An Extra’s POV

Esme ended up building strongholds for the people in those settlements and teaching them a few things they could use to develop their lands.

She aided in their agriculture, helped to defeat the Monsters that terrorized them, and solved a lot of their crisis; both internal and external.

The process was long and arduous—hence the reason for her late arrival.

"You should have seen them, Rey. They looked so miserable…"

To say his heart ached upon hearing all about what Esme witnessed would be an understatement.

"I… always thought I was helping all of humanity by siding with the Alliance. But, I guess I was wrong." He mumbled.

"I was only helping some."

"Yeah. From what I heard, the Alliance doesn't even bother with these small regions. I find that to be very distasteful." Esme's face darkened even further as she frowned.

"The people in charge here… I despise them."

"Is that why you barged in and caused such a commotion? You didn't care about them?" Rey chuckled as he sat on the bed, right beside her.

"It's not funny, Rey. The people out there were suffering greatly, yet the Alliance that's meant to be aiding humanity sat by and did nothing!"

"No, Esme. You're being a little too shortsighted." Rey sighed, finally settling in on the bed, crossing his legs as he sat up.

"What?"

"We still have insufficient information to blame the Alliance for the suffering of those people."

"Did you not hear a word that I said? Those people were—!"

"I did. I heard you quite well. And I understand that those people have been through rather unfortunate times."

"Then—!"

"It, in no way, means the United Human Alliance is at fault here." Rey sighed.

The United Human Alliance was—at its core—an amalgamation of different countries and cultures. When the war of the Dragons came, they gathered their strength together to fight.

"So it only follows that the Nations you saw were excluded from the amalgamation—either of their own accord, or due to their inability to reach the standards of an alliance."

you talking

is doing nothing to help

"Y-yeah. I mean…"

in the war against the Dragons?" Rey asked, his tone

"…"

said nothing to the question. Perhaps because she already knew the obvious

It makes no logical sense that they would ignore potential fighting power, so chandes are that the Nations in question are the ones at

moment she heard Rey refer to the very people she saved—the ones who suffered before

"Re, you—"

how the Alliance abandoned them, or how they were helpless against the might of the Dragons, while the Alliance was

their narrative. As long as Ingroup bias existed, the way their perspective would be shoved into a potentially neutral scenario

it, there's no reason why the Alliance would abandon those people unless, for some reason, they refused to be a part

think of a few reasons why that could

It's possible that they wouldn't have much of governmental control within the Alliance, and even their highest leaders would be nothing

such a scenario, some people would rather cling to the ultimate power they had as the ruler of

was better to rule in hell than become

saying they lied to me? I don't think so, Rey. I can see their Alignments, rememeber? I also know

The people were perhaps fed another narrative,

the leaders

the previous leaders who were approached with the deal and refused are already dead. It's

silent once

she was also not as headstrong about her views as she was moments

rescued were perhaps not as innocent as she thought. And even if some were, if the narrative they fed her was wrong, then the Alliance

I'm wrong. After all, the Alliance could have some hidden motives I am unaware of. There's also the fact that they hid

and the Alliance itself was in a crisis, it wouldn't make

to be focused on the group that was actively fighting

in my mouth…' His

he just supported the United Human Alliance in front of Esme, he didn't like the fact that he was made unaware of the plight of

was where his logic clashed

Scourge. I'm not saying the framework is perfect. No, it's far from that. There are many

the solution I

figured that out as well. The damage that had been done to these people for over a decade could not be resolved

settlement, so it

the Alliance and enjoy its benefits, I

hands

don't

of

They both smiled.