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.

Class Rep hang around her room instead of leaving as soon as she

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

'Hahaha! You got me…'

remembered the favor Adonis asked of him, and while he wasn't bound by anything to go along

Besides, if Lucielle finds out Adonis is

lot of

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

Otherworlder right

Well, he was.

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

hypocritical it would be for him to

me in Adonis' shoes. I 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 on a more passive position

to watch him, of course, but… that'll

so had he.

to stick to

of these things were running simultaneously with Rey's other layered

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

smiled, completely

unwarranted, though. He had ensured to take all sorts of precautions in order to ensure nothing of the

with Justin for a while, and not even I

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

be

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

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,

tell Lucielle any of this, though. Instead, he simply told her not to

was enough to ease her

he's pretty

but slap his

the boy

that I think you can relate. I saw

'What?'