An Extra’s POV

'What is this…?!'

Rey felt like he was in a lion's den, a prey to the predators that all stared at him with suspicious eyes.

He could feel the back of his throat itch as he mulled over Adonis' question, and more importantly… how to answer it.

"Well, there was training. Obviously…"

"After that." Adonis' voice was curt, straight to the point.

He didn't even give Rey a chance to buy time and think up an excuse.

'I thought we could spend our time however we wished. No one ever bothers to ask, so I never thought of an excuse!'

Besides, wasn't it private how he decided to spend his time? Surely, Adonis knew about this

So why? There had to be a reason why he was being pressured!

'I should just come up with a believable excuse and—!' Before Rey could finalize his decision about lying, he found something on the hand of the Grand Mage, Lucielle herself.

The Truthseeker!

'They'd go this far? I can't even lie about it?!'

Rey could feel beads of sweat forming on his face as his eyes sauntered back and forth.

He couldn't properly look at Adonis, considering how his gaze made him feel very uncomfortable.

The pressure on Rey's shoulder intensified as he nervously took a step back.

'H-huh?!' He noticed strange movements behind him.

Once he realized what was happening, his eyes nearly bulged. He tried his best to hide the fact that he knew, but it was very difficult to do so.

'Guards are waiting outside the door? They're a lot…'

His mind struggled to comprehend why they would be doing all of this, and why it seemed like he was the object of suspicion.

At this point, Rey felt absolutely surrounded.

"Just tell the truth, Rey. That's all we're asking…"

Rey could tell from the look on Brutus' face, as well as the rest of the guards, that if it were up to them this conversation would be going in another direction.

Even Lucielle was frowning deeply.

Rey had never seen her like that before.

well, actually

Noah, who was currently looking away

who was intently looking at

least, it didn't seem like she harbored a deep suspicion towards him. It just appeared like she was genuinely

Rey shifted his

he would meet. He didn't want her to look at him the way everyone else

she

'Ahh…'

almost as if she would cry at

her eyes glisten as she stared at him. He had never had anyone look at him that

for him, he wasn't afforded the luxury of

guilty!" Billy

but Billy had noticed the shared gaze of

like Rey in such a way… it

so hasty to judge one of our

moment Adonis said this, Billy backed down, instantly apologizing with a

said anything, but they were really

of Adonis,

simply waited for the suspect

they didn't have to wait

I guilty of? Can

almost as if he was

all, but right

cast his gaze to the floor as he

really not want to say where you've been?" As Adonis asked this, Rey didn't budge

tell me… what

while, there was

your room,

said this,

rest of my Monster

his face, and his body trembled

did they… why did they enter

that you've been acting suspicious lately, so I personally

involved the Hero

to make it seem like he followed due process, but Rey didn't care at all for any of

out the most out of what

tipped him?!' Rey's eyes instantly

'Noah, you SNAKE!'

He expected it to end at

like this

eyes faltered the moment he glared at Noah and

That he isn't the one who

it, it was too impractical