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

help but feel a stinging sensation in his chest;

'Why…?'

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

Noah had slowly become his friend over the course of their time

was a bit unbalanced, but Noah was privy to the aspects

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

fine, though.' Rey found himself leaking a sad

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

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

would be a formidable force for any native

if Noah encountered a Dragon

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

the envelope in

gathered, they were asked whether or not they had any personal

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

even benevolent enough that it didn't tell the

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

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

they were told to leave the gates

the students would have acted like entitled brats and asked

no longer the one

no longer had any

leave, he looked to his side and spotted the

I expected more people

Alliance; especially considering the fact that they were the ones that experienced the most danger in the

nearly sold as slaves, and Adonis' squad almost died at the hands of a

all of them remained

saviors

line of reasoning, he couldn't help but look at a few

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

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

logical to keep him on board if he chose

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

other person Rey was concerned

your puppets leaving the Estate? Wouldn't it be safer

looked at the glassy facade that Belle

Alicia strong enough that she would

simply have other intentions? It was difficult