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?!"

Did you gaze upon

"Please tell us everything!"

soon as Rey came out of the Shrine and met

voice, so they figured he had an audience with The Oracle. At the very least, that was confirmation to Rey that he

the Elves and their obsession with this deity of theirs didn't make

I didn't see them. Just the

filled the air

ten thousand—still waited outside the compound for his return. As soon as all of them heard this,

Oracle

Rey truly

"He is truly amazing!"

him with starstruck eyes, Rey would have normally felt flustered—perhaps

else occupying his

proper audience." He muttered, turning away from the Esteemed Elders, as he looked into the

weren't expecting a Half Elf to be invited to their most holy place, but since this was the instruction of The Oracle,

of them breathed a word against

fetch Esme so we can go in there as soon as possible.' Since The Oracle had confirmed an audience with him, there was no

the entire Elven Community, Rey removed his eyepatch and opened both of

"Huuu…"

world of color was granted to

all of his spatial awareness, he absorbed all of the information at

But—

"Hm. That's strange…"

couldn't detect her

energy, but… hold on, her house… and… what in the world happened?' Rey could feel

even see the guilty faces of the Esteemed Elders around

his focus from the Elves to Kara, who was waiting

something. I'll just question her

deeply, allowing himself to acclimate to his Normal Mode

"L-Lord Rey…"

everything okay, Lord

Rey, please say