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 not like he's putting on any

"Maybe it's his hair?"

this long

Amanda who was standing beside her. She was currently wearing a beautiful black dress that sparkled

was being held by

"Hmmm…"

forward to take a closer look

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

"Thank you."

replied with a

really beautiful," Emma circled Amanda multiple times before placing her

Gli Clank—

the sound of a door closing. What followed after was

the wait. I was having trouble putting

"Took you long enough."

side. 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

pretty annoyed as her brows were slightly knit a frown. But at the same time, she always looked annoyed. This was probably why no one paid much attention to

stairs and arriving before the others, Kevin looked around

is here, shall we

on her watch, Emma replied

or we'll end up being

"Okay."

once Emma's words faded everyone headed towards where the

Kevin suddenly recalled something and

"Wait, what about Jin?"

"…"

"…"

"…"

everyone stopped walking and an awkward silence enveloped

was only after a couple of seconds that Emma finally opened her

he was coming…or rather, forgot about his

***

held was in the enormous white building in the middle of

the only place that could host the event. The sheer number of attendees was far too

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 my

who also

Ryan was there. He looked quite uncomfortable with a suit, but whenever he

clothes are

it's fine.

a comical sight if

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

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

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

only be

"Is there anyone missing?"

Douglas asked, looking around.

compared to the one that he wore back in the dwarven domain, Douglas still looked

he looked even

my head,

I think everyone is

"Did you forget anything?"

I shook

I have

then, we may leave

headed towards the lake in the

his pace, I walked beside

met with

with Donna and

been a while since I had last seen him. Since the time we split up when we first arrive. I

"Yeah."

attending meetings

building in the

of them should already be aware of my

look

turned my head and looked at Waylan who was

skin mask, he looked to be in

on a

muttered in thought, before turning my attention back to