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!

of seconds, the elevator reached the 25th floor, and

-Clank

"Wow..."

elevator doors opened a whole different world

twenty-fifth floor looked like a luxurious office

with a space that could accumulate over hundreds of people at

the main reception area of the guild. The higher floors were office spaces for administrative management, and the lower

corner of the space with constant updates on the news

everywhere. Most likely, they were the members of

at the scenery before me, I couldn't help

this was my parent's

"Ren!"

me out of my revere, was the cheerful

just

who was standing next to me. The more

"Ren"

her eyes became cold, and her

didn't know what to do

happened? and why does it look as if a demon had suddenly

Something wasn't right...

"What's wrong?"

telling me that you can't tell what you've

What I did wrong?

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

she

Sigh

pointing towards Nola, her

the state

"Nola?"

Apart from the fact that both her pockets were filled with candy and she was holding an ice cream cone in each

my god. What kind of son

apart from one Ice cream, she

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

...I'm sorry.

candy, Samantha, my mother, took Nola by her

me up

"Ok"

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

Everyone

were doing, crowding towards the elevator, a bunch

-Clank!

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

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

"…Huu."

the Vice-guild master of the Galxicus guild, Martin

going to

people around him to hear. With a moderate arrogance and a lethargic attitude, Martin

at him in the distance, my eyes narrowed into

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, he managed to

"...hm?"

engulfed the entire

a white-colored, 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 within

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

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

eyes suddenly drifted towards the other end of the hall where three individuals

"Follow me Alex"

the youth named Alex soon stopped in front of me and my

my mother, Martin politely smiled and

pleasure seeing you

before it quickly disappeared as fast as it came. Smiling politely she greeted him

"Hello, Martin"

long time since we've spoken

wasn't paying close attention to their conversation, one wouldn't be able to notice all the hidden

very hard to build the guild from the ground

was largely due to how much I was

youth behind him walked up to me. Seizing

who was able to attend to the lock due to how their father stole from his own guild to

I saw him, I just