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

sensation in his chest; one that he couldn't properly

'Why…?'

slightly frustrated, to see

had slowly

privy to

and they both shared a bond that couldn't be replicated anywhere else—even though it was mostly tied with

though.' Rey found himself

could only hope the boy had toughened up from all his experiences and would make better choices in

have a considerable amount. I'm sure he could

Class and Skills, there was no doubt that he would be a

course, if Noah encountered a Dragon then that would

all these, though…' Rey shrugged and decided simply to

envelope in his pocket

nineteen students were gathered, they were asked whether or not they had any personal properties they would like to

by the Royal Estate were excluded from this, so

tell the students to strip and return the current attires

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

one or two items they left in their rooms to fetch them and return,

greeted them as they were told

students would have acted like entitled brats and asked for at least some measure of

no longer the

no longer had any cards to

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

more people

of the Alpha Class students bailed on the United Human Alliance; especially considering the fact that they were the ones that experienced the

sold as slaves, and Adonis' squad

of them remained

they're the kind of saviors

line of reasoning, he couldn't help but look at a

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

reason Billy hadn't been abandoned by the Royal Council or Rey was due to

just logical to keep him on board if

a loose cannon—a danger to the denizens of

other person

more surprised you stayed, Belle. Aren't most of your puppets

facade that Belle

strong enough that she would

she simply have other intentions?