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 widen

be able to see the

this next question? What do

Rey answered with

That's so brave of you.

"No."

Lady, and it soon became just them

and their words contained an

they had both departed from the confines of the

his throat and made sure his voice was extraordinarily

enough to snap Rey and Lady Vida back

Oh my… it seems I got

Lady Vida saying this with a smile, she seemed to be a tad bit dissatisfied that she was

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

could clearly sense the hostile gaze she was

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

you can't prove

said this, Conrad narrowed

Classmate. Since the Truthseeker confirmed he was

essence, Rey wasn't out of the woods

such a person to be

he had expected this

Then maybe you should ask him for details as to how I was able to leave the Royal Estate. You all know my Skill and its abilities,

his gaze to Adam

be able to get past so many guards? Why not ask the man himself what

now buried under an overwhelming

nature of my Skill. That

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

him, his

rise

The boy obeyed.

details of how Rey escaped the Royal Estate and… evaded the detection of

was already recognizing how ridiculous the

conflicted expression was enough to give it

"I… erm… well…"

the Truthseeker, so he had to