An Extra’s POV

Whispers echoed as Rey, Kara, and Esme trailed behind Gratiana who led them.

The rest of the Elves had dispersed, as ordered by their Big Sis. As a result, they playfully went around the Community to see their friends or have fun.

Were they worried about their Elder? Yes.

However, more than that emotion, the excitement they felt was an overriding force for them. They wanted to hate their experiences with the sisters they had in the Community.

The Dungeon Experience, their new perspective on Nature… and the kind of person the man who just entered the city was.

All of this, along with their child-like personalities, made them almost forget Gratiana and her fate, as they trailed off, leaving Rey and his allies to be her only escorts.

Or rather, she was theirs.

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"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!"

The High Elder's shriek nearly caused all the Esteemed Elders to wince, despite being used to how hysterical she could be at times.

Usually, they would internally caution her to display more decorum and composure, but none of those thoughts were in their mind at the moment. Right now, all the members of the Esteemed Council couldn't help but agree with the words and actions of the High Elder.

All of them were wondering the same thing.

Gratiana La Shanagari, one of the most committed of all the Elves in the Community, had done the one thing that no other rebel had ever managed to do.

to this sacred place? To our haven? To the bastion

of when she was still a Young One

had gotten an earful from an Esteemed Elder at the time, but compared to that…

anyone, Gratiana understood the severity of

taint themselves by

entirety of their civilization, despite very few Elves breaking the first rule—traveling to the world of the tainted beings—no one had ever managed to

Yet… she did that!

who would be considered tainted—if not abominable—to

you, Gratiana! Shame on you!" The High

stared at Gratiana with similar emotions, though the intensity of the

the Elders,

the shock on her face, there wasn't any other emotion that

herself? She isn't one to act in such a manner." After recoiling from the shock,

for mercy, but most of the Esteemed Elders

act in such a manner, yet you brought disgrace to the Esteemed Council by leading the Youngs under

almost in exhaustion. The people in this room

realize that it could be because of your reckless actions that an upstanding Elder like Gratiana ended up committing

with a tinge of annoyance, and

in an empty abode

High Elder's eyes were moist with tears as she shook

ones, O' Oracle of

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[Meanwhile]

thou calleth

of Elves were huddled together, amidst the devastation that surrounded them. They all held hands tightly, their