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,

gaze shifted to Noah, who was currently looking away with

rested on Trisha, 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 like she was genuinely

Rey shifted his

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

she looking

'Ahh…'

worry, almost as if she

could see her eyes glisten as she stared at him. He

wasn't afforded the luxury of

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

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

dear Alicia looking at scum like Rey in such a way… it

hasty to judge one of our classmates!" Adonis yelled with a deep

this, Billy backed down, instantly apologizing with a somber

said anything, but they were

Adonis, no

for the

to

of? Can I know that at

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

the case at all, but right

cast his gaze to the floor as he

to say where you've been?"

me…

while, there was silence, but Adonis finally

found in your

said this, Rey felt

rest of my

gather on his face, and

why did they enter

you've been acting suspicious lately, so I personally conducted

the Hero Adonis in

to make it seem like he followed due

one thing stuck out the most out of what Brutus

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

'Noah, you SNAKE!'

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

betraying him like this wasn't

he glared at Noah and

is he trying to say? That he isn't the

about it, it was too impractical