The Author's POV

"Piece of shit"

In an act of anger, Kevin threw his phone all the way toward his bed before walking toward the room's glass windows.

Placing his hands on the window, he stared at the city beneath him.

"...This is the second time."

When he remembered what happened in Issanor, where he clapped in front of everyone, Kevin felt as if he wanted to burrow himself beneath the ground.

'I swear to god.'

"My name is Kevin, my name is Kevin, my name is Kevin..."

Kevin repeatedly muttered to himself as he leaned his body against the window.

In spite of knowing his name was Kevin, he was still not used to it. To him, it felt unnatural. In the presence of people calling him by that name, he would experience an odd sense of discomfort that he couldn't quite explain.

'I know my name is Kevin, but why do I hate being called that? Just what did Ren do to me?'

"My name is Kevin, my name is Kevin, my name is Kevin..."

Mumbling the name a couple of more times, Kevin eventually took his hands away from the window.

After that, he swiped his hand in the air.

'System.'

His attention was drawn to a small holographic table in front of him. Swiping his hand, his brows furrowed tightly.

"Harrison street?"

Displayed in front of him was a large map of Ashton city. Two red dots appeared on the map.

At the top of the red dots, two names were displayed.

"Why is he with Amanda?"

With a thoughtful look, Kevin pinched his fingers and zoomed the map closely. Upon confirming that Ren was with Amanda, his face grew curious.

'Could he be on a date?'

Additionally to its great restaurants and view, Harrison Street had a lively atmosphere. One that made it a great place to go on a date.

'I doubt this is the case.'

Kevin shook his head after a bit of thought. Ren didn't strike him as a guy that would spend time on such things.

He was probably there to do something important.

Pinching the map out, two more dots appeared on the map, and Kevin muttered.

"This is a pretty useful feature."

[Soul Linkage]

That was the name of the feature he was currently using. It wasn't a skill, but something that was integrated with the system he had.

By creating links with several individuals, Kevin was able to know their location at any time he wanted. That wasn't all. When facing an emergency situation, he could use the feature to teleport directly to them and vice-versa, by teleporting them to him.

Although the cooldown was extremely long, about half a year, it was a very useful feature that made Kevin feel a lot more relieved.

It really made him worry less about his friends.

Waving his hand, the screen in front of him vanished as he mumbled to himself.

"A pity that I can't register that many people."

Although it wasn't exactly a big problem, at the moment, he could only link his soul with five people.

But this was enough.

After all, he was only close to about five people.

I should probably get to

out an orb from his dimensional space,

the orb disappeared into thin air,

you like to

of blue text suddenly appeared in his vision as Kevin shook

configure the coordinates for

words, a whirl of mana swirled in the air as Kevin's

***

At the same time.

"Hm?"

slowly opened his

"This power..."

power coming from the distance, Jezebeth's

"...It's the Akashic records."

everything around him came to a still as

flashed across his face as he extended his palm toward where he

"Gone."

just as he raised his hand, the sensation quickly disappeared. Lowering his hand, Jezebeth's face remained impassive as he continued

while, he

with the records has gotten

throughout the space he was in. There was a deep hint of solemnity in Jezebeth's voice as

stared at it. His hand was

The Akashic laws.

that he had managed to acquire after swallowing the planetary

of his fingers, the faster the threads moved

raised his

didn't use

eyes, his

won't be a

***

[Configurating coordinat-[Error]-]

suddenly formed in front of Kevin's

"What's going on?"

not deter Kevin

not the first time something strange was happening to the system, he was able to

he was still

is

[Error]

[Error]

[Error]

frown tightened. In that moment, however, he was awoken by a new string of text. His brows immediately

there is an interference

is an interference with the

an interference with the

"Interference with connection?"

instantly changed to one of solemnity. It was clear to him that something serious was happening, despite not knowing what

Ba..Thump! Ba..Thump!

stopped and time seemed to have slowed down. An uncontrollable rush of adrenaline filled his

'What's going on?'

startled Kevin as he

"Ukh!"

his body get engulfed by a strange energy. Shortly after, the mana inside of his body quickly drained

his hand, he

"Stop!"

messages. A sudden sense of doom loomed over Kevin as

of text

[Disrupting connection]

[Error]

[Trying again]

[Error]

[Force shut down]

[Error]

[Trying again]

continued for about a minute before

Ba..Thump. Ba..Thump. Ba..Thump.

sound he heard was the beating of his

"Haa...Haa..."