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…"

he heard this, Rey's body shook a

forced

subtle, but after improving sensitivity to

reacted as a result of Alicia and not

of what had happened moments earlier; with Ater and

thoughts trailed as he realized the deal of

the favored one entered the

the end, I still have to be

order to prevent

to if you don't want to,

calmer voice took over,

tell that much from how her brows were raised in

acting up again? The

nodded, and then sighed not long

"I see…"

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

happy

his reaction upon hearing about Alicia, he knew she could already guess

have to

Rey swiftly

from the bed and cleared his

just caught off guard is

also rose from her comfortable

"You sure?"

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

~VWUSH~

an eye, the two of them were in

succinctly close to the windows, with a

in the change that happened

those words, his eyes on the

all of them

"Oh…"

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

said anything within

Then—

said with a compassionate

She is." He

emotions, he knew the fate that would

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

Rey began as he looked at the sleeping

she's the kindest person I know. I… even though I know the entire disaster wasn't my fault… I sometimes… wish… I