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.

to have the Class Rep hang around her room

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…'

the favor Adonis asked of him, and while he wasn't bound by anything to go along

Besides, if Lucielle finds

United Human Alliance placed a lot of emphasis

that Lucielle, or any human belonging

might be the strongest Otherworlder right

Well, he was.

not to force anyone to do what they don't want to do. Just as I'll let Alicia return to Earth, I'll let Adonis do what

all, Rey understood how hypocritical it would be for him to do

the way of my personal freedom…' Once Rey thought of things like that, he was

of course,

and so had he. There was no right or

just have to stick to the

were running simultaneously with Rey's other layered thoughts, and he was still speaking with Lucielle

you sure the Dragons won't be able to

completely

completely unwarranted, though. He had ensured to take all sorts of precautions in order to ensure

communicate with Justin for a while, and not even I could detect anything. Besides, I

in Rey's eyes. The only reason it was ranked so low had to be due

be done

for the [Link] to be deactivated. Hence, it functioned as a

and Lucielle

is, so that's a good thing.' He smiled to himself. If Lucielle hadn't followed him on this mission, he would have connected himself with Alicia. That was how highly he thought of the

Instead, he simply

was enough to

guy, though… he's pretty

help but slap his face. The last thing

the boy in

can relate.

'What?'