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…"

moment he heard this, Rey's body shook a little. The System controlled his emotions at that

the forced suppression now that he

to that facet

why was it suppressed? Because I reacted as a

had happened moments

trailed as he realized the deal

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

in the end, I still have to be in control

to prevent

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

voice took over, and Esme noticed it

brows were raised in response to his complete change in

up again? The emotion

only nodded, and then sighed not

"I see…"

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

her happy

his reaction upon hearing about Alicia, he knew she

don't have to talk about

fine." Rey

up from the bed and cleared his

caught off guard

also rose from her comfortable

"You sure?"

moment she stood, a sudden warp in space

~VWUSH~

the two of

to the windows, with a very pretty girl with long brown hair asleep

still taking in the change that happened when Rey's

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

his face, but all of them remained barely expressed as

"Oh…"

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

said anything within

Then—

Esme said with a compassionate

is."

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

her when she's awake. She can get so excited would befall him. As

as he looked

though she can be very fierce, she's the kindest person I know. I… even though I know the entire disaster wasn't my fault… I sometimes… wish… I was… mm… I