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 emotions at that

used to the forced suppression now

but after improving sensitivity to that facet of his being, he felt

was it suppressed? Because I reacted as a result of

was reminded of what had happened moments earlier;

now…' His thoughts trailed as

of the favored one entered the mix,

in the end, I still have to be in

to prevent their complete

don't want to, but…

Rey's calmer voice took over, and

brows were raised in response to

acting up again? The

said nothing. He only nodded, and

"I see…"

with. However, when he mentioned it, he

her happy for some

after his reaction upon hearing about Alicia, he

We don't have to talk about

fine." Rey swiftly responded,

up from the bed and cleared

was just caught off guard

also rose from

"You sure?"

warp in space occurred, causing everything around

~VWUSH~

eye, the two of

close to the windows, with a very pretty girl with long

in the change that happened when Rey's voice

Alicia." He stepped forward as he uttered those words, his eyes

conflicted expression filled his face, but all of

"Oh…"

the hall as she stepped forward as well. She silently looked at Alicia's face for

anything within

Then—

pretty." Esme said

is."

knew the fate that would befall him.

she's awake. She can get so excited would befall him. As such, he kept

began as he looked at the sleeping

I know the entire disaster wasn't my fault… I sometimes… wish… I