An Extra’s POV

"Huu…"

With a stable heartbeat, yet steady excitement, Rey held the Dyubbuk forward and stared at the Symbiote Slime.

"Let's make a binding vow, friend." He managed to leak out a trustworthy smile as he watched the sludge do its best to escape, to no avail.

The slime ignored him, as it continued trying to run, so Rey chose to repeat himself.

Nothing changed.

'Damn. How exactly am I supposed to communicate with this thing?' Rey thought to himself.

Then, a certain thought came to him.

Within the vast surrounding that they found themselves in—with the aged walls and dreary atmosphere—he chuckled, stretching his hand out to the slime.

~WHUSH!~

In an instant, the Zone of the Slime instantly shifted, and it became much closer to Rey. Once this happened, Rey reached out his hand and neared the ooze.

'Ater isn't saying anything, but since he isn't disapproving then this can't be a bad idea…' Something Rey noticed about his Familiar was that he preferred letting the former figure out certain things himself.

He only intervened when Rey was grossly wrong, or if he wanted to reveal something unknown—something Rey couldn't have found out himself.

'Right now, he's letting me figure out how to communicate with the Slime. Well, here goes…'

The moment Rey touched the tip of the jelly-like creature, some sort of spark rushed through his body, sending every aspect of himself into some kind of overdrive.

It was like being pricked by a needle in a finger, yet feeling the sensation throughout the body. This didn't feel like pain, though.

It was something different…

'It feels like power.'

~Hello. What do you want from me?~

The sudden voice that echoed in Rey's head would have caused anyone to jump in surprise—perhaps even scream—but the lad maintained his cool.

touching the tip of his fingers, and it seemed like time had completely stopped for the two of them. Their physical bodies were suspended, leaving the

make a contract. You and me…

vow? Is there any real

'What?'

long as I can find a suitable host, I'll simply latch on to them and the both of us can enjoy

'Well… I mean…'

Bond with me. You and I can

his face, but he suppressed it. After all, Ater had predicted the occurrence of

were generally neutral about most

lay

If a host you consider to be more compatible appears, you

put it

it was the

certain period of time for people to move on from one thing to the other. A man's favorite wear could change if he found

were sometimes tossed

Let's just keep our relationship… casual. There's no need to sweat

seductive. All he needed to do was subconsciously accept the Symbiote Slime's offer, and he would let the

would bond, but only on

it'll be like friends with benefits… or a situationship?'

know what those terms mean, but… yeah. I guess

didn't mind leaving one partner for another if they considered the latter to be a more attractive

thoughts echoed within him.

what do you

portions of itself began to wrap around Rey, turning darker

Would the Slime

able to break its contract at any time,

make the Slime upset? If that happens, then…' Rey remembered the warning of the System concerning making the creature an

maintain the relationship, while the Slime can

least, the ones he

different when it came to

waiting for? Let us become

shook off the seductive voice in his head and gave the Slime a cold

are you talking about now? Come on, don't be like

getting more and more flustered. It even pulled back, but

That told him something.

But, I don't like having competition. You will be mine, and