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,

to Noah, who was

on Trisha, who was intently looking

like she harbored a deep suspicion towards him. It just appeared like she was

Rey shifted his gaze

didn't want her to look at him

she

'Ahh…'

filled with worry, almost as if she would cry at any

she stared at him. He had never had anyone

afforded the luxury of dwelling on

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

Billy had noticed the shared gaze

at scum like Rey in

one of our classmates!"

backed

said anything, but they were really with Billy on this

because of Adonis, no one

waited for the suspect to

didn't have to wait for

exactly am I guilty of? Can I know

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

but right

gaze to

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

me… what

while, there was silence,

found in your room, Rey. In your

said this, Rey felt his heart

rest of my

his face, and

did they enter my room in the first

so I personally conducted the search." Brutus' voice pierced the air at

the Hero Adonis in the

make it seem like he

the most

eyes

'Noah, you SNAKE!'

one. He

like this wasn't within his

the moment he glared at Noah and found him slowly

trying to say? That he isn't the one

about it, it was too impractical for Noah