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

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

'Hahaha! You got me…'

him, and while he wasn't bound by anything to

it affects the mission in any way. Besides, if Lucielle finds out Adonis

lot of

a prized asset that Lucielle, or any human belonging to the Alliance,

right now, but… Adonis is the

Well, he was.

force anyone to do what

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

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

him, of course,

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

just have to stick to

things were running simultaneously with Rey's other layered thoughts, and he

Dragons won't be able to

completely understanding

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

to communicate with Justin for a while, and not even I could detect anything. Besides, I tested it out a few times too,

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

can only be done between two

two also had to physically touch, and mutually consent, for the [Link] to be deactivated. Hence, it

that Rey and Lucielle could be connected

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 have connected himself with Alicia. That was how highly he thought of the

this, though. Instead,

that was enough to ease

though… he's pretty cute, isn't

point, Rey couldn't help but slap his face. The last thing he

boy in question was

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

'What?'