The Author's POV

—Clank!

I slid the doors that led to the balcony.

"...how annoying"

After the match with Haris, I left immediatly. With everyone distracted by Kevin's match, I took the opportunity to slip out and go back to my dorm.

Like that, I avoided most reporters.

Furthermore, apart from electives, there were no other lectures today. Therefore, I was naturally free.

Regarding Kevin's match, he naturally won. I wasn't sure about how many times he go challenged, but it was probably more than five.

"Haaa...what should I do now?"

A lot of my plans had changed because of what had happened in the most recent days. My plans of laying low were pretty much scrapped.

"hmm..."

Were they?

Now that I thought about it, although I could no longer remain as hidden as before, nothing prevented me from building my forces secretly.

I guess you could say that I was now operating in both the light and the dark.

In a way this was good.

A lot of my plans would speed up as a result of this. I did not need to be as cautious as before and could be more brazen about it.

'...Should I create an alias?'

By creating an alias I could still operate more secretly. On one hand, I would be this 'talented' individual that studies in the Lock.

On the other hand, I would use my other alias to operate my mercenary group and company.

That would be ideal.

...but who knows. I needed more time to think about this.

After what had happened a couple of days ago, I found my confidence shatter into pieces.

Anytime I came up with a plan, I felt paranoid.

What if this happened? What if that happened? What if a meteorite suddenly fell from the sky and destroyed my company?

With my recent successes piling up, I had become arrogant and complacent. I needed to stop thinking that I had everything in my control.

Nothing was ever in my control.

Just like Everblood, there were things that I couldn't account for. I needed to knock this into my skull.

I was so sure that everything was going according to my plans before...and guess what, Everblood showed up.

Someone who I didn't properly account for.

"...there's that fucker too"

There was also Matthew...

I'd never have expected him to go public with the incident.

If I could have, I would've immediately have told Irene the truth. The truth about the fact that he was a villain.

Sadly, I couldn't.

With Matthew knowing that I had a way to cure the Mindbreaker curse, I knew that I couldn't touch him at the moment.

If such news were to be revealed to the world, not only would I become the number one target of the demons, I would also be targeted by other people who were desperate for the cure.

Fortunately, since I could reveal that he was contracted to a demon, he also couldn't reveal what he knew.

We were currently at a stalemate.

"...Damn it, I need to be stronger"

I clenched my teeth hard and glared at the scenery outside of the balcony.

I had to get stronger quicker.

"I can't let this go on..."

Taking out the diary that contained all of the information about the novel, I quickly flipped through its pages.

—Flip! —Flip!

"Where is it..."

to see what I could do to make myself stronger. The book in my

be the

at a certain page,

—Flip!

my finger, I flipped to the next page. My eyes constantly moved from the left to the

look for anything in the novel that could be useful

would be one that would

being able to detect lies,

that could help me with regards to

—Plap!

"Haa..."

I closed the

I had to do

course of action. Even though it would cause some trouble to some people in the future, I no longer

all I wanted to do was get

—Ding!

my phone suddenly

agreed to listen to

message was vague yet I instantly understood

[Demon hunter? They agreed?]

[Yes]

[When?]

a formal meeting, I needed

a day

understand, I'll get everything ready by

[Okay]

longer messaged me. Since I knew

"Alright, this is good"

deal would take a load off of

would I secure a long-term money system, but create a connection with the demon hunter guild as

I stood out so much today was because of this. The more talented I appeared the

magic card system, but in me

what

guess that's sorted for now…

stared at the bracelet in my

still had not checked the extra items I got from Immorra. With everything that had happened recently, I didn't have enough

there was something interesting

time to

out my phone

Melissa, about the

arm still hurt after

...

inside a white laboratory

—Clank! —Clank!

laboratory space. Large metallic arms moved around the asphalt

—Booom!

a white confined room that could be seen through a rectangular

a red card held by two pincers was revealed. A

Mana lingering in

to the glass,

"Another failure"

fact that the current magic circle installed in the card was a simple [Fireball], occasionally a couple of

am

had just started there were a lot of improvements...however, this was

be commercially viable, Melissa needed to have only a 30% efficiency loss. Any more than that

the moment her efficiency

a far cry from her

you've got a

called out for her from the other side of the room. A cheerful

Who would message me

her right hand on her white lab coat, Melissa took the phone. Instantly

Melissa, about the

"This bastard..."

side of the

concept and now

Fuck that.

order an advanced potion off

assistant she quickly ordered. She couldn't be bothered to make a potion herself, so might as well just order one from the market and

"An advanced potion?"

"Yes"

"What about the quality?"

it the lowest..no scratch that, make it

just give Ren the lowest quality potion. However, she suddenly

could she, Melissa Hall, make such a

Impossible!