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 holding

sensation in his chest; one that he

'Why…?'

he feel so sad, and slightly frustrated,

that Noah had slowly become his friend over the

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

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

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

all his experiences and would make better choices in the

a considerable amount. I'm sure he

he would be a formidable force for any native

a Dragon then that would be

shrugged and decided simply to let the matter in his

the envelope in his pocket and sighed

were gathered, they were asked whether or not they had any personal properties they

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

tell the students to strip and

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

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

were told to leave the gates

the past, the students would have acted like entitled brats and

longer the one

longer had any cards to

to his side and spotted the eight that chose to

more

the United Human Alliance; especially considering the fact that they

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

all of them remained

guess they're the kind of saviors this place

line of reasoning, he couldn't help but look at a few people

on Billy. Now that he's been

abandoned by the Royal Council or Rey was due to

to keep him on

cannon—a danger to the denizens of this world—if we just let him

other

your puppets leaving the Estate? Wouldn't

looked at the glassy facade that Belle displayed, feeling a

enough that she would

have other intentions? It