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…'

right, but they had to deal with their lateness to

said he wasn't aware that time

kept pushing it aside. He couldn't even use his Skill to create another duplicate to take his place, since that meant he would be momentarily disconnected

Alicia—especially in

the end,

our Party

is in that

"Mine is over there."

places, which clearly meant they would

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

other till the Conquest. Maybe even

We won't be able to

both stared away from each other in silence, feeling

reluctance, but it seemed like neither of

Rey swallowed his

wasn't right that they were still delaying despite how precarious their situation was. Before he could be

should go now. Bye

off, almost as fast as the

raised

for a while, soaking in the disappointment that now filled his body at a massive

clenching his fist while

now? Will we forget this moment? Will we try it

Rey wasn't sure.

one thing he couldn't deny now, though, and that brought

sure

made him so happy that he could scream at

was exactly what he

"WOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

from hearing his thunderous shout of triumph,

felt

to her

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

Plus, the most vital reason is