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

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

'Why…?'

did he feel so sad, and slightly frustrated, to see that

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

Noah was privy to the aspects of Rey's

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

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

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

a considerable amount. I'm sure he could

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

Dragon then

and decided

in

asked whether or not they had any personal properties they would like to take along with

items given to them by the Royal Estate were excluded

tell the students to strip and

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

items they left

them as they were told to leave the gates

entitled brats and asked for at least some

they were no longer the

no longer had

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

expected more people

considering the fact that they were the ones that experienced

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

of them remained

guess they're the kind of saviors this place needs…' Rey's

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

Now that he's been

by the Royal Council or Rey was

keep him on board if he chose

loose cannon—a danger to the denizens

one other person Rey was

of your puppets leaving the Estate? Wouldn't it

at the glassy facade that Belle displayed, feeling a lump in

enough that she would just choose to remain here despite the

other intentions? It