An Extra’s POV

A faint whisper.

It echoed within Rey's mind, almost like a suggestion. The voice told Rey to kneel, and he found himself obeying in no time at all.

As Rey saw the eyes of the statue shine brightly, with markings of blue and white covering its pristine body, he felt the presence of an entity.

Was this The Oracle? Was it not? He had absolutely no clue.

All he knew was that this being, whatever they were, was great enough to cause his body and mind to shiver. The strong and sweet aroma that suddenly filled the air caused him to swallow his fast-forming saliva, and he could sense an allure of something unseen.

Then, the very same voice came to him once again.

~Bring the Half Elf in your company with you for your next visit, and an audience shall be granted of you.~

Rey's eyes widened as he heard this in his thoughts. There was nothing more stated, and despite the many questions that appeared in his mind as a result of the instruction he had just received, he remained quiet.

After a few seconds, he finally spoke up.

"Understood."

As soon as his words of confirmation echoed in the hall, the energies in the room began to dissipate.

The statue lost all sense of life, and Rey was left all alone in the Shrine after that.

'That was intense!' As he thought this, he jumped to his feet. A bead of sweat had formed on his face, but he brushed it off quickly as he bowed his head before The Oracle once again.

Afterward, he departed from the Shrine.

As he opened the grand door that led outside, he couldn't help but indulge in his troubled, but also curious thoughts.

'Bring Esme along with me? Why…?'

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"Y-you had an encounter?!"

see The Oracle? Did you gaze upon

"Please tell us everything!"

out of the Shrine and met the Esteemed Elders, he was bombarded with questions

they could somewhat smell the remnants of the sweet aroma that suddenly filled the room back when he heard the voice, so they figured he had an audience with The Oracle. At the very least, that was confirmation

Elves and their obsession with this deity of theirs didn't make him show any form of

spoke to me. Though, I didn't see them. Just the

the air as Rey

that were present, but a vast number of Elves—at least over ten thousand—still waited outside the compound for his return. As soon as all of them heard this,

The Oracle on his first

Rey truly

"He is truly amazing!"

eyes, Rey would have normally felt flustered—perhaps a little proud

he had something else occupying his thoughts; something far

audience."

their faces became. They probably weren't expecting a Half Elf to be invited to their most holy place, but since this was the instruction of The

expected, none of them breathed a

then, I should go fetch Esme so we can go in there as soon as possible.' Since The Oracle had confirmed an audience with him, there was

covered the entire Elven Community, Rey removed his eyepatch and

"Huuu…"

color was

every single detail around him, and with all of his spatial awareness, he absorbed all of the information at a tremendous rate. In no time at all, his mind covered the

But—

"Hm. That's strange…"

her anywhere

what in the world happened?' Rey could feel certain emotions course through his body as his glowing eyes took in all of

faces of the Esteemed Elders around him, and he figured they had some knowledge of

focus from the Elves to Kara,

I'll

eyepatch back on and inhaled deeply, allowing himself to acclimate to his Normal Mode of vision after utilizing Light Mode for

"L-Lord Rey…"

okay, Lord

please say