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?"

this long to do

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

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

"Hmmm…"

leaned forward to take a

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

"Thank you."

replied with a

times before placing her hand on her chin and muttering. "Maybe I should try it

Gli Clank—

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

for the wait. I was having trouble

"Took you long enough."

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

rare for Melissa to not wear any glasses, and today, 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 at them

frown. But at the same time,

arriving before the others, Kevin looked around

here, shall we get

watch,

we'll end up

"Okay."

headed towards where the

suddenly recalled something and

"Wait, what about Jin?"

"…"

"…"

"…"

and an

only after a couple of seconds that Emma

he was coming…or

***

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

sheer number of attendees was far too many for a simple building

was supposed to be the place where only the high-ranking elven members stayed, but they made a special exception this time, just for the

"All done?"

"Yeah."

I met up with Douglas in front of

who also were dressed

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

are all

it's fine.

if I

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

helped the dwarves back in Henlour, but that didn't mean that the orcs and elves still fully trusted

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 be said

her too much would only be

"Is there anyone missing?"

Douglas asked, looking around.

different suit compared to the one that he wore back in the

he looked even more

my head,

I think everyone is

"Did you forget anything?"

suit, I shook

have everything with

then, we may leave

around, Douglas headed towards the lake in

his pace, I walked beside

you met with the

mean with Donna

been 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 up with the

"Yeah."

not yet." Douglas shook his head."I've been too busy attending meetings with the others that I

suddenly focused on the enormous white building in the distance that was becoming clearer

already be aware of

look

my head and looked at Waylan

a skin mask, he looked to be in

was about to embark on a long war appeared

muttered in thought, before turning my attention back to