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.

would have been for Lucielle to have the Class Rep hang around

knew this would happen, didn't you? That's why you decided to cling to that antisocial loner in class… cus you knew

'Hahaha! You got me…'

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

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

Human Alliance placed a lot of

then Adonis was a prized asset that

right now, but…

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

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

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,

he. There

have to stick to

all of these things were running simultaneously with Rey's other layered thoughts, and he was

Dragons won't be able to listen in

smiled, completely understanding

ensured to take all sorts

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

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

only be

consent, for the [Link] to

and Lucielle could

where the other is, so that's a good thing.' He smiled to himself. If Lucielle hadn't followed him

didn't tell Lucielle any of this, though. Instead, he simply

was enough to ease her

though… he's pretty cute, isn't

Rey couldn't help but slap

the boy in question was

can relate. I saw how you clung to him while leaving,

'What?'