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.'

wasn't anything holding them

Rey couldn't help but feel a stinging sensation

'Why…?'

slightly frustrated, to see

due to the sole reason that Noah had slowly become his friend over the course of their time

the relationship was a bit unbalanced, but Noah was privy to the aspects of Rey's life

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

Rey found himself

all his experiences and would make better

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

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

if Noah encountered a Dragon

and decided simply to

the envelope in his pocket

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

course, items given to them by the Royal Estate were excluded from this,

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

them from death, fed and trained

had one or two items they left in their rooms to fetch them and return, all the deserters

as they were told to

have acted like entitled brats and asked for

were no longer

no longer had any

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

expected more people to have

how none of the Alpha Class students bailed on the United Human Alliance; especially considering the

Adonis' squad almost died at the hands of

all of them

guess they're the kind of saviors

had this general line of reasoning, he couldn't help but look

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

hadn't been abandoned by the Royal Council or Rey was

was just logical to keep him on board if he

denizens of this world—if we just

was one other person

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

facade that Belle displayed, feeling

Adonis and Alicia strong enough that she would just choose

other intentions? It was