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,

was currently looking away with a nervous

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

didn't seem like she harbored a deep suspicion towards him. It just appeared like

shifted his gaze to

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

she looking

'Ahh…'

filled with worry, almost as if she would cry at any

at him. He had never had anyone look at

wasn't afforded the

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

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

like Rey in such a way… it was

one of

Billy backed down, instantly apologizing with

said anything, but they were really with Billy

Adonis, no one

simply waited for the suspect

have to wait for much

guilty of? Can I know that

as if he was completely numb to

wasn't the case at all, but right

cast his gaze to the floor as

want to say where you've been?" As Adonis

tell me… what

there was silence,

was found in your room, Rey.

Adonis said this, Rey felt his heart

found the rest of

began to gather on his face,

did they… why did they

from someone that you've been acting suspicious lately, so I personally conducted the search." Brutus' voice pierced the

the Hero Adonis in the

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

thing stuck out the most out

him?!' Rey's eyes instantly

'Noah, you SNAKE!'

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

like this wasn't within

faltered the moment he glared at Noah and found him slowly

to say? That he isn't the

was too impractical for Noah to betray him