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.

head to glance in the direction of the

the mishap, it should've never have

is there

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

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

"I agree."

side as his eyes

of the possibility

"I see."

reluctantly nodded

happened during my watch. Each individual present represents the future of our kind, and so their death could significantly damage our

did not have a change in expression throughout the whole event was Octavious

he cared or not about what had

Trrr— Trrr—

was then that Octavious suddenly felt a vibration coming from his watch.

from one of the meters the Monolith gave to

were unable to

Octavius's brows furrowed slightly.

876.

almost forgotten everything about

had agreed to catch

the Union had never bothered investing that much

it, they had to do it, but it had never been on their lists

had completely forgotten about 876 was because his

never said anything regarding him being dead, Octavious

message, it appeared

onto the screen of his watch, Octavious

alert. If you find his

message, Octavious leaned back on his chair

876 or not, he really

***

Late at night.

of alcohol permeated throughout

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

A couple of hours after the incident, the

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

frail figure, Kevin felt

emotions flashed across his face ranging from pure hatred and

all my

It was only after someone showed him what had happened that he realized that the person responsible for this

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

lot harder than he imagined as his face turned

only I did not stop Ren during that

this would've ever happened if he had not stopped

in as dark thoughts entered

Cli Clank—!

room suddenly opened and Ren walked in. Staring in

much the doctor said that she

"...I know."

His voice

to live...but, he also said that sh-e suffered from a permanent injury on her back. She...will never be able to

Emma's hand tightly before

should've let you kill that

in

and glancing in Ren's direction, Kevin's

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

he spoke, the louder his voice

feel himself losing

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

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

can't let her

shook his head and placed

not your

hand, Kevin stood up. Closing his eyes for a short

you're right. This isn't my

corner of his eyes,

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

suddenly manifested around his body. Turning his head

to win

He suddenly proclaimed.

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

at Emma, Kevin walked out of the room, slamming

Clank—!

felt his emotions become numb as

to stop