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.

large banner hung at the entrance of the

[Lock third-year graduation ceremony.]

walked below the banner as agents and guild scouts appeared all over the academy campus. Their eyes, which seemed

It was a mess.

manage to run away

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

arms on his knees, Kevin tried to catch

being the top-ranked guy for three years in a row was without a doubt something that all guilds would

constantly being harassed on the phone every day and

work as they would somehow find out about

"About time you arrived."

was looking at him with her arms crossed. Her foot repeatedly tapped

her were Jin and

long robes with the academy logo engraved on the back. Kevin too wore a similar attire as they were the academy graduation robes, signifying that they

take a small

walking up

Kevin had a nostalgic look on

leaving

finally time for him to leave. It'd be a lie if he said that he wasn't sad. A lot of good

of his eyes, Kevin's eyes

In hindsight, she spent most of her time in the lab,

about the fact that we're

I don't." Melissa bluntly replied. "What are

Didn't you forget that she wanted to celebrate our graduation with

from the

her

something

Emma suddenly turned

timing. She's

silhouette of a figure exiting a nice

long one-pieced black dress that perfectly showed off the contour of her body and legs, Amanda stepped out of the car and faintly smiled in their

"Thank you for waiting."

walking in

didn't make

you want us

her glasses up. Before even sharing any formalities, she quickly went straight

quite comfortable

join

Amanda replied back.

Melissa's face alongside

to then relax upon seeing the small smile on Amanda's

better not joke

her finger in

attention towards Kevin. "My offer still stands. If you're not planning on joining the Union, you can always join

"No thank you."

kindly declined

"That's too bad."

seem too fazed

only tried for the sake of it. I mean, who wouldn't want someone as talented as Kevin in

the side of her hair behind her ear,

you've made up your mind

"Yeah."

Kevin nodded.

alive, he still decided to

decided that this was the best course of action to take in order to

they were planning on using him, Kevin was planning on

to their own

what should

asked

stomach a little, she looked

we going to go eat or anything?

a helpless look on her face, Amanda looked at

where we

cause I'm

Amanda to say anything else, she quickly headed in the

got in, rolling the

are you waiting for? Let's

after she said those words, she sat back in the car

from afar,

know what to

"Shall we just go?"

those words

'It wasn't bad.'

one last time before the car slowly sped into the distance, Kevin knew that this was the beginning

***

[Henlour, elder hall.]

semi-circular desk where all the other elders

there been any further reports regarding the remains

voice reached every corner of

There are still quite a few at large,

replied from a couple

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