An Extra’s POV

"I only wanted to live…"

Justin wanted to live for his family—for the ones he cared about most—so he could return home one day. That desire turned into obsession after witnessing death for the first time.

First it was with Adam, and then during the Dungeon Rescue of Brutus, he witnessed even more people perish. Despite performing his role well, he found himself at the edge of death so may times.

To many, he was always the optimist—the jovial guy with no care in the world.

But inside… he was being torn apart.

He had countless nightmares of death that it eventually caused him so many sleepless nights. All of this compounded, becoming worse by day.

Until…

'I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!'

Justin grew desperate.

So desperate in fact that he made a deal with Adrien at the time, after being offered a way to preserve his life and escape death.

He would need to become an Undead—a high-class one, of course, but still an Undead.

With this new change of race, he would be immune to fatal damage and a lot of Status Conditions that would adversely affect humans. He would no longer need to sleep, hence preventing the nightmares from plaguing him.

Best of all… he would become stronger.

all of these on the platter, there was already very little chance that he

Join my side, and you

sold it for

was no way he could refuse at that point… even if the cost of the deal was his

attain his desires was to relinquish

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you have your Soul intact, you can't really die. Since it belongs to Adrien and it is in his possession, one can even say it benefits you the most since any attacks on your Soul wouldn't kill you anyway… is what you tell yourself to feel better about your entire arrangement, isn't it?" Ater's question poked right into Justin's heart, but the boy could say

did so, his demise was

as telling me the details of such an arrangement. Doing so

the more Justin felt pricks in his heart. He got everything right, and the very thought that someone could figure it all out without him opening his lips to say a

helpless boy wonder just how much Ater knew

your soul for returning home… that sounds so poetic." Ater seemed to be making fun of his decision, but Justin did not

would have already died without the perks of being an Undead. He didn't regret his decision since it helped

he hadn't gotten caught, then… then maybe he would

I could break these shackles holding you

and his brows were raised as

said, and seeing some of the things he could do, there

his incredibly confident demeanor, it was clear that this man could

question, however, was

this far for me?"

secretly for a deserter. He hid his strength in critical moments, and even though it was likely

hated himself for all of these, and