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

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

'Why…?'

slightly frustrated, to see that

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

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

and they both shared a bond that couldn't be replicated anywhere else—even though it

he's fine, though.' Rey found himself leaking a sad

had toughened up from all his experiences and would

I'm sure he could retire and live a

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

course, if Noah encountered a Dragon then that would be

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

the envelope in his pocket and

asked whether or not they had any personal properties they would

the Royal Estate were excluded from this, so

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

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

those who had one or two items they left in their rooms to

as they were told to leave the gates without

the students would have acted like entitled brats and asked for

they were no longer

longer had any cards

the nineteen students leave, he looked to his side

I expected more people to have

Alpha Class students bailed on the United Human Alliance; especially considering the fact that they were the ones that experienced the most

and Adonis' squad almost died

all of them

kind of saviors this place needs…'

he couldn't help but look at a few

on Billy. Now that he's

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

just logical to keep him on board if

the denizens of this world—if

one other person Rey

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

looked at the glassy facade that Belle displayed,

that she would

have other intentions? It was difficult to