An Extra’s POV

Adrien was sincerely impressed with Rey.

At first, he didn't really have an opinion of him—just as he didn't have an opinion of anyone else. He had no clue if he could 'use' him, or if he had to be wary of him.

In the end, it turned out the latter was the case.

Their relationship had somewhat evolved and devolved over the months that were spent in H'Trae, but at the moment Adrien was in a rather complicated position when it came to Rey Skylar.

'He's brilliant, and he's outsmarted me in many instances already… almost as though he is a completely different person from the one I am used to.'

Still, anytime he interacted with Rey, something seemed off.

'He seems just like the Rey I had profiled. All those features… his easily-readable expressions, incredible agitation and aversion towards me, and a bunch of other staple things I had associated with him after our interactions.'

Yet… those observed characteristics ran contrary to a lot of Rey's actions.

It was so puzzling.

'That version of Rey would not have been able to manipulate all of these scenarios to such a level of sophistication.'

Not only was he easy to read, but his scope of knowledge seemed very lacking. He expected the competent Manipulator that pushed him to such an extent to be much more knowledgeable and mature, but Rey showed no such thing.

The entire thing almost felt like Adrien was dealing with two different people.

possible that his current persona is meant to mislead

of his predictions had been affected—including what happened

and he didn't think much would change about how he viewed Rey if all of these premises were true. He couldn't hate the player, if the game was already so messed up

trying our hardest to win, after all…' Besides, while he indeed encountered some loss, it wasn't like he gained nothing. 'Thanks to the death of all the Dragons, I have some

which meant he had the genuine article. 'I had to sacrifice the Commanders for that, as well as a great deal

gained and

But…' A certain glint appeared in Adrien's eyes

can't help my greed

on a particular entity he could not help thinking about ever since he encountered

fascinating and

fight—when it pretended to be Rey—they ended up having a deep conversation, and he got to know a lot about

Things not even Rey knew

reason why I'm so perplexed about who he really is. Perhaps… I can use this current scenario

enough seeds to guarantee him some measure of rewards in

He wanted Emil.

And I suppose there's also nothing wrong

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darkness, having no one around

draped over her face, and her body hung to

no perverted thoughts, despite her being bare before him, and there was nothing about

He was absolutely serious.