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,

Noah, who was currently looking away with a

was intently looking at

harbored a deep suspicion towards him. It just appeared like

shifted his

meet. He didn't want her to look at him

she looking

'Ahh…'

with worry, almost as if she would cry

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

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

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

known this, but Billy had noticed the shared gaze of the two, and right now

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

Billy! Don't be so hasty to judge one of our classmates!" Adonis yelled with a deep

moment Adonis said this, Billy backed down, instantly apologizing with a

they were really with Billy on this

Adonis, no

for

didn't have to

guilty of? Can I know that

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

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

cast his gaze to the floor as

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

tell me… what

while, there was

found in your room, Rey. In

moment Adonis said this,

the rest of my

began to gather on his face, and his body

did they enter

been acting suspicious lately, so I personally conducted the

course, I involved the Hero Adonis in the

like he followed due process, but Rey didn't care at all

the most out of what

Rey's eyes instantly darted towards

'Noah, you SNAKE!'

a temporary one. He expected it to end at a particular point, but

like this wasn't

Noah and found him slowly

he isn't the

it was too