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

[Lock third-year graduation ceremony.]

scouts appeared all over

It was a mess.

I finally manage to run

in a rather secluded area, Kevin looked back at the

knees,

This was understandable, being the top-ranked guy for three years in a row

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

would somehow find out about

"About time you arrived."

Kevin in the area was Emma who was looking at him with her arms crossed. Her foot repeatedly tapped the

next to her were Jin and

them all wore long robes with the academy logo engraved on the back. Kevin too wore a

to take a

before walking up to

him one more time, Kevin had a

leaving this

three years at the 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

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

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

seem to care at all about the fact that we're

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

forget that she wanted

from the

hair behind her ear, she

said something about,

turned

timing.

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

off the contour of her body and legs, Amanda stepped

"Thank you for waiting."

said, walking in

didn't make

did you

glasses up. Before even sharing any formalities,

also had to be said that she was quite comfortable with

join

Amanda replied back.

said those words, Melissa's face

seeing the

not joke about

her finger in her

joking?" Amanda replied, turning 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."

seem too fazed by his

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

hair behind her

up your mind

"Yeah."

Kevin nodded.

though he knew that Ren was alive, he still

but more because he decided that this was the best

like they were planning on using him, Kevin

to their own

what should we

suddenly asked from the

little, she

go eat

Amanda

place where we

cause I'm

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

the

you waiting for? Let's

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

from afar,

didn't know what

"Shall we just go?"

only after Kevin said those words that everyone

'It wasn't bad.'

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

***

[Henlour, elder hall.]

the middle of the semi-circular desk where all

there been any further reports regarding the

solemn voice reached every corner of the

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

from a couple of seats away from

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