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.

it would have been for Lucielle to have the Class Rep hang around her room instead of leaving as soon as she

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…'

wasn't bound by anything

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

Human Alliance placed a lot of emphasis on the Hero, after

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

be the strongest Otherworlder right now, but…

Well, he was.

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

it would be for

I certainly wouldn't appreciate anyone getting in the way of my personal freedom…' Once Rey thought of

course, but…

so had he. There was no

just have to stick to the

course, all of these things were running simultaneously with Rey's other layered thoughts, and he was still speaking with Lucielle through his

Dragons won't be able to listen in

smiled, completely

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

communicate with Justin for a while, and not even I could detect anything. Besides, I tested it out a few times too, and I also detailedly analyzed the Skill description.' He thought

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

can only be done

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

and Lucielle could

hadn't followed him on this

though. Instead, he simply told her

enough to ease

though… he's pretty cute, isn't

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

the boy in

you can relate. I

'What?'