An Extra’s POV

"W-what…?"

Belle's mask of bravado broke as Ralyks made his statement. Her eyes were wide open as she looked at the darkness before her.

"There's no need to hide it. I see through you, you know?"

More chuckles of amusement echoed from behind the mask as Ralyks drew closer to her by shifting his body forward.

Belle felt like she wanted to retreat, but there was nowhere to run to.

She could only watch him approach.

"S-so what if I am?" She found herself asking.

This would be the time where she was meant to deny what he was saying, but here she was digging a deeper hole for herself.

'I've never been this honest with anyone before.'

Belle didn't want to stop, but she also understood how dangerous her current disposition was—especially if she was found out.

'I can't let everything come crashing down! I can't be found out!' She panicked as she tried to look away from Ralyks.

"There's no need to worry."

The calm words that came from Ralyks seemed to embrace her and draw her body closer to him.

Belle suddenly felt at ease.

"I won't tell on you. In fact, I find your personality refreshing…"

"W-what are you…?"

"I mean that I quite like you, Belle. You're very much my type."

"I-I don't understand…"

Belle was so confused, yet something within her felt happy to hear those words.

She felt her cheeks grow hot, and she felt herself sinking deeper into the gaze of a man whose face she didn't even know.

"There's no need for you to understand. I understand it all—your thoughts, your emotions, and your current dilemma."

said it before, but it was only

can see

faster as her body trembled

what

I… evil?" She asked the man before

"Pardon?"

placed all my classmates under my mind control, and let them do my bidding. If it wasn't that Conrad went to make his announcement so suddenly and

Ralyks' tone seemed to hint at

It puzzled Belle.

be considered despicable by most, yet this man wasn't

caused a lot of people to suffer for defying me or trying to

What else?" Ralyks asked once

and Adonis suffer for outshining me. Even after knowing that

few seconds of silence elapsed, and

enough…' She thought to herself as she maintained eye contact with the man

eyes did not flicker for a moment,

her this question, Belle felt

couldn't believe the look of disappointment that oozed from the eyes of the man who

stare was

Too cold.

going to remember this conversation a lot differently, so I

she wasn't even hearing him with her ears, but he was speaking

have laid entire civilizations to ruin. I have consumed several worlds and caused the end of

became blank as images of horror

she saw was

even understand most of it. The

the right to call

Belle asked, her eyes widening the more she uttered

"You are not evil."

not evil." She repeated with a smile

all those things simply because you thought they were right. We all make mistakes when we're young and we learn to

more mature now. You understand things better…

understand things

head, his fingers coursing through the beautiful yellow strands of her

our actions. Despite your sociopathic tendencies, you chose to stay behind and save

But that is simply

recognized as a hero. As

who I

you good because you help people, or do you help people because you are