Chapter 698: Trust

'Should I do it…?'

In the past, Rey would have easily dismissed Adrien and viewed him with several layers of skepticism and suspicion. But… things were different now.

Now that he had listened to Adrien, trying his hardest not to allow bias get in the way of logic, he found himself truly resonating with the boy. As he processed everything, Rey asked himself one very hard question.

'If I was Adrien… if I was in his shoes… how else would I proceed with things if I knew what I knew?'

He already had an inkling of what the answer would be.

It was staring right at him.

"I can't join your side, Adrien. I can't work together with you… or take part in any of your plans." Rey finally responded after a few seconds of silence.

In response to this, Adrien hardly showed any emotion. His smile still remained, and while there was a bit of a flicker in his eyes—just a tiny flash—nothing else seemed to have really changed.

"May I ask why?"