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, actually

who was

looking at him—as if searching for the

least, it didn't seem like she harbored a deep suspicion towards him.

shifted his gaze to

didn't want her to look at him the way everyone else was, but he had to

was she looking

'Ahh…'

was filled with worry, almost as if she would cry

stared at him. He had never had anyone look at him that

the luxury of dwelling on those

clearly guilty!" Billy suddenly yelled, his face contorted in

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

Rey in such

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

backed down, instantly apologizing with a somber

they were

Adonis,

for

have to wait for

I guilty of?

voice was calm and low. It was almost as

the case at all, but

to the

been?" As Adonis asked this, Rey didn't

me…

there was silence,

your room, Rey.

Adonis said this, Rey felt

the rest of my Monster Core

his face,

did they enter my

tip from someone that you've been acting suspicious lately, so I personally conducted the

the

seem like he

out the most out of

tipped him?!' Rey's eyes instantly darted towards

'Noah, you SNAKE!'

relationship with Noah was a temporary one. He expected it to end at a particular point,

betraying him like this wasn't

Noah and found him slowly shaking his head

That he isn't the one who

he thought about it, it was too impractical for Noah to betray