An Extra’s POV

"There, there, little egg."

Rey caressed the small object in his hand, whispering to it as he watched Ater approach him.

"You better grow to be big and strong so you can prove your big bro Ater wrong, okay?"

Ater chuckled as he heard Rey say this. He had an air of ease around him, nearly shrugging aside all the events that had transpired.

The Magic Circle was long gone, and since the task was complete, it was time to return home.

"Shall we leave now, Master?" Ater asked with a sparkling smile on his face.

"No."

"E-eh…?"

Ater's surprise at his Master's words caused his handsome and calm face to display hints of nervousness.

Somehow, he already knew what was on Rey's mind.

"I'm going to try again!" Rey declared, snorting out steam from his nose.

"B-but Master… you said you'd try one at a time."

Ater's complaints fell on deaf ears. Rey's determined face made it clear that he wanted to have another Absolute Familiar.

"How have I been inadequate, Master? I'll try to be better, so let us just stop for today…" He pleaded even more.

However, Rey shook his head as he maintained his stone-cold face.

"I can only pray for something special to come out of that egg. But, I also need something I can use now."

Since his [Absolute Dominion] allowed him to make as many Familiars as he wanted, as long as he could handle them, he wanted to give it another try.

"But Master, excessive summoning causes space to experience an imbalance. It might not be safe to use a Summon Skill of such a scale again"

Rey shook his head again and raised it in determination.

"My [Absolute Spatial Domain] tells me that this space can handle at least one more Summoning. If I manipulate the space around me, I can make it handle two or even three more!"

Rey's stern demeanor shattered apart as a wide smile crept on his face. He seemed to be the very personification of evil as he grinned with bloodshot eyes.

His desperation was palpable.

"But Master—!"

stepped forward and prepared himself for what

placed his egg within his [Grand Inventory], and

summon something good this

********

[Moments Later]

"Another egg?!"

shed tears as he held a similarly shaped egg

egg was blue, matching the bursts of energy that flowed from

"Why…?" Rey muttered.

was he so

whatever was inside the eggs would be competent and strong, but they

one look at the System Panel in front of Rey told him that

and 11

the red one. What's going

shame, until a hand fell

at him while raising a

Who knows… you could get something a lot better this

beamed the moment Ater said

expect the guy who was so against all of

Rey wiped away his nonexistent tears and placed the

was time to try his luck a

[Absolute Spatial Domain] to stabilize the space around me so

of them exchanged nods and waited

me something good this

*********

[Moments Later]

as he looked

times, Rey managed to summon

I've never seen anyone consistently summon the same thing three times." Ater smiled

"You're pretty amazing, Master."

the praise sounded sarcastic, but that wasn't what his bond with Ater

this…" Rey sighed, placing the third egg in his Inventory. "This purple egg will take three months

slumped to the ground, sitting on the dirt, Ater's voice came

you try

out, resting his back on the floor as he held