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..."

as the elevator doors opened a whole different world

floor looked like

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

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

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

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

me, I couldn't help but be

this was my

"Ren!"

out of my revere, was

just

Nola who was standing next to

"Ren"

me, her eyes became cold, and her previous cheerful

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

as if a demon had suddenly appeared behind my

Something wasn't right...

"What's wrong?"

telling me that you can't

What I did wrong?

from taking Nola to the park and beating a couple of kids, I don't

she

Sigh

was, pointing towards Nola, her tone raised a few

look at the state

"Nola?"

from the fact that both her pockets were filled with candy and she was holding an ice cream cone in each hand, I didn't see

my god. What kind of son did

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

she could only turn her head in my direction to which I could only avoid and pretend to feign

...I'm sorry.

candy, Samantha, my mother, took Nola by her hand and

forget it. Follow me up to

"Ok"

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

here. Everyone

towards the elevator,

-Clank!

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

and he had a well-trimmed black beard that nicely fitted around his jaw. The solemnity given off by his extraordinary appearance

"…Huu."

the Vice-guild master

going to

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

my eyes narrowed into slits

man leading the inner conflicts within 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 of the board of directors, he managed to convince

"...hm?"

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

with a strange insignia sewn on the back of it. His black obsidian eyes which were brighter than ordinary people's had hints of

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

walking, Martin's eyes suddenly drifted towards the other end of the hall where three individuals stood. A smirk

"Follow me Alex"

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

my mother, Martin politely smiled

a pleasure seeing

a trace of disgust appeared on my mother's face before it quickly

"Hello, Martin"

been a long time since we've spoken

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

worked very hard to build

that was largely due to how much I was

walked up to me. Seizing me up, a smirk soon

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

saw him, I