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.

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

"Maybe it's his hair?"

hair? It shouldn't take this

a beautiful black dress that sparkled under the

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

"Hmmm…"

her eyes, Emma leaned forward to take a

it's the first time that I've seen

"Thank you."

replied with

look really beautiful," Emma circled Amanda multiple times before placing her hand on her chin

Gli Clank—

sound of a door closing. What

for the wait. I was having trouble putting on

"Took you long enough."

pale yellow one-piece dress, Melissa leaned

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

But at the same time, she always

arriving before the others, Kevin

everyone is here,

on her watch, Emma

or we'll end up being

"Okay."

words faded everyone headed towards where the

few steps, Kevin suddenly recalled something

"Wait, what about Jin?"

"…"

"…"

"…"

stopped walking and an awkward silence enveloped

a couple of seconds that

was coming…or rather, forgot

***

was in the

place that could host the event. The sheer number of attendees was

elven members stayed, but they made a special exception this

"All done?"

"Yeah."

with

the others who also were dressed in formal

He looked quite uncomfortable with a suit, but whenever he tried to complain, Smallsnake would elbow

clothes are all

fine. Stop

comical sight if I had to

choice, but it was also the most appropriate one as she was

and elves still fully trusted her. Perhaps some could trust her, but many were still against the idea of keeping a

be noted that this was for her 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

much would only be detrimental to her

"Is there anyone missing?"

Douglas asked, looking around.

the one that he wore back in

even more

head,

think

"Did you forget anything?"

suit, I shook my

have

then, we

Douglas headed towards the

his pace, I

with the others

with

split up when we

"Yeah."

meetings with the others that I had no

in the distance that

should already be aware of my

don't look that

turned my head and looked at Waylan who was quietly following us from

looked to be

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

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