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

a stinging sensation in his chest; one that

'Why…?'

frustrated, to see that Noah

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

relationship was a bit unbalanced, but Noah was privy to the aspects of Rey's life that he would never show anyone

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

though.' Rey found himself leaking a

toughened up from all his experiences and would make

I'm sure he could retire and

would be a formidable force for

Noah encountered a Dragon then that would be

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

placed the envelope in his

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 of a

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

death, fed and trained

for a few minutes, specifically for those who had one or two items they

were told

like entitled brats

no longer the one

had any cards

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

expected more people to have

on the United Human Alliance; especially considering the fact that they were the ones that experienced the most

slaves, and Adonis' squad almost

all of them remained

saviors this

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

on Billy. Now that he's been exposed, there's

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

was just logical to keep him

the denizens of this world—if

one other person Rey was

puppets leaving the Estate? Wouldn't it

that Belle displayed, feeling a lump in

that she would just choose to remain here despite

simply have other intentions? It was difficult