An Extra’s POV

"Oi, oi, oi… did you see it, though?"

As the nine students walked away from the reception, they couldn't escape the loud noise generated by the conversation of nearby Adventurers.

It was rare to see grown men gushing so much, but that was simply a testament to the exciting topic they were talking about.

"Of course! You weren't there, right?" A bald man, easily the tallest in the group, grinned very widely as he addressed a more lanky man in the group.

"Yeah… I was on a Quest."

The lanky man's flat response made it clear how he regretted his decision to go.

His Quest probably ended up a bust as well.

"The thing was huge, I tell you!" Another person in the group of five exclaimed.

"Right? Insanely huge! That was my first time seeing an A-Tier Monster in my life."

"Can't believe they caught something like that."

"I suppose that's the level of Heroic Rank Adventurers, after all. Commons like us can't begin to compare."

"Dude, speak for yourself. I'm taking the Veteran Test next week, so don't lump me in with the likes of you."

"You said that last month and ended up failing. Pfft!"

"Shut up! This time will be different!"

The students ignored the bald man's reddened face as they walked past the group and made their way up the stairs.

"… Those two were exceptional. It's reassuring to see we have two new Heroic Rank Adventurers."

Adonis, who led the group, halted for a moment after those words echoed out from one of the Adventurers.

However, it wasn't long before he continued ascending.

A few of his classmates noticed his hesitation, but most of them were too tired or engrossed in their own conversations to care.

wasn't particularly interesting to hear

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A Group Room.

house more than one person. Of course, depending on capacity, the number of occupiers could range from a

meant the room could occupy ten people, so it suited the nine students

what they initially

But—

we're actually staying in the same room?" Belle

wasn't the only surprised person,

students—save Adonis and Eric—looked stunned by what they

expecting a similar arrangement as what they were used to in the Royal Estate, though, of inferior quality: A general

at all what they ended

in the space between

were three doors that led to the closet, the bathroom, and

they measured it by the standard of an Adventurer—but it didn't hold a candle to what they

simple terms,

sighed, gesturing for everyone to settle in. "We'll be going our separate

be assigned different Parties to join for the Conquest. And so, just as Adonis implied, they were better off managing the shared space

and while many people sighed and had

off casually as he proceeded

are you going?" Alicia asked the moment she observed his attempts to leave the room. "We're supposed to be settling

carefully looked at him as

want to figure a few

for those Adventurers from earlier,

"You got me."

conversation had gotten the attention of practically

You could just find that out tomorrow." Belle said with a

you want to scout for information, aren't they a bit unreliable?" Trisha

few others gave their two cents, so it fell

just curious about what they were talking about. Nothing more than that…" He smiled, slightly raising his hands to show

to go link up with that

was literally thinking the

both made a high-five and literally had stars in their eyes as they turned

"Nice one, man!"