The Author's POV

Chapter 311

A book he had never seen before lay on his bed.

"Who put this here?"

Kevin muttered out loud as he turned his head around and once again scanned the whole room from top to bottom.

'...Did anybody come here without my permission?'

He wondered to himself.

Even though he had never seen the book before, the more he stared at it, the more entranced with it he became.

It was as though the book was begging for him to pick it up.

This made Kevin more and more apprehensive about the book. There was something wrong with it,.

Yet.

He took a step forward. Towards the book.

—Gulp!

Stopping right at the edge of his bed, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Ba..dum! Ba..dum! Ba..dum!

Unbeknownst to him, his heart started to beat faster.

It wasn't out of fear nor nervousness, but something different…

Something he couldn't explain.

"Huuu…"

Taking a deep breath, Kevin reached out for the book.

Even though his mind was telling him not to touch the book, his body moved on its own. Refusing to listen to him.

It was as though someone was controlling his body.

His finger soon touched the book, and it was at the exact moment that a static current ran down his body.

"Arrgghhh!"

Pain.

An almost unbearable pain coursed through his brain, threatening to tear it apart.

"Huuueeeaaaaaghhh!"

—Thud!

Falling face-first onto the ground, Kevin directly passed out. The pain was too much for him to handle.

Next to him, the now open red book mysteriously glowed.

As though a breeze of air had entered the room, the pages soon started to flip by themselves.

***

Only darkness enveloped Kevin's thoughts and mind for an unknown period of time.

He couldn't hear, see, or feel anything.

Like when he was travelling through a portal, his mind drifted through an endless void.

"Kevin!"

A faint voice reached Kevin's ears.

It was a familiar voice, one that he had heard not too long ago.

"Kevin!"

The voice once again called out for his name.

This time the voice was a lot clearer.

Kevin's mind slowly cleared up, and he opened his eyes. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a devastatingly beautiful girl looking at him at nose length.

With a small pout, she muttered.

"Geeez, class is about to start; just for how long are you planning on sleeping for?"

"…Emma?"

Kevin blinked a couple of times.

Raising his head, he glanced around. Then, much to his surprise, he found himself inside of the classroom.

He couldn't quite remember what happened before that.

"Strange…"

He muttered as he looked around the classroom.

"What's strange?"

Emma tilted her head.

Her short auburn hair gently fell on her shoulder.

Kevin pointed at the classroom.

"Did we have this many people in our class before?"

What are you on

Emma's brows furrowed.

her hand on

acting strange, Kevin. Are you sure you're

"But…"

—Clank!

any more questions, the door to the classroom opened up,

It was Donna.

elegance, she gathered the attention of all

class is about to

the podium, Donna's amethyst coloured eyes

her eyes paused on

satisfied smile appeared

start with the

her tablet, Donna started doing the

was a routine that everyone was used

"Rank 1, Kevin Voss."

"Present."

Kevin instinctively answered.

mind was still a mess. No matter how much he tried to remember what had happened the moments

couldn't quite place

"Rank 17, Troy Derekz"

a youth with

"Present."

"Rank 18..."

Kevin, who was lost in his own

it taking

time. Instead, it was taking a lot

then that something caught his

it took away all

"Rank 1750, Ren Dover."

"Present."

"—!"

instinctively stood up and looked towards

enough, he didn't hear

on the left side of the classroom by himself was

back, he had an expression of someone who was

as Kevin

'Ren! You're alive!'

to shout out loud as

However, he refrained himself.

suddenly realized that something

there something

by the podium as her brow

Donna and realizing that everyone in the classroom was looking at him, including Ren, Kevin

Emma poked me by

"H…huh!?"

caused Emma

face became red, and she

"Y...you!"

"Sit down for now."

impatiently said from the front of the

to his

"Thank you, Miss."

down, much

Kevin, Emma

better explain to me why

I owe you

had sold her

him, Kevin was too busy being in his

He couldn't think of anything else; less needed to be said

at his watch, Kevin checked the

[September 24, 2055]

—Gulp!

swallowed a

'2055...'

coincided with the time of his first year of the

I gone back in time? Or is this a dream? An

"Uk.."

cheek to make sure he wasn't dreaming, Kevin opened his eyes widely when he realized that

This wasn't a dream.

real. Supporting his head with

didn't know what was

in the world is happening, and why

he

But.

of how much he

"Kevin!"

of his

an annoyed look, Emma packed up her things before standing up and sulkily

was planning on asking you whether you wanted to follow me back to the dorm, but it looks like you're not

reply,

around, Kevin realized that most of the class had already left as

the class had already

should also get

packed up his stuff and exited

too familiar academy campus was what met

same

coming from the vegetation,

was out of

many reasons as possible as to why he had gone back in time, but regardless of how much he tried to rack his brain over

why was

"Huh?"

was then that before he knew it, he had stopped in front of an unfamiliar building. Rather, he had seen

[Horned sheep]

by the gates of

at the sign, Kevin's

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