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.'

really wasn't anything holding

couldn't help but feel a stinging sensation

'Why…?'

sad, and slightly frustrated, to see that Noah was leaving just

that Noah had slowly become his friend over the course of their time

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

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

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

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

have a considerable amount. I'm sure he could retire and

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

a Dragon then

all these, though…' Rey shrugged and decided simply to let the matter in

placed the envelope in his pocket and

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

Estate were

enough that it didn't tell the students to strip

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

had one or two items they left in their rooms

they were told to leave

entitled brats and

no longer the one

no longer had any cards to

nineteen students leave, he looked to his

I expected more people to

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

slaves, and Adonis' squad almost

of them remained

saviors

general line of reasoning, he couldn't help but

have to keep my eye on Billy. Now that he's

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

keep him on board if

cannon—a danger to the denizens of this

one other person Rey

most of your puppets leaving the Estate? Wouldn't

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

strong enough that

have other intentions? It