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

Trisha, who was intently looking at him—as if searching for the truth

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

his gaze to

what he would meet. He didn't want her

was she looking

'Ahh…'

was filled with worry, almost as if she would

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

he wasn't afforded the luxury of dwelling on those

He's clearly guilty!" Billy

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

Rey in such a way… it

judge one of our classmates!"

this, Billy backed down,

anything, but they were really with Billy on this

Adonis,

simply waited for the

have to wait

exactly am I guilty of? Can I know that at

voice was calm and low. It was almost as if he was completely numb to

the case at all, but right

cast his gaze to the floor

not want to say where you've been?"

tell me… what

there was silence, but

was found in your room, Rey. In your

moment Adonis said this, Rey felt his heart

of

on his

they… why did they enter my room

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

course, I involved the Hero Adonis in

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

the most

Rey's eyes instantly

'Noah, you SNAKE!'

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

him like this wasn't within

he glared at Noah and

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

it, it was too impractical for