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!

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

-Clank

"Wow..."

doors opened a

twenty-fifth floor looked like a

large, with a space that could accumulate over hundreds of

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

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

by people wearing formal ones appeared everywhere. Most likely, they were the members of the guild being

me, I

this was my

"Ren!"

out of my revere, was

just in

landed on Nola who was standing next to

"Ren"

me, her eyes became cold, and her previous

by her sudden shift in attitude, I didn't know what to do as cold sweat suddenly appeared on my

look as if a demon had suddenly appeared behind my

Something wasn't right...

"What's wrong?"

you can't tell what

What I did wrong?

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

was she so

Sigh

I was, pointing towards Nola, her tone

the state

"Nola?"

the fact that both her pockets were filled with candy and she was holding an ice cream cone

kind of son

shaking her head, my mom went to Nola and apart from one Ice cream, she

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

...I'm sorry.

Samantha, my mother, took Nola by her hand and urged

forget it. Follow me up

"Ok"

I was about to follow my mother up,

here. Everyone get

they were doing, crowding towards the elevator, a bunch

-Clank!

them was the Vice-guild leader of

jaw. The solemnity given off by his extraordinary appearance was similar to

"…Huu."

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

guild is going to the

him to hear. With a moderate arrogance and a lethargic

my eyes narrowed into slits as I

the reports that smallsnake sent me, he was the man leading 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,

"...hm?"

Martin, another wave of murmurs engulfed the entire floor as a youth walked out

a strange insignia sewn on the back of it. His black obsidian eyes

was quite handsome and outstanding with his skin being smooth without any imperfections. His long black-colored hair dangled to

straight he would look down on everyone present in the room. Almost as if

other end of the hall where three individuals stood. A

"Follow me Alex"

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

Martin politely smiled and

seeing

before it quickly disappeared as fast as it came. Smiling politely

"Hello, Martin"

long time since we've spoken to each other

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

husband indeed worked very hard to build

due to how much I was helping

conversing with Martin, the youth behind him walked up to me. Seizing me up, a smirk soon appeared on his

the talentless waste who was able to attend to the lock due to how their father stole from his

saw him, I just