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.

body shivered in reaction to the scent—both overpoweringly intense and

If they could, then they had long transcended the highest realm that the

a completely different

voice, so sweet and glorious, echoed within Gratiana's ears and mind as she struggled to maintain her

through all parts of her body the more she breathed, to the point where her senses betrayed

echoes resounded in her ears. Thankfully, the

here—the Domain of

being uttered. She was merely

was in absolute submission to this being who, from the little her blurry eyes could see, was shaped like a woman in a long, flowing

details. She only noticed her long white hair and bright blue eyes before everything became even

safe here. You are free. You are

what to think and how to do so—through the divine words uttered to her by

bear your common name. Your

consent

past name was now completely lost in her mind, and she embraced the new one granted to her by

an Elder, you must always perform your obligations to the community without fault. Protect the Young Ones, mercifully shun all the tainted ones, and purge all the impurities of

to respond to those words back then, but in her

Oracle was powerful—an unforgettable experience that words

climax of their time together, The Oracle held her face

pleasure shot through

screamed. She only knew how good it felt back then…

be touched by the divine…

consciousness, Gratiana found herself within the

in every sense

had never experienced that same feeling. Only Esteemed Elders could see the

was if she worked hard enough and her efforts

and if The

wanted that more than