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.

have been for Lucielle to have the Class Rep hang around her room instead of leaving as soon as she was done with

is to blame for this, Rey? You already knew this would happen, didn't you? That's why you decided to cling to that antisocial loner in class… cus you knew he wouldn't overstay his welcome after showing you

'Hahaha! You got me…'

he wasn't bound by anything

way. Besides, if Lucielle finds out Adonis is here, it could lead to

Alliance placed a lot of emphasis on the

asset that

right

Well, he was.

a philosophy not to force anyone to do what they don't want to do. Just as I'll let Alicia

Rey understood how hypocritical it would

appreciate anyone getting in the way of my personal freedom…' Once Rey thought of things like that, he was able to decide on a more passive position regarding

to watch him, of course,

had he. There was no right or wrong regarding

just have to stick to

Rey's other layered thoughts, and he was still speaking with Lucielle through his

won't be able to listen in to

completely understanding her

completely unwarranted, though. He had ensured to take all sorts of precautions in order to ensure nothing of the sort

secure channel between two people through their mind. Adrien used it to communicate with Justin for a while, and not

only reason it was ranked so low had to

only be done between two

touch, and mutually consent, for the

ensured that Rey and Lucielle

himself. If Lucielle hadn't followed

tell Lucielle any of this, though. Instead, he simply told

was enough to ease her

he's pretty cute,

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

boy in

relate. I saw how you clung to him

'What?'