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

Human Alliance is doing nothing to help them, but

"Y-yeah. I mean…"

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

"…"

the question. Perhaps

no logical sense that they would ignore potential fighting power, so chandes are that the

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

"Re, you—"

how they were helpless against the might of the Dragons, while the Alliance was better off. They said all those things, presenting themselves to be

as Ingroup bias existed, the way

no reason why the Alliance would abandon those people unless, for some

could already think of a few reasons why that could

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 leaders would be nothing

power they had as the ruler of a small land than to merely be little fish

better to rule in hell than become a servant in

I can see their Alignments, rememeber? I also know when someone is being dishonest with

they refused. The people were perhaps

the leaders were

the previous leaders who were approached with

fell silent

disappear, but she was also not as headstrong about her

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

course, there's a chance that I'm wrong. After all, the Alliance could have some hidden motives I am unaware of. There's also the fact that they hid the information about those other Nations from us as Otherworlders—which means

If the other Nations were uncooperative, and the Alliance itself was in a crisis, it wouldn't make any utilitarian sense to

be focused on the group that was actively

leaves a bad taste in my mouth…'

he didn't like the fact

logic

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 misfortune that has befallen these people." He concluded as

the solution I offered

that had been done to these people for over a decade could not be resolved by Esme in only a

a week in each settlement, so it wasn't

of their leaders that they weren't able to join the Alliance and enjoy its benefits, I don't want

placed both hands on Esme's shoulders and

also don't

again—a mix of red and blue, reflecting in

They both smiled.