An Extra’s POV

'What should I say?'

Rey racked his brain to think of a way to circumvent the issue and avoid lying, without also saying the truth.

"How do you suppose I did that? My Skill is to temporarily transform my body and—!" He tried to do just that.

However, before he could get very far, Lady Vida silenced him with her next words.

"Just answer the question. Did you leave the Royal Estate or not? If you indeed left the Estate, where did you go?"

These were extremely precise questions that required direct answers for him.

'She's trapped me!' Rey greeted his teeth as he watched her chuckle slightly.

It seemed she truly took pleasure in seeing him like this.

'I really don't like how she's looking down on me. That condescending gaze… it irks me!'

The more he hesitated, the more suspicious he looked. Rey knew that much already.

'I've already denied an ample number of allegations, and successfully at that.'

If he made a blunder now, it would reduce the reliability of his words, practically ruining all his efforts until now.

Left with nowhere else to go, Rey finally gave up and used his last ditch option.

"I… I refuse to answer that."

Gasps escaped from the lips of the audience as they heard his response.

"Oho?" Lady Vida seemed to be even more excited once she heard that. "Are you sure that's how you want to respond?"

"Yes. I'm sure."

As the entire room heard this, the Lady was greeted by Rey's defiant stare. Anyone with such high standing would feel understandably dissatisfied with that.

But not Lady Vida.

caused her smile to widen even

see the pink shades that subtly appeared on

What do you spend your spare time

world." Rey answered with a stubborn

of you. Mind telling us the

"No."

soon became just them engaged in what couldn't be classified as a

and their words contained an odd mix

they had both departed

enough of that…" Conrad Listrio cleared his throat and made sure his voice was extraordinarily

Rey and Lady Vida back to the

got a

with a smile, she seemed to be a tad bit

members of the Council had nervous looks and took their gaze away

hostile

Rey Skylar. If you do not properly answer our questions, we

you can't prove my guilt

Rey said this, Conrad

beg the contrary. We have a testimony from your Classmate. Since the Truthseeker confirmed he was telling the truth from him,

out of

a person to be panicking, but Rey was currently

as if he had

Then maybe you should ask him for details as to how I was able to leave the Royal Estate. You

he averted his gaze to Adam Sanchez, who was already

get past so many guards? Why not

was now buried under an overwhelming

still don't doubt the nature of my Skill. That Truthseeker stuff must be really

specifics of his Skill, Rey knew his entire case

him, his gamble

Sanchez, please rise on

The boy obeyed.

escaped the Royal Estate and… evaded the detection

how ridiculous the entire

was enough to give

"I… erm… well…"

Truthseeker, so he had to be very careful