An Extra’s POV

'I'm sorry…'

With hunched shoulders, he watched as Esme's body lay on the bed he placed her in. Her delicate body displayed a kind of fragileness that nearly made him pity her.

Despite his own unfortunate circumstances, he couldn't help feeling even worse for Esme.

'No… do I really feel bad for her, or myself?'

At this point, Rey could feel the emotions within him rise up at a terrible pace. He had suppressed them for so long that their compounded effects were beginning to disturb his mind.

Unable to resist any longer, he fell to his knees and released everything at once.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!" Screaming at the top of his lungs, he had tears descending down his eyes as his whole body trembled.

He felt bad—very bad.

All of those feelings—rage, fear, shame, sorrow, and much more—oozed out of his voice, which would have normally filled the room, but thanks to his Sound Magic, Rey controlled the flow of the noise he was making and restricted it greatly.

In essence, not even Emil who slept beside him could hear his wails and screams.

'I… I… what am I doing?'

Despite being the one that was betrayed by Emil, he couldn't help but blame himself for how everything ended up this way.

'If only… if only I was a better Master…'

He had taken Emil for granted all this time, and he carelessly trusted Adrien. Now that he thought of all these things, he hated himself and all his course of actions.

"I'M SO STUPID!!!" He cried out in utter and pure anger.

Perhaps this was nothing but self-pity. However, Rey didn't care about that at all.

the current emotions that nearly suffocated him were very real—too real. He hated himself for feeling so much disgust towards himself, and towards

this power. In the end… I

Yer, or Ralyks… or whatever other identity that had been framed around him… he was nothing but ordinary.

of suppression sprang out, alongside a myriad of other emotions here

'I… I…'

him within that single window vanished in their entirety. In essence… the System

the tears that streamed down his eyes.

kill him if he didn't release them suddenly seemed like a thing of the distant past. Despite crying and screaming mere seconds

from the atmosphere he had

remain too fixated on feelings and focus on

in a deep breath and began to calculate a bunch of things in his head

"R-Rey…?"

stopped him dead in

could feel the jitters spread through his brain and

he found Esme in the bed looking at him with

She asked, turning around to see a rather

was definitely Rey's residential room in the Elf Community, which meant she was no

your mind. But, if you'd allow me to explain what—" As Rey spoke, Esme's frown only became more grim, eventually raising

let me

"Yeah?"

me away from my destiny as the Oracle's Heir

you? Even

words, but he let his rational mind take over and stop him from making more

the least selfish—would be to tell her all about wha happened when she was with The Oracle, and how he arrived at a

"I'll tell you everything…"

her about Ciela, about Feralia, Adrien, as well as so many people who played their part in the intricate scheme. In the end, he could

or do, but…'' Rey's thoughts

I owe her

her personality, but since she was willing to do all of that to

was the only way he could offer