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

"Maybe it's his hair?"

shouldn't take this long to do

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

was being held by a small pin,

"Hmmm…"

Emma leaned forward to take a closer

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

"Thank you."

with a

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

Gli Clank—

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

wait. I was having

"Took you long enough."

one-piece dress, Melissa leaned by the side of

a while, she decided to wear contacts, exposing her beautiful crystal clear

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

the stairs and arriving before the others, Kevin looked

here,

watch, Emma replied with

should, or we'll end

"Okay."

headed towards where

few steps, Kevin suddenly recalled something and

"Wait, what about Jin?"

"…"

"…"

"…"

words, everyone stopped walking and an awkward

a couple of seconds that Emma finally opened

kind of forgot he was coming…or

***

held was in the enormous white building in the

could host the event. The sheer number of attendees was

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

"All done?"

"Yeah."

with Douglas in front of my

the others who also were dressed

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

clothes are all

fine.

sight if

This was mostly her choice, but it was also the most

that the orcs and elves still fully trusted her. Perhaps some could trust her, but many were still against the idea of keeping

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

much would only be detrimental to

"Is there anyone missing?"

Douglas asked, looking around.

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

looked even more

head, I

think everyone is

"Did you forget anything?"

suit, I shook my

have everything

then, we

towards the lake in the faraway

his pace, I walked

with the

with Donna

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

"Yeah."

meetings

in the distance that was becoming clearer

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

don't look

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

looked to be in

soldier that was about to embark on a long war appeared on his face. Quite frankly, he looked quite

like he didn't get much sleep, huh?' I muttered in thought, before turning my attention back to Douglas and pointing