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 like

"Maybe it's his hair?"

take this long to do

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

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

"Hmmm…"

her eyes, Emma leaned forward to

the first time that I've seen you with your hair

"Thank you."

with

Emma circled Amanda multiple times before placing her

Gli Clank—

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

wait. I was having

"Took you long enough."

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

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

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

and arriving before the

everyone is here, shall we get

watch, Emma

we'll

"Okay."

headed towards where the ceremony was being

suddenly recalled something and his footsteps came to a sudden

"Wait, what about Jin?"

"…"

"…"

"…"

his words, everyone stopped walking and an awkward silence enveloped the

of seconds that Emma finally opened

forgot he was coming…or rather, forgot

***

where the ceremony was being held was in the enormous white building in the

the only place that could host the event. The sheer number

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

"All done?"

"Yeah."

my suit, I met up with Douglas in front of

him were the others who also were dressed in formal

with a suit, but whenever he tried

are all

fine. Stop

sight if I had to

missing was Angelica. This was mostly her choice, but it was also the most appropriate one as she was

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

for her safety too. Since Angelica had helped the dwarves, she was considered a traitor to the demons. We managed to hide this

only be detrimental

"Is there anyone missing?"

Douglas asked, looking around.

different suit compared to the one that he wore back in

looked even more

my head, I

I think everyone is

"Did you forget anything?"

suit, I shook

have

we may

the lake in

pace, I walked

you met with the others

with

while since I had last seen him. Since the time we split up when we first arrive. I was

"Yeah."

meetings with the

building in the distance that was becoming clearer by the

be aware of my presence. I'll meet

don't look

looked at Waylan who was

looked to

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

much sleep, huh?' I muttered in thought, before