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—

don't want to have anything to do with me, and

some kind of emotion,

to have anything to do with

I see." Rey chuckled

than Esme, he was the one

though. I really appreciate it, Rey." She smiled, slightly using her fist to bump him

it's no big

his shoulder as he

he didn't feel any discomfort from

the

mask, so thankful that she couldn't see his

I'm lucky

she said those words. He felt a

guess…

room…" Esme's voice was soft

smiled despite bringing up the terrifying

had to strain my voice to call your name, you know? I said nothing initially, since I

and they would have rescued you." Rey responded with a nervous smile as he

I was like… 'This jerk is just going to leave the rest of us like this? I

being a jerk." Rey laughed

a fragile girl like me struggle just so you could save me…" Despite saying that, Esme's smile only

have thought that jerk would end up being

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

yourself." Rey finally spoke up, replying in

she heard that. "Well, isn't it very rare to have such a pretty friend like me? You can

so only one image really came

about what would happen if he tried

will she

have been that Alicia was going to be happy for him. Making another friend was not an easy task for Rey, so—naturally speaking—she would be glad to see him

But…

work out last time, with

thought of introducing any female as his friend gave Rey goosebumps when he imagined

me, right? Maybe I can

to reality. "If it's for your sake, I can

"H-huh…?"

friends also made me feel a bit jealous when they had