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.

to have the Class Rep hang around her

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

'Hahaha! You got me…'

wasn't

like it affects the mission in any way. Besides, if Lucielle finds out Adonis is here, it could lead to some

United Human Alliance placed a lot of

a prized asset that Lucielle, or any human belonging to the Alliance, could not

the strongest Otherworlder right now, but… Adonis is the

Well, he was.

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

Rey understood how hypocritical it would be for him to do

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

watch him, of course, but… that'll

and so had he. There

just have to stick

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

Dragons won't be able to listen in to this conversation,

completely understanding

He had ensured to take all sorts of precautions in

people through their mind. Adrien used it to communicate with Justin for a while, and not even I could

S-Tier Skill, in Rey's eyes. The only reason it was

be

consent, for the [Link] to be

that Rey and Lucielle could be

Lucielle hadn't followed him on this mission, he would have connected himself with Alicia.

didn't tell Lucielle any of this, though. Instead, he simply told her not

was enough to ease

he's pretty cute, isn't

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

the boy

say that I think you can relate. I saw how

'What?'