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.

her head to glance in the direction of the others, the elven queen lowered her head

mishap, it should've never have

is there

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

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

"I agree."

from the side as his eyes locked onto the

the possibility of

"I see."

reluctantly nodded

represents the future of our kind, and so their death could significantly

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

he cared or not about what had

Trrr— Trrr—

suddenly felt a vibration coming from

have detected slight fluctuations from one of the meters the

unable to properly locate the individual, but it appears as though 876 is

Octavius's brows furrowed slightly.

876.

almost forgotten everything

agreed to catch in exchange for

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

they had agreed to it, they had to do it,

his

being dead, Octavious had some people keep

from the current message, it appeared as though he was still

screen of his watch, Octavious sent

constant alert. If you find his signal again, capture

leaned back on his chair with an aloof

they captured 876 or not, he

***

Late at night.

alcohol

girl with auburn-colored hair. With a

couple of hours after the incident, the elves managed

visit Emma. Taking his feelings into consideration, they all chose to visit at

felt a heartwrenching pain coarse through his

emotions flashed across his face ranging

all my

only after someone showed him what had happened that he realized that

amount of hatred flashed across his face as he tried his

be a lot harder than he imagined as his face

did not stop Ren during

if he had not stopped Ren

in as dark thoughts

Cli Clank—!

walked in. Staring in his direction and

you don't have to worry too much the

"...I know."

His

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

Emma's hand tightly

you

hatred mixed in

and glancing in Ren's direction, Kevin's

soft. I should've not interfered back then when you

more he spoke, the louder his

could feel himself losing control

was currently experiencing, the heartwrenching feeling of

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

can't let her

his head and placed

not your

his eyes for a short

This

the corner of his

to be Aaron. He's the

manifested around his body. Turning his head and facing Ren,

going to win

He suddenly proclaimed.

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

one last look at Emma, Kevin walked out of the room, slamming

Clank—!

become numb

to stop him from