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

was currently

rested on Trisha, who was intently looking

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

shifted his

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

was she looking at

'Ahh…'

almost as if

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

he wasn't afforded the luxury

Billy suddenly

this, but Billy had noticed the shared gaze of the two, and right now he was boiling

like Rey in such a

so hasty to judge one of

said this, Billy backed down, instantly apologizing with a somber

were really with Billy

because of Adonis, no one

waited for

to

am I guilty of? Can I

low. It was almost as if he was completely numb to the tense

the case at all, but right now… he

to the floor

where you've been?" As Adonis asked this,

me…

there was silence, but Adonis finally

in your room, Rey. In

this, Rey

of my

began to gather on his face, and his body trembled

How? How did they… why did they

that you've been acting suspicious lately, so I personally conducted the search."

the Hero Adonis in

like his last words were to make it seem like he followed due process, but Rey didn't care at all

the most out of what Brutus

Rey's eyes instantly darted

'Noah, you SNAKE!'

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

this wasn't

faltered the moment he glared at Noah and

to say? That he isn't the one

about it, it was too impractical