An Extra’s POV

Tense silence permeated the entire room.

Rey was now glaring at Adonis, who had a stoic look on his face as he turned to face the former.

They were both on their feet, and it seemed like this dreary atmosphere would last forever. However, someone had to say something, or do something, at some point.

And Adonis took that upon himself.

"I'm also sorry, Rey. I truly am, but… this is a path that I have to walk alone." For a brief moment, a glimpse of the old Adonis shone through.

The smile, the glow in his eyes, and the tone of his voice—Rey felt like he was speaking to his friend.

But… all of that vanished quickly.

"I wish you good fortune in whatever your mission here is, Rey. Though… I don't think any of it matters, ultimately."

After saying all of this, Adonis resumed his departure. In only a few seconds, he had left Rey standing shell-shocked and all alone in his room.

"Haa…"

Rey leaked out a heavy sigh as he collapsed on his bed, mentally and emotionally exhausted—mostly the latter, though.

'... This wasn't how it was supposed to go.'

Right as he thought about this, before he could even dwell on his just-concluded conversation with Adonis, he heard something in his head.

~DING!~

'A-ah!' His eyes slightly widened and he swiftly composed himself, compartmentalizing his surprise so he could properly address the notification he just received.

'Looks like you're finally done settling in, Lucielle.'

As soon as he thought this, a slightly exhausted voice sweetly echoed in his mind.

~Yeah! Mi'ja is quite talkative, but I was finally able to get her to leave me all alone.~

'Good job.' Rey smiled.

already imagine how uncomfortable it would have been for Lucielle to have the Class

knew this would happen, didn't you? That's why you decided to cling to that antisocial loner in class… cus you knew

'Hahaha! You got me…'

he wasn't bound by anything to

mission in any way. Besides, if Lucielle finds out Adonis is here, it could lead

placed a lot of

that was the case, then Adonis was a prized asset that Lucielle, or any human belonging to the Alliance,

might be the strongest Otherworlder right now, but… Adonis

Well, he was.

we can't rely on him for anything. I already made it a philosophy not to force anyone to do what they don't want to do. Just

it would be for him to do

shoes. I certainly wouldn't appreciate anyone getting in the way of my personal freedom…' Once Rey thought of things like that,

continue to watch him, of course,

choice, and so had he. There was no right or wrong regarding

to stick to

were running simultaneously with Rey's other layered thoughts,

be able to listen in to this

completely understanding

ensured to take all sorts of precautions in order to ensure nothing of the sort

mind. Adrien used it to communicate with Justin for a while, and not even I could

was as good as an S-Tier Skill, in Rey's eyes. The only reason

be done between

the [Link] to be deactivated. Hence, it

and Lucielle could

that's a good thing.' He smiled to himself. If Lucielle hadn't followed him on this mission, he would have connected himself

of this, though. Instead, he simply told her not to worry about

enough

Ad'oni guy, though… he's pretty cute,

that?' At this point, Rey couldn't help but slap his face.

boy in question was

relate.

'What?'