An Extra’s POV

"So… what will you do now?"

Rey finally broke the tense silence between him and Adrien with a smooth tone. The both of them were on opposite sides of each other—the latter still standing—as composure oozed from their respective station.

After allowing the question to marinate in the air for a few seconds, Adrien finally spoke up.

"I have to check something out first. A prior investment, if you will. Afterwards… I guess I'll continue with the original plan."

Rey nodded his head as he heard all of this, not asking any further questions. As curious as he was about this 'investment' that Adrien was referring to, he also understood that he would be putting himself in a rather compromising position by asking.

'If he tells me more of his secrets, he'll want more of mine.' And Rey felt he had revealed more than enough at the moment.

It was even possible that Adrien was baiting him to ask by intentionally mentioning this 'investment' but Rey didn't want to overstep his bounds. To him, this was the safest position to take.

"In the end, the Dragons lost this battle. It's possible that the Empire will send an even more powerful squad… which is why we have to act quickly." He added.

"Don't worry. I won't forget my end of things. I'll be on standby, so you sort out what you need to." Rey responded with folded arms.

"That is all I ask." Adrien's response was humble, and he even went as far as bowing his head, which threw Rey off for a second.

"Right now, most of my assets have been extinguished and I have encountered great loss. This plan has to succeed for me to recoup some kind of benefit… so yeah, forgive my evident desperation."

Rey understood all of this quite well.

Oracle's wishes, the Dragons had to

believe that he had to go along with this alternative because he recognized I would have destroyed the Dragons anyway.

all of this solely hinged on how Adrien would deal with the

experience on how resourceful and manipulative Adrien could be. Still, he had to make sure not to put all his eggs

success, he also had

right?" Adrien shrugged as

"Yeah… I suppose."

his arrival—satiating his curiosity on how they got

Even though Emil was still giving him the silent treatment, she seemed happy to see him return, so that meant she wasn't particularly serious

could always pry the information from her if

it's all

interrupted Rey's thoughts with a farewell, followed

made, the boy

sense Adrien anywhere. That meant he

guess where he was, but if he so happened to teleport to the

moment, he had

the Dragons…

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[Meanwhile…]

space came a young man with jet black hair and glowing

like a

quite a bit in this raw and primal setting. His pristine suit and polished appearance did not fit the rough

was obvious he