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

"Maybe it's his hair?"

take this long to do

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

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

"Hmmm…"

to take a closer look

the first time that I've seen you with

"Thank you."

with

multiple times before placing her hand on her chin

Gli Clank—

was then that the both of them heard the sound

for the wait. I was having trouble putting on

"Took you long enough."

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

to not wear any glasses, and today, for the first time in a while, she decided to wear contacts, exposing her beautiful crystal clear

the same time, she always looked annoyed.

the stairs and arriving before the others, Kevin

here, shall we get

watch, Emma replied

should, or we'll end

"Okay."

headed towards where the ceremony was

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 Emma finally

of forgot he was coming…or rather,

***

location where the ceremony was being held was in

place that could host the event. The sheer number of attendees was far too many for a simple building

to be the place where only the high-ranking elven members stayed, but they made

"All done?"

"Yeah."

I met up with Douglas in front

others who also were dressed in formal

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

are all

fine.

if I

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

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

that this 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

would only be detrimental

"Is there anyone missing?"

Douglas asked, looking around.

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

fact, he looked even more

my head, I

I think everyone is

"Did you forget anything?"

I shook my

have

then, we may leave

Douglas headed towards the lake in

pace, I walked beside

with the

with Donna

had last seen him. Since the time we split up when we

"Yeah."

been too busy attending meetings with the others that I had no time to look

focused on the enormous white building in the distance

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

look that

and looked at Waylan who was quietly following us from

looked

was about to embark on a long war appeared on his face.

huh?' I muttered in thought, before