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,

to Noah, who was currently looking away with

gaze rested on Trisha, who was intently looking at him—as if searching

a deep suspicion towards him. It just appeared like

shifted his gaze to

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

she

'Ahh…'

worry, almost as if she would

could see her eyes glisten as she stared at him. He had never had anyone

he wasn't afforded the luxury of

not responding! He's clearly guilty!" Billy suddenly yelled,

Billy had noticed the shared gaze of the two, and right

at scum like Rey in such

be so hasty to judge one

Billy backed

said anything, but they were really with Billy on this

Adonis, no one

for the suspect to

to wait for

guilty of? Can I know

as if

case at all, but right now… he was just

cast his gaze to

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

me…

a while, there was silence, but Adonis finally

in your room, Rey. In

Adonis said this, Rey felt his heart

the rest of my

on his

did they enter my room

acting suspicious lately, so I personally conducted the search." Brutus' voice pierced the air at

involved the Hero Adonis in the

last words were to make it seem like he followed due process, but Rey

one thing stuck out the most out of what

eyes instantly darted towards

'Noah, you SNAKE!'

always known that his relationship with Noah was a temporary one. He expected it to end at

like this

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

say? That he

was too impractical for Noah