The Author's POV

Rushing in my direction, Kevin shouted. His voice sounded extremely panicked.

"Where is Emma?!"

"Calm down, Emma has been taken by the staff, her father is with her."

Raising my hand, I motioned him to calm down.

"From what I've been told, she is still alive. Just before Emma was about to get stabbed in the back, the referee reacted in time and slightly shifted her body away, preventing her death, but..."

Pausing, my brows furrowed.

"But what!?"

Raising my head and meeting Kevin's gaze, I deeply sighed.

"...but, well, it's not looking too good. She was hit directly in the spine, so I don't know."

"Haa..."

Like a deflated balloon, Kevin's stumbled a couple of steps back as his face drained of all color.

Grabbing onto his shoulder, I held him up.

"Relax, don't lose hop—"

"The book!"

Kevin suddenly shouted as he cut me off.

My eyes immediately opened wide at his words.

Placing my hand over his mouth, I quickly shushed him.

"What the fuck are you doing?"

"Hmmhmmm."

Increasing my grip on his mouth, I whispered in his ear.

"Get a grip of yourself, the event has already happened, the book can't do anything. Furthermore, there is nothing written on it. You know best since you've seen the book yourself."

Listening to my words, Kevin quickly calmed down as his eyes dulled.

Seeing this, I asked. "...Are you finally calm?"

Kevin silently nodded his head in response.

Eyeing him for a while, I proceeded to take my hand away from his mouth. Taking a deep breath, I tried to reassure him.

"Don't worry too much, I'm sure she will be fine."

Despite my words, I wasn't too confident in the things I said.

Emma's condition was quite critical. Fortunately, the elves were able to intervene just in time to stabilize her condition and so she was at least guaranteed her life.

Regarding whether she was disabled or not, I wasn't sure. Only time could tell.

"Huuu..."

Taking a deep breath, I turned my wrist and glanced at my watch.

[Permission to access granted]

[On] [Off]

'This is enough for now.'

Tapping onto the screen of my watch, I turned off the tracking device in Aaron's head.

***

On the upper echelon platform, moments before.

Silence descended on the platform as the eyes of all the members on the platform locked themselves on the one specific projection where a girl lay on the floor in her own pool of blood.

"Someone go and get her patched up quickly."

The first to speak out amongst the members was the elven queen whose delicate brows knit tightly.

She was evidently displeased by the fact that an incident had occurred.

direction of the others, the elven

the mishap, it should've never

is there

deep voice reverberated throughout the platform. Despite the fact that he wasn't trying to speak loudly, his voice boomed loudly throughout the

so be it...khrrr...Only the strong deserve

"I agree."

side as his eyes locked onto the projection in the

been warned beforehand of the possibility of death, we

"I see."

nodded her head before

watch. Each individual present represents the future of our kind,

throughout the whole event

knew whether he cared or not about what had just

Trrr— Trrr—

was then that Octavious suddenly felt a vibration coming from his watch. Turning his watch,

have detected slight fluctuations from one of the

as so we were unable to properly locate the individual, but it appears as though

Octavius's brows furrowed slightly.

876.

had almost forgotten

the Union had agreed to

this was merely a formality thing as the Union had never

had agreed to it, they had to do it, but it

why he had completely forgotten about 876 was because his signal disappeared

since the Monolith had never said anything regarding him being dead, Octavious had some people keep watch for

current message, it appeared as though he was still

his watch, Octavious sent

be on constant alert. If you find his signal again, capture him

Octavious leaned back on his chair

they captured 876 or not,

***

Late at night.

heavy scent of alcohol permeated throughout

girl with auburn-colored hair. With a pale complexion, her

couple of hours after the incident, the

Emma. Taking his feelings into consideration, they all chose to visit at a later hour, giving him

at Emma's frail figure, Kevin felt a heartwrenching pain coarse through his

multitude of emotions flashed across his face ranging from

is all my

only after someone showed him what

across his face as he tried

a lot harder than he imagined as his face turned red

I did not

would've ever happened if he had not stopped

sink in as dark thoughts entered

Cli Clank—!

and Ren walked

have to worry too much the doctor said

"...I know."

His

from a permanent injury

hand

let you kill that

in his voice as he uttered those

his head and glancing in Ren's

interfered back then when

the louder

himself losing

to him, the feeling he was currently experiencing, the heartwrenching feeling of losing Emma...it all felt too familiar to

the more he thought about it, the more his

can't let

shook his head and placed

not your

Closing his eyes for a

right. This isn't

and wiping the corner of his eyes, Kevin's face

be Aaron. He's the one who is

around his body. Turning his head and facing Ren, Kevin's

to win the

He suddenly proclaimed.

chance of her fully recovering, and that's through the usage of something called

to him, taking one last look at Emma, Kevin walked

Clank—!

emotions become numb as a fire lit

going to stop