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

couldn't help but feel a stinging sensation in his

'Why…?'

feel so sad, and slightly frustrated, to see

reason that Noah had slowly

privy to the aspects of Rey's life

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

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

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

sure he could retire

he would be a formidable force for

if Noah encountered a Dragon then that

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

envelope in his pocket and sighed

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

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

it didn't tell the students to strip and return the

way the nineteen abandoned the very people that saved them from death, fed and trained them for

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

them as they were told to leave the

have acted like entitled brats and asked for at

they were no longer

longer had any

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

more people

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 the most recent

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

all of them

saviors this place needs…' Rey's thoughts

he couldn't help but

Billy. Now that he's been exposed, there's

Billy hadn't been abandoned by the Royal Council or

was just logical to keep him on board if he

be a loose cannon—a danger to the denizens of this world—if we just let him roam free without

other person Rey was

Aren't most of your puppets leaving the Estate? Wouldn't it

facade that Belle displayed, feeling a

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

other intentions? It was