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

be able to see

next question? What do you spend your

the world." Rey

brave of you. Mind telling

"No."

Lady, and it soon became just them engaged in what couldn't be

were smiling, and their words contained an

see that they had both departed from the

of that…" Conrad Listrio cleared his throat

to snap Rey and Lady Vida back to the reality that everyone

my… it seems I got a little carried

with a smile, she seemed to be a tad bit dissatisfied that

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

clearly sense the hostile gaze she was directing towards

any case, it seems you are not properly cooperating with the trail, Rey Skylar. If you do not properly answer our questions, we can't fully determine the truth

you can't prove my

said this, Conrad narrowed his

from your Classmate. Since the Truthseeker confirmed

Rey wasn't out of

such a person to be panicking, but Rey was

he had expected this

I was able to leave the Royal Estate. You all know my Skill and its abilities, and you know I

gaze to Adam Sanchez, who was already

someone like me be able to get past so many guards? Why not ask the man himself

now buried under an overwhelming amount of attention

my Skill. That Truthseeker stuff must be really

the specifics of his Skill,

for him, his gamble

rise

The boy obeyed.

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

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

expression was enough to give it

"I… erm… well…"

could see the Truthseeker, so he had to be very careful