The Author's POV

Melissa found herself roaming the halls after separating from the others.

Passing through a group of individuals, Melissa clenched her teeth and mumbled.

"…What does he want from me now?"

Melissa has a strong urge to just turn around and leave the premise, but she knew that she could do nothing but listen to his words.

To make matters worse, her current mood was not very stable.

After what she had just witnessed, how could her mood still be stable? Although she knew that Ren was still alive, a part of her didn't really believe what Amanda had told her in the past.

She was a pragmatic person.

What she witnessed that day suggested to her that the probability of Ren surviving was almost impossible.

As such, she only partially believed what Amanda said. 'Turns out she was right.' Melissa quietly murmured.

Who would've thought? He was actually still alive.

One of the only people that can get on their nerves whenever they spoke.

"I swear, I'm going to lose it one day."

She shook her frustrations with a sigh, then quietly headed for a particular section of the hall where a large wooden door stood.

"This should be the place right?"

Halting her steps in front of the door, Melissa took out a small flask from her dimensional space and directly chugged it.

Gulp—

"Haaaa.."

Wiping her mouth, she glimpsed at the empty flask in her hand before putting it away.

Smacking her lips, her face cringed a little.

"I've got to improve the taste of this."

What she just drank was the same thing that she had given Ren before.

It was pretty much a life-saver for her. It basically helped her calm her nerves. If not for it, she would've probably gone on a similar rampage.

Fortunately, because of the situation, no one questioned her about the potion when she gave it to Ren. Saved her a lot of explaining.

"...Alright."

Once she felt her nerves calm down a little, taking another deep breath and raising her hand, she knocked on the door.

To Tok—

"Come in."

Not long after she knocked, An emotionless voice sounded from behind the door. Hearing the voice, Melissa's brows furrowed tightly.

Grabbing onto the doorknob, she slowly entered the room and closed the door behind her.

Ci Clank—

***

"Huuu."

Thud—

I sat down on a comfortable chair. My shoulders instantly relaxed.

Because of what happened before, I was forced to change my clothes.

Gritting my teeth, I extended my hand and grabbed a drink. My whole body was numb, and if not for the pills I took before, I would've been in extreme pain.

"You feeling okay?"

I was currently back inside the hall which was crowded with people. From how everyone was still happily conversing, it was clear that no one had noticed what had happened outside.

next to me, with a drink in his hand, Kevin took a small sip. His

not really. Everything

"That so?"

took another sip of his drink...or at least tried to, just when he was about to bring the tip of his

you're

wipe away the liquid that had fallen on him,

fault do you think

I shrugged.

for being

"What did you say?"

me right. Your fault for being

put down

don't remember wrongly, I was kicking both you and Jins's

in the end, but that was because I was fighting against four to three people

that they were both holding

were both really strong in their own right. It would've been weird if I

"…I was holding back."

wasn't in the right state of

of my lips curled upwards, and the faint sound of Kevin grinding his teeth rang next to me. Turning his head,

sure know how to piss

with his teeth clenched

taking off his

another go at me? I'll show

"I'm good."

I exaggeratively pointed toward my rib

you see.

at Kevin, I raised my

won't try fighting against someone who is

"Ugh."

Kevin's mouth before he sat back down

how deflated he was, I patted him on the

will get a chance to fight again at the event. We won't have to hold

Kevin grabbed a new

I will hold myself back till

head,

way, where are the others? Haven't seen

"How should I know?"

thing I did when arriving back into the hall was sit down. Kevin followed

I have your

of the others, suddenly a melodious and peaceful voice sounded throughout the whole place

the voice came from, a mesmerizing figure

could've been used to describe how beautiful she looked, but I refrained from telling them as I was too mesmerized by her looks…or rather, it was the sense of tranquility that enshrouded

was then that I

"Khhh!"

my head and realized that

look on his face, he

"Careful."

"...Thanks."

my head and thanked Kevin. Had it not been for his intervention,

very pure. If your mind is weak, you might end up getting

his eyes

"…Right."

my head

of the mana surrounding the figure in the distance, my mind fell

was one of the features of pure-blooded elves. Definitely had

I would've never fallen into such a situation, but it was clear that my current

you all for coming here

voices rang throughout the hall as everyone

***

At the same time.

sat down on a large red sofa. Curiously glancing around the room, she tried her

man that suddenly showed up in front of everyone

about his intentions, Emma immediately

about

Ba…thump! Ba…thump!

the only sound that Emma

arms on her legs, she sat

Ci Clank—

not last for long as the door of the room soon opened. Appearing from the other side of the door was a middle-aged man with black hair

annoyed look, the middle-aged man entered the room