An Extra’s POV

Chapter 627 A Bet Laced With Cruelty

"Y-you… you're so cruel."

Gratiana was left at a loss for words as she looked at Rey with shocked eyes. It would have been filled with nothing short of disgust in the past, but right now it showed nothing but downright confusion.

She didn't know what to think.

"H-how can someone… of your stature… I don't understand…"

All her life, she had been taught of how sacred the Divine territory was. The Oracle was in that realm, and they guided the Elves on the path of Nature.

No other entity of such a stature was a member of H'Trae, and that was the truth.

And so, the emergence of an entity that oozed divinity was something that discombobulated Gratiana and altered a lot of her perceptions of reality. She wouldn't have believed it if she didn't feel it in her body and soul.

… Especially in her body.

Even though she now recognized this individual as a higher entity than she was, she could not understand why he was acting in such a cruel and fiendish manner.

"Why would you go that far? Why punish those girls like that?" She murmured, unable to grasp the process of his mind.

"Do you really consider it to be a punishment?" His response was so nonchalant, almost as if was completely detached from the severity of what he had just proposed. Did he truly not implications of his actions?

"Yes. Life is sacred for us Elves. Placing those girls in a situation where they have to take a life, even if it is staged, is tortuous for them."

"Is it, really? I can't help but wonder about that…" Gratiana couldn't help but be further confused about his response. Surely, he had to have a reason for his confidence.

"I've been observing them for some time now. They're a bunch of bumbling idiots who have no idea what they're doing. That's because they've always been told what to do all their lives." He began, his voice smooth as silk.

fell silent as

those qualities, I can see what they really are inside. They're curious and inherently sadistic in nature. They've been deprived of violence their whole lives that, after being exposed to it for such a short period, it

you

them than you realize. It isn't punishment, but release from their ever-growing thirst for it." He smiled at

using himself as their target practice, he could see the looks on

that they had never been exposed to such power

expressions as they sent volley upon volley of assault to me…

snapped and killed so many people during the

believe that. They're

the bet with me." Rey threw his arms

know? If you have such faith in them, then surely you

looked at Rey,

her Little Sisters, but… after hearing some of the things he observed, she

cravings I felt. It was a secret struggle for me, but I managed to hold it in and only fantasize about it… until the day I became

Oracle, those urges of hers vanished, and she never again desired to take

going through similar

so she thought it was a problem only

the Young Ones were

to the bet, I'll let you sniff me. I'm

I'll

away with blushing cheeks. She couldn't even look him in the

curious, a-and… it's only because you insisted." Gratiana didn't know who she was trying to convince with her murmurs—the man before her, or herself. She fidgeted more

"Ready?"

as soon as she heard those words,

girls… please be strong.' Shutting her eyes

made with

rather than finding another way to escape, then it would be his

escaping without sullying their hands, it would be his loss