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,

who was currently looking

who was intently looking at him—as if searching for the truth

didn't seem like she harbored a deep suspicion towards him. It just appeared

shifted his gaze to

what he would meet. He didn't want her to look at him the way everyone

was she

'Ahh…'

was filled with worry, almost as if she

eyes glisten as she stared at him. He had never had anyone look at

the luxury of dwelling on

Billy suddenly yelled,

shared gaze of the two, and right

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

be so hasty to judge one of our

backed down, instantly apologizing with

they were really with Billy on this

because of Adonis, no one

for

to wait for

am I guilty of? Can I know

was almost as if he was completely numb to

wasn't the case at all, but right now… he was

his gaze to

say where you've been?" As Adonis asked

me…

a while, there was silence,

found in your room, Rey.

Adonis said this, Rey felt

found the rest of my

on his face, and

they enter my room in the first

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

involved the

it seem like he followed due process, but Rey didn't care at all for any of

thing stuck out the most out

Rey's eyes instantly darted towards

'Noah, you SNAKE!'

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

him like this wasn't within

he glared at Noah and found him slowly shaking his head

to say? That he isn't the one who

thought about it, it was too impractical for Noah