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

"Maybe it's his hair?"

hair? It shouldn't take this

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

being held by a small pin, exposing

"Hmmm…"

forward to take a closer look

the first time that I've seen you

"Thank you."

replied with

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

Gli Clank—

sound of a

for the wait. I was having

"Took you long enough."

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

in a while, she decided

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

stairs and arriving before the others,

here,

on her watch, Emma

we'll end up being

"Okay."

Emma's words faded everyone headed towards

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

"Wait, what about Jin?"

"…"

"…"

"…"

everyone stopped walking and an

was only after a couple of

forgot he was coming…or rather, forgot

***

being held was in the enormous white building in the

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

high-ranking elven members stayed, but they

"All done?"

"Yeah."

suit, I met up with Douglas in front

others who

quite uncomfortable with a suit, but

are all

fine. Stop

sight if I had

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

back in 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 the

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 said

only be

"Is there anyone missing?"

Douglas asked, looking around.

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

even more imposing than last

my head,

think everyone is

"Did you forget anything?"

I shook

I have

we

around, Douglas headed towards the lake

I walked beside

met with the others

with

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

"Yeah."

busy attending meetings with

eyes suddenly focused on the enormous white building in the distance

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

don't look that

I turned my head and looked at Waylan who was quietly

a skin mask, he looked to be in

to a soldier that was about to embark on a long war appeared

before turning my attention back to Douglas