An Extra’s POV

'Looks like we're ready to begin.'

Rey took a deep breath as he looked at everyone within the tense room. His eyes darted towards Kara, who gave him an inconspicuous nod.

'Seems like she has primed them before my arrival. That's good…'

"So, have you concluded your strategy against the Triumvirate?" Rey asked the Royal Council, donning his usual Ralyks tone.

"Indeed we have." Conrad smiled and nodded.

"I see. And you're sure you want to discuss the details before her? She belongs to the very underworld you desire to tear down, don't you?"

As Rey asked this question, he clasped his hands and rested them on the table.

"What is your rationale?"

This time, it was Vida who spoke up.

"The Verte family has always mentioned some kind of balance despite being a criminal family. They often cooperated with our efforts."

"That can't be all, surely." Rey said, narrowing his eyes in Vida.

She expressed intimidation, something he personally enjoyed, but she quickly pulled herself together.

"O-of course not. The truth is that her entire family was killed off by the new head of the Slave Union and her New Order. She's no longer affiliated with them, and they're as much of an enemy to her as they are to us."

Surely, Vida's explanation made sense.

Rey also knew this was the truth because he had firsthand knowledge of the whole thing. He only chose to act ignorant of the entire events because it was more in line with his character.

… As well as the plan.

"I see. I'm still skeptical, but I trust your judgment."

trust me?" Kara suddenly blurted out a question, her gaze resting on

If I was to say, I'd say I'll have

Kara responded with a

words,

and everyone kept quiet until his voice grew

has

words, but Kara did appear unnerved

choose to trust you, at least for now." Rey said,

where were we? Ah,

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night, so we plan to enact

event was happening the next day, they also

too early, it could tip off the enemy, but if they acted

was a fine line tha determined when to act, and Conrad was confident that he

city, they can't escape through conventional means. Of course, it's very possible that they escape through secret exits, so we'll be on a

meant just what the name implied: a thorough investigation

was a lot larger than the Capital, so something of such a scale would take a lot of time and

Conrad's roster, it was very possible to investigate the entire city barely into

so the best we can do is narrow down the location while

place." Ralyks suddenly spoke up, causing Conrad

"Really, Sir Ralyks?"

nodded, though his eyes darted to the only

like Kara Verte to accompany me on this investigation… if she isn't otherwise

pained look at Kara and strained a

Kara was not on the enemy's side. Not only because of her unfortunate circumstances, but also due to her completely passing the

genuinely on the side of the Royal Council on

could understand

much was at

with you." Kara's response eased both Conrad and Vida's hearts, causing them to shoot relieved

to coerce her…

his mind, Conrad smiled and