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.'

there really wasn't anything

help but feel a stinging sensation in his chest; one

'Why…?'

slightly frustrated, to

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

the relationship was a bit unbalanced, but Noah was privy to the aspects of Rey's life that he would never show

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

Rey found himself leaking a

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

he

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

course, if Noah encountered a Dragon then

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

placed the envelope in his pocket and sighed

not they

them by the Royal Estate were excluded from this, so they didn't have much of a

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

fed and trained them for about two months… who would blame

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

them as they were told to

entitled brats and asked for at least some measure of

no longer the one with the

had any cards to

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

more people

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

and Adonis' squad almost died at the hands of

all of them

saviors this place needs…'

general line of reasoning, he couldn't

on Billy. Now that he's

the Royal Council or Rey was due to his

keep him on board if

cannon—a danger to the denizens of this world—if

other person Rey was

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

Belle displayed, feeling a lump

and Alicia strong enough that

have other intentions?