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

help but feel a stinging sensation in his chest; one

'Why…?'

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

reason that Noah had slowly become his friend

Noah was privy to

bond that couldn't

though.' Rey found himself leaking a sad

had toughened up from all his experiences and would make

I'm sure he

there was no doubt that he would be a formidable force for

Noah encountered a Dragon then that would be

shrugged and decided simply to let the

in his pocket

were asked whether or not they had any personal

to them by the Royal Estate were excluded from this, so

didn't tell the

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

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

faces greeted them as they were told to leave the gates without any ceremony

past, the students would have acted like entitled brats

were no longer the one with the

longer had

leave, he looked to his side

more

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

were nearly sold as slaves, and Adonis' squad almost

all of them remained

guess they're the kind of saviors this place needs…'

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

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

been abandoned by the Royal Council or Rey

just logical to keep him on board if he

could be a loose cannon—a danger to the denizens of this world—if we just let him

there was one other person Rey was

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

the glassy facade that Belle displayed, feeling a lump in his

that she would just choose to remain here despite the

other intentions? It was difficult to