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..."

opened a whole different world appeared before my

twenty-fifth floor looked like a luxurious office

extremely large, with a space that could accumulate over hundreds of people at a

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 replenishment

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

appeared everywhere. Most likely,

me, I couldn't help

this was my

"Ren!"

was the cheerful sound of my mom's

just

Nola who was standing next to me. The more she looked the grimmer her face

"Ren"

at me, her eyes became cold, and her previous

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

it look as if a demon

Something wasn't right...

"What's wrong?"

telling me that you can't tell what

What I did wrong?

today. Apart from taking Nola to the park and beating a couple of kids, I don't think there was anything

was she

Sigh

clueless I was, pointing towards Nola, her tone raised

the state Nola is

"Nola?"

pockets were filled with

kind of son did

and apart

seriousness, she could only turn her head in my direction to which I could only

...I'm sorry.

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

it. Follow me

"Ok"

mother up, the

Everyone get

towards the elevator, a bunch of guild members bowed

-Clank!

doors opened, exiting them was the Vice-guild leader of the Galxicus guild.

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

"…Huu."

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

going to the

which was deep, was loud enough for most people around him to hear. With a

eyes narrowed

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

"...hm?"

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

back of it. His black obsidian

skin being smooth without any imperfections. His long black-colored hair dangled to his shoulders, and his

look down on everyone present in the

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

"Follow me Alex"

of people, Martin and the youth named Alex soon

Martin politely smiled

pleasure seeing

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

"Hello, Martin"

been a long time since we've spoken to each other

their conversation, one wouldn't be able to notice all the hidden meanings behind each other's

very hard to build the guild from the

that was largely due to

him walked up to

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

saw him, I