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

nothing

"Y-yeah. I mean…"

in the war against the Dragons?"

"…"

nothing to the question. Perhaps because

Alliance is actively fighting the war, and to do that they need all the help they can get. It makes no logical sense that they would

refer to the very people she saved—the ones who suffered before her eyes—as the ones to

"Re, you—"

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

bias existed, the way their perspective would be shoved into a

there's no reason why the Alliance would abandon those people

think of a few reasons

so chances are that they don't have much to offer 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

ultimate power they had as the ruler of a

in hell than

think so, Rey. I 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

leaders

approached with the deal and refused are already dead. It's been over ten years since the Alliance

fell silent

yet to disappear, but she was also not as headstrong about her views

to believe 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 thought they

Alliance could have some hidden motives I am unaware of. There's also the fact that they hid the information about those

the Alliance itself was in a crisis, it wouldn't make any utilitarian sense to divide the attention of their saviors to those

the group that was actively fighting

a bad taste in my mouth…'

Human Alliance in front of Esme, he didn't like

where his logic clashed with his

is the Dragon Scourge. I'm not saying the framework is perfect. No, it's far from that. There are many unsavory parts about them. Still… we can't blame them for every

the solution I offered them was

these people for over a decade could not be resolved by Esme

so it wasn't like she could

that they weren't able to join the Alliance and enjoy

hands on Esme's shoulders

also don't want

once again—a mix of

They both smiled.