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!

a matter of seconds, the elevator reached the 25th floor, and the doors slid

-Clank

"Wow..."

soon as the elevator doors opened a whole different world appeared before

looked like a luxurious

with a space that

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

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

wearing combat suits followed by people wearing formal ones appeared everywhere. Most likely, they were the members of the guild being followed by their

the scenery before me, I couldn't

this was my parent's guild,

"Ren!"

out me out of my revere, was the cheerful sound

just in

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

"Ren"

back at me, her eyes became cold, and her previous

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

does it look as if a

Something wasn't right...

"What's wrong?"

that you can't tell what you've

What I did wrong?

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

was she so

Sigh

I was, pointing towards

at the state Nola is

"Nola?"

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 in each hand, I didn't

god. What kind of son did

went to Nola and apart from one

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

...I'm sorry.

my mother, took Nola by

it. Follow me up

"Ok"

mother up, the whole floor became quiet

Everyone

crowding towards the elevator,

-Clank!

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

extraordinary appearance was

"…Huu."

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

guild is going to the

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

him in the distance, my eyes narrowed into slits as

smallsnake sent me, he was the 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

"...hm?"

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

back of it. His black obsidian eyes

imperfections. His long black-colored hair dangled to his shoulders,

back straight he would look down on everyone

Martin and 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"

crowd of people, Martin and the youth named

my mother, Martin politely smiled

seeing

my mother's face before it quickly disappeared

"Hello, Martin"

time since we've spoken to

to their conversation, one wouldn't be able to notice all the hidden

husband indeed worked very hard to build

due to how much I

with Martin, the youth behind him walked up to me.

to attend to the lock due to how

moment I saw him, I just