An Extra’s POV

Chapter 595

The two spoke for hours.

It was just like old times… with them babbling on and on about varying topics and stories.

It went without saying that Rey had to explain himself and the reason he was late—apologizing for what he determined to be caused by his weakness.

Of course, Esme would not have that.

"There's no way you could have known about or prepared for such a calamity. Besides, if I was stronger… you wouldn't have had to face it all alone. It's not your fault!"

Her words reinforced what Ater and his friends had told him, yet somehow hearing her tell him this put his simmering heart at ease.

As always, Esme just always had an atmosphere about her that relaxed him.

Not once did he need to struggle with controlling his emotions, and the system also didn't shut them off at any period.

He was worried and cautious at first, but not anymore. Esme was just the kind of person he could be comfortable with.

No… that wasn't quite it.

"I expected you to be a lot more awkward about all this…" Esme admitted at some point as she smiled at Rey.

Her hand was placed on her cheek as her smile broadened.

Merely staring into her eyes made his heart leap, yet there was no response from the System.

In fact, none of his other physiological reactions—since he encountered Esme—triggered the Class Privilege's effects.

'I initially thought I wasn't flustered enough because it's Esme, but the System has intervened for even less displays of emotion in the past. So what's happening here?'

Rey was surprised and confused at this point.

However, he had a theory—or rather, a question.

'Is the System being biased here?' When he thought about it, Esme had always been favored by the System.

Even now, he was being told to help her out.

That was definitely not a sign of a Side Quest, as Rey had already figured out long ago. It seemed, by all regards, that she was being protected by the System.

And she wasn't the only one.

'The other Elves I met also had similar stuff written in their Additional Information.'

That meant, for some reason, Elves were special in this world.

'Maybe the System does not register any emotion generated from me towards her to be harmful, so it filters all of that out. Does that mean it'll be the same with the rest of the Elves?'

He found himself growing ever curious as he stared at Esme, just in time for time to quicken so he could answer her statement.

about what?

for so long that I never expected you'd show it to me that

I'm not the Rey you

she shook her head. Instantly pushing her

so close that they could feel each other's

smiled. "Even if I can no longer see your Status Information, there's no way I wouldn't be able to recognize

he blushed

that wasn't enough of a

~VWUSH~

black swirl formed within the room and Ater stepped out of it with a casual

in place as he witnessed Ater

also turned as she gazed upon the tall, sleek frame

ah, apologies for the

"Ater wai—!"

~VWUSH!~

say any more, Ater vanished from his position. His disappearance was too instant that even Rey was

flustered state was immediately suppressed, reminding him of

that guy. I'm sure he now has the wrong

Rey and gave him a quizzical

"Wrong idea how?"

or something like that." Rey looked away,

this made him want his emotions to be suppressed, but he also liked that he could

huh? I've never had one before."

does it feel

One glance at Esme's serious and curious

the System did

forever, Rey stuttered, fidgeting a little as he analyzed

kissed before, haven't

so sure?!" Rey swiftly responded, his

'he' kissed 'her'. In fact, wasn't he the victim in

yet. Someone kissing him

"Well, I—"

never kissed before." Even though this was the excuse he was

could feel something

more experienced person

Sure, he didn't have much

any case, answer me already." Esme began to shift

until they retained reasonable

did you decide to show me

deep

a few seconds, feeling Esme's gaze

Then, he spoke up.

just… didn't want

into disguise and

thought never

and he wanted her

was all there

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