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.

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

for this, Rey? You already knew this would happen, didn't you? That's why you decided to cling to that antisocial loner in

'Hahaha! You got me…'

asked of him, and while he wasn't bound by

any way. Besides, if Lucielle finds out Adonis is here, it could lead to

lot of emphasis on the Hero, after

was the case, then Adonis was a prized asset that Lucielle, or any human belonging to the

might be the strongest Otherworlder right

Well, he was.

rely on him for anything. I already made it a philosophy not to force anyone to do

how hypocritical it would be for him to do

me in Adonis' shoes. I certainly wouldn't appreciate 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 position

to watch him, of course, but… that'll be

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

just have to stick to the

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

Dragons won't be able

smiled, completely understanding

completely unwarranted, though. He had ensured to take all sorts of precautions in order

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

good as an S-Tier Skill, in Rey's eyes. The only reason it

can only be done between two

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

and

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

Instead, he simply told her not

that was enough to ease her

Ad'oni guy, though… he's

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

the boy

relate. I saw how you clung to him

'What?'