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 entrance of

[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 them

It was a mess.

to run

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

on his knees, Kevin tried to catch his

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

get. But with him constantly being harassed on the phone every day and night,

that didn't work as they would somehow find out about his new number

"About time you arrived."

was looking at him with her

next to her were Jin and

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

take a

walking up

more time, Kevin had a nostalgic look on

finally leaving this

It'd be a lie if

from the corner of

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

at all about the

Melissa bluntly replied. "What are we

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

replied from the

behind her ear,

said something

Emma suddenly turned her head towards her

timing. She's already

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

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

hope I didn't make you wait for

did you want

even sharing any formalities,

that she was quite comfortable with Amanda, which was why she acted like

join my

Amanda replied back.

said those words, Melissa's face alongside the others

then relax upon seeing the small smile

not joke about that

said, pointing her finger in

her attention towards Kevin. "My offer still stands. If you're not planning on joining the

"No thank you."

declined with

"That's too bad."

didn't seem too fazed by his

the sake of it. I mean, who wouldn't want someone as talented

her

your mind into joining the

"Yeah."

Kevin nodded.

was alive, he

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

they were planning on using

to their own

what should

asked from the

little, she looked

to go eat or anything? I'm

face, Amanda looked at Emma before she nodded her

we can all stay

cause

for Amanda to say anything else, she quickly headed in the direction

she got in, rolling the

waiting for?

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

from afar,

know what

"Shall we just go?"

after Kevin said those words that everyone finally moved and headed for the

'It wasn't bad.'

last time before the car slowly sped into the distance,

***

[Henlour, elder hall.]

where all the other elders sat, Gervis looked

further reports

voice reached every corner of the

few at

a couple of

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