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 was

Rey's thoughts trailed as he navigated the maelstrom of words directed at

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

wherever he went. Rather than excluding himself from the group, he should have capitalized on his good looks

least, that was

it sounds, though. I can tell now…' Rey forced a smile as he

with the ones

to this social setting compared to him. 'I should also give it my all.' Resolved to do better, Rey braced

determined to

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

should I respond with?!' He wondered to himself, taking a quick look at Lucielle, who

He had

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

what exactly is

"Do you like her?"

could you link me

"N-no! Link me!"

try our luck,

"And smart too!"

she is! Ahh… gives me shivers,

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

was a trait exclusive to the boys alone if he couldn't overhear the conversation between Lucielle and the girls she

introduce me to R'ai? I really like

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

would really like to get

is down

hell…?!' Rey's head nearly exploded when he heard all the things they were

the girls were

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

actually seen… him down

caused Rey to stiffen that very

if he was a machine, and looked at the excited Lucielle as she smiled

back then… she's telling the truth. D-does that mean she's going to—?!' His eyes widened

How does

"What's the size?"

"What color is it?"

it before? How did it feel

tell us