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.'

there really wasn't anything holding them

sensation in his

'Why…?'

and slightly frustrated, to see that Noah was leaving

due to the sole reason that Noah had slowly

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

couldn't be replicated anywhere

he's fine, though.' Rey

the boy had toughened up from all his

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

doubt that he would be a formidable force for any

course, if Noah encountered a Dragon then that would

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

placed the envelope in his pocket and

all the nineteen students were gathered, they were asked whether or not they had any personal properties they would like to take along

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

benevolent enough that it didn't tell the students to

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

for those who had one or two items they left

as they were told

the students would have acted like entitled brats and

no longer the

no longer had

watched the nineteen students leave, he looked to his side and spotted

I expected more people

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

slaves, and Adonis' squad almost died at the

all of

the kind of saviors this

general line of reasoning, he couldn't help but

have to keep my eye on 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

keep him on board if he chose to

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

other person Rey was concerned

your puppets leaving the Estate? Wouldn't it be

looked at the glassy facade that Belle displayed, feeling a lump

destroy Adonis and Alicia strong enough that she

simply have other intentions? It was difficult