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.

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

"Maybe it's his hair?"

It shouldn't take this long to

snappily replied to Amanda who was standing beside her. She was currently wearing a beautiful black dress that sparkled under the veil

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

"Hmmm…"

her eyes, Emma leaned forward to

look, it's the first time that I've seen

"Thank you."

replied with

beautiful," Emma circled Amanda multiple times before placing her hand on her chin and muttering. "Maybe I should

Gli Clank—

both of them heard the sound of a door

was having trouble

"Took you long enough."

yellow one-piece

any glasses, and today, for the first time in a while, she decided to wear contacts, exposing her beautiful crystal clear eyes

the same time, she always looked annoyed. This was probably why no

before the others, Kevin looked around before

here, shall we get

time on her watch, Emma

we'll end

"Okay."

everyone headed

as they had taken a few steps, Kevin suddenly recalled something and

"Wait, what about Jin?"

"…"

"…"

"…"

everyone stopped walking and an awkward

only after a couple of seconds that

of forgot he was coming…or rather,

***

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

sheer number of

where only the high-ranking elven members

"All done?"

"Yeah."

up with Douglas in front of my

who

a suit, but whenever he tried to complain, Smallsnake

clothes are all

fine, it's fine. Stop pestering

a comical sight if I had

that was missing was Angelica. This was mostly her choice, but it was also the most appropriate one as she

elves still fully trusted her. Perhaps some could trust her, but many were

had helped the dwarves, she was considered a traitor

only

"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

he looked even more imposing than

head,

think everyone

"Did you forget anything?"

my suit, I

I have everything

then, we may leave

headed towards the lake in the

his pace, I walked

met with

mean with

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

"Yeah."

busy attending meetings with the others that I

white building in the distance that was becoming clearer by the

of them should already be aware of my presence. I'll meet them

look

I turned my head and looked at Waylan who was quietly

a skin mask, he looked to be

a long war appeared

thought, before turning my attention back to Douglas and pointing at