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

gaze shifted to Noah, who was currently looking away

Trisha, who was intently looking at him—as if

she harbored a deep

shifted his gaze

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

was she looking

'Ahh…'

as if

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

afforded the

guilty!" Billy suddenly yelled, his

Billy had noticed the shared gaze of

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

hasty to judge one of our classmates!" Adonis yelled

Adonis said this, Billy backed

but they were really with Billy on this

of Adonis,

for the

to

of?

was almost as if he was completely numb to

but right now… he was

to

want to say where you've been?" As

me…

there was silence, but Adonis

your

Adonis said this, Rey felt

the rest of my Monster

began to gather on his

they… why did they enter my

acting suspicious lately, so I personally conducted the search." Brutus' voice pierced

course, I involved the Hero Adonis in

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

one thing stuck out the most out

Rey's eyes instantly darted towards

'Noah, you SNAKE!'

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

him like this wasn't within his

he glared at Noah and found

trying to say? That he isn't the

it was too impractical for Noah to betray him