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, actually

shifted to Noah, who was currently looking

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

deep

shifted his gaze to

feared doing so, as he feared what he would meet. He didn't want her to look at him

she looking at

'Ahh…'

worry, almost as if she would

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

wasn't afforded the

clearly guilty!" Billy suddenly yelled, his face

have known this, but Billy had noticed the shared gaze of the two, and right now he

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

Billy! Don't be so hasty to judge one of our

said this, Billy backed down, instantly apologizing with a

were really with Billy on this

Adonis,

simply waited for the suspect

they didn't have to wait

exactly am I guilty of? Can

and low. It was almost as if he was

the case at all, but

his gaze to the floor

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

me… what

while, there was silence,

your room, Rey. In

Adonis said this, Rey felt his

the rest of

his face, and his

why did they enter my room in the

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

involved the

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

thing stuck out the

him?!' Rey's eyes instantly

'Noah, you SNAKE!'

He

this wasn't within his

glared at Noah and found him

he isn't the one

was too impractical for Noah to