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

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

'Why…?'

and slightly frustrated, to see

Noah had slowly become his friend over the course

was a bit unbalanced, but Noah was privy to the aspects of Rey's life

both shared a bond that couldn't be replicated

though.' Rey found himself leaking a sad

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

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

a formidable force for any native of this world that

Noah encountered a Dragon then that

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

envelope in his

asked whether or not they had any personal properties they would like to

Royal Estate were

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

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

or two items they left in their rooms

told to

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

no longer the one with

no longer had any cards to

surprised, though…' As Rey watched the nineteen students leave, he looked to his side and spotted the eight that chose to

expected more people to

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

slaves, and Adonis' squad

all of them remained

they're the kind of saviors

reasoning, he couldn't help but look at a

on Billy. Now that he's been

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

just logical to keep him on board if he

the denizens

other person Rey was

Aren't most of your puppets leaving

Belle displayed,

destroy Adonis and Alicia strong enough that she would just choose

she simply have other intentions? It was difficult to