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!

of seconds, the elevator reached the 25th

-Clank

"Wow..."

the elevator doors opened a whole different world appeared before

twenty-fifth floor looked like a luxurious office

with a space that could

area of the guild. The higher floors were office spaces for administrative management, and the lower floors

were installed in the corner of the space with constant updates on the news and which dungeons were

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

me, I couldn't help

my parent's

"Ren!"

out me out of my revere, was the cheerful sound

just in

freezing mid-sentence, my mother's eyes landed on Nola who was standing

"Ren"

became cold, and her previous

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

it look as if a

Something wasn't right...

"What's wrong?"

that you can't

What I did wrong?

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

was she

Sigh

clueless I was, pointing towards Nola, her tone

look at the state Nola is

"Nola?"

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

my god. What kind of son

to Nola and apart from one Ice cream, she

seriousness, she could only turn her head

...I'm sorry.

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

forget it. Follow me up to

"Ok"

about to follow my mother up,

Everyone get

whatever they were doing, crowding towards the elevator, a

-Clank!

elevator doors opened, exiting them was the

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

"…Huu."

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

is going to the

loud enough for most people around him to hear. With a moderate arrogance and

at him in the distance, my eyes narrowed

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

"...hm?"

I closely scrutinized Martin, another wave of murmurs engulfed the entire floor

sewn on the back of it. His

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

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

youth were walking, Martin's eyes suddenly drifted towards the other end

"Follow me Alex"

named Alex soon stopped

my mother, Martin politely smiled and

pleasure seeing you here

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

"Hello, Martin"

since we've spoken to each other

close attention to their conversation, one wouldn't be

to build the guild from the ground

that was largely due to how much I was helping

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

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

saw him, I