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?'

fold their hands and wait for his

back

letter? Do you have any idea where he went, or

with a slight bow. "As for the meaning of this letter, it is possible that he feels somewhat responsible for what

By running away from

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

you mean the Northern

It's merely a guess—an observation on my part, if you may." The way the Familiar shrugged in nonchalance made Rey slightly

really seemed to take

he still chose to leave? Is it because I was unconscious?" The teenager

"...."

in the current state they're in… I expected Adonis to

and everything behind… it didn't seem like

I thought I did.' Rey smiled sadly, once again interrupted by Ater's

Trisha also went to the Adventurers City just a few days ago. She said she was

the Dragons and the Divine Beast, Rey's classmates

plunge into despair

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

only ones who were

of them are done, they'll pick up Trisha

as he still tried

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

come in, but if he dismissed them too swiftly, he would miss out on the

the details

'How strenuous…'

before they head to the front lines?" Rey

"Less than a month."

In fact, he was more surprised that they could have waited that long

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

the attacks dwindled significantly after the calamity that befell

Rey was met with another surprising

expecting this

Rey expected a full-blown retaliation from the Dragons,

forces to prepare for an all-out war. In any case, we should also begin