An Extra’s POV

784 Facade

"A-are there any further questions so far?"

In an attempt to divert attention from the topic of her crush on Adonis, Mi'ja quickly changed the mood back to an official one.

Her stuttering and overtly flustered expression still made it clear that she was simply hiding from her feelings, though.

"Questions?"

"Y-yeah. I mean, I've shown you the Hall, so if there are no questions… we'll move on to the next place on our list." Mi'ja replied with a rather daring smile.

As Class Rep, it was ultimately her decision to escort the two out of them out of the Hall and completely change the kind of conversation they could have.

Thankfully, Lucielle took the hint and decided to stop teasing Mi'ja.

Instead, she went for a rather surprising question.

One that not even Rey predicted—though it was something he had been thinking about, even at that very moment.

"What are your thoughts on humans?"

The moment this question echoed into the air, some kind of tense silence suddenly enveloped everything around the three.

It felt heavy.

"Humans… huh?"

The kind and innocent expression that Mi'ja previously displayed instantly melted off, replaced by a sinister look.

and from the chilly expressionless reaction she had upon first hearing the question, her demeanor quickly morphed into

a bloodthirsty smile, revealing a suppressed excitement that would cause anyone to

them aren't special." She began, each word laced with utter disgust towards the subject of discussion. "They're our playthings, meant to entertain us in multiple ways. They're stubborn for sure, not knowing their place, but

silent as they heard the kind and innocent Mi'ja spew these words with

was no reluctance or compassion in

Just blunt honesty.

I kill my first human." At this point, she

countless ways she would kill

nuance… no further deep thoughts. Just that—pure,

open to take in all of these words, he couldn't help but recoil at the rawness of

I expecting…?' He told

the many who had driven humanity, as well as the other races of the world, to

were responsible for countless atrocities. They were responsible for the

did

this really the time for me to search for nuances? Ultimately, they are

and Lucielle were

was no luxury to

Humans are soooo dumb!" Lucielle broke the resulting silence with her excited voice, causing the tension to vanish as quickly as it

R'ai?" Rey slowly turned to Lucielle, who now nudged him playfully,

as he stared

going along with things so well, judging by

a lot better than him,

since it started nearly eleven years ago, and I'm sure they've taken a lot from her—more than I can currently understand. Yet… how can

smile… her clear voice… her

felt genuine, but Rey knew more than anyone else that she didn't feel any of the things she was

did it feel so

the Grand Mage Lucielle that he knew was

—A complete facade.