Kaiser of the New World (Ch 200+)

Party-Up (271)

Gazing at his reflection, Kai saw how red his face was and coughed into his hand. What was he, some sort of flustered teenager?

...

That was exactly what he was.

It didn't help that Cecelia still had her forehead pressed into his back, making him not want to move, but it also had him slightly worried.

Were you able to hear someone's heartbeat through their back? He knew you could do it from their chest, but wasn't sure about the opposite side of the body. If it was possible, he wondered what would she be thinking right now.

Softly grabbing the mirror and placing it flat on the ground, Kai cleared his throat and slowly stood up.

"I'm, uh... I'm going to go outside for a minute, make sure nothings out there."

To play it safe, he didn't look behind him and reveal how red he was to Cecilia, as soon as he was on his feet he made his way to the flaps of the tent and unzipped them as quickly as he could. As he was doing so, he heard her voice speak to him.

"Oh, OK... I'm going to go to sleep now."

He heard some shuffling after Cecilia stopped speaking, but he did not dare turn around. Instead, he climbed out of the tent and closed the zip behind him.

And after walking to the edge of the cave they were camping inside, Kai let out the breath he was holding as he grabbed onto his knees.

Why the hell was he feeling like this? He hadn't reacted this way whenever Noelle was beating him up, nor when he shared drinks with Sofia. The only time he had felt like this was with Anastasia, but he had been under the mind hex, and what he was feeling now felt a lot more natural.

Did he...

Stopping his current thought, Kai's eyes widened as a notification popped into his mind. Opening it up, he-

Oh no...

Felt his face get even redder as he read the contents of it.

The Ever-changing has graciously granted you a large amount of XP for that heartwarming display and for acquiring a fabulous new hairstyle.

Level 64 reached

Level 65 reached

Skill Selection obtained

Kai stared blankly at the text, feeling his entire body go numb as he began to comprehend just what it actually meant.

The Ever-changing, his so called gracious and benevolent master... Was aware of everything that was going on and hadn't even offered a helping hand?!

Sure Kai knew that The Ever-changing somewhat knew what was going on, considering they had given him extra XP a few times, but he had assumed that was the System rather then The Ever-changing themselves.

But they could see everything?

... They saw all of that?

Feeling his face get redder once more, Kai kicked some of the snow at his feet and looked up at the cloudy sky.

"You are a bastard, you know that. I'm going to get you back for this... one day."

Grumbling to himself and making sure he would never forget the vow he just made, Kai trudged back into the cave and sat on one of the larger rocks.

Resting his elbows on his knees and his head on his hands, Kai sighed to himself and opened up the Skill Selection.

Please select one of the following three Skills