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.

Lucielle to have the Class

You already knew this would happen, didn't you? That's why you decided to

'Hahaha! You got me…'

while he wasn't bound by anything to go along

the mission in any way. Besides, if Lucielle finds

Alliance placed a lot of emphasis on the Hero,

then Adonis was a prized asset that Lucielle, or any human belonging to the Alliance, could not

strongest Otherworlder right now, but… Adonis is

Well, he was.

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

Rey understood how hypocritical it would be for him

shoes. I certainly wouldn't appreciate anyone getting in the way of my personal

him, of course, but…

he. There was no right or wrong

just have to stick to

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

be able to listen in to this conversation,

completely

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

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

Skill was as good as an S-Tier Skill, in Rey's eyes. The only reason it was ranked so low had to be

be

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

and Lucielle could

know where the other is, so that's a good thing.' He smiled to himself. If Lucielle hadn't followed him on this mission, he would

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

that was enough to ease

though… he's pretty cute,

At this point, Rey couldn't help but slap his face. The last thing he wanted to do was

the boy in question was

think you can relate. I saw how you clung to him while

'What?'