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

"Maybe it's his hair?"

shouldn't take this long to do

currently wearing a beautiful black dress that sparkled under the

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

"Hmmm…"

eyes, Emma leaned forward to

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

"Thank you."

replied with

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

Gli Clank—

the sound of a door

was having trouble putting on

"Took you long enough."

pale yellow one-piece dress, Melissa leaned by the

she decided to wear contacts, exposing her beautiful

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

stairs and arriving before the others, Kevin looked around before

here, shall we

on her watch, Emma replied

we'll

"Okay."

headed towards

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

"Wait, what about Jin?"

"…"

"…"

"…"

walking and an

after a couple of seconds

was coming…or rather, forgot about his

***

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

sheer

elven members stayed, but they made a

"All done?"

"Yeah."

I met up with Douglas in front

the others who also were dressed in

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

are

it's fine. Stop pestering

if

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

and elves still fully trusted

had to be noted that this was for her safety too. Since Angelica had helped the dwarves, she was considered a traitor to the demons. We

her too much would only be

"Is there anyone missing?"

Douglas asked, looking around.

he wore back in the dwarven domain, Douglas still

even more imposing than

head, I

think everyone

"Did you forget anything?"

I shook my

have

we

the lake in the

I walked beside

met with

with Donna

time we split up when we

"Yeah."

too busy attending meetings with the

building in the distance that was becoming clearer by the

them should already be aware of my presence.

don't look that

and looked at Waylan who was quietly following us

looked to

about to embark on a long war

huh?' I muttered in thought, before turning my attention