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

a stinging sensation in

'Why…?'

did he feel so sad, and slightly frustrated, to see that Noah was leaving just like

that Noah had

relationship was a bit unbalanced, but Noah was privy to

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

Rey found himself leaking

only hope the boy had toughened up from all his experiences and would make

have a considerable amount. I'm sure he could retire and live a good life somewhere

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

a Dragon then that would

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

envelope in

were asked whether or not they had any personal properties

items given to them by the Royal Estate were excluded from this, so they didn't have

that it didn't tell the students to strip and return the current

death, fed and trained them for about

for those who had one or two items they left in their rooms to fetch them and

faces greeted them as they were told to leave

like entitled brats and asked for at least some measure

were no longer the one

no longer had any cards

to

I expected more people

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

sold as slaves, and Adonis' squad almost died

of them

they're the kind of saviors this place

he couldn't help but look at a few people with

to keep my eye on Billy. Now that he's been exposed, there's no telling how unstable he'll

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

logical to keep him on board if he chose to

to the denizens of this world—if

other person Rey

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

that Belle displayed, feeling a lump

enough that she would just choose to remain here

have other intentions? It was difficult to