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…"

a little. The System controlled his

He could never get used to the forced suppression now that

to that facet of his being,

reacted as a result of Alicia and not

happened moments

His thoughts trailed as he realized the deal of the

than that of the favored one entered the mix, it would inadvertently

I still have

prevent their

want to, but… I would just like

Rey's calmer voice took over, and Esme noticed it

from how her brows were raised in

acting up again? The emotion dampening

said nothing. He only nodded, and then sighed

"I see…"

told Esme all about the Class Privilege problem he was dealing with. However, when he mentioned it, he told her that

made her happy for some

his reaction upon hearing about Alicia, he

have to talk

fine." Rey swiftly responded,

the bed and

just caught off guard is

rose from

"You sure?"

space occurred, causing everything around them

~VWUSH~

eye, the two of them

close to the windows, with

the change that happened when

stepped forward as he uttered those words, his eyes

slightly conflicted expression filled his face, but all of

"Oh…"

stepped forward as well. She silently looked at Alicia's face for a

one said anything

Then—

said with a compassionate

is." He

tried releasing more emotions, he knew the fate that would befall him. As such, he kept every expression to

should see her when she's awake. She can get so excited would befall

about stuff…" Rey began as he looked at the

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