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.

enshrouded the Lock as a large banner hung at the entrance of the

[Lock third-year graduation ceremony.]

banner as agents and guild scouts appeared all over the academy campus. Their eyes, which seemed crazed, made everyone around

It was a mess.

to

a rather secluded area, Kevin looked

on his knees,

of recruiting him. This was understandable, being the top-ranked guy for three years in a row was without a doubt something that all guilds would crave when recruiting

constantly being harassed on the

they would somehow find out

"About time you arrived."

was Emma who was looking at him with her arms crossed.

next to her

all wore long robes with the academy logo engraved on the back. Kevin too wore a similar attire as

to take

apologized before walking up

time, Kevin had a

finally leaving this

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

the corner of

be the one that cared about leaving the least. In hindsight, she spent most of her time in the lab, therefore, she didn't have any

about the fact that we're leaving

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

Amanda. Didn't you forget that she wanted to

from

behind her ear,

something about,

something, Emma suddenly turned her head

about timing.

the left, everyone saw the silhouette

the contour of her body and legs, Amanda stepped out of the car and faintly

"Thank you for waiting."

walking

hope I didn't make you

you want us here

her glasses up. Before even sharing any formalities, she

also had to be said that she was quite comfortable

to join

Amanda replied back.

she said those words, Melissa's face

then relax upon seeing

not joke about that

her

joking?" Amanda replied, turning her 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 with a

"That's too bad."

too fazed by his

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

of her hair behind her ear, she looked

up your

"Yeah."

Kevin nodded.

though he knew that Ren was alive, he still

revenge this time, but more because he decided that this was the best course of action to take in order to further boost

like they were planning on using him, Kevin was planning on

to their own

what should we

suddenly asked from the

a little, she looked around and

eat or anything? I'm

Amanda looked at Emma

we can

cause I'm

anything else, she quickly headed in the direction of her car and quickly got

rolling the

waiting for? Let's go

those words, she sat back in the car and

from afar, everyone was left

didn't know what

"Shall we just go?"

the end, it was only after Kevin said those words that everyone finally

'It wasn't bad.'

in the car and staring at the academy campus for one last time before the car

***

[Henlour, elder hall.]

semi-circular desk where all the other elders sat, Gervis looked around

there been any further reports

voice reached every

are still quite a few at large, but

a couple of seats away from

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