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.

I… well, actually

shifted to Noah, who was currently looking away with a

Trisha, who was intently looking at him—as if searching for

it didn't seem like she harbored a deep suspicion towards him.

shifted his gaze to

as he feared what he would meet. He didn't want her to look at

she looking

'Ahh…'

worry, almost as if she would

as she stared at him. He had never had anyone

he wasn't afforded the

guilty!" Billy suddenly yelled,

couldn't have known this, but Billy had noticed the shared gaze of the two, and right now

at scum like Rey in such a way… it was unacceptable

Don't be so hasty to judge one of our classmates!" Adonis

said this, Billy backed down, instantly apologizing with

anything, but they were really with Billy on this

because of Adonis,

for the

to

guilty of? Can I

voice was calm and low. It was almost as if he was completely

at all, but right now… he

his gaze to the floor as he

want to say where you've been?" As Adonis asked this, Rey

tell me…

while, there was silence, but

found in your room, Rey. In

said this, Rey felt

the rest of my Monster Core

began to gather on his face,

they… why did they enter my

lately, so I personally conducted the search." Brutus'

I involved the Hero Adonis in the

like he followed due process,

stuck out the

him?!' Rey's eyes instantly darted towards

'Noah, you SNAKE!'

relationship with Noah was a temporary one. He expected it

him like this wasn't within

faltered the moment he glared at Noah and found him slowly shaking his head

to say? That he isn't the one who did the

about it, it was too