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

Rey couldn't help but feel a stinging sensation

'Why…?'

did he feel so sad, and slightly frustrated, to see that Noah was leaving just like

Noah had slowly become his friend over the

to the aspects of Rey's life that he would never show anyone

bond that couldn't

Rey found himself leaking a

all

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

that he would be a formidable

a Dragon then that would

Rey shrugged and decided simply to let the matter

the envelope in

asked whether or not they had any

to them by the Royal Estate were excluded from this, so they didn't

the students

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

for those who had one or two items they left in their rooms to fetch

faces greeted them as they were told to

entitled brats and asked for at

were no longer the one

no longer had any cards to

looked to his side and spotted the eight that

I expected more

the United Human Alliance; especially considering the fact that they were the ones that experienced the most danger

were nearly sold as slaves, and Adonis' squad almost died at the

of them

the kind of saviors

he had this general line of reasoning, he couldn't help but look at

on Billy. Now that he's been exposed, there's no telling how unstable

been abandoned by the

just logical to keep him on

could be a loose cannon—a danger to the denizens of this world—if we just let

was one other person Rey was

of your puppets

the glassy facade that Belle displayed, feeling a lump in

Adonis and Alicia strong enough that she would just

she simply have other intentions? It was difficult