The Author's POV

Chapter 363 - Everything coming together [2]

[One month ago, Douglas's residence.]

"No, I would like it if her presence still remains a secret."

"Oh? Why is that?" Douglas curiously asked.

Tap. Tap. Tap.

Leaning back on my chair, I tapped on the wooden armrest.

"Why?"

Briefly glancing at Angelica from the corner of my eyes, I calmly opened my mouth.

"Because we can use her presence to our advantage…"

"To our advantage?"

Both Douglas and Waylan frowned at my words.

Douglas's calm gaze directed itself back towards the defiant Angelica.

"How can she be of help?" He asked.

Plack—!

Tapping onto my bracelet and taking out a wooden mask from the dimensional space, I placed it on the table for everyone to see.

"What's this?" Waylan questioned. Douglas, who was beside him, leaned forward to get a better look at it.

I extended my hand towards the mask.

"Rather than me telling you, how about you guys have a look yourself."

Raising his eyes, Douglas didn't say much and grabbed the mask. The moment his hands touched its surface, Douglas's calm face trembled slightly.

"Interesting…" He muttered, his eyes rippling slightly.

It was clear that the mask had surprised him.

Waylan obviously did not miss this and took the mask from Douglas's hands.

"Holy shit."

Unlike Douglas, his words were a lot cruder, but it was also clear that he was as surprised as him when he saw the effects of the mask.

"…This is way better than the skin masks we use."

Putting the mask on his face, the moment it touched his face, his appearance slowly started to morph before changing to that of one of the guards I met back in the Monolith.

To be precise, it was the guard I had killed during my escape from the infirmary.

"This feels weird," Waylan muttered as he touched his face. Touching his nose and pinching it slightly, Waylan's hand traced his jaw.

"I don't feel like I'm wearing the mask at all, but I can tell that this is not my face. This is amazing…"

I could feel hints of jealousy in his voice as he spoke those words. To be honest, I couldn't really blame him.

I too would've been jealous if someone else showed me the mask. It was just that good.

"Anyway, what did you want to tell us by showing this mask?" Waylan said as he removed the mask from his face and placed it on the table.

"Since you've showed it to us, it must mean that you've got a plan." Douglas calmly added from the side, his eyes never leaving the mask on the table.

at him from my seat, I could see that Douglas's eyes contained no trace of desire

did contain hints of curiosity

away from Douglas, I nodded in

"I do."

Waylan asked, leaning back

rough plan for now…

"…"

at me with open eyes. Sitting up straight, the first one to speak

Are you trying to

my hand, I pointed at Waylan in a

response to your questions, yes and

"Elaborate."

of the war will remain uncertain.

to face Douglas, I posed a

back to the academy instead of being

could answer, turning my head towards Waylan, I

want to meet

and Douglas who had complicated looks on their faces,

and what I have in my head is just a rough plan, but

I stared at both Waylan and Douglas, waiting for

a while, the one who first broke the silence was Douglas. He leaned forward slightly and carefully asked,

it. Without him, a major part of the plan wouldn't work, and as I've said before, Angelica could be of big help to

his seat, Douglas didn't say anything for the next minute. Waylan, who was sitting beside him, also kept silent as they both contemplated on the

a communication device from his dimensional space and tried to get

can manage to convince him, then we

for," I gratefully said to Douglas

it's my duty as headmaster to give you a helping

Douglas recalled a sudden detail before his lips parted and a small smile appeared on

you're no longer

he finished saying those words, walking out of the room, Douglas

***

scanned

down, he looked towards Douglas

where he was. For obvious reasons, I disguised myself as someone else since 'Ren' could not meet Jomnuk just

want to use this mask to pretend to be me and infiltrate the headquarters of

yes," Douglas

for a while, we think that this is the best way to deal significant

on his chair and crossing his

pretend to be me but you also want me to give you the method of disabling

beacons," Douglas corrected

thing you're asking of me. You must know that each time a beacon is disabled,

way to make them believe that you were truly kidnapped," Waylan said as he joined in on

"I don't disagree, but…"

Jomnuk's brows furrowed.

enough to ensure the plan goes smoothly.

also agree with this, and that's why we came to talk to you. If we have an elder supporting us, we can increase our chances even further. I'm sure you know someone you would trust your back to, don't you?" Douglas

don't know how he'll react,

took out a small box from his dimensional space and put it

lit up, and a holographic image soon materialised before

Who

voice sounded from the other side of the hologram before the

Jomnuk greeted him with a smile on his

Randur's brows

line. Do

the things Douglas had told him during

Of course, he didn't leave out the fact that

it. What do you think? I've thought about it and it does seem like a good method, but it lacks support.

speaking, heavy silence descended over the room as Randur's

the plan…" He muttered, his tone sounding a bit