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…"

this, Rey's body shook a little. The System

to the forced suppression now that he was aware

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

why was it suppressed? Because I reacted

happened moments earlier;

trailed as he realized

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

I still have to be in control of my

to prevent

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

voice took over, and

tell that much from how her brows were

acting up again?

said nothing. He only nodded,

"I see…"

dealing with. However, when

made her happy

Alicia, he knew she could already

don't have to talk

it's fine." Rey

rose up from the bed and

caught off guard is

also rose from

"You sure?"

warp in space occurred,

~VWUSH~

less than the blink of an eye, the two of them were in

windows, with a very pretty girl

was still taking in the change that happened when Rey's voice

uttered those words, his

filled his face, but all of them

"Oh…"

light steps echoed softly within the hall as she stepped forward as well. She silently looked at Alicia's face for a minute or

anything

Then—

Esme said with a compassionate

is."

releasing more emotions, he knew the fate that would befall him. As such,

She can get so excited would

stuff…" Rey began as he looked

very fierce, she's the kindest person I know. I… even though I know the entire disaster wasn't my fault…