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.

imagine how uncomfortable it would have been for Lucielle to have the Class Rep hang around her room instead

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 he wouldn't overstay his welcome after showing you

'Hahaha! You got me…'

he wasn't bound by anything to go

the mission in any way. Besides, if Lucielle

United Human Alliance placed a lot of emphasis on the

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

be the strongest Otherworlder right now,

Well, he was.

it a philosophy not to force anyone to do what they

Rey understood how hypocritical it would be for him to do

have been me in Adonis' shoes. I certainly wouldn't appreciate anyone getting in the way of my personal freedom…' Once Rey thought of things like

to watch him, of course,

choice, and so had he. There was no right

have to stick

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

be able to listen in to this conversation,

completely understanding

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

people through their mind. Adrien used it to communicate with Justin for a while, and not even I could detect anything. Besides, I tested it out a few

eyes. The only reason it was ranked so low

only be done between two

and mutually consent, for the [Link] to be deactivated. Hence, it

and Lucielle could be connected

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

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

that was enough

guy, though… he's pretty cute, isn't

slap his face. The last thing he wanted to do was discuss

since the boy in question

can relate. I saw how

'What?'