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.

is he slower than me? It's

"Maybe it's his hair?"

It shouldn't take this long to do his

She was currently wearing a beautiful black dress that

about her was her hair, which was being held by

"Hmmm…"

leaned forward to

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

"Thank you."

with

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

Gli Clank—

the sound of a door closing. What followed after was Kevin's

for the wait. I was having trouble putting on the

"Took you long enough."

one-piece dress, Melissa leaned by the side

was 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

slightly knit a frown. But at the

before the others, Kevin

is here, shall we get

her watch, Emma replied with a

or we'll end up being

"Okay."

once Emma's words faded everyone headed towards where the ceremony

they had taken a few steps, Kevin suddenly recalled something

"Wait, what about Jin?"

"…"

"…"

"…"

stopped walking and an awkward silence enveloped

couple of seconds that Emma

of forgot he was coming…or rather,

***

ceremony was being held was in the enormous white building

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

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

"All done?"

"Yeah."

with

were the others who also were

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

are all

fine, it's fine. Stop

comical sight if I had

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

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

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 managed to

her too much would 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 as imposing

fact, he looked even more imposing

head, I

think

"Did you forget anything?"

I shook

I have everything

we may

towards the lake in the

pace, I

met with the others

with Donna and

Since the time we split up when

"Yeah."

not yet." Douglas shook his head."I've been too busy attending meetings with the others that I had no time to look for

on the enormous white building in the distance that was becoming clearer by

should already be aware of my

don't look

my head and looked at Waylan who was quietly following

he looked to be in his own

on a long war appeared

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