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 controlled

could never get used to the forced suppression now that he was aware of its

was subtle, but after improving sensitivity to that facet

reacted as a result of Alicia and

of what had happened moments earlier; with

now…' His thoughts trailed as

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

in the end, I still have to be in

to prevent their

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

calmer voice took over,

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

it acting up again? The emotion

nodded, and then

"I see…"

with. However, when he mentioned it,

happy for

upon hearing about Alicia, he

have to

it's fine." Rey swiftly

rose up from the bed and cleared his

caught off guard is

also rose from

"You sure?"

warp in space occurred, causing everything around

~VWUSH~

eye, the two of them were in a

with a very pretty girl with long brown hair asleep on

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

stepped forward as he uttered those words, his eyes on the

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

"Oh…"

steps echoed softly within the hall as she stepped forward as well. She silently looked at

anything within

Then—

really pretty." Esme said with a

She is." He

tried releasing more emotions, he knew the fate that would befall him. As such, he kept every expression

get so excited would befall him.

about stuff…" Rey began as

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