An Extra’s POV

Chapter 696

"No…"

Adrien's smile slowly began to diminish as Rey muttered the word of disagreement. Tense silent followed this dissent, and the two parties stared at each other for what felt like hours.

"What do you mean no?"

"I mean there could be another explanation that you're not considering. One that makes your theory fall apart."

"Really?" Adrien raised an eyebrow, and then gestured to Rey to enlighten him.

"I believe I've covered all possible grounds. There are a lot of complicated thought processes involved with my theory, and how I arrived there, but I don't want to waste your time or bore you with the details…"

Narrowing his eyes, he focused on Rey and smiled. "So, why don't you tell me—?"

"The Chamber Of Ancients… haven't you considered the possibility that its origin doesn't have anything to with the Dragons?"

"Hm?"

"I mean… based on what we know, the Dragons appeared nearly eleven years ago, and they took the Northern Continent as their territory. They killed a lot of members of the other races, taking the largest land for themselves to build their Draconic Empire." Rey began, his finger on his chin as he spoke with all seriousness.

"Using your logic, isn't it possible that the Chamber Of Ancients belongs to one of the Races that were exterminated by the advent of the Dragons? I mean, it—"

"Pfft!"

amusement filled the hall, spreading to every corner as he rocked

beads of tears even fell from his eyes

to ask the question. Somehow, it seemed like he had just said something stupid. Adrien opened his lips to respond to Rey, but only more laughter came out

a few more seconds

it's just so… ahh…" Wiping off the beads of tears that leaked out of his eyes,

reasons I like you, Rey. You somehow manage to

anything." Rey responded with a

was clear that the two

didn't do it intentionally, but… wow. I expected you to have figured it out by now, but I guess it's my fault for making

do you mean by

Race, right? Well, you're wrong. It's not possible, since the Dragons have inhabited

hearing this, Rey raised an eyebrow and

"What? No."

of this world… it's quite contradictory, isn't it? When we arrived at H'Trae, we were told that it had only been a decade since the Dragons

addressed the whole thing so flippantly made him fear that perhaps

And no, they weren't.

at the very least, Rey. No… over a thousand years,

his thoughts were swarmed with as many questions

no fool that would just take the Royal Council's words at face value, after all. All those times he spent at the library, learning more about the world and everything about it… he used it to learn about

Council wasn't

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