The Author's POV

"What did you want to talk about?"

Gazing into the distance from one of the park benches, I sat.

"Haa..."

The person next to me, Kevin, sighed and leaned back on the bench.

"You know, if you had answered my calls, I wouldn't have had to come all the way here."

"...I was kind of busy, you know?"

I replied whilst scratching the side of my neck. I actively chose not to use my phone while I was spending time with Amanda, as I thought that it would be rude of me to do so.

In addition, I was here to understand my feelings properly. Not to play around with my phone.

"...and, after sending me over a hundred messages just this morning, I wouldn't know if you sent me a message.

"Whose fault do you think that is?"

Kevin glared my way.

His eyebrows shot up as he suddenly recalled something.

"Now that you've reminded me, fix what you did."

"Right…"

Almost forgot that Kevin's memories were still altered.

"Empty your mind."

A gentle white hue enshrouded my hands as I extended them towards Kevin.

I was just about to touch Kevin's head when he backed away and warily glanced my way.

His reaction made me frown.

"What are you doing?"

"…I'm telling you now, you better not pull off another one of your jokes."

"I won't, I won't."

Waving my hand, I reached out to grab his head.

The only reason I even did what I did back then was because I wanted to confirm a couple of things regarding the skill.

If I used the skill too often, I would end up losing Kevin's trust.

"Relax a bit. If you do it like last time, you will suffer a bit of pain."

"I know."

In a harsh reply, Kevin closed his eyes.

After that, an intense white light illuminated the area we were in for several seconds. It came as fast as it went, but it was enough to attract the attention of the people around us who looked at us with strange looks.

'Figures…'

My grip on Kevin's head soon loosened, and he gradually opened his eyes.

"How are you feeling?"

I asked.

After pulling a small card from his wallet, Kevin glanced at me briefly before ignoring me and staring at it.

Similarly looking at the card in his hand, I recognized what the card was based on its color.

"Is that your ID card?"

I was met with no response.

As Kevin ignored me, his eyes swept left and right across the card. While he was scrutinizing the card, his face was filled with serious expressions.

"...everything seems to be in order."

a while that he finally put

made me want to roll my

"Am I that untrustworthy?"

"Yes."

nodded his head. Not an ounce of doubt in

a moment, he looked

definitely the least trustworthy

"Right..."

probably

I shook my

'Five minutes already passed.'

reason you called

"No."

Kevin's face

is a problem

"Huh?"

words,

the system? This was

arms

"What exactly happened?"

today, I was trying to configure the coordinates of the planet we're about to go to, but the system suddenly stopped working as I got a string of error messages, and I even lost contact with the system for

a moment, you lost connection

his words, my brows knit even

body forward, I covered my mouth with

is a lot more serious than

lost connection with the system, there was only one thing

face Kevin, I breathed

I believe that the Demon King has his eye on

"The Demon King?"

when he heard my

be expected. After all, the Demon King was currently the most powerful individual in

to have targeted

was no doubt that he

you know

suddenly asked as he

my gaze still locked toward

for now, but I believe the Demon

"In what sense?"

it is closely related to the Akashic

my other self had told me in the past, I came up with this

from how he said that 'Kevin was the only person capable of

was the phrase that sparked

and intervened. Of course, we could assume that something happened to the records, and that's

of silence after my words as Kevin

a while, he

does that mean

"Mhh…"

my brows, I

was more serious than I

couldn't complete the mission, we would be

"How about this..."

was then that I

send you the address of my mercenary headquarters. Before we leave, we can run a few tests to see if anything goes wrong. If you feel you're losing connection with the

this was probably the best

in the middle of nowhere and there was no way that anyone would notice that we were

portal there. This was especially so because Smallsnake and the others were there. Their presence would definitely

'This might work.'

my seat and checking the time, I patted

minutes on the

if there are any problems with the system. If there are,

"...Okay."

nodding his

now. Have

snapped in his direction, but by then, he had already disappeared from

my shoulders

"Guess he found out."

Whatever.

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you think? Will Nola like

to take a stroll in the surroundings. From going to different shops to trying food