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

stinging sensation in his chest; one

'Why…?'

frustrated, to see that Noah was leaving

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 that he would never show

his secrets, and they both shared a bond that couldn't be replicated anywhere

Rey

toughened up from all his experiences and would make better choices

I'm sure he could retire and live a good life

Skills, there was no doubt that he would be a formidable force for any native of this world that

encountered a Dragon then that would

Rey shrugged and decided simply to let the matter

the envelope in

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

Estate were excluded

even benevolent enough that it didn't tell the students

fed and trained them for about

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

were told to leave the

the past, the students would have acted like entitled brats and asked for

they were no longer the one

longer had any

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

more people

the Alpha Class students bailed on the United Human Alliance; especially considering the fact

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

of them

saviors this

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

have to keep my eye on Billy. Now that he's been exposed, there's

abandoned by the Royal Council or Rey was due to his

keep him on board if

danger to the denizens

one other person Rey was

stayed, Belle. Aren't most of your puppets leaving the Estate? Wouldn't it be safer to follow

looked at the glassy facade that Belle displayed, feeling

that she would just choose to remain here despite the

other intentions?