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.'

there really wasn't anything holding them

sensation in his chest; one that he

'Why…?'

did he feel so sad, and slightly frustrated, to

Noah had slowly become his friend over the course of their time

unbalanced, but Noah was privy to the aspects of Rey's life that

secrets, and they both shared a bond that couldn't be replicated anywhere else—even

fine, though.' Rey

all his

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

was no doubt that he would be a formidable force for any native of

Dragon then that

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

placed the envelope in his

gathered, they were asked whether or not they had any personal

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

was even benevolent enough that it didn't tell the students to strip and

saved them from death, fed and trained them for about two months… who would blame the Council for making

they left in their rooms

greeted them as they were told to leave the gates

the students would have acted like entitled brats and asked for at least

longer

had any cards to

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

expected more

how none of the Alpha Class students bailed on the United Human Alliance; especially considering the fact that they were the ones that experienced the most danger in

as slaves, and Adonis' squad almost died at the hands of a

of them

kind of saviors this place needs…' Rey's

of reasoning, he couldn't help but look at a few people with

that he's been exposed, there's no telling

abandoned by the Royal Council or Rey was due to his

keep him on

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

there was one other person Rey was

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

looked at the glassy facade that Belle displayed,

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

did she simply have other intentions? It