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.~

moment, Rey froze. It seemed, perhaps even more than

the time. That's

shook you

Rey said

she was a very useful Familiar to have, and also not

a neighbor closest to me than anything

I can hear your thoughts,

echoed as his eyes popped wide open. ~HAHAHAHA! So you think I'm

'Don't push it, Emil!'

~Aye, aye, Master!~

with

hear my thoughts, Emil… but only the thoughts I want you to hear.' He smiled, thinking on a deeper level than what his

Layered Thoughts, Rey could not only multitask, but he could segment

that will make her think I didn't want her to know my true feelings…'

was the first step towards that

her understand how I feel about her, without her constantly seeking validation and praise from

was the same way siblings didn't need to constantly repeat that they cared

show how much I value her, and

he decided to address the other issue—Adrien's

be a powerhouse on her own. She'll be useful in a lot more ways too…' He thought to himself, acknowledging

'Still… this isn't enough.'

Oracle still weighed on him. Only he knew what was about to come—the destruction of

the heights I need to achieve to prevent the destruction of everyone I care about… of the people of H'Trae… I need

didn't matter if there were no more hardly any living beings