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

for the mishap,

is there to

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

a contestant dies, so be

"I agree."

eyes locked onto the projection in the

the possibility of death, we can't blame

"I see."

elven queen reluctantly nodded

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

the only one that remained did not have a change in expression throughout the whole event was Octavious Hall who remained seated on

or not about

Trrr— Trrr—

suddenly felt a vibration coming from

from one of the meters the Monolith gave

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

Octavius's brows furrowed slightly.

876.

almost forgotten

someone that the Union had agreed

formality thing as the Union had never

do it, but

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

anything regarding him being dead, Octavious had

appeared as though he was still

onto the screen of his watch, Octavious sent

alert. If you find his signal

sent the message, Octavious leaned back on his

or not, he really

***

Late at night.

of alcohol

with auburn-colored hair. With a

delicate hand was Kevin whose body trembled uncontrollably. A couple of hours after

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

felt a heartwrenching

flashed across his face ranging

is all my

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

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

proved to be a lot harder than he imagined as his face turned red

did not stop Ren

happened if he had not stopped Ren that

slowly started to sink in as

Cli Clank—!

door of the room suddenly opened and Ren walked in. Staring in his direction and walking up

too much the doctor said

"...I know."

His voice

that sh-e suffered from a permanent injury on

squeezed Emma's hand tightly before

you

hatred mixed in his voice as he uttered those

Ren's direction, Kevin's

soft. I should've not interfered back then when you were about to kill him! ...This is

he spoke, the louder

himself losing control of his

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

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

let

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

not your fault...It

his eyes for a short minute, he quickly recomposed

right. This

his hand and wiping the corner of

be Aaron. He's the one

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

to

He suddenly proclaimed.

there is a chance of her fully recovering, and that's through the

look at Emma, Kevin walked out of the room, slamming the door shut behind

Clank—!

Kevin slowly felt his emotions become numb as a fire lit up in

was going to stop