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

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

'Hahaha! You got me…'

while he wasn't bound by anything to

if Lucielle finds out

Alliance placed a lot of emphasis on the Hero, after

that Lucielle, or

be the strongest Otherworlder right now, but…

Well, he was.

to do what they don't want to do. Just as I'll let Alicia return

all, Rey understood how hypocritical it

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

of course, but…

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

just have to

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

be able to

smiled, completely understanding

to take all sorts

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

eyes. The only reason it was ranked so low had to be due to

only be done between

the [Link] to be deactivated. Hence,

ensured that Rey and Lucielle

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

Lucielle any of this, though. Instead, he simply told her

enough to ease her

he's pretty

Rey couldn't help but slap his face.

boy in question

you can relate. I saw how you clung

'What?'