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.

the Class Rep hang around her room instead of leaving as soon as she was done with

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 to

'Hahaha! You got me…'

of him, and while he wasn't bound

affects the mission in any way. Besides, if

lot of emphasis on the Hero,

a prized asset that

might be the strongest Otherworlder right

Well, he was.

not to force anyone to do what

how hypocritical it

way of my personal freedom…' Once Rey thought

watch him, of course, but… that'll be

had made his choice, and so had he. There was

to stick to the

other layered thoughts, and he was still speaking with Lucielle

you sure the Dragons won't be able to listen

smiled, completely understanding

all sorts of precautions in order to ensure nothing of the

but it creates a secure channel between two 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

S-Tier Skill, in Rey's eyes. The only reason it was ranked so low had to

can only be

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

ensured that Rey and Lucielle could be

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

that was enough to ease

guy, though… he's pretty cute,

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

boy

just say that I think you can relate.

'What?'