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 Esteemed Otherworlders—were nearing the limits of what

it was clear that they had

Mana Crystals to power the Grand Barrier, or they're pretty low on their supply. That's

way Conrad made it sound, one would think it was a voluntary

It's almost sad how desperate these people are once you peel a

finesse was a Nation that

recognizes that too. That's why he's still on their side despite how crafty

the end, these

not just Conrad and the people here that will suffer if

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

I can

obtained their useful Skills, and he now had access to

this world that he was fairly confident he could survive in this world

they had nothing else

account for future events, then maybe I can benefit

future benefits he still wasn't certain about,

place

without the prying eyes and sniveling noses of

would finally have more time on his

I could better spend my time grinding in

fighting Monsters, he

even a necessarily selfish

useful I can be to this

it was for

'But… not yet.'

were two major reasons why Rey was yet to cut off ties with the Royal Estate

obvious reason to him was his desire to identify the true malefactor of the recent incidents that had

Adam's death, and

unnatural and coordinated that Rey couldn't shake off the feeling that someone was

that framed 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

were able to nab Adam for everything and solve the mystery of the malefactor

fishy, and Rey couldn't get it

can't just leave everyone with the malefactor among

really care much for his classmates, but that didn't mean he was comfortable with them being

relationship with a few people during the time he spent in this

Adonis, Trisha…

second, more sentimental reason, why he was