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.

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

apologize for the mishap, it should've

there

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

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

"I agree."

side as his eyes locked

of the possibility of death, we

"I see."

nodded her

present represents the

that remained did not have a change in expression throughout the whole event was Octavious Hall who remained seated on his seat, completely unperturbed by the various

knew whether he cared or

Trrr— Trrr—

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

one of the meters

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

Octavius's brows furrowed slightly.

876.

almost forgotten

was someone that the Union had agreed to catch in exchange for the

as the Union had

they had to do it, but it had never been

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

since the Monolith had never said anything regarding him being dead, Octavious

message, it appeared as though he was

his watch,

If you find

back

not, he really

***

Late at night.

of alcohol

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

uncontrollably. A couple of hours after the incident, the elves managed to finally stabilize her condition, allowing for the others to finally

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

at Emma's frail figure, Kevin felt

flashed across his face ranging from pure hatred and

is all

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

amount of hatred flashed across his face as he

proved to be a lot harder than

I did not

this would've ever happened if he had not stopped Ren that

slowly started to sink in as dark thoughts entered his

Cli Clank—!

then that the door of the room suddenly opened and Ren walked in. Staring in

don't have to worry too much the doctor said that

"...I know."

muttered. His

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

Emma's hand

should've let you kill

hatred mixed in his

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

am too soft. I should've not interfered back then

the louder

feel himself losing control

understand what was happening to him, the feeling he was currently experiencing, the heartwrenching feeling of losing Emma...it all felt too

more he thought about it, the more his body

let

his head and placed his hand on

not your fault...It

his eyes for a short

right. This isn't

wiping the corner of his eyes, Kevin's face slowly became

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

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

going to win the

He suddenly proclaimed.

and that's through the usage of something called an 'elven tear'. I will win the tournament and ask

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

Clank—!

emotions become numb as

to stop