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.

me? It's

"Maybe it's his hair?"

take this long

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

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

"Hmmm…"

eyes, Emma leaned forward to take a closer look at

first time that I've seen

"Thank you."

with a

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

Gli Clank—

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

for the wait. I was having trouble putting

"Took you long enough."

the side. Wearing a pale yellow one-piece dress, Melissa leaned by the side

decided to wear contacts, exposing her beautiful crystal clear

she looked pretty annoyed as her brows were slightly knit a frown. But at the same time, she always looked annoyed. This was probably why

and arriving before the

like everyone is here, shall we get

her watch, Emma

should, or we'll

"Okay."

headed towards

had taken a few steps, Kevin suddenly recalled something and

"Wait, what about Jin?"

"…"

"…"

"…"

walking and an awkward silence enveloped the

a couple of seconds

forgot he was coming…or rather, forgot

***

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

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

the place where only the high-ranking elven members stayed, but they made a special exception this

"All done?"

"Yeah."

met up with

the others who also were

quite uncomfortable with a suit, but whenever

clothes are all

fine. Stop

if I had to

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

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

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

much would only be detrimental to

"Is there anyone missing?"

Douglas asked, looking around.

to the one that he wore back in the dwarven domain,

fact, he looked even

my head, I

I think everyone

"Did you forget anything?"

I shook

I have everything

we may

towards the

pace, I walked beside

with the others

mean with Donna

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

"Yeah."

yet." Douglas shook his head."I've been too busy attending meetings with

enormous white building in the distance that was

aware of my presence.

look

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

a skin mask, he looked to be

on a long

I muttered in thought, before turning my attention back