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

[Lock third-year graduation ceremony.]

the banner as agents and guild scouts appeared all over the academy

It was a mess.

finally manage to

a rather secluded area, Kevin looked back at the

arms on his knees, Kevin tried

him, in hopes 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

was a limit to how crazy things could get. But with him constantly being harassed on the phone every day and night,

even that didn't work as they would

"About time you arrived."

was Emma who was looking at

next to her

back. Kevin too wore a similar attire as they were the academy graduation robes, signifying that they had graduated from

take a small

before walking up

behind him one more time, Kevin

leaving this

Lock, it was now finally time for him to leave. It'd be a lie if he said that he wasn't sad. A lot of good memories were made

the others from the corner of his eyes, Kevin's eyes paused on

seemed to 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

at all about the fact that we're

Melissa bluntly replied.

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

from

hair behind her

something about,

Emma suddenly turned her head

about timing. She's already

towards the left, everyone saw the silhouette of a figure exiting a nice black

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

"Thank you for waiting."

said, walking

didn't make you

what did you want

sharing any formalities, she quickly went straight to the

also had to be said that she was quite comfortable with Amanda,

to join

Amanda replied back.

those words, Melissa's face alongside the others

to then relax upon seeing

joke about

her

turning her attention towards Kevin. "My offer still stands. If you're not

"No thank you."

kindly declined

"That's too bad."

didn't seem too fazed

mean, who wouldn't

of her hair behind her

your mind into joining

"Yeah."

Kevin nodded.

he knew that Ren was alive, he still decided to join

decided that this was the best course of action to

planning on using him, Kevin was planning

their

should we do

asked from

little, she

go eat or

helpless look on her face, Amanda looked at Emma

place where we can all

cause

else, she quickly headed

she got in, rolling the passenger window down,

are you waiting for? Let's go

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

afar,

didn't know what to

"Shall we just go?"

said those words that everyone finally moved and headed

'It wasn't bad.'

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

***

[Henlour, elder hall.]

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

been any further reports regarding the remains

voice reached every corner

all. There are still quite a few at large, but let's be honest, they are nothing but cornered rats at this

from a couple of

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