An Extra’s POV

[The Next Day]

"Good morning, Esteemed Otherworlders. It's really good to see you all in good health."

Right now, Rey and his classmates were standing in the open fields of their training ground.

All twenty-eight of them were facing Grandmaster Conrad, who had Brutus and Lucielle to his right and left respectively.

Conrad had a calm smile on his face as his long hair danced with the wind.

As usual, he was adorned in expensive jewelry and pristine clothing. There was no one who would doubt that this man was royalty.

"I am grateful for you being accommodating and understanding. You've been subjected to a lot of restrictions, and I am deeply honored that you chose to be patient with us."

Truthfully, if it hadn't been for Adonis calming the students down, there would have been a lot more resistance to the actions of the Royal Council.

After Adam's demise, it was clear that something had changed in the power balance.

The desperation of the United Human Alliance began to show, while the students grew a lot more uneasy about their place in the Estate.

This ultimately led to a shift in the status quo.

Right now, it was clear that the United Human Alliance had more to lose from letting the students go, and they had to be a lot more active in their management of their champions.

That was why Conrad—Grandmaster that he was—was standing out in the open to address the Otherworlders.

"All of that changes today. We will cease the barriers, and we will even allow you to explore outside the Royal Estate as you please."

As Conrad said all this, the annoyed countenance of a lot of students began to change.

Smiles and little chuckles began to reveal themselves among the dreary ones.

It felt like a miracle.

As the students murmured among one another in excitement, one of them was also grinning like an idiot, though his thoughts were far from what he showed.

'What a farce…'

Rey was the one who had this thought, and for good reason.

'He's making it sound like he's doing us a favor when, in fact, he has no other option.'

the limits of what they could take from the

weakening, it was clear that they

Mana Crystals to power the Grand Barrier, or they're pretty

way Conrad made it sound, one

desperate these people are once you peel a

all that finesse was a Nation that desperately

why he's still on

these

if the Dragons aren't stopped. Millions of

Rey felt his conscience was geared towards helping out more than it was directed towards his

much gotten all I can get from these people right

obtained their useful Skills, and he now had access to the abilities of

he could survive in this world with the current knowledge at

speaking, they had nothing

future events, then maybe I can

the abstract future benefits he still wasn't certain about,

place and operate

the prying eyes and sniveling noses

importantly, though, he would finally have more time on

I could better spend my time grinding in the Dungeon.' Rey found himself

he spent more time fighting Monsters, he was

even

useful I

essence, it was for

'But… not yet.'

major reasons why Rey was yet to

first and most obvious reason to him was his desire to identify the true malefactor

death,

that Rey couldn't shake off the feeling that someone

me isn't Adam. It couldn't have been him. There's a good chance that they manipulated Adam and made him take the fall so they could cover their

able to nab Adam for

couldn't get it out of his

can't just leave everyone with the malefactor among

but that didn't mean he was

form some sort of relationship with a few people

Adonis, Trisha… and then…

him to the second, more sentimental reason, why he was hesitant to