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.

only caused her smile to

closer, they would be able to see the

do you spend your spare time

save the world." Rey

of you. Mind telling us the

"No."

occurred between Rey and the Lady, and it soon became just them

and their words contained an

both departed

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

Lady Vida back to the reality

Oh my… it seems I got a

to be a tad bit dissatisfied that she was interrupted by

Council had nervous looks and took their gaze away from Vida Origa, while Conrad

the hostile gaze she was

trail, Rey Skylar. If you do not properly answer our questions, we can't fully determine the truth and prove your innocence." Conrad successfully brought the topic of

prove my guilt as

this, Conrad

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

Rey wasn't out of the woods

such a person to be panicking, but Rey

he had

I was able to leave the Royal Estate. You

gaze to

be able to get past so

an overwhelming amount

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

been questioned on the specifics of his Skill, Rey knew his entire

him, his

please rise

The boy obeyed.

of us the details of how Rey escaped the

Conrad was already recognizing how ridiculous the entire thing sounded while confronting

enough to give it

"I… erm… well…"

so he had to be very careful about