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.

working out

"E-eh…?"

was able to maintain a respectable reaction

well hidden underneath your baggy clothing, but I know you've really bulked

and smiled like

"That's good."

to say, completely forgetting what it was that he

that the reason for your everyday disappearances is linked

didn't understand what Adonis was

Monsters and Leveling Up,

guys in his class

does he know?' Rey wondered, but chose to

work out a

was a kind of workout for Rey, so he didn't think he was necessarily lying about

it up, Rey." Adonis

on Rey's shoulder and even gave him a

go so

Class and Skill, but

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

any other powerful guy had said this to Rey, he would have frowned

that Adonis said this

wasn't exactly

ability to learn,

agree." Rey ended up smiling genuinely as he

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

to their strength, but the ability to change

without some measure of

to be resourceful

admirable. You workout every day, and then you go to the Library to study at night. I don't know if there's

like Adonis was buttering

sounds so genuine,

right,

Adonis heard this, he scratched his

was a little shy about

not it. It's not the

but Rey

had his reasons for training so hard, but

could only

have things that haunt us, right? For me… I just want to stop being weak and become strong." For the

a little surprised by

have a

the hell am I saying?!' Rey screamed internally as he