An Extra’s POV

Back then, Noah had three choices.

Stay and hide.

Run and escape.

Charge and fight.

His instinct had been to hide, and his next thought was to run as fast as he could—as far away as he could.

But… he wasn't listening.

'I-if I can win. Then… I can try, right?'

His entire being despised violence. He wasn't very strong too, and his Skills were mostly useful for evasion and defense.

Yet… why did he want to fight?

'Ahh…' He realized it at that moment. '… Is this your doing, Rey?'

Noah realized how dissatisfied he felt—with himself, and with the scene playing out in front of him.

He had felt this way throughout his journey away from the Capital.

Despite that gnawing feeling, he constantly told himself that he made the right choice leaving his only friend behind so he could run away from responsibility.

However, when he stood there, hidden from everything in the world, Noah was finally able to confront himself.

'I don't like this… this version of me.'

The time he had the most fun, and felt most fulfilled, was when he was pretending to be some kind of powerful subordinate of Ralyks.

He liked the way people looked at him. Their respect, admiration, their fear… it made him feel warm inside.

It wasn't even like he sought their validation.

He wanted his own.

Noah shrugged smiled, narrating the

at the first Monster and gave his all

in his arsenal to fight, and

"Faster."

He hastened his movements.

"Stronger."

his muscles and increased

"Smarter."

came up with perfect

"Better!"

process—over and over again—until he ended up killing all the

to become a little like the man I pretended to be." Noah laughed as he began to

action, I realized my original perception of them was a little too generous. If I could defeat Monsters that Adventurers couldn't, then it was possible for me to become an

Adventurers back, and after the joint testimony of the people he saved, there was no need for him to even take

an Adventurer, registered

is history. I joined one of the most influential Parties, managed to defeat

Noah changed. He found himself trying out new things, exploring everything he

day, I keep changing in hopes that one day… I will become like that ideal image I pretended

boy of

out loud once he heard that comparison. Jet's words weren't wrong,

want to be a better human being. Someone

to be like his

long story,

*********

'The hell…?'

had matured as a person. 'So his change was a lot more than what I saw on

he felt a

he couldn't help but feel challenged in a sense. Perhaps he didn't want to get left behind, or he

himself, but

is pretty normal.

However, no one

nature, and Rey was the

to change. That was a pretty inspiring story." He said, meaning every

something about his tone