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

but feel a stinging sensation in

'Why…?'

and slightly frustrated, to see

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

the relationship was 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

Rey found himself leaking a sad

only hope the boy had toughened up from all his

he could retire and live a good life somewhere

would be a formidable force

course, if Noah encountered a Dragon

Rey shrugged and decided simply to

the envelope in

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

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

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

saved them from death, fed and trained them for about two months… who would blame the Council for making

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

told to leave the

past, the students would have acted like entitled brats and

they were no longer the

no longer had any cards

looked to his side and spotted the eight

expected more people

especially considering the fact that they were the ones that experienced the most

and Adonis'

all of them remained

kind of saviors

couldn't help but look at a

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

only reason Billy hadn't been abandoned by the Royal Council or Rey was

to keep him on board if

denizens of

other person

surprised you stayed, Belle. Aren't most of your puppets leaving

at the glassy facade that Belle displayed, feeling

strong enough that she would just choose to remain here despite

have other intentions?