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.

a large banner hung at the entrance of the

[Lock third-year graduation ceremony.]

myriad of people walked below the banner as agents and guild scouts appeared all over the academy campus. Their eyes, which seemed crazed, made everyone around them want

It was a mess.

finally manage to run away from

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

on his knees, Kevin tried to catch

month before graduating, a series of guilds crazily started contacting him, in hopes of recruiting him. This was understandable, being the top-ranked guy for three years in a row was without a

there was a limit to how crazy things could get. But with him constantly being harassed on the

that didn't work as they would somehow

"About time you arrived."

was Emma who was looking at him with her arms

next to her were Jin

of them all wore 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 had graduated from

to take a

walking

time, Kevin had a nostalgic look on his

finally leaving this

leave. It'd be

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

she 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

at all about the fact that we're leaving the

cause I don't." Melissa bluntly replied.

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

from

her

something about,

something, Emma suddenly turned her head towards

about timing.

towards the left, everyone saw the silhouette of a

the contour of her body and

"Thank you for waiting."

walking

didn't make you wait

you want us here

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

that she was quite comfortable with Amanda,

to join my

Amanda replied back.

Melissa's face alongside the others

upon seeing the small smile on

not joke about that stuff

said, pointing her

Kevin. "My offer still stands. If you're not planning on joining the Union,

"No thank you."

declined with a

"That's too bad."

didn't seem too fazed by his

for the sake of it. I mean, who wouldn't

her hair behind her ear, she looked at

you've made up your mind into joining

"Yeah."

Kevin nodded.

that Ren was alive, he still

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

like they were planning on using him,

their own

should we do

asked from

little, she looked

eat or anything? I'm

face, Amanda looked

booked a good place where we can all stay to celebrate

good, cause I'm

else, she quickly headed in the direction

she got in, rolling the passenger window

you waiting

she sat back in the car and nudged

Emma from afar, everyone was

know

"Shall we just go?"

Kevin said those words that everyone finally moved and

'It wasn't bad.'

and staring at the academy campus for one last time before the car slowly sped into the distance, Kevin knew that this was

***

[Henlour, elder hall.]

middle of the semi-circular desk where all

there been any further reports

solemn voice reached every corner

but that's all. There are still quite a few at large,

a couple of seats away from

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