Erix had a shocked expression on his face when he recognized the voice behind him. The familiar voice came from none other than Shota."I wasn't bluffing, guys. I got here about twenty minutes ago," Shota blurted out with a smile.Erix turned around doubtfully to check if he had imagined the voice, but that wasn't the case.He saw Shota walking toward them with a cheeky smile on his face. He wasn't imagining anything, but seeing the reality.Orah was so shocked that he couldn't even say a word. Shota said he had arrived about twenty minutes ago, but how?"You didn't get your hopes up for nothing. And I wasn't bluffing," Shota added before stopping in front of Erix."A-Are you really here? But how did you get here so fast?" Erix stuttered in a dazed state of belief."I'm afraid I can't tell you that now. But you'll know soon enough." This was the only answer Shota could give at the moment.Certainly, he wouldn't hide Rigel forever, but at the same time, he didn't want to reveal his exis

After class was over for the day, Nicole and Rin went back to the dormitory. Rin headed straight to his room, while Nicole made her way to her father's office, after changing into more flexible clothing.The moment she got there, she was greeted by her father's guilty words, and when she inquired what those words meant, it dawned on her that her father had something to do with her friends' disappearance.She was heartbroken and devastated. Her father, whom she trusted so much, was behind her friends' misfortune Without bothering to listen to any more of his explanation, she rushed out of the office.A flicker of pain and disappointment could be seen in Nicole's eyes as she left the office and headed straight to Rin's room. Her eyes were filled with tears, attempting to pour out.But she managed to hold back the tears as she ran to the only friend she could count on at the moment: Rin...."This room is very boring without them. I wish I had gone into the portal with them," Rin muttere

Back on Earth ~Regret, pain, and disappointment filled Gen Ryker's heart as he leaned back in his chair and a jumble of thoughts ran through his head.Nicole was the last person he wanted to make cry, but that had only happened recently.Before Nicole left the office, he looked into her eyes and saw the hurt and disappointment in them. She was clearly disappointed in him.Who knows if she could ever trust him again? He had broken her trust in him; restoring that trust could be nearly impossible.It was one thing to trust someone, and another to trust them again after they had broken your trust.Trusting someone blindly after they had broken your trust was even more difficult than trusting them for the first time. You'll have to overlook everything they did and trust them blindly again. Not many people can do that."Did I just ruin my relationship with my daughter? I can't afford for her to distance herself from me. She's the only reason I'm living. If she leaves me, I won't have a

'I just got here, buddy! Can't you give me a little time to breathe?' General Stanley said subconsciously, frowning."What's the problem? What happened?" He asked as his frown deepened.Armstrong hurriedly walked over to General Stanley with a conflicted look on his face."We have a problem, sir. I no longer can find any trace of the students on the planet," reported Armstrong, who looked quite nervous.Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Their eyes widened in shock and their mouths opened, but they were speechless."What do you mean!!! Didn't you check and confirm that they were on this planet?" General Stanley asked in a dazed state of disbelief."I did, and they were here at first. But now when we got here, I couldn't pick up any signals again. I really don't understand how that could have happened," Armstrong replied with a conflicted expression on his face.The compass tracker in his hand no longer showed any readings at all. The small arrow in the compass tracker indicatin

On a completely dark planet, where the sun never rises on the horizon and the red moon never sets, a young woman who appeared to be in her early twenties could be seen standing before a long throne in the only castle of the eighth city.Her head was lowered in a bow, and her face and eyes showed no emotion.On the throne sat an outwardly young man whose face correspondingly showed no emotion.His face wasn't that of a happy person, nor was it that of a sad person. It was just neutral."Are you sure about what you're saying?" Lord Baagul asked for the third time."I dare not lie to my leader. I'm telling the truth. He was suspicious and I had to come up with a big lie to cover things up," replied Tania, nodding."Why can't that asshole just mind his own business?" Lord Baagul muttered, frowning."I told him Orah was doing some in-house training at the moment and won't be coming to class anytime soon. He already assumed he was off the planet. That old man is really nosy. Orah was pretty