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"Oh, Ray is also participating?" Shuna seemed visibly surprised by Ray's participation.

"Haha, I'm planning to, but I don't know if I'll be chosen. Only one will be selected out of ten participants. It probably won't be me," Orion replied humbly.

"Don't worry too much. Just having the courage to participate is admirable. Focus on what you can do to achieve what you want," Shuna advised him like the senior she was to Ray in the guild.

Orion nodded with a solemn expression. "I will."

Erza narrowed her eyes at the conversation between Ray and Shuna. "Ray, I want to talk to you alone. Is that okay?"

"Talk to me alone?" Orion was caught off guard but eventually nodded. In a way, she was his superior, so he couldn't refuse her.
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"Shuna, I'll see you at the Combat Hall in an hour. If you'll excuse us," Erza said, signaling Shuna to leave.

Shuna felt suspicious about the situation, but since it wasn't her place to interfere, she shrugged and left the room.

"Ray, sit down," Erza gestured for Orion to sit.

Orion complied, taking a seat opposite her.

Erza's office was a small, square-shaped room. A large desk with a computer sat in the center, with her chair on one side and two chairs for visitors on the other. Orion sat nervously, wondering what she wanted to discuss with him alone. He only hoped his bad luck wouldn't make things difficult.

"Tell me something," Erza locked eyes with Orion and asked, "Why are you hiding your strength?"

Orion's heart raced as she asked the question. The thing he had been trying to avoid had finally happened.

"What do you mean, hiding my strength?" He feigned ignorance, unwilling to admit anything.

Erza leaned forward, resting her chin on her interlocked fingers, her elbows on the table.

"In all the dungeon raids we've done together, I've never seen you get injured, nervous, or show any fear—emotions anyone would have in a dungeon. You've always seemed too casual, almost bored, as if nothing in the dungeon could faze you."

Orion narrowed his eyes at her. For the first time since meeting her, he felt a flicker of fear. He had always seen her as a kind leader, but now he realized she was far more observant, calculating, and aware than he had given her credit for. She was a dangerous person.

"Judging by your expression, it seems I'm right," Erza smiled, though to Orion it didn't seem like a smile at all. "And that's not all."

She looked at him intently and added, "Your constant pestering to enter Dollas Academy has raised suspicion. I believe your main goal for joining our guild was to use it as a way to enter Dollas Academy, isn't it?"

Orion met her gaze for a moment before sighing. "As you said, my main goal is to enter Dollas Academy."

Since she had figured everything out, Orion knew that continuing to deny her accusations would only backfire and might even lead to his expulsion from the Starfire Guild. He had to tread carefully.

Erza nodded, satisfied with his admission. "And you're also hiding your strength?" she asked.

Orion nodded, saying nothing more about his powers.

Erza contemplated for a moment before giving him an ultimatum. "Now, tell me why. Why hide your powers? Why do you want to enter Dollas Academy so badly? There must be a very good reason."

She pulled out some papers from her desk and placed them in front of him.

"Ray Wiser. Parents died in an accident, sister died in a dungeon crash, below-average talent that most guilds wouldn't want. After your sister's death, you rarely left your home. One day, you were hospitalized with severe injuries, survival chances were zero."

She narrowed her eyes at Orion. "But you miraculously survived. Your body fully healed, and you were free to go. All this happened overnight—a miracle, they say."

Erza pushed his documents toward him. "How do you explain this? Everything about you is suspicious. If I hadn't requested your data from the guild office yesterday, I might still be clueless. But now I want to know: what's going on with you? What's with all the suspicious things surrounding you?"

Orion's face became solemn as she read his biodata. He had known that anyone could find out about Ray since he could also do that much when he came to this world, so he had expected this moment to come.

But her suspicions about his hidden strength and his desire to enter Dollas Academy had caught him off guard.

"I can't tell you," Orion replied through gritted teeth, as if he were in a difficult situation.

Erza's expression hardened. "If you don't answer, don't expect the guild to keep you. You're far too suspicious, Ray, for your own good. If you don't explain yourself, I might have to expel you from the guild."

"But these are personal matters. I haven't harmed the guild's interests in any way, and I've always followed guild rules," Orion protested, his expression anxious.

"You don't understand how a guild works, do you?" Erza asked, her gaze piercing. "In one sense, you did nothing wrong, but your background and who you are as a person are putting our guild at risk. You could be part of a demonic cult trying to kill us, or a spy from a rival guild trying to sabotage us. There are many ways a guild can be destroyed overnight, and right now, you're a potential threat."

She looked at Orion with a stern expression. "I can't let my sister's years of hard work turn to ashes just because of a guy whose entire background is as suspicious as his actions."

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