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,

was currently looking away with

looking

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

his gaze

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

she

'Ahh…'

was filled with worry, almost as if

him. He

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

responding! He's clearly guilty!" Billy

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

Rey in such a

so hasty to judge one of

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

said anything, but they were really with

because of Adonis, no

simply waited for the suspect

have to wait for

am I guilty of? Can I

almost as if he was completely numb to

the case at all, but right now… he was

cast his gaze to the floor as he

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

me… what

there was silence,

in your room,

moment Adonis said this, Rey felt

found the rest of my Monster Core

his face, and his body

why did they enter my room in

so I

the

make it seem like he followed due process, but Rey didn't care at

thing stuck out the most out of

eyes instantly

'Noah, you SNAKE!'

He expected it to end at a particular point, but this was

this

at Noah

That he isn't the one

that he thought about it, it was too impractical