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 forced suppression now that he was aware

sensation was subtle, but after improving sensitivity to that

I reacted as a result

what had happened moments earlier;

thoughts trailed as he realized the deal of

of the favored one entered the mix, it

like, in the end, I still have to be in control

to prevent their

want to, but… I would just like to see

over, and Esme noticed

that much from how her brows were raised in response to his complete change

again? The

only nodded, and then

"I see…"

with. However, when he mentioned it, he told her that it wasn't working when he

her happy for

his reaction upon hearing about Alicia, he knew she

don't have to talk about her

fine." Rey swiftly responded,

rose up from the

just caught off guard

also rose from her comfortable

"You sure?"

a sudden warp in space occurred,

~VWUSH~

the two

the windows, with a very pretty girl

that happened when Rey's

those words, his

conflicted expression filled his face, but all of

"Oh…"

echoed softly within the hall as she stepped forward as well. She

one said anything within

Then—

said with a compassionate

is." He

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

when she's awake. She can get so excited would befall him. As such, he

passionate about stuff…" Rey began as he looked at the sleeping

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