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.

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

apologize for the mishap,

is there to apologize

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

dies, so be

"I agree."

as his eyes locked

contestants had been warned beforehand of the possibility of death, we can't blame

"I see."

queen reluctantly nodded her

shouldn't have happened during my watch. Each individual present represents the future of

in expression throughout the whole event was

one knew whether he cared or not about what had

Trrr— Trrr—

Octavious suddenly felt a vibration coming from

from one of the meters the Monolith gave

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

Octavius's brows furrowed slightly.

876.

had almost forgotten everything

Union had agreed to catch in

as the Union had never bothered investing that much

do it,

completely forgotten about 876 was because his

said anything regarding him being

appeared as though he was still

onto the screen of his watch,

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

sent the message, Octavious leaned back on his chair with an

or not, he really

***

Late at night.

alcohol permeated throughout a small

with auburn-colored hair. With a pale

trembled uncontrollably. A couple of hours after

and the others, Kevin went to visit Emma. Taking his feelings into consideration, they all chose

Emma's frail figure, Kevin felt

emotions flashed across his face ranging from pure hatred

is all my

teeth tightly. It was only after someone showed him what had happened that he realized that the

hatred flashed across his face as he tried

lot harder than he imagined as his

I did not stop

would've ever happened if he had

to sink in as

Cli Clank—!

walked in. Staring in

don't have to worry too much the doctor said

"...I know."

His voice

from a permanent injury on her back. She...will never be able to

Emma's hand

should've let you kill

was an undisguised hatred mixed in his

his head and glancing in Ren's direction, Kevin's snarled through gnashed

should've not interfered back then when you

he spoke, the louder

feel himself losing control of his

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

it, but the more he thought about it, the more his

can't let her

to his sudden outburst, Ren shook his head and placed

not your

up. Closing his eyes for a short minute, he quickly

This isn't

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

someone to blame, it has to be Aaron. He's

body. Turning his head

to win the

He suddenly proclaimed.

that's through the usage of something called an 'elven tear'. I

last look at Emma, Kevin

Clank—!

his emotions become numb as a fire lit

to stop him from winning