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.

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

[Lock third-year graduation ceremony.]

and guild scouts appeared all over the

It was a mess.

to run

outside of the academy building, in a rather secluded

arms on his knees, Kevin

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

with him constantly being harassed on the

work as they would somehow find out about

"About time you arrived."

area was Emma who was looking at him with her arms crossed. Her foot repeatedly

next to her

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

take

walking

him one more time, Kevin had a

leaving

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

corner of his eyes,

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

all about the fact that we're leaving the

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

Amanda. Didn't you forget that she

replied from the

behind her ear, she

something about,

turned her head towards her

timing. She's

left, everyone saw the silhouette

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

"Thank you for waiting."

said, walking in

hope I didn't make you wait for

you want us

lifting her glasses up. Before even sharing any formalities, she quickly went straight to the

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

join

Amanda replied back.

those words, Melissa's

upon seeing the small smile on

better not joke about

pointing her finger in her

Kevin. "My offer still stands. If you're not

"No thank you."

kindly declined with a

"That's too bad."

too fazed

I mean, who wouldn't

side of her hair behind her ear, she

made up your mind

"Yeah."

Kevin nodded.

that Ren was alive, he still decided to join

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

on using him,

to their own

should we do

asked

stomach a little, she looked

to go eat or anything? I'm kind of

face, Amanda looked at Emma

good place where we can all stay to

cause I'm

quickly headed

got in, rolling the passenger window down,

waiting for? Let's go

she sat back in the car and nudged

Emma from afar,

know what to

"Shall we just go?"

it was only after Kevin said those words that everyone finally

'It wasn't bad.'

for one last time before the car slowly sped into the distance, Kevin knew

***

[Henlour, elder hall.]

the middle of the semi-circular desk where all the other

been any further reports regarding

reached every corner of the

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

from a couple of

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