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

"Maybe it's his hair?"

this long

beside her. She was currently wearing a beautiful black dress that sparkled under the veil of the moonlight, perfectly

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

"Hmmm…"

eyes, Emma leaned forward to take

closer look, it's the first time that I've seen you with your hair tied. It suits

"Thank you."

replied with a

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

Gli Clank—

then that the both of them heard the sound of a door closing. What followed after

I was having trouble

"Took you long enough."

commented from the side. Wearing a pale yellow one-piece dress,

decided to wear contacts, exposing her beautiful crystal clear eyes that

the same time, she

arriving before the others, Kevin looked around

is here, shall we get

on her watch, Emma replied with

should, or we'll end

"Okay."

Emma's words faded everyone headed

suddenly recalled something

"Wait, what about Jin?"

"…"

"…"

"…"

stopped walking and an awkward

was only after a couple of seconds that Emma finally

forgot he was

***

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

was the only place that could host the event. The sheer number of attendees was far too many for a simple building to

elven members stayed, but

"All done?"

"Yeah."

my suit, I met up with Douglas in front

others who also were dressed in formal

with a suit, but whenever he tried to complain,

are

it's fine. Stop

comical sight if I had to

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

dwarves back in Henlour, but that didn't mean that the orcs and elves still fully trusted her. Perhaps some could trust her,

helped the dwarves, she was considered a

her too much would only be detrimental

"Is there anyone missing?"

Douglas asked, looking around.

a different suit compared to the one that he wore back in the dwarven domain, Douglas still looked as imposing as

even more imposing

my head, I

I think everyone

"Did you forget anything?"

I shook

have everything

then, we

Douglas headed towards the lake in the faraway

his pace, I walked

with the

mean with

we split up when we first arrive. I was genuinely curious if he

"Yeah."

attending meetings with the others that I had

on the enormous white building in the

aware of my

look that

looked at Waylan who

looked to be in his

was about to embark on a long war appeared on his face. Quite frankly, he

before turning my attention back to Douglas