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

but feel a stinging sensation in his chest; one that

'Why…?'

sad, and slightly frustrated, to see

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

relationship was a bit unbalanced, but Noah was privy to the aspects of

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

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

toughened up from all his experiences and would make better choices in

sure he could retire and live a

be a formidable

course, if Noah encountered a Dragon then that

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

the envelope in

not they had any personal properties they would

Estate were excluded from this, so they didn't have

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

the very people that saved them from death, fed and trained them for about two months… who would

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

told to leave the gates without

entitled brats and asked for at

they were no longer the one with

longer had any

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

more people to

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

Adonis' squad almost died

of them remained

saviors this place needs…'

couldn't help but look at a few people

have to keep my eye on Billy. Now that he's been exposed, there's no

the Royal Council or Rey

keep him

he could be a loose cannon—a danger to the denizens of this world—if we just

one other person Rey was concerned

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

at the glassy facade that Belle displayed, feeling a

Alicia strong enough that she would just choose to remain here

simply have other intentions?