An Extra’s POV

'S-something came up…?!'

As Rey stared into Adonis' eyes, he could tell that something was terribly amiss.

An expression of concern swept through his face and it felt like anxiety was welling up within him.

Before Rey realized it, his heart began to race.

"Am I in trouble again?" He asked, a bead of sweat formed on the side of his face.

"A-ah! No! No! This is something else. You'll understand once you come with me. Everyone is waiting…"

Adonis had never lied to Rey before—at least not to his knowledge. There was no reason to think he was doing so now, though Rey knew he couldn't be too sure.

After a few seconds of silent considerations, Rey decided there was no other option than to go with Adonis and see what was going on.

'I've not done anything wrong or suspicious lately, right? Or could it be another scheme by the mastermind of last time…?'

Rey shrugged off his complicated thoughts and left his position, carrying the book he was reading in his hand without realizing it.

"Don't you need to return that?"

"A-ah! True…"

Rey didn't know which section to place it, so he simply put the book on the closest shelf and skittered off to catch up to Adonis, who was already waiting for him at the Library door

"Alright! Let's go!"

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At first, Rey was on his guard.

He kept glancing around him as inconspicuously as he could to see if there were some hidden guards waiting in ambush for him somewhere.

He couldn't see any, though.

'Why would the guards need to ambush me, though? Why would Adonis even lie about anything?'

If he was in trouble, guards would have just stormed into the Library with Adonis, who would probably just explain the situation to him.

There would be no need for elaborate lies.

'That means something else came up! Could it be related to Alicia?'

Rey was about to ask Adonis about what he knew about the current situation when the Hero's voice echoed in the air.

out a lot, haven't

"E-eh…?"

Rey, but he was able to maintain a respectable reaction thanks to his Class

your baggy clothing, but I

turned to Rey and smiled

"That's good."

say, completely forgetting what it was that

like to make a wolf guess and say that the reason for your everyday disappearances is linked to your

didn't understand what Adonis was driving at, but

hunting down Monsters and Leveling Up, he was becoming more and more

most guys in his

how much does he know?' Rey wondered, but chose to

wrong. I work out

Levels was a kind of workout for Rey, so he didn't think he was

I figured! Well, keep it up, Rey." Adonis made a slight chuckle and

hand on Rey's shoulder and even gave him

it was unnecessary to go so far, but

your Class and Skill, but I don't necessarily think having power is everything. Do

a pretentious thing to say—an equivalent to a rich man saying stuff like

powerful guy had said this to

recognized that Adonis said this from a

he wasn't

it is the ability to learn,

up smiling genuinely as he replied to

Adonis' words to be true when they chose to summon Otherworlders in response to the overwhelming threat of

survive, it wasn't due to their strength, but the ability to change with the times and

course, all of this was meaningless without some measure of power, but Rey

be resourceful

it's admirable. You workout every day, and then you go to the Library to study at night.

heard this, he felt like

genuine,

train a lot too, right,

heard this, he scratched his head

like he was a little shy about the

It's not

elaborate any further, but Rey could see a distant look in his

his reasons for training so

could only

that haunt us, right? For me… I just want to stop being weak

little surprised by

you have a

hell am I saying?!' Rey screamed internally