An Extra’s POV

"Can I ask you something, Rey?"

Esme was back to laying on Rey's bed—not that he minded, of course.

At some point, a thought did cross his mind that once Esme left, her sweet flowery scent would remain imprinted on his bed.

He didn't consider this a bad thing, though, so he let her have at it.

'But… what would Alicia think if my room starts smelling like a different woman?'

He had heard from someone that women had that kind of superpower, but he wasn't so sure about how valid the claim was.

Still, was it a risk he was willing to take?

The fact that he still let Esme lay on his bed proved that to be the case.

"What is it?" He responded with a question of his own.

With the two of them already talking about the Grand Calamity, Rey's rising fame, and pretty much all of the current things that had happened in Esme's absence, she was pretty much up to speed with his life.

As for Rey, he also got the gist of what Esme had been up to for the past couple of months.

It only took four to five hours, give or take, but the time was well spent. There were no holes or gaps in their memories any longer.

Plus, as a bonus, they enjoyed every second of the interaction.

'I initially thought Esme would need to rest and freshen up before we began our long talk, but I was wrong.'

Thanks to her high Level and Stats, she could go on for a while without getting too exhausted.

She also claimed to have rested considerably before arriving at the Capital and gatecrashing the Gala.

As for freshening up—even though Rey didn't smell any slightly bad odor from Esme, but rather the opposite—he still thought it would be nice for her to take a long shower after such an arduous trip.

That was until she reminded him of her elemental abilities—one of which was generating and controlling water.

She had also taken a long, hot bath before arriving at the Gala.

Rey could no longer argue with any of her points, so he couldn't wiggle out of a conversation with her—not that he wanted to anyway.

His introspection into all of these things was interrupted by Esme's request.

"Can I see her? Alicia, I mean…"

this, Rey's body shook a

never get used to the forced suppression

sensitivity to that facet of his

I reacted as a result

of what had happened moments earlier; with Ater and how flustered he

see now…' His thoughts trailed as he realized the deal of the

of the favored one entered

have to be in control

prevent

don't have to if you don't want to, but…

over, and Esme noticed it

could tell that much from how her brows were raised

again?

only nodded,

"I see…"

he was dealing with. However, when he mentioned it, he told her that

made her happy

upon hearing about Alicia, he knew she could

don't have to talk about her

Rey

from the bed and cleared

caught off

also rose from

"You sure?"

warp in space

~VWUSH~

the blink of an eye, the two of them were

the windows, with a very pretty girl with long brown hair asleep on

the change that happened when

as he uttered those words, his eyes on the girl who wouldn't wake

filled his face, but all of them remained barely expressed as he became

"Oh…"

steps echoed softly within the hall as she stepped forward as well. She silently looked at Alicia's face for a

anything

Then—

pretty." Esme said with a

She is."

more emotions, he knew the fate that would befall him. As such, he

so excited would befall

about stuff…" Rey began as

she's the kindest person I know. I… even though I know the entire disaster wasn't my fault… I sometimes… wish… I was…