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."

after a while that he finally put the card down and sighed in

me want

"Am I that untrustworthy?"

"Yes."

an ounce of doubt

looked straight into my eyes

the least trustworthy person that I

"Right..."

should probably

the side of my head, I shook my head and

'Five minutes already passed.'

me that the only reason you called me here is because you wanted me to fix

"No."

look crossed Kevin's face as he shook

a

"Huh?"

his words,

the system? This was a

my arms together,

"What exactly happened?"

planet we're about to go to, but the system suddenly stopped working

a moment, you lost connection

his words, my brows knit

mouth with my hand as my

is a lot more serious than I

Kevin to have lost connection with the system, there was only one

face Kevin,

not sure, I believe that the Demon King has his eye on you,

"The Demon King?"

face tensed immediately when he

reaction was to be expected. After all, the Demon King was currently the most

him to have

doubt that he

do you

suddenly asked as he turned

still locked toward

now, but I believe the Demon King draws power from the same source as

"In what sense?"

that, it is closely

deeply about what my other self had told me in the

was the only person capable of killing the Demon

the phrase

the portal and intervened. Of course, we could assume that something happened to the records, and that's why you lost connection,

silence after my words as Kevin stared deeply

while,

the case, does that mean that we

"Mhh…"

my brows, I leaned

serious

if we couldn't complete the mission, we would be in serious trouble. Even with

"How about this..."

was then that I

we can run a few tests to see if anything goes wrong. If you feel you're losing connection with the system, I'll knock you out directly and

point, this was probably the best course

middle of nowhere and there was

especially so because Smallsnake and the others were there.

'This might work.'

up from my seat and checking the time, I

minutes on the

place in a few days to see if there are any problems with the system. If there are, we might have to give up on the idea

"...Okay."

up after nodding his head

now. Have fun on

my head snapped in his direction, but by then, he had

I squinted my eyes, I shrugged my shoulders and headed

"Guess he found out."

Whatever.

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do you think?

decided to take a stroll in the surroundings. From going to different shops to trying food on the street, we