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 anything

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

'Why…?'

frustrated, to see that Noah

Noah had slowly become his friend over the course of their

was a bit unbalanced, but Noah was privy to the

knew his secrets, and they both shared a bond that couldn't be replicated anywhere

Rey

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

a considerable amount. I'm sure he could

that he would be a formidable force for any native of this world that tried

Noah encountered a Dragon then that would be

Rey shrugged and decided simply

envelope in his pocket

were gathered, they were asked whether or not they had

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

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

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

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

told to leave

past, the students would have acted like entitled brats

were no longer the one

longer had any

leave, he looked to his side and

I expected more people to

was ironic how none of the Alpha Class students bailed on the United Human Alliance; especially considering the fact that they were the ones that experienced the most

Billy were nearly sold as slaves, and Adonis' squad almost died at the

of them remained

they're the kind of saviors this place

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

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

reason Billy hadn't been abandoned by the

to keep him on

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

there was one other person Rey was concerned

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

glassy facade that Belle

Alicia strong enough that she would just choose

simply have other intentions?