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…"

Rey's body shook a little. The System

the forced suppression now that he

subtle, but after improving sensitivity to that facet of

I reacted as a result of Alicia

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

His thoughts trailed as

other element other than that of the favored one entered the mix, it

I still have to be in

order to prevent

you don't want to, but… I would just

calmer voice took over, and

were raised in response to his

up again? The emotion dampening

nothing. He only nodded, and then

"I see…"

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

happy for some

hearing about Alicia, he

okay. We don't have to

fine." Rey

the bed and cleared

caught

from

"You sure?"

moment she stood, a sudden warp in space

~VWUSH~

the two of them were

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

change that happened when Rey's voice filled

words, his eyes on the girl who wouldn't

slightly conflicted expression filled his face, but all of

"Oh…"

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

anything within

Then—

pretty." Esme said with a compassionate

is." He

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

when she's awake. She can get so excited

about stuff…" Rey began as

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