

elevator doors opened, exiting them was the Vice-guild

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

"…Huu."

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

is going

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

my eyes narrowed into slits as I closely scrutinized

weaker than my father, and was selected by the guild investors to become the Vice-director of

"...hm?"

the entire floor as a youth walked out from

wearing a white-colored, long-sleeved loosely fit T-shirt with a strange insignia sewn on the back of it. His black obsidian eyes which were brighter than ordinary people's had hints of

his skin being smooth without any imperfections. His long

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

other end of the hall where three individuals stood.

"Follow me Alex"

youth named Alex

Martin politely smiled and

seeing

it quickly disappeared as fast as it came. Smiling politely she greeted him

"Hello, Martin"

time since we've spoken to

someone wasn't paying close attention to their conversation, one wouldn't

very hard to

of course, that was largely due to how much I was helping

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

the lock due to how their father

moment I saw