An Extra’s POV

"Let's go, Esme."

Rey took her hand and drew her close to him as he flew away from the scene.

With his Spatial Skill, he could have easily teleported the two of them out of there, but instead, he chose to ascend to the skies with her.

They both floated in the air, the ground far beneath their feet.

"W-what about Aldred? What will happen to him… and them?"

A single glance at Esme's face showed that, despite being hurt by the Elves, she still cared about them. Rey didn't understand if it was some kind of racial camaraderie, but he found it odd.

'Would I have been the same if the humans treated me like shit?'

He wasn't sure, but he doubted it.

Even when he was considered the weakest of the Otherworlders, and he sort of still was, the Royal Council didn't treat him with any kind of bigotry.

The only reason they separated the students into two classes was in order not to rush the training of the lesser skilled students and also to prevent the impediment of the growth of the more talented students.

It was a pragmatic approach, and Rey wasn't even the only one who was in Beta Class. Most of the students were there.

Promotions and demotions also existed, so it wasn't a strict hierarchy.

There were initially nine students in the Alpha Class, but they eventually got whittled down to seven. If Trisha continued her intense training, Rey had a feeling that she would have undoubtedly reached Alpha Class.

All of that was in the past now, but the bottom line was that he wasn't harshly treated by the humans in H'Trae. Lucielle and Brutus—as well as any other trainer in-between—were pretty fair to him.

He was treated pretty much the same as everyone else.

In fact, most of the scorn he recieved was from his fellow Otherworlders. A lot of them made fun of him in the beginning, but eveb that didn't last very long.

Everyone had their own thing, and so they soon ignored him.

No one really bullied him. Perhaps that was due to the influence of Adonis, but Rey also felt like they simply had their struggles and challenges to keep busy.

"I haven't really had it that rough, so I wouldn't know how you feel right now… Esme." Rey said as he looked at her.

For a moment, they stared at each other in silence.

Then—

anything to do with

of emotion, but her slightly stoic

don't want to have anything

see." Rey

like, rather than Esme, he was the one who took

for having my back, though. I really appreciate it, Rey." She

it's no

rubbed his shoulder as he muttered the

course, he didn't feel

was the

mask, so thankful that she couldn't see his

Rey. I'm lucky to

move in his heart as she said those words. He felt a bittersweet sensation within him as he

I guess…

remember the first time we met. In that dark room…" Esme's voice was soft and

bringing up the terrifying

to call your name, you know? I said nothing initially, since I thought you would save everyone. Imagine my shock when you just started

the authorities, and they would have rescued you."

'This jerk is just going to leave the rest of us like this? I can't believe he has a

I won't deny being a jerk." Rey laughed

a fragile girl like me struggle just so you could save me…" Despite saying that,

that jerk would end up being such an amazing

a minute, allowing the winds to blow on them as they shared the

yourself." Rey finally spoke up, replying in a

"Well, isn't it very rare to have such a pretty friend like me? You can show me off to

lot of friends, so only one image really

gulped the moment he thought about what would happen if he tried to

she say,

happy for him. Making another friend was not an easy

But…

out last time, with

any female as his friend gave Rey goosebumps when

Maybe I can

Esme's voice brought Rey back to reality. "If it's for your sake, I

"H-huh…?"

Rey. My friends also made me feel a bit jealous when they had boyfriends and I