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.

than me? It's

"Maybe it's his hair?"

take this long to

beside her. She was currently wearing a

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

"Hmmm…"

Emma leaned forward to take

first time that I've seen

"Thank you."

replied with

Amanda multiple times before placing her hand on her chin and

Gli Clank—

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

the wait. I was having trouble putting

"Took you long enough."

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

she decided to wear contacts, exposing her beautiful crystal clear eyes that sucked one in if they stared

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

down the stairs and arriving before the others, Kevin looked around before

everyone is here, shall we get

time on her watch, Emma replied with a

we'll end

"Okay."

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

few steps, Kevin suddenly recalled something

"Wait, what about Jin?"

"…"

"…"

"…"

everyone stopped walking and

after a couple of seconds that

he was coming…or rather, forgot about

***

the ceremony was being held was in

sheer number of attendees was far too many for

the high-ranking elven members

"All done?"

"Yeah."

my suit, I met up with Douglas in front of my

the others who also were

but whenever he tried to complain, Smallsnake would elbow

are

it's fine. Stop

comical sight if

was missing was Angelica. This was mostly her choice, but

helped the dwarves 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 idea of

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

too much would only

"Is there anyone missing?"

Douglas asked, looking around.

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

looked even more imposing than

head,

think

"Did you forget anything?"

I

have everything

we

towards the lake in the

I walked beside

met with the others

mean with

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

"Yeah."

shook his head."I've been too busy attending meetings with the others that I had no time to look

white building in

be aware of my presence. I'll

don't look that

I turned my head and looked at

a skin mask, he looked

akin to a soldier that was about to embark on a long

I muttered in thought, before