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!

elevator reached the 25th floor, and

-Clank

"Wow..."

doors opened a whole different world

twenty-fifth floor looked like a luxurious office

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

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 facilities and other things heroes required like a potion station and supply

corner

wearing formal ones appeared everywhere. Most likely, they were

me, I couldn't help but be

my parent's

"Ren!"

my revere, was

just

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

"Ren"

her eyes became cold, and her previous cheerful demenour

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

happened? and why does it look as if a demon

Something wasn't right...

"What's wrong?"

you

What I did wrong?

that had happened today. Apart from taking Nola to the park and beating a couple of kids, I don't

was she so

Sigh

was, pointing towards Nola,

at the state

"Nola?"

didn't see anything wrong with her. Apart from the fact that both her pockets were filled with candy and she was holding an ice cream cone

god. What kind of son did I

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

her head in my direction to which

...I'm sorry.

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

Follow me up to

"Ok"

mother up, the whole floor became quiet before suddenly everyone

Everyone

they were doing, crowding towards the elevator,

-Clank!

the elevator doors opened, exiting them was the

around his jaw. The solemnity given off by his extraordinary appearance was similar to that of my father

"…Huu."

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

guild is going to the

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

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 guild investors to become the Vice-director of the guild. With the aid of the

"...hm?"

wave of murmurs engulfed the entire floor as a youth walked out from

the back of it. His black obsidian eyes which were brighter than ordinary people's had

face was quite handsome and outstanding with his skin being smooth without any imperfections. His long black-colored hair dangled to his shoulders, and his demenour carried hints of

look down on everyone present in

the youth were walking, Martin's eyes suddenly drifted towards the other end of the hall where three individuals stood. A

"Follow me Alex"

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

my mother, Martin politely smiled

seeing you

a trace of disgust appeared on my mother's face before it quickly disappeared

"Hello, Martin"

been a long time since we've spoken

attention to their conversation, one wouldn't be able to notice

husband indeed worked very hard to build the guild from

largely due to how much I was helping

him walked up to me. Seizing me up, a smirk soon appeared on his

waste who was able to attend to the lock due to how their father stole from his own guild to pay for his son's

saw him, I