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 around her room instead of leaving as soon as she was done with

you think is to blame for this, Rey? 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

'Hahaha! You got me…'

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

not like it affects the mission in any way. Besides, if

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

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

strongest Otherworlder right now, but…

Well, he was.

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

it would be for

of my personal freedom…' Once Rey thought of things like that, he was able to decide on a more passive position

of course, but… that'll be the end of

so had he. There was no right

have to stick to the

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

you sure the Dragons won't be able

completely understanding

though. He had ensured to take all sorts of

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

in Rey's eyes. The only reason it was ranked so low had to be due to

can only be done between

mutually consent, for the

and Lucielle could be

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

though. Instead, he simply told her not to worry about

was enough to ease her

though… he's pretty cute, isn't

are you asking me that?' At this point, Rey couldn't help but slap

boy

that I think you can relate. I saw how

'What?'