An Extra’s POV

Gratiana still remembered how it felt when she was summoned to see The Oracle.

She had just attained her age of maturity and was going to become an Elder. It was an honor to grow into an Elder and finally assume more responsibility within the Elven Community.

She remembered how excited she was for the moment.

After all, more than the honor she would receive from her new name, and the responsibility that she would have to shoulder as an Elder, there was one more experience every Young One had to go through before they were officially recognized as an Elder.

—Meeting The Oracle.

It was The Oracle who gave names; the true nams that an Elder would bear for the rest of their lives. As such, Young Ones would appear within the shrine and be transported to the place where The Oracle resided.

No one really knew where it was.

However, all of those who had received this glorious experience had the same testimony.

"It is beautiful beyond belief!"

From everything Gratiana heard from her fellow sisters—some who had just gotten their True Names a few days before her turn—the experience couldn't be summed up in words.

Every Elf had to experience it for themselves.

And so, Gratiana faithfully waited for her own experience… until it finally came.

She was instantly transported to the interior of a golden palace; the halls designed so immaculately with architecture that she had never—and would never—lay eyes on.

The hall was brimming with beauty, but all of that was soon forgotten as soon as Gratiana finally took in a deep breath.

For the first time in her entire life, she smelled a certain fragrance that brought her to her knees almost instantly.

to the scent—both overpoweringly

intensely for that matter. If they could, then

on a

echoed within Gratiana's

her body the more she breathed, to the point where her senses

only echoes resounded in her ears. Thankfully, the voice that spoke

have arrived here—the Domain

of any of the words that were being uttered. She was merely nodding like a fool as drool, tears, and

who, from the little her blurry eyes could see, was shaped like a

She only noticed her long white hair and bright blue eyes before

child. You are safe here. You are free. You

that moment, knew exactly what to think and how to do so—through the divine words uttered to her by The

you bear your common name. Your name will now be Gratiana La

in consent

lost in her mind, and she embraced the

Elder, you must always perform your obligations to the community without fault. Protect the Young Ones, mercifully shun all

not open her mouth to respond to those words back then, but in her heart, an automatic "Yes" played in

was powerful—an unforgettable experience that words could never

at the climax of their time together, The Oracle held her face

pleasure shot

not recollect just how much she shivered and how loudly she screamed. She only knew

the divine… it

Gratiana found herself within the Shrine—a completely new person from

was an Elder in every

she had never experienced that same feeling. Only Esteemed Elders could see the Oracle after their recognition as Elders,

meet The Oracle again was if she worked

if The Oracle approved, she would be taken up to their Domain once

that more than