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

-Clank

"Wow..."

soon as the elevator doors opened a whole different

twenty-fifth floor looked like a luxurious

extremely large, with a space that could accumulate

The higher floors were office spaces for administrative management, and the lower floors

ground was covered in a red carpet, and large TV screens were installed in the corner

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

before me, I couldn't

my parent's

"Ren!"

revere, was the

you're just in

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

"Ren"

back at me, her eyes became

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

happened? and why does it look as if

Something wasn't right...

"What's wrong?"

you

What I did wrong?

and beating a couple of kids, I don't think there was anything to warrant

was she so

Sigh

how clueless I was, pointing towards Nola, her tone raised a few

the state Nola

"Nola?"

confusion, I 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

kind of son did

to Nola and apart

try to protest, but under our mother's seriousness, she could only turn her head in my direction to which I could only avoid and pretend to

...I'm sorry.

Samantha, my mother, took Nola by her hand and

me up to meet your

"Ok"

about to follow my mother up, the whole floor became quiet

Everyone

whatever they were doing, crowding towards the elevator, a bunch of guild

-Clank!

the Vice-guild leader of

off by his extraordinary appearance

"…Huu."

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

is going to the

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

eyes

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

"...hm?"

the entire floor as

insignia sewn on the back of it. His black obsidian eyes which were brighter than ordinary people's had hints of wisdom hidden deep within

smooth without any imperfections. His long black-colored hair dangled to his shoulders, and his demenour carried hints of arrogance

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

other end of the hall where three individuals stood. A smirk soon emerged on

"Follow me Alex"

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

at my mother, Martin politely

seeing you here

before it quickly disappeared

"Hello, Martin"

a long time since we've spoken to each

each other. However, if someone wasn't paying close attention to their conversation, one

my husband indeed worked very hard to build the guild

was largely due

youth behind him walked up to me. Seizing me up, a smirk soon

due to how their father stole from

saw him,