An Extra’s POV

"Ever since we started training, Rey has always been suspicious."

As Adam stated this, Rey's body twitched slightly.

'Me?! Suspicious? How?!'

As far as he knew, he had done his best to blend in with everyone and act as average as possible.

'What's with this bullshit?!'

"He would often mumble to himself and act weirdly. I noticed all of these things from a distance."

The moment Adam said this, Rey ceased his pointless thoughts.

He was guilty as charged.

'But I'm barely audible! And someone like Adam wouldn't have noticed!'

Besides, was it really that strange to talk to oneself in training? Especially if you were alone with no friends?

It was sad, sure, but not strange.

'But, with how Adam is framing it, and how the current situation is, that will be taken to mean I'm very suspicious.'

Rey already knew how things went at times like this.

He just decided to listen.

"One day as I was taking a stroll, I found him leaving the Royal Estate. I wanted to say something, but I ignored it, thinking maybe I was being delusional."

Leaving the Royal Estate was a serious matter, but the way Adam framed it suited his entire persona well, so no one was really surprised that he treated it flippantly.

"I noticed him doing it a few more times, so I got curious. He would often carry things with him anytime he came back, so it piqued my curiosity."

Rey narrowed his eyes as he stared at Adam.

'Something isn't right here…'

What Adam was describing was too vague to be realistic, and the anytime he became specific, Rey was sure that wasn't how the events went.

'I never carry anything with me when I'm coming back, and it's pretty dark when I do so.'

Also, Adam never specified how Rey left the Royal Estate since that was a very pertinent matter.

'I shapeshift into a bird once the coast is clear. If he wanted to expose me, he would have mentioned that.' Rey's gaze narrowed.

multiple abilities like [Stealth], and the power to

like… Adam

what exactly is

saw how he

felt it was all

from a dumb script.

stupid enough to be so

did everything with

still got caught. Seems I wasn't careful enough.' Rey sighed as

have more answers once the tipper confessed, but now Rey

say for

a brief sigh and looked at Brutus, who asked the

did you find

one expected him to still be acting

Playing dumb won't help

expression depicted genuine concern, but Rey couldn't

course, I know it's too late to play dumb!

repeated his question with a straight face, refusing to

Cores. We counted at least

more Rey listened, the more ridiculous the

this point he was slowly realizing

'Someone else is involved.'

most likely not Adam, but the one who put him up

'I've been set up.'

have any more to say for yourself? Are you ready to confess

help but chuckle to himself

current circumstances

at a time, or Adam had a special Item that helped him bypass the effects of

probably the latter, since his initial testimony would have been fact-checked by the Truthseeker before someone like Brutus

conclusion led

Truthseeker, then that means the one who set me up has also been

begin to guess their motives. He hadn't made any enemies thus far, and the only one who actively disliked him was

couldn't

Rey thought to himself, though he considered

breaker. He'd never go outside if it was

malefactor had access to

wouldn't need to

for something like this, and he would do so with a smile

grinning at him for

former best friend to see what fade he

Billy looked deeply satisfied.

he had more serious matters to