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.

large banner hung at the entrance

[Lock third-year graduation ceremony.]

guild scouts appeared all over the academy campus. Their eyes, which

It was a mess.

finally manage to

outside of the academy building, in a rather secluded

his knees, Kevin tried to catch his

hopes 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 would crave when

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

would

"About time you arrived."

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

next to her were Jin

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

take a small

before walking

Kevin

leaving this

now finally time for him to leave. It'd be a lie if he said that he wasn't sad. A

at the others from the corner of his

cared about leaving the least. In hindsight, she spent most of her time

seem to care at all about the fact that

bluntly replied. "What are

that

replied from the

her hair behind her ear,

something

suddenly turned her head towards her

timing. She's already

towards the left, everyone saw the silhouette of a figure

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

"Thank you for waiting."

walking

I didn't make you

what did you want

her glasses up. Before even sharing any formalities, she

be said that she was quite comfortable with Amanda, which was why

join my

Amanda replied back.

Melissa's face alongside the others

upon seeing the

joke about that

pointing her finger

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

"No thank you."

declined with a

"That's too bad."

didn't seem too fazed by his

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

her

up your mind into

"Yeah."

Kevin nodded.

was alive, he still decided to join the

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

they were planning on using

to their

should we

asked from

a little, she looked around and

go eat or anything? I'm

face, Amanda

booked a good place where we

good, cause

she quickly headed in the direction of

rolling the passenger

waiting

she sat back in the car and nudged them

afar, everyone

know

"Shall we just go?"

said those words that everyone finally moved and headed for

'It wasn't bad.'

one last time before the car slowly sped into the distance, Kevin knew that this was the

***

[Henlour, elder hall.]

where all the other elders sat, Gervis looked around the

reports

every corner of

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

a couple of seats away

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