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.

to glance in the direction of the others, the elven queen lowered her head and softly

for the mishap, it should've never

there to

the fact that he wasn't trying to speak loudly, his voice boomed loudly throughout the

be

"I agree."

nodded from the side as his eyes locked onto the projection in the

of the possibility

"I see."

queen reluctantly nodded her head

believe that this shouldn't have happened during my watch. Each individual present represents the future of our kind, and so their death could significantly damage our

one that remained did not have a change in expression throughout the

cared or

Trrr— Trrr—

that Octavious suddenly felt a vibration coming from

of the meters

so we were unable to properly locate the

Octavius's brows furrowed slightly.

876.

almost forgotten everything about

had agreed to catch in exchange for

Union had never bothered investing

it, but it had never been

his signal

never said anything regarding him being dead, Octavious had some

the current message, it appeared as though he was

onto the screen of his watch, Octavious sent a

be on constant alert. If you find his

message, Octavious leaned back on his chair with an aloof

captured 876 or not, he really did not

***

Late at night.

of alcohol permeated throughout

hair. With a pale complexion, her frail figure lay on

body trembled uncontrollably. A couple of hours after the incident, the elves managed to finally stabilize her condition, allowing for

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

Kevin felt a heartwrenching pain

multitude of emotions flashed across his face ranging from pure hatred

all

her hand harder, Kevin clenched his teeth tightly. It was only after someone showed him what had happened that he realized that the person responsible

his face as he tried his best to keep himself

a lot harder than he imagined as his face turned red

not stop Ren

happened if he

in as

Cli Clank—!

the room suddenly opened and Ren walked in. Staring in his direction and walking up to him, he softly

don't have to worry too much the doctor said that

"...I know."

His voice

he also said that sh-e suffered from a permanent injury on her

hand tightly

should've let you kill that

in his voice

Ren's

right, I am too soft. I should've not interfered back then when you were about to kill him! ...This is all my

spoke, the louder his voice

feel himself losing control of

to him, the feeling he was currently

couldn't quite explain it, but the more he thought about it, the more

let her

shook his head and placed

not your fault...It really

of Emma's hand, Kevin stood up. Closing his eyes for a short minute, he quickly

right. This isn't my

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

has to be Aaron.

Turning his

to

He suddenly proclaimed.

her fully recovering, and that's through the usage of something called an 'elven tear'. I will win the

look at Emma, Kevin walked out of the room, slamming

Clank—!

Kevin slowly felt his emotions become numb as

was going to stop him from