The Author's POV

Chapter 371

Staring at Emma who was indifferently staring at him from above, Kevin weakly smiled.

"Hey."

"You…"

Despite how hard Emma tried to keep a straight face, before long, her body trembled. She had a hard time formulating her words as her eyes grew blurry.

"W..why did you do that?"

Her voice was faint and weak, but Kevin was able to make out every single word that came out of her mouth.

"A...re you so desperate to breakthrough that you would reduce your body to that state?...Are you still not over...his death?"

Lifting his head up, and meeting Emma's eyes, Kevin shook his head.

"No, it's not that."

"Then why!"

She screamed, tears flowing down her cheek.

"Why would you do that to yourself? Do you not understand how worried everyone was when they saw you in that state in your room!?"

"You wouldn't understand."

Kevin replied.

He couldn't quite bring himself to tell her the truth. That he had done what he did to save Ren.

He wanted to, but he couldn't.

Who would believe him in the first place? Ren was dead, he'd only look crazy to Emma if he said those words.

"You…"

A hurt look appeared on Emma's face as she heard Kevin's words.

"Am I that untrustworthy to you?"

"No, it's not that."

Shaking his head, Kevin took out the wires that were attached to his body and weakly stood up.

"What are you doing!"

This obviously flustered Emma who rushed towards him and tried to put him back on the bed.

"Got you."

But just as Emma was about to grab him, extended his hand forward, Kevin grabbed Emma by the arm and pulled her towards the bed, helping himself up in the meantime.

"Hiak!"

Falling onto the bed, she screamed in panic.

Staring at Emma who was on the bed, Kevin teasingly smiled.

"Thanks for helping me up."

"You!"

An enraged looked appeared on Emma's face as she looked up towards Kevin.

Turning his back in Emma and walking towards the exit of the room, Kevin's smile faded.

Thinking back at all the things that had happened recently, Kevin felt this sense of urgency rise from within him.

From the synchronization episodes to the fact that the demon king was going to ascend in eight years' time, Kevin knew that he could no longer take things as easily as before. This recent event was a wake-up call to him.

He had to put in even more effort. He had been relying on his system too much.

Now that it wasn't grating him as many quests as before, he knew that he needed to make a change.

He needed to push himself even more than he ever pushed himself before.

"Hey Kevin, where are you going?"

Right as Kevin was about to leave the room, Emma's voice echoed from behind.

Turning around, Kevin briefly glanced at Emma before answering.

"I'm going back to the dorm."

"To do what?"

Halting his footsteps right at the door, Kevin extended his hand and pushed the door open.

"To train."

***

Eight months later.

Lock as a large banner hung at the

[Lock third-year graduation ceremony.]

all over the academy campus. Their eyes, which seemed crazed,

It was a mess.

I finally manage to run away from

outside of the academy building, in a rather secluded area, Kevin looked back at the academy

his arms on his knees, Kevin tried to catch

This was understandable, being the top-ranked guy for three years in a row was without a

to how crazy things could get. But with him constantly being harassed on

that didn't work as they would somehow find

"About time you arrived."

looking at him with her arms crossed. Her foot

next to her were Jin

three of them all wore long robes with the academy logo engraved on the back. Kevin too wore a similar attire as they were the academy

to take a

before walking up

one more time, Kevin had a nostalgic look on his

leaving this

Lock, it was now finally time for him to leave. It'd be a lie if he said that

corner of his eyes, Kevin's eyes

seemed to be the one that cared about leaving the least. In hindsight, she spent most of

seem to care at all about the

replied. "What are we

for Amanda. Didn't you forget that she wanted to celebrate our

replied from

hair behind her ear, she

something about,

Emma suddenly turned her head

timing.

the silhouette of a figure exiting a

perfectly showed off the contour of her body and legs, Amanda stepped out

"Thank you for waiting."

walking in their

hope I didn't make

what did you want

even sharing any formalities, she

said that she was quite comfortable with

join my

Amanda replied back.

words, Melissa's face alongside the others froze

to then relax upon seeing the small smile on

joke about that stuff

pointing her finger

towards Kevin. "My offer still stands. If you're

"No thank you."

kindly declined with

"That's too bad."

seem too fazed by

of it. I mean, who wouldn't want someone as talented as Kevin in

the side of her hair behind her ear, she looked at Kevin and

up your mind into

"Yeah."

Kevin nodded.

that Ren was alive, he still

because he decided that this was the best course of action

using him,

to their

should we do

suddenly asked from

little, she looked around

go eat or anything? I'm kind of

Amanda looked at Emma before she nodded her

we can

good, cause

for Amanda to say anything else, she quickly headed in the direction of her car and quickly

got in, rolling the passenger window

you waiting for?

words, she sat back in the car and nudged them to

Emma from afar, everyone

didn't know what to

"Shall we just go?"

those words that everyone finally moved and headed

'It wasn't bad.'

for one last time before the car slowly sped into

***

[Henlour, elder hall.]

of the semi-circular desk where all the

been any further reports regarding

every

still quite a few at large, but let's be honest, they are nothing but

couple of

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