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!

elevator reached the 25th

-Clank

"Wow..."

a whole different world appeared before my

twenty-fifth floor looked like

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

management, and the lower floors were for heroes as they provided training

were installed in the corner of the space with constant updates on the news and which

appeared everywhere. Most likely, they were the members

at the scenery before me, I couldn't help but

my parent's

"Ren!"

my revere, was the cheerful sound of my mom's

you're just

landed on Nola who was standing next to me. The more she looked

"Ren"

me, her eyes became cold, and her previous cheerful demenour

attitude, I didn't know what to do as cold sweat suddenly appeared

look as if a demon had suddenly

Something wasn't right...

"What's wrong?"

you telling me that you

What I did wrong?

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

was she

Sigh

towards Nola, her tone

at the state

"Nola?"

her pockets were filled with candy

my god. What kind of

mom went to Nola and apart

only turn her head in my direction to which I could

...I'm sorry.

candy, Samantha, my mother, took Nola by

Follow me up to meet

"Ok"

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

Everyone get

they were doing, crowding towards the elevator,

-Clank!

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

hair was 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."

his snake-like eyes, the Vice-guild master of the Galxicus guild, Martin Lorewik, murmured

going to

was loud enough for most people around him to hear. With a moderate arrogance and a lethargic attitude,

my eyes narrowed into slits as I closely scrutinized

than my father, and was selected by the guild investors to become the Vice-director of the guild. With the

"...hm?"

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

T-shirt with a strange insignia sewn on the back of it. His black obsidian eyes which were brighter

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

Martin from behind, with his back straight he would look down on everyone present in the

youth were walking, Martin's eyes suddenly drifted towards 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

at my mother, Martin

pleasure seeing you here

on my mother's face before it quickly disappeared

"Hello, Martin"

since we've spoken to

they started conversing with each other. However, if someone wasn't paying close attention to their conversation, one wouldn't be able to notice all the hidden meanings behind each other's

to build the guild from

that was largely due

behind him walked up

to the lock due to how

moment I saw