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 currently looking away

was intently looking at him—as if searching for

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

Rey shifted his gaze

what he would meet. He didn't want her to look

she looking

'Ahh…'

filled with worry, almost as if

him. He had never had anyone

him, he wasn't afforded the luxury of dwelling on those

clearly guilty!" Billy suddenly yelled, his face

Billy had noticed the shared gaze of

scum like Rey in such a way…

judge one of our classmates!" Adonis yelled with a

Billy backed down, instantly apologizing with

said anything, but they were really with Billy

of Adonis, no

for the

have to wait for

exactly am I guilty of? Can I

was almost as if he was completely numb

the case at all, but right now…

to

not want to say where you've been?" As Adonis asked this, Rey didn't

me… what

was silence, but Adonis finally

found in your room,

Adonis said this, Rey felt

the rest of

to gather on his face, and his body

did they enter

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

course, I involved the Hero Adonis in

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

the most

him?!' Rey's eyes instantly

'Noah, you SNAKE!'

temporary one. He expected it to end at a particular point, but this

this

he glared at Noah and found him slowly shaking

he isn't the one

was too impractical for