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!"

Shrine and met the Esteemed Elders, he was bombarded with

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 to Rey that he

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

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

the air as Rey mentioned

the Esteemed Elders that were present, but a vast number of Elves—at least over ten thousand—still waited outside the compound

spoke to The Oracle on

Rey truly

"He is truly amazing!"

staring at him with starstruck eyes, Rey would have normally felt flustered—perhaps a little proud as well—but his mind was numbed by all of these

he had something else occupying

Oracle grants me a proper audience." He muttered, turning away from the Esteemed Elders,

holy place, but since this was the instruction of The Oracle, verified by himself, he doubted any of them

as expected, none of them breathed a word against

go fetch Esme so we can go in there as soon as possible.' Since The Oracle

the entire Elven

"Huuu…"

world of color was

the information

But—

"Hm. That's strange…"

her anywhere within

her energy, but… hold on, her house… and… what in the world happened?' Rey could feel certain emotions course through his body as his glowing eyes

guilty faces of the Esteemed Elders around him, and

told himself, changing his focus from the Elves to

something. I'll just

himself to acclimate to his

"L-Lord Rey…"

everything okay, Lord

Rey, please say