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, actually

shifted to Noah, who was currently looking away with a

rested on Trisha, who was intently looking at him—as if searching

very least, it didn't seem like she harbored a deep suspicion towards him. It just appeared like she was

his gaze

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

she looking

'Ahh…'

with worry, almost as if she would cry

at him. He had never

afforded the luxury of dwelling on

guilty!" Billy suddenly yelled, his face contorted

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

looking at scum like Rey in such

Don't be so hasty to judge one of our

this, Billy backed down, instantly apologizing with a

they were really

because of Adonis, no one

for the suspect to

they didn't have to

exactly am I guilty of? Can I know

and low. It was almost as

all, but right

his gaze to the floor as he

been?" As Adonis

tell me…

a while, there was

in your room, Rey. In your

moment Adonis said this, Rey felt his heart

of

gather on his

How? How did they… why did they enter my

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

I involved the Hero Adonis

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

stuck out the most out

Rey's eyes

'Noah, you SNAKE!'

temporary one. He expected it

him like this wasn't within his

at Noah and found him

That he isn't the one

it was too impractical for Noah to betray