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.'

wasn't anything holding

Rey couldn't help but feel a stinging sensation in his chest;

'Why…?'

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

had slowly

to the

his secrets, and they both shared a bond that couldn't

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

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

sure he could

Class and Skills, there was no doubt that he would be a formidable

Noah encountered a Dragon

Rey shrugged and decided simply to let

the envelope in his pocket and

or not they

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

it didn't tell the students to strip

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

one or two items they left in their rooms to fetch them and return, all the deserters were ready to

they were told to leave the gates without any

the students would have acted like entitled brats and asked for at least

were no longer the

longer had any cards to

he looked to

more

Alliance; especially considering the fact that they were the ones that experienced

and Adonis' squad almost

of them remained

kind of saviors this place needs…' Rey's

he had this general line of reasoning, he couldn't help but

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

abandoned by the Royal Council or Rey

him on

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

other person Rey was concerned

most of your puppets

glassy facade that Belle displayed, feeling a

that she would just choose to remain here despite

simply have other intentions? It was difficult