An Extra’s POV

[Bonding Successful!]

Rey saw this System Window displayed before him as Emil's gooey body slipped back into him and re-established their Bond. Once again, he felt the unreal sensation that he experienced when they first bonded. A rush of power swelled throughout his body, and he felt beyond alive.

'Ahh…' It was nearly orgasmic, but Rey controlled himself from leaking out any of his feelings through his face. Hence, despite having a stoic expression on his face, he felt immeasurable pleasure internally.

Before he could even acclimate, though—

~I've missed your body so much, Master! It looks like your body has missed me too! You've grown stronger too, haven't you? Ahhh… this feels amazing!~

—Emil's voice pounded within his head.

He didn't complain, though. Instead, he simply smiled and sighed.

"No thanks to you. You drained all of my Mana, so how exactly was I supposed to fight back against that explosion you sent to me? I had to spend my preserved Stat Points." He murmured, slowly remembering the feeling of anger he had previously.

Now that he thought of it, Emil actually needed some talking to… or would that go to Ater? He wasn't sure who to blame, but he needed to still educate the former about what was acceptable or not.

… Just for future purposes.

~Why didn't you use [Consume], though? Didn't you Copy it? Me leaving you didn't mean you couldn't use it…~

"...."

~I actually thought that was what you'd do, though it would have taken you time to absorb the energy, which would provide me and that guy a chance to escape.~

a moment, Rey froze. It seemed, perhaps even more than Emil and Ater, he also

time. That's why I didn't… think to…

shook you that

Emil." Rey said with a

Familiar to have, and also not because of

To me, Emil is like another part of me… a neighbor closest to me than anything else. She can also be pretty endearing and cute—not that I'm going to

hear your thoughts,

open. ~HAHAHAHA! So you think I'm cute, Master! You also think I'm a part of you? Kikikiki…

'Don't push it, Emil!'

~Aye, aye, Master!~

that way, Rey could sense that Emil was happy with him, and about herself. That made him glad for using

only the thoughts I want you to hear.' He smiled, thinking on a

Layered Thoughts, Rey could not only multitask, but he could segment his thoughts into various

I didn't

the first step towards

her, without her constantly seeking validation

of it that way. It was the same way siblings didn't need to constantly repeat that they cared about their fellow siblings since said affection could be gleaned from their actions and

and

he decided to address the

She'll be useful in

'Still… this isn't enough.'

Only he knew what was about to come—the

need to achieve to prevent the destruction of everyone I care about… of the people of

his own individual might didn't matter if there were no more hardly any