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

ever smell this good and so intensely for that matter. If they could, then they had long transcended

a

echoed within Gratiana's ears and mind as she struggled to

could feel pleasure seeping through all parts of her body the more she breathed, to the point where her

in her ears. Thankfully, the voice that spoke always resounded within her

here—the Domain

the words that were being uttered. She was merely nodding like a fool as drool, tears, and mucus filled her

submission to this being who, from the little her blurry

but Gratiana could notmake out the details. She only noticed her long white hair and

fear, my child. You are safe here. You are

knew exactly what to think and how to

your common name. Your name

nodded in consent at

now completely lost in her mind, and she

Protect the Young Ones, mercifully shun

her mouth to respond to those words back then, but in her heart, an automatic "Yes" played in

unforgettable experience that words could never do

at the climax of their time together, The Oracle

pleasure

only knew how

the divine… it was pleasure unlike

herself within the Shrine—a completely new person from

Elder in every

experienced that same feeling. Only Esteemed Elders could see the Oracle after their recognition as Elders, and even then… an

to meet The Oracle again was if she worked hard

an Esteemed Elder, and if The

that more