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."

are you talking

United Human Alliance is doing nothing to help

"Y-yeah. I mean…"

the Dragons?"

"…"

nothing to the question. Perhaps because she already knew the

all the help they can get. It makes no logical sense that they would ignore potential fighting power, so chandes are that the

Rey refer to the very people she

"Re, you—"

something along the lines of how the Alliance abandoned them, or how they were helpless against the might of the Dragons,

the way their perspective would be shoved into a potentially neutral scenario would often present themselves as

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

of a few reasons why

in terms of resources or military power. It's possible that they wouldn't have much of governmental control within the Alliance, and even their highest leaders

the ultimate power they had as the ruler of a small land than

was better to rule in hell

can see their Alignments, rememeber? I also know when someone

are aware of the deal with the Alliance, and they refused. The people were perhaps fed another narrative, which passed around until everuone believed they were right and the

the leaders were

has such insecurity and crisis, it's possible that the previous leaders who were approached with the deal and refused are already dead. It's been over ten years since

silent

was also not as

that the victims she 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 was not the enemy she

the fact that

understand why that information was kept secret. If the other Nations were uncooperative, and the Alliance itself was in a crisis, it

to be focused on the group that was

a bad taste in my mouth…' His

though he just supported the United Human Alliance in front of Esme, he didn't like

his logic clashed

framework is perfect. No, it's far from that. There are many unsavory parts about them.

Rey, the solution

had been done to these people for over a decade could not be resolved by

week in each settlement, so it wasn't like she could do much work

if it's the fault of their leaders that they weren't able to join the Alliance and

instsntly placed both hands on Esme's shoulders and

don't

again—a mix of red

They both smiled.