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.

defiance only caused her smile to

looked closer, they would be able to see the pink shades that subtly appeared on her

What do

save the world." Rey answered

you. Mind telling us the

"No."

between Rey and the Lady, and it soon became

their words contained an odd mix

could see that they had both

of that…" Conrad Listrio cleared his

Rey and Lady Vida back to the reality that everyone

seems I got

with a smile, she seemed to be

the Council had nervous looks and took their gaze away from

the hostile gaze she

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

can't prove my guilt

said this,

We have a testimony from your Classmate. Since the Truthseeker confirmed he was telling the truth from him, that means you're still guilty of

out of

to be panicking, but Rey

as if he had expected

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

this, he averted his gaze to Adam Sanchez, who was already showing signs of

me be able to get past so many guards? Why not ask

at Adam, who was now buried under an

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

the specifics of his Skill,

for him, his

Sanchez, please rise on

The boy obeyed.

of us the details of how Rey escaped the

recognizing how ridiculous the

was enough to give it

"I… erm… well…"

the Truthseeker, so he had to be very careful about