An Extra’s POV

780 Break Time

~DING!~

The first class ended after about an hour, and a long break was announced for the students.

Once the digital bell rang, the Instructor excused herself—stealing one final glance at R'ai, and also at Luc'ia—before exiting the classroom.

The reason Kar'eena looked at the latter as well was because she asked a lot of intelligent questions, and they both entered a small debate. The winner was, of course, Kar'eena, but that didn't prevent her from looking at Luc'ia with curious eyes.

Both of the new students were exceptional—she had been briefed on that much—but she never expected an incident to occur on just their first day.

'They show a lot of promise.' Was her fleeting thought before leaving the classroom, and letting the overexcited students enjoy their break.

Needless to say, there was a lot of noise the moment she stepped out.

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"R'ai, that was awesome!"

"For real, man! I really didn't think you'd be able to answer that. Even I don't think I could have given such a fluid answer like you did… and I was paying full attention."

"Sure you were… pfft!"

"H-hey!"

"But, damn… Luc'ia, you were amazing as well."

"Right? Why would you get into a debate with the Instructor? I mean… you made a lot of convincing points, but… I mean, Instructors obviously know more than us."

"Did you formally learn Magic before coming here? You really blew me away with everything you were saying."

"I felt the same! Honestly, the both of you are INCREDIBLE!"

Once break started, the majority of students in the classroom flocked around Rey and Lucielle, bombarding them with words of praise and compliments.

They had innocent eyes that brimmed with energy—some of them more than the others. A lot of them were star-struck, which was weird considering both Rey and Lucielle were the newbies of the class.

Of course, not all students acted so excessively.

In fact, a few students didn't even bother with both of them and simply enjoyed their break by forming their own small group or just occupying their space in the class.

of them was

classroom once it was Break…' Rey's thoughts trailed as he navigated the maelstrom of words directed at him by

keep your disguise. It's not like you can just hide in the

he should have capitalized on his good

least, that was

though. I can tell now…' Rey forced a smile as

looked to his side and found Lucielle giggling and talking freely with the ones who

looks like she's genuinely enjoying herself.' It always surprised him how easy it was for Lucielle to acclimate to this social setting compared to him. 'I should also give it my all.' Resolved to do better, Rey braced himself for the next

determined to answer

the two of you perhaps… lovers?" 'E-eh?' Rey's eyes nearly widened as he heard the question from someone random in the crowd. Before he could dismiss it as nonsense, however, a rather sizeable number of people began to echo out the question and double down on it in

He wondered to himself, taking a quick look at Lucielle, who was now being assailed with

even worth considering? He

to croak out, a little proud of himself for telling the

exactly is your

"Do you like her?"

you don't, could you link me up with

"N-no! Link me!"

can all try our luck, you know?

"And smart too!"

how strong she is!

about such a delicate topic. A school crush was something people usually liked to keep secret, and they would never just expressly declare their intentions

a trait exclusive to the boys alone if he couldn't overhear the conversation

you introduce me to R'ai?

smart too… m-maybe

would really like to get to know him

do you think he is down there?

head nearly exploded when he heard all the

girls were

had initially thought the Dragons had an uncanny similarity with humans, but the longer he spent with these people,

seen…

to stiffen that

he was a machine, and looked at the

saw me naked back then… she's telling the truth. D-does

us! How does

"What's the size?"

"What color is it?"

you touch it before? How did it feel

yes, tell us the