The Author's POV

Four days later.

"Ugh, not this again."

My face darkened as I looked at myself in the mirror.

Wearing the same suit as when I met the other elders in Henlour, I once again struggled to tie my tie.

There were improvements, however.

Staring at my reflection in the mirror, turning around, and touching my tie multiple times, I nodded in satisfaction.

"It's not too bad."

Compared to last time, when I struggled quite hard to tie it, there were massive improvements.

Remembering how Douglas had tied my tie, I was somewhat able to mimic his movements. Thanks to that, I was able to somewhat do a good job. Was well satisfied with it.

Of course, it wasn't perfect, but it was better than nothing.

Staring at myself in the mirror and fixing my hair which was still quite long, my hand paused slightly.

'They should also be there…'

Kevin, and the others. I was finally going to see them properly.

This time, not from afar.

"Huu…"

Thinking about them, I let out a long breath.

'I guess it's time.'

After thinking things through, I decided to finally reveal myself to the others.

There was no point in hiding myself from the others. Sure, the high-ranking members of the Union were there, but it wasn't like they could instantly tell that I was 876.

With the chip disabled, it would be quite difficult for them to figure out who I was.

This was why I decided to stop pretending. Of course, I was only planning on revealing myself to them. Not the Union.

Despite the fact that the chip was now disabled, and there being no concrete evidence linking me to 876, there were still many loopholes in such thought.

For example, the last sighting of 876 was in the dwarven domain. I came out of the dwarven domain. 876 is a human, I am a human...there were just too many links for my comfort.

'It's too risky to expose myself completely.'

The more I thought about it, the more I realized just how much of a risk my exposure was, but…

'I'll still meet them.'

My mind was made, and I wasn't going to change it, even if the risks were there.

I just needed to be more careful.

Fixing my clothes, and reaching out for my mask by the side of the table, I pressed it against my face and my face soon morphed into that of someone else.

"But before that, I need to take care of something else…"

There was something very important that I needed to take care of before meeting with the others again.

***

"Hurry up, we're going to be late.

Emma's voice rang from below the residence as she looked up towards a certain window.

Ci Clank—

Opening the window of the room, Kevin leaned out of it and shouted.

"Give me a minute! I'm coming."

"Wha—"

Clank—!

Kevin closed the window before she could even speak. This obviously did not sit well for her as she Crossed her arms together, and pouted in dissatisfaction.

he slower than me? It's not like he's putting

"Maybe it's his hair?"

shouldn't take this long to

to Amanda who was standing beside her. She was currently wearing a beautiful

notable about her was her hair, which was being held

"Hmmm…"

eyes, Emma leaned forward to take

it's the first time

"Thank you."

replied with a

before placing her

Gli Clank—

then that the both of them heard the sound of a door

for the wait. I was having trouble putting on the

"Took you long enough."

pale yellow one-piece dress, Melissa leaned by the side of the

today, for the first time in a while, she decided to wear contacts, exposing her beautiful crystal clear eyes that sucked one in

frown. But at the same time, she always looked annoyed. This was

arriving before the

is here, shall

the time on her watch, Emma replied

should, or we'll end up being

"Okay."

once Emma's words faded everyone headed towards

few steps, Kevin suddenly recalled

"Wait, what about Jin?"

"…"

"…"

"…"

and an awkward silence enveloped the

a couple of seconds that Emma

of forgot he was coming…or

***

where the ceremony was being held was in the enormous white building in

the event. The sheer number of attendees was far too many for a

only the high-ranking elven members stayed, but they made a special exception this time, just for

"All done?"

"Yeah."

with Douglas in front

him were the others who

but whenever he tried to complain, Smallsnake

clothes are all

fine, it's fine.

a comical sight if I had

only one that was missing was Angelica. This was mostly her choice, but it was also the

trusted her. Perhaps

safety too. Since Angelica had helped the dwarves, she was considered a traitor to the demons. We managed to hide this back in Henlour, but the same couldn't be said in the elven

too much would only be detrimental

"Is there anyone missing?"

Douglas asked, looking around.

that he wore back in the dwarven domain,

fact, he looked even more imposing than last

head,

I think everyone

"Did you forget anything?"

my suit, I shook

I have everything with

we may

headed towards the lake in

pace, I walked beside

with the others

with Donna

had last seen him. Since the time we split up when we first arrive.

"Yeah."

meetings with

white building in the distance that was becoming clearer by

be aware of my presence. I'll meet them at the

look

looked at Waylan who

mask, he looked to be

soldier that was about to embark on a long war appeared on his

much sleep, huh?' I muttered in thought, before turning my attention back to Douglas and pointing at