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.

imagine how uncomfortable it would have been for Lucielle to have the Class Rep hang

decided to cling to that antisocial loner in class… cus you knew he

'Hahaha! You got me…'

he wasn't bound by anything to

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

a lot of emphasis on the Hero, after

prized asset that Lucielle, or any human belonging to

be the strongest Otherworlder right now, but… Adonis

Well, he was.

we can't rely on him for anything. I already made it a philosophy 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

Rey understood how hypocritical it would be for him

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

to watch him, of course, but… that'll

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

have to

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

able to listen in to

smiled, completely understanding her

though. He had ensured to take all sorts of precautions in

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

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

can only be done between

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

ensured that Rey and Lucielle could be

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

Instead, he simply told her not

enough

guy, though… he's

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

since the boy in question was

think you can relate.

'What?'