Endless Leveling Done Right!

As Dim Dim had very rarely left Alex’s side during his coma, it would know if someone had tried to take advantage of him when he was in a defenseless state.

Moreover, since he had been almost-fully covered in bandages, it would’ve been nearly impossible to leave such a mark on his neck, unless it had been done forcefully.

”So, maybe... this isn’t really a dream, you know?”

Those were the words that Noelle had told him before the collapse of his dream world.

’But how?’ Alex’s face turned solemn after the memories of the young lady surfaced inside his head. ’Was that really a dream?’

Alex found it hard to believe that a young lady from Earth could somehow end up in Arcana just to give him a love bite.

Besides, with Dim Dim watching over him, it would know if a stranger had entered his room.

Even without Dim Dim, that also would have been a very hard thing to accomplish.

The Headmaster had placed Alex in a subspace that was under his control.

No one, except for the people that he approved of, would be able to enter Alex’s room.

Professor Rowan knew that there were spies and followers of the Demon Worshipers inside the academy.

After what had happened in the Mistral Weave Forest, he wouldn’t be surprised if they tried to assassinate Alex while he was unconscious.

To prevent that from happening, the Headmaster had placed several layers of protection inside and outside the young man’s room to keep him safe.

Lin and Rin were the only ones aware of the Headmaster’s preparations. They too found it weird that someone had managed to give Alex a hickey in a place that was supposed to be the safest in the academy at this point in time.

The young man only broke out of his daze when he sensed something cold touch his back and chest.

The twin nurses, both wearing stethoscopes, were listening to the young man’s heartbeat and breathing in order to check if there were any abnormalities inside his body.

”Heart rate is normal,” Lin said.

”Lungs and breathing are normal too,” Rin reported.

The two nurses then used their magical abilities to further scan and check Alex’s body, even asking him to stop moving so that they could do their job.

Alex sighed and obeyed, except that he continued shielding Little Alex with his hands.

”Hey, do you want me to remove this hickey on your neck?” Lin asked, pointing at the small bruise on Alex’s neck.

”No,” Alex replied before he could even stop himself.

He still didn’t know how it was possible. But if this was proof of his connection with Noelle, he wanted to keep it with him a little longer.

”Are you sure?” Rin inquired.

”Yes,” Alex answered. This time, he was able to answer calmly.

Seeing that he looked like he really didn’t want the bruise to be healed quickly, Lin and Rin let the matter rest and informed him that he was now well enough to leave the infirmary.

As if remembering their duties, the two nurses dragged Lavinia and Vaan outside so that Alex could change.

When he was finally alone, the young man sighed and sat on the bed to lightly pat Dim Dim’s head.

”Dim Dim, is it possible for someone on Earth to leave a mark on me here in Arcana?” Alex inquired.

Dim Dim was the encyclopedia of the world of Arcana, so it knew what was possible and what wasn’t.

The Dim Sum God didn’t even need to think about it and firmly shook its head.

”Dim!”

”Then, do you have any idea how this happened?”

”Dim.”

The Dim Sum God shook its head once more because it really had no idea where Alex’s hickey came from.

In the end, Alex was left with a nagging feeling at the back of his head that what he had experienced might have been a special kind of dream.

A dream where his soul had traveled between the border of two worlds, allowing some sort of phenomenon to happen.

Alex knew that this sounded far-fetched, but he couldn’t think of another explanation for this miracle

After getting dressed, the young man left his room and was escorted back to the Ironheart Dormitory by Lavinia and Vaan, who couldn’t help but give the visible mark on his neck side-long glances.