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

[Lock third-year graduation ceremony.]

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

It was a mess.

finally manage to run away from

building, in a rather secluded area, Kevin

his arms on his knees, Kevin tried

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

him constantly being harassed on the phone every day and night,

as they would

"About time you arrived."

for Kevin in the area was Emma who was looking at him with

to her were Jin

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

had to take a

walking

one more time, Kevin had

leaving this

time for him to leave. It'd be

at the others from the corner of his eyes, Kevin's

one that cared about leaving the least. In hindsight, she spent most of her time in the lab, therefore, she

care at all about the fact that

Melissa bluntly replied. "What

Amanda. Didn't you forget that she wanted to

replied from the

hair behind her ear, she

something

turned her head towards her

timing. She's

left, everyone saw the silhouette of

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

"Thank you for waiting."

said, walking in their

I didn't make you wait

you want

sharing any formalities,

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

join my

Amanda replied back.

words, Melissa's face alongside the others

seeing the small smile on Amanda's

better not joke

pointing her

said I was 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 my

"No thank you."

kindly declined

"That's too bad."

seem too

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

behind her ear, she looked at Kevin and

made up your

"Yeah."

Kevin nodded.

alive, he still decided to join the

he decided that this was the best

they were planning on using him, Kevin was planning on

to their

what should we do

asked from

a little, she looked around

we going to go eat or anything? I'm

on her face, Amanda looked at

a good place where we can

good, cause

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

in, rolling the passenger window

you waiting

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

afar,

know what to

"Shall we just go?"

was only after Kevin said those words that everyone finally moved and

'It wasn't bad.'

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

reports regarding the remains members

voice reached every corner

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

replied from a couple of seats

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