An Extra’s POV

The night was awkward after that.

They had to speak to Justin, who was just returning from his meeting with his Party Members when he saw them in that corner.

As expected, he poked jokes at them and tried to probe further into what they were doing alone in the dark, but none of them answered honestly.

Thankfully, Justin only caught about a second of it, so he couldn't make any concrete case.

"Well, I hope your Party meeting went well. I'm supposed to rendezvous with them at our Group Room later, so I'm just whiling the time away exploring the city." He explained with a casual smile.

It might have been casual information from his perspective, but both Rey and Alicia received a rude awakening the moment he said this.

'THE PARTY MEETING!'

The had completely lost track of time, and now the meeting was probably over.

Justin, being the perceptive guy that he was, observed their shocked expressions and cocked his head slightly.

"You guys okay?"

"Y-yeahh…" They both muttered, their heads hanging in disgrace.

Who would have thought that Alicia—the stern and disciplined one—and the Extra—who didn't cause trouble for anyone—would be the ones to default in the plan?

Their heads were still spinning as to the consequences of their actions when Justin waved them goodbye.

"Welp! I gotta go now! You people can continue what you were doing back the—ouch!"

A slight jab from Alicia sent him hopping away, hurriedly waving as he ran off in both pain and fright.

"See you guys at the Conquest!"

As both Rey and Alicia heard his last words, they sighed simultaneously. Rey's sigh was louder, though.

'There's no way we can continue now…'

but they had to deal

he wasn't aware

because of his time with her, he kept pushing it aside. He couldn't even use his Skill to create another duplicate

didn't want to do that with Alicia—especially in the later

the end,

going to our Party Meeting…"

in

"Mine is over there."

clearly meant they would have to

thing to do was to dash off, not wasting any time at all, but something about the

we won't see each other till the Conquest. Maybe even until

able to talk

silence, feeling the

seemed like neither of them

how do I…?' Rey swallowed

that they were still delaying despite how precarious their situation was. Before he could be the bigger person and tell Alicia

go

She ran off, almost as fast as the

raised his hand while

for a while, soaking in the disappointment that now filled

fist while his

we forget

Rey wasn't sure.

thing he couldn't deny now, though,

I'm pretty sure she likes

he could scream at the top

was exactly what he

"WOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

Magic blocked anyone else from hearing his thunderous shout of triumph, so he didn't really care how loud

felt so

to her when we get

preferred doing it after the Conquest, but that time wouldn't be appropriate considering how many moving pieces there

be pretty busy. Plus, the most vital