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 with

who was intently looking at him—as

seem like she harbored a deep suspicion towards him. It just appeared like she was genuinely

Rey shifted his gaze

want her to look at him

she looking

'Ahh…'

almost as

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

the luxury of dwelling on

clearly guilty!" Billy

gaze of the two, and right

dear Alicia looking at scum like Rey in

hasty to judge one of

Billy backed down, instantly apologizing with a

they were really with Billy

because of Adonis, no one

simply waited for the

have to wait

am I guilty of?

as if he was completely

at all, but right now… he was

to the floor as

where you've been?" As Adonis asked this,

tell me…

while, there was silence, but Adonis

your room,

Adonis said this, Rey felt his

of my Monster

his face, and his

did they enter

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

involved the Hero Adonis

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

one thing stuck out the most out of what Brutus

him?!' Rey's eyes instantly darted towards

'Noah, you SNAKE!'

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

him like this wasn't within his

he glared at Noah and found him

trying to say? That he

about it, it was too impractical for Noah