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.'

essence, there really wasn't anything holding them

a stinging sensation in his

'Why…?'

so sad, and slightly frustrated, to see that Noah was leaving

that Noah had slowly become his friend over the

was privy to the aspects of Rey's life

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

hope he's fine, though.' Rey found himself leaking

had toughened up from all his experiences and would make better choices in

sure he could retire and live a good life

he would be a formidable force for any native

course, if Noah encountered a Dragon then that

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

envelope in his pocket

were asked whether or not

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

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

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

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

them as they were told to leave the gates without any

past, the students would have acted like entitled brats

they were no longer the one with the

no longer had any cards to

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

more people to have

especially considering the fact that they were the ones that experienced the most danger

and Adonis' squad almost died at the hands

of them remained

the kind of saviors this place

couldn't help but look at a few people

my eye on Billy. Now that

abandoned by the Royal Council or Rey was due to his

to keep him on board if he chose

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

there was one other

most of your puppets

looked at the glassy facade that Belle displayed, feeling a lump

enough that she would just

other intentions? It