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

be able to see the pink shades that

What do you spend

world." Rey answered

brave of you. Mind

"No."

between Rey and the Lady, and it soon became just them engaged in

two were smiling, and their words contained

could see that they had both departed from the confines of the

That's enough of that…" Conrad Listrio cleared his throat

and Lady Vida back to the reality that

I got

with a smile, she seemed to be a

remaining members of the Council had nervous looks and took their gaze away from Vida Origa, while

hostile gaze she was directing

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

you can't prove my guilt as

moment Rey said this, Conrad narrowed his

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

out of

a person to be panicking, but Rey

if he had expected

how I was able to leave the Royal

averted his gaze to Adam Sanchez, who was already

past so many guards? Why not ask the man himself what he

under an overwhelming amount

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

the specifics of his

him, his gamble paid

rise on

The boy obeyed.

escaped the Royal Estate

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

expression was enough to give

"I… erm… well…"

had to be very careful about