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 others, the elven queen

mishap, it

there to

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

contestant dies, so be

"I agree."

his eyes locked onto

had been warned beforehand of the possibility of death, we

"I see."

nodded her head

that this shouldn't have happened during my watch. Each individual present represents the future of our kind,

change in expression throughout

he cared or not about what had

Trrr— Trrr—

from his watch.

from one of the meters

as so we were unable to properly locate the

Octavius's brows furrowed slightly.

876.

almost forgotten

Union had agreed to catch in exchange for

this was merely a formality thing as the Union had never bothered

to it, they had to do it, but it

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

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

the current message, it appeared as though he was still

of his watch, Octavious sent a message

sure to be on constant alert. If you find

leaned back on his chair with

captured 876 or not, he really

***

Late at night.

scent of alcohol permeated throughout a

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

couple of hours after the incident, the elves managed to

and the others, Kevin went to visit Emma. Taking his feelings into consideration, they all chose to visit at a later hour, giving him some

Kevin felt a heartwrenching pain

flashed across his face ranging from

is all my

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

face as he tried his

to be a lot harder than

not stop Ren

happened if

in as dark

Cli Clank—!

walked in. Staring in his direction and walking up to

worry too much the doctor said that

"...I know."

muttered. His

know that she's going to live...but, he also said that sh-e suffered from a permanent injury on her back.

Emma's hand

should've let you

an undisguised hatred mixed in his voice as

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

then when you were about to kill him! ...This

he spoke, the louder

feel himself losing control of

understand what was happening to him, the feeling he was currently

but the more he thought

can't let her

to his sudden outburst, Ren shook his head and placed his hand

not your

stood up. Closing his eyes for

you're right. This isn't my

and wiping the corner of his

be Aaron. He's the one who is

his

going to

He suddenly proclaimed.

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

say anything back to him, taking one last look at Emma, Kevin walked out of the

Clank—!

Kevin slowly felt his emotions become numb as

going to stop him from winning the