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!

seconds, the elevator reached

-Clank

"Wow..."

as the elevator doors opened a whole different world appeared

floor looked like a luxurious

floor was extremely large, with a space that

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

were installed in the corner of

ones appeared everywhere. Most likely, they were the members of

scenery before me, I couldn't

this was my parent's

"Ren!"

my revere, was the cheerful

you're just

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

"Ren"

her eyes became cold, and her

know what

happened? and why does it look as if a demon

Something wasn't right...

"What's wrong?"

that you can't

What I did wrong?

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

she so

Sigh

was, pointing towards Nola, her tone raised

look at the state Nola

"Nola?"

pockets were filled with candy and she was holding

What kind of son did

shaking her head, my mom went to Nola and apart from one Ice

protest, but under our mother's seriousness, she could only turn her head in

...I'm sorry.

the candy, Samantha, my mother, took Nola by

it. Follow me up

"Ok"

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

Everyone

the elevator, a bunch

-Clank!

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

curved up slightly, and he had a well-trimmed black beard that nicely fitted around his jaw. The solemnity given off by his extraordinary appearance was similar to

"…Huu."

eyes, the Vice-guild master of the

is going

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

at him in the distance, my eyes

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

"...hm?"

murmurs engulfed the entire floor as

insignia sewn on the back of it. His black obsidian eyes which were brighter than

youth's face was quite handsome and outstanding with his skin being smooth without any imperfections. His long black-colored hair dangled to his

from behind, with his back straight he would look down on everyone present in the room. Almost as

eyes suddenly drifted towards the other end of the hall where

"Follow me Alex"

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

Martin politely

seeing you here

disgust appeared on my mother's face before it quickly disappeared as fast as

"Hello, Martin"

time since we've spoken to each other

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

worked very hard to

course, that was largely due

walked up to me.

you the talentless waste who was able to attend to the lock due to how their father stole from his own guild to pay for his

saw him, I