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 on

"Maybe it's his hair?"

take this long

standing beside her. She was currently wearing a beautiful black dress that sparkled under the

about her was her hair, which was being held by a small pin, exposing her

"Hmmm…"

forward to take

I take a closer look, it's the first time

"Thank you."

replied with

times before placing her hand on her

Gli Clank—

them heard the sound of

was having

"Took you long enough."

one-piece dress, Melissa leaned

the first time in a while, she decided to wear contacts, exposing

moment, she looked pretty annoyed as her brows were slightly knit a frown. But at the same

arriving before the others,

here, shall we get

watch, Emma

or we'll end

"Okay."

everyone headed towards where

had taken a few steps, Kevin suddenly recalled something and his footsteps

"Wait, what about Jin?"

"…"

"…"

"…"

his words, everyone stopped walking and an awkward

a couple of seconds that Emma finally

of forgot he was coming…or rather, forgot

***

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

event. The sheer number of attendees was far

where only the high-ranking elven members stayed, but they made

"All done?"

"Yeah."

my suit, I met up with

him were the others who

uncomfortable with a suit, but whenever he tried to complain, Smallsnake

are

it's fine. Stop pestering

a comical sight if I

was missing was Angelica. This was mostly her choice, but it was also

mean that the orcs and elves still fully trusted her. Perhaps some could trust her, but many

considered a traitor to the demons. We managed to hide this back in Henlour, but the

only be

"Is there anyone missing?"

Douglas asked, looking around.

compared to the one that he wore back in the dwarven

looked even more imposing

head,

think everyone is

"Did you forget anything?"

suit, I

have

then, we may leave

towards the

I

met with the others

with Donna

I had last seen him. Since the time we split up when we first arrive. I was genuinely curious if he

"Yeah."

been too busy attending meetings with

white building in the distance that was becoming clearer by

aware of my presence. I'll

look

looked at Waylan

looked

to embark on a

thought, before turning my attention back to Douglas