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

feel a stinging sensation in his chest; one that he

'Why…?'

slightly frustrated, to see that

had slowly become his friend

was a bit unbalanced, but Noah was privy to the aspects of Rey's life that he would never show anyone

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

I hope he's fine, though.' Rey

all his experiences and would make better

he could retire and live a good life somewhere

would be a formidable force for any native of this world that

Noah encountered a Dragon then that would be 'Game

though…' Rey shrugged and decided simply to

placed the envelope in his pocket and sighed

they were asked whether or not they had

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

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

people that saved them from death, fed and trained them for about

waiting for a few minutes, specifically for those who had one or two items they left in their rooms

were told to leave the gates without any

like entitled

were no longer the one with the

longer had any cards

leave, he looked to his side and spotted the eight that

I expected more people to

Alliance; especially considering

nearly sold as slaves, and Adonis' squad

all of them remained

saviors this place

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

keep my eye on Billy. Now that he's

been abandoned by the Royal Council or Rey was due to his

was just logical to keep him

he could be a loose cannon—a danger to the denizens of this

there was one other person

most of your puppets leaving the Estate? Wouldn't it be safer to

looked at the glassy facade that Belle

destroy Adonis and Alicia strong enough that she

simply have other intentions? It was difficult