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

to the forced suppression now that he was

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

it suppressed? Because I reacted as a result

of what had happened moments earlier;

as he realized the deal of the

element other than that of the favored one

like, in the end, I still have

order to prevent their

you don't want to, but… I would just like to see

voice took over, and

from how her brows were

again? The

only nodded, and then sighed not

"I see…"

when he mentioned it, he told her that it wasn't working when he was

made her happy for some

after his reaction upon hearing about Alicia, he knew she could already guess

okay. We don't have to talk about her

fine." Rey swiftly responded, interrupting

the bed and cleared his

was just caught

from her comfortable

"You sure?"

sudden warp in space occurred, causing everything around them to shift

~VWUSH~

the two of them were in a different

a bed positioned succinctly close to the windows, with a very pretty girl with long brown hair

change that happened when Rey's

words, his eyes on the girl who

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

"Oh…"

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

said anything within that

Then—

said with a

is."

the fate that would

excited would befall him. As such,

Rey began as he looked

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