An Extra’s POV

The day that Adonis was confirmed to be missing, they found a letter in his room.

The thing seemed to have been written in a hurry, and it was addressed to everyone—his classmates, the Royal Council, and all who cared to see.

It was:

~I am deeply sorry it has to be this way, and that it took me so long to see, but I finally realize my mistakes.

I thought I could help everyone, and save this world, but my calculations were wrong. I made so many errors, and those miscalculations cost us so many lives.

I can see those mistakes now… and I know I have to rectify them.

Don't bother searching for me. You won't be able to find me. I now recognize that for me to truly save everyone—even those who have fallen—I need far more strength than I currently possess.

A journey beckons to me. It will be fraught with danger, but I shall overcome. I shall survive and return once again; a much more experienced and capable Hero.

Do not fear… Rey, Lucielle, everyone. You no longer need to worry about me or yourselves. Even though I will shoulder this responsibility alone, it will yield the best of results.

Wish me good fortune. I will save you all!~

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"H-huh…?" Rey found the gears in his head turning as he read through the contents of the letter.

He was stunned by what he was reading—what appeared to be some sort of childish manifesto from Adonis.

"Is he stupid? How can he think to do this alone?"

Those were the first words that Rey uttered after seeing the letter's contents. It was a rhetorical question, considering how he was well aware of Adonis' intelligence.

'He's always been the most intuitive out of all of us.' Rey itched his head as he re-read the message on the paper in his hands.

'Even after seeing everything that went down, he really wants to go at it alone?'

In the end, he could not resonate with the Hero's reasoning. The most logical solution to the matter at hand would be for everyone to recoup their strength and figure out a way to ward off the inevitable external aggression to come.

"And what's this BS about us not worrying about him and ourselves? If an invasion happens now, what are we supposed to do?'

hands and

his head, handing the letter back to

do you think he means by this letter? Do you have any idea where he went, or where he's going?" He

moment, Master." Ater said with a slight bow. "As for the meaning of this letter, it is possible that he feels somewhat responsible for what happened in the Capital

By running away

likely, he'll be running towards the problem…" Ater said with a

Northern Continent? The

guess—an observation on my part, if you may." The way the Familiar shrugged in nonchalance made Rey

never really seemed to take most

Is it because I was unconscious?" The teenager muttered, a crestfallen

"...."

in her coma, and everyone in the current state they're in… I expected

everyone and everything behind… it didn't seem like

thought I did.'

went to the Adventurers City just a few days ago. She said she was done with the training she could receive here, and she wanted more practical experiences with large monsters

appearances of the Dragons and the Divine Beast,

plunge into despair

joined the military and are soon going to conclude their training with Brutus. Once that's done, they'll

only ones who were

Magic Training. Once all of them are done, they'll pick up Trisha on their way to the

Rey as he still tried his hardest to

him, but the emotional weight of everything had to be addressed very slowly in order not to rush past

if he dismissed them too swiftly, he would miss out

to constantly chew the details he was receiving in

'How strenuous…'

before they head to the front lines?" Rey finally asked after a

"Less than a month."

I see." Rey didn't seem very surprised. In fact, he was more surprised that they could have waited

and Lucielle could have stayed back for so long means that the situation at the front lines isn't as

severe. But, surprisingly, the attacks dwindled

was met with

wasn't expecting

the death of a Dragon Lord?' Rey expected a full-blown retaliation from

humans; taking time to amass their forces to prepare for an all-out war. In any case, we should also begin to make