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

-Clank

"Wow..."

doors opened a whole different world appeared before my

floor looked like a luxurious office

extremely large, with a space that could

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

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

formal ones appeared everywhere. Most likely, they were the members of the guild being followed

scenery before me, I couldn't help

this was my

"Ren!"

revere, was

just

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

"Ren"

back at me, her eyes became cold, and her previous

in attitude, I didn't know what

it look as if a demon had

Something wasn't right...

"What's wrong?"

me that you can't tell what

What I did wrong?

had happened today. Apart from taking Nola to the park and beating a couple

was she

Sigh

clueless I was, pointing towards

the state

"Nola?"

that both her pockets were filled with candy and she was holding an ice cream cone in each hand,

god. What kind of

and apart from one

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

...I'm sorry.

mother, took Nola

me

"Ok"

follow my mother up, the whole floor became quiet before suddenly everyone started

here. Everyone get

the elevator, a

-Clank!

exiting them was the Vice-guild leader of the Galxicus guild. Martin

black beard that nicely fitted around his jaw. The solemnity given off by his extraordinary appearance was similar to that of my father as every step he would take caused all the guild members near him

"…Huu."

the Vice-guild master of

going to the

a moderate arrogance and a lethargic attitude, Martin

at him in the distance, my eyes narrowed into slits as

Hero, just slightly weaker than my father, and was selected by the guild investors to become the Vice-director of the guild. With

"...hm?"

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

T-shirt with a strange insignia sewn on the back of it. His black obsidian eyes which were

any imperfections. His long black-colored hair dangled to his shoulders, and his demenour

with his back straight he would look down on everyone present

Martin's eyes suddenly drifted towards the other end of the hall where three individuals stood. A smirk soon

"Follow me Alex"

of people, Martin and the youth named

at my mother, Martin

pleasure seeing you here

on my mother's face before it quickly disappeared

"Hello, Martin"

time since we've spoken to each

attention to their conversation, one

very hard to

of course, that was largely due to how much I

up to me. Seizing me up, a smirk

the talentless waste who was able to attend to the lock due to

I saw him, I just