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

the forced suppression now that he was aware

subtle, but after improving sensitivity to that facet of

reacted as a result of

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

now…' His thoughts trailed as he

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

have to be in control of my

prevent their

want to, but… I would just like to

Rey's calmer voice took over,

could tell that much from how her brows were raised in response

it acting up again? The

nodded, and then sighed

"I see…"

the Class Privilege problem he was dealing with. However, when he mentioned it, he told her that it wasn't working when he was with

made her happy for

hearing about Alicia, he knew she could already guess what

have to

fine." Rey swiftly responded,

the bed and cleared his

caught off guard

rose from her comfortable

"You sure?"

moment she stood, a sudden warp in space occurred, causing everything around them

~VWUSH~

blink of an eye, the

with a very

that happened when Rey's voice filled the

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

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

"Oh…"

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

one said anything within

Then—

really pretty." Esme said with

is." He

more emotions, he knew the fate that would befall

so excited would befall him. As such, he kept every

passionate about stuff…" Rey began as he

she can be very fierce, she's the kindest person I know. I… even though I know the