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 Rep hang around her room instead of leaving as soon as she was

you? That's why you decided to cling to that antisocial loner in class… cus you knew he wouldn't

'Hahaha! You got me…'

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

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

Alliance placed a lot of emphasis on the

a prized asset that Lucielle, or any human belonging to the Alliance, could not simply

be the strongest Otherworlder right now,

Well, he was.

for anything. I already made it a philosophy not to force anyone to do what they don't want to do. Just as

it would

getting in the way of my personal freedom…' Once Rey

course, but… that'll be the end

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

to stick to

layered thoughts, and he

able to listen in

smiled, completely understanding

completely unwarranted, though. He had ensured to take all sorts

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

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

be

the [Link] to be deactivated.

and

hadn't followed him on this mission, he would have connected himself with Alicia. That was how highly

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

was enough to ease her

Ad'oni guy, though… he's pretty cute,

but slap his face. The last thing he wanted to do

the boy in

can relate.

'What?'