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!

the elevator reached the 25th

-Clank

"Wow..."

soon as the elevator doors opened a whole different world appeared

like a luxurious

space that could accumulate over hundreds of people at a

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

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

everywhere. Most likely, they were

before me, I couldn't help but be

was my parent's guild,

"Ren!"

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

just

mother's eyes landed on Nola who was standing next to me. The more she

"Ren"

eyes became cold, and her previous

by her sudden shift in attitude, I didn't know what to

as if a

Something wasn't right...

"What's wrong?"

you telling me that you can't

What I did wrong?

everything that had happened today. Apart from taking Nola to the park and beating a couple of kids, I don't think there was anything to warrant

was she

Sigh

clueless I was, pointing towards

at the state Nola is

"Nola?"

in confusion, 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 see

kind of son

her head, my mom went to Nola and apart from one Ice cream, she immediately took

mother's seriousness, she could only turn her head in my

...I'm sorry.

all of the candy, Samantha, my mother, took Nola

me up to

"Ok"

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

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 was similar to that of my father as every step he would take caused all the guild members near

"…Huu."

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

guild is going

him to hear. With a moderate

my eyes narrowed into slits as I closely

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 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

sewn on the back of it. His black obsidian eyes which were brighter than ordinary people's

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

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

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

"Follow me Alex"

crowd of people, Martin and the youth named Alex soon

at my mother, Martin politely smiled

seeing

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

"Hello, Martin"

been a long time since we've spoken

other. 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 the guild from

that was largely due to

him walked up to me. Seizing me up, a smirk soon appeared on his

to the lock due to how their father stole from his own guild to

moment I saw him, I just