An Extra’s POV

There was deafening silence all around.

The students all looked at one another, each glance depicting multifaceted emotions.

Some students already had resolute expressions on their faces, while others seemed unsure about what choice to make.

Either way, it seemed that most people were waiting for who to step forward and leave first, hence the hesitation,

"The doors are open for those of you who wish to leave. Naturally, we wish you good fortune, but that is where our support ends."

Right now, the United Human Alliance had a bunch of its own problems to deal with. They couldn't afford to exert more energy on soldiers who did not wish to fight for them.

"Also, in case some of you are yet to make up your mind, there will be an Expedition for those who choose to remain behind. It will be compulsory, and it will also be dangerous."

The moment Conrad said this, the students who had been so hesitant to make their move soon began to blurt out their true intentions.

"T-then… I'll be leaving!" A random guy said, stepping forward from the bunch.

Before he had room to breathe, many other students blurred out the same thing.

Boys and girls stood out from the rest of their classmates—their numbers being an absurd chunk of the entire class.

Out of the twenty-eight, nineteen students were leaving.

Only Rey, Adonis, Belle, Billy, Trisha, Clark, Justin, Eric, and Alicia remained in place.

Everyone else seemed to have already made up their minds about what they would do.

They all wanted to leave.

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'Even you too, huh, Noah…?' Rey smiled a little sadly as he looked at a crumpled white envelope in his hand.

It most likely contained a letter, and Noah had quickly given him while stepping forward.

'I wonder what kind of message he wrote there for me.'

Rey already knew he wouldn't be able to work with Noah forever. In fact, their separation was inevitable.

'Right now, I don't really need him in my Black Market dealings. Plus, I already decided not to have anything more to do with them.'

really wasn't anything holding them

help but feel a stinging sensation in his

'Why…?'

sad, and slightly frustrated, to see that Noah

the sole reason that Noah had slowly

a bit unbalanced, but Noah was privy to the aspects of Rey's

a bond that couldn't be

though.' Rey found himself leaking a sad

from all his experiences and would

should have a considerable amount. I'm sure he could retire and live a

doubt that he would be a formidable force for any native of

Dragon then that

all these, though…' Rey shrugged and decided simply to let the matter in

envelope in his pocket and

the nineteen students were gathered, they were asked whether or not

were excluded from this, so they

didn't tell the students to strip and return the current attires

the nineteen abandoned the very people that saved them from death, fed and trained them for about two months… who would

specifically for those who had one or two items they left in their rooms to fetch them and return, all the

greeted them as they were told to leave the gates

like entitled brats and asked for

no longer the one with the

longer had

though…' As Rey watched the nineteen students leave, he looked to his side and spotted the eight that chose

more people to

bailed on the United Human Alliance; especially considering the fact that they were the ones that experienced

Adonis'

all of them

the kind of saviors this place needs…' Rey's

reasoning, he couldn't help

my eye on Billy. Now that he's been exposed, there's

by the Royal Council or Rey was due to his

just logical to keep him on board if

loose cannon—a danger to the denizens of this world—if we just let him roam free without

other person Rey was

stayed, Belle. Aren't most of your puppets leaving the Estate?

Belle

destroy Adonis and Alicia strong enough that she would just choose to

did she simply have other intentions? It was difficult to