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.

order to follow The Oracle's wishes, the Dragons had to be exterminated. That meant it was inevitable that Adrien's assets would fall to

he had to go along with this alternative because he recognized I would have destroyed the Dragons anyway. At least, with this, he gets something out of it.'

course, all of this solely hinged on how Adrien would deal with

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

for his success, he also had to

here, right?" Adrien shrugged as he spoke, taking a few more

"Yeah… I suppose."

his arrival—satiating his curiosity

her myself.' Even though Emil was still giving him the silent treatment, she seemed happy to see him return, so that

always pry the information from her if he gave a

way… it's

I'll see you soon." Adrien interrupted Rey's thoughts with a farewell, followed by a burst of spatial

could be made,

current state, he couldn't sense Adrien anywhere. That meant he was

guess where he was, but if he so happened to teleport to the United Human Alliance's territory—particularly the

moment, he had much

of the

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[Meanwhile…]

With the distortion of space came a young man with jet black hair and glowing blue eyes. His surroundings seemed like the entrance of a rather large cave,

Almost like

setting. His pristine suit and polished appearance did not fit the

obvious he wanted