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

who was currently looking

was intently looking at him—as if searching

a deep suspicion towards him. It

his

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

was she looking at

'Ahh…'

with worry, almost as if she would cry

see her eyes glisten as she stared at him. He

for him, he wasn't afforded the luxury of dwelling on

responding! He's clearly guilty!" Billy suddenly yelled, his

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

Alicia looking at scum like Rey in such a way… it

hasty to judge one of our

this, Billy backed down, instantly apologizing with a

anything, but they were really with Billy

of Adonis, no one

waited for the

to wait for

of? Can I know that at

was almost as if he was completely

at all, but right now… he was just

to the floor

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

me… what

was silence, but Adonis finally

your room, Rey. In

Adonis said this, Rey

of my

to gather on his face, and his body

why did they enter my

suspicious lately, so I

I involved the Hero

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

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

betraying him like this wasn't

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

is he trying to say? That he isn't the one who

that he thought about it, it was too impractical