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.

them

it was Break…' Rey's thoughts trailed as he navigated the maelstrom of words

want to keep your disguise. It's not like you can just hide in the background with

he should have capitalized

that was

can tell now…' Rey forced

and found Lucielle giggling and talking freely with the ones who were talking to her directly—mostly the girls, and

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

was determined to answer properly

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

taking a quick look at Lucielle, who was now being assailed with the

worth considering? He had to tell the

a little proud of himself for telling the

what exactly

"Do you like her?"

you don't, could you

"N-no! Link me!"

can all try our luck, you know?

"And smart too!"

wonder just how strong she is!

topic. A school crush was something people usually

this was a trait exclusive to the boys alone if

me to

too. He's so handsome… and smart too… m-maybe

like to get to know

big do you think he is down there? I'm going crazy just thinking about

heard

the girls

the longer he spent with these people, the more he began to pick up on slight but

actually seen… him

voice caused Rey to stiffen that very

He slowly turned his head, as if he was a machine, and looked at the excited Lucielle as she smiled naughtily at her

telling the truth. D-does that mean she's going to—?!'

does it

"What's the size?"

"What color is it?"

you touch it before?

tell us the