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—!"

sit back and watch…" Rey stepped forward and prepared

his [Grand

something good this

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[Moments Later]

"Another egg?!"

nearly shed tears as he held a

the egg was blue, matching the bursts of energy that flowed from within the Circle when the Summoning

"Why…?" Rey muttered.

he so

competent and strong, but they would

System Panel in front

and 11

same amount of time as the red one. What's going on here?

shame,

at him while raising a thumb in

Master? Who knows… you could get

moment Ater

the guy who was so against all of this to encourage him

wiped away his nonexistent tears and placed the second egg in his [Grand

was time to try

stabilize the space around me so it

at Rey. The two of them exchanged nods and waited in anticipation for

me something good

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[Moments Later]

Ater commented as he looked

like the previous times, Rey managed to summon another

consistently summon the same thing three times." Ater smiled as he

"You're pretty amazing, Master."

thought the praise sounded sarcastic, but that wasn't

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

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

don't you try

resting his back on the floor as he held his head with both