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

-Clank

"Wow..."

doors opened a

floor looked like a luxurious

space that could accumulate over hundreds of

The higher floors were office spaces for administrative management, and the lower floors were for heroes as they provided

red carpet, and large TV screens were installed in the corner of the space with constant updates on the news and which dungeons were available for

Most likely, they were the members

me, I couldn't help but be

this was my

"Ren!"

out me out of my revere, was the

you're just

on Nola who was standing next to

"Ren"

eyes became cold, and her previous cheerful demenour

know what to do

it look as if a demon

Something wasn't right...

"What's wrong?"

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 to

was she

Sigh

towards Nola, her tone raised a

look at the state Nola

"Nola?"

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

god. What kind of son did I

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

our mother's seriousness, she could only turn her head in my direction to which I could

...I'm sorry.

putting away all of the candy, Samantha, my mother, took

it. Follow me up to meet your

"Ok"

up, the whole floor became quiet

Everyone get

doing, crowding towards the

-Clank!

exiting them was the Vice-guild leader

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 to shake in their

"…Huu."

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

guild is going

to hear. With a

him in the distance, my eyes narrowed into slits as I closely

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?"

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

long-sleeved loosely fit T-shirt with a strange insignia sewn on the back of it. His black obsidian eyes which were brighter than ordinary people's had hints of wisdom hidden deep

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

down on everyone present in the room. Almost as if

and 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"

crowd of people, Martin and the youth named Alex

Martin

seeing you

quickly disappeared as fast as it came. Smiling politely she

"Hello, Martin"

since we've spoken

someone wasn't paying close attention to their conversation, one wouldn't

to build the

that was largely due to how much I was helping

up to me. Seizing me

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

moment I saw him,