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,

mishap, it

is there to

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

be it...khrrr...Only the strong deserve to

"I agree."

his eyes locked onto the

warned beforehand of the possibility of death, we

"I see."

queen reluctantly nodded

during my watch. Each individual present represents the

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

one knew whether he cared or

Trrr— Trrr—

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

have detected slight fluctuations from one of the

came as so we were unable to properly locate the individual, but it appears as though 876

Octavius's brows furrowed slightly.

876.

almost forgotten everything about

the Union had agreed to catch

was merely a formality thing as the Union had never bothered investing that

to do it, but

because his signal disappeared a

said anything regarding him being

the current message, it appeared as though

of his watch, Octavious

be on constant alert. If you find his signal again, capture him

message, Octavious leaned back on

captured 876 or not, he really

***

Late at night.

alcohol permeated throughout

with auburn-colored hair. With a pale

small delicate hand was Kevin whose body trembled uncontrollably. A couple of hours after the incident, the elves managed

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

frail figure, Kevin felt

flashed across his

all

after someone showed him what had happened that he realized

flashed across his face

lot harder than he imagined as his face turned

I did not stop Ren during

happened if he

in as dark thoughts entered his

Cli Clank—!

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

you don't have to worry too much the doctor

"...I know."

His

to live...but, he also said that sh-e suffered from a permanent injury on her back. She...will

hand tightly

should've let you kill that

was an undisguised hatred mixed in his voice as he uttered those

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

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

he spoke, the louder his

feel himself losing control of his

the feeling he was currently experiencing, the heartwrenching feeling of losing Emma...it all felt too

he thought about it, the

can't let

his head

not your fault...It

of Emma's hand, Kevin stood up. Closing his eyes

you're right. This isn't my

corner of his eyes,

be Aaron. He's the one who is

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

going to

He suddenly proclaimed.

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

to him, taking one last look at Emma, Kevin walked out of the room, slamming the door shut

Clank—!

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

stop him from winning