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.

in the direction of the others, the elven queen lowered her

for the mishap, it should've never have

is there

that he wasn't trying to speak

a contestant dies, so be it...khrrr...Only

"I agree."

as his eyes

of the possibility of death, we

"I see."

nodded her head

present represents the future of our kind, and so their

speaking, the only one that remained did not have a change in expression throughout the whole

knew whether he cared or not about

Trrr— Trrr—

vibration coming from his watch. Turning his watch, Octavious indifferently glanced

have detected slight fluctuations from one of the meters the

went as fast as it came as so we were unable to properly locate the individual, but it

Octavius's brows furrowed slightly.

876.

almost forgotten everything

was someone that the Union had agreed

the Union had never

it, they had to do it, but it had never been

about 876 was because his

had never said anything regarding him being dead, Octavious had some people keep watch

it appeared as though he

screen of his watch, Octavious sent a

If you find his signal

back on his chair with

captured 876 or not,

***

Late at night.

of alcohol

a small bed was a young girl with auburn-colored hair. With a pale complexion, her frail figure lay on a

couple of hours after the incident, the elves managed

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

Kevin felt a heartwrenching pain coarse

across his face ranging from

is all my

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

amount of hatred flashed across his face as he tried his best to

proved to be a lot harder than he imagined as his

not stop Ren

ever happened if he had not stopped Ren

to sink in as dark thoughts entered his

Cli Clank—!

room suddenly opened and Ren walked in. Staring

have to worry too much the doctor

"...I know."

muttered. His voice

from a permanent injury on her back.

squeezed Emma's hand

you kill that

hatred mixed in his voice as

and glancing in Ren's direction, Kevin's snarled

interfered back then when you were

the

feel himself losing

him, the feeling he was currently experiencing, the heartwrenching feeling

it, but the more he thought about it, the

let

to his sudden outburst, Ren shook his head and

not your fault...It really

Closing his eyes for a short minute, he quickly recomposed

right. This isn't my

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

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

glow suddenly manifested around his body. Turning his head and facing Ren, Kevin's voice suddenly became

going to

He suddenly proclaimed.

doctor said that there is a chance of her fully recovering, and that's through the usage of something called an 'elven tear'. I will win the

taking one last look at Emma, Kevin walked out

Clank—!

felt his emotions become

to stop him from winning