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,

"E-eh…?"

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

your baggy clothing, but I

smiled like any

"That's good."

forgetting what it was

guess and say that the reason for

Adonis was driving at, but he wasn't

Up, he was becoming more

More than most guys

does he know?' Rey wondered, but chose to smile a

not wrong. I work out a

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

Well, keep it up, Rey." Adonis made a

on Rey's shoulder

personally felt it was unnecessary to go so far, but he laughed a little

because of your Class and Skill, but I

like a pretentious thing to say—an equivalent to a rich

had said this to Rey, he would

that Adonis said

wasn't

the Goblins, it is the ability to learn,

smiling genuinely

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

people of this Nation were to survive, it wasn't due to their strength, but the ability to change with the times and come up with a solution to their

this was meaningless without some measure of power, but Rey agreed that having power

needed to be resourceful

go to the Library

heard this, he felt like Adonis was buttering him

sounds so genuine, but

you? You train a lot too, right, Adonis? You're definitely

Adonis heard this, he scratched his

felt like he was a little shy about the

that's not it. It's not

Rey could see a distant look in

had his reasons for training so hard, but Rey couldn't tell what

could only

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

appeared a little surprised by

a

Rey screamed internally