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.

shone bright pink, and from the chilly expressionless reaction she had upon first hearing the

bloodthirsty smile, revealing

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 in the end… they're livestock who

silent as they heard the kind and innocent Mi'ja

or compassion

Just blunt honesty.

I really can't wait till I kill my first human." At this point, she looked slightly aroused as she indulged

she felt just from imagining the countless ways she would kill the humans was

deep thoughts. Just that—pure, savage

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

I expecting…?'

same as the many who had driven humanity, as well as the other races of the world, to a state of constant

were responsible for the deaths

did

me to search for nuances?

and Lucielle were

no luxury to think

resulting silence with her excited voice, causing the tension to vanish as quickly as

too, R'ai?" Rey slowly turned to Lucielle, who now nudged him playfully, smiling with so much glee and

trailed as he stared deep into her

this time, he had assumed she was going along with things so well, judging by her behavior,

better than him, but… just how did she take all of

died to Dragons, and she has probably fought with and killed more Dragons than I have. She has experienced this war since it started nearly eleven years ago, and I'm sure they've taken a lot from her—more than I can currently understand.

smile… her clear voice… her

than anyone else that she didn't feel

did it

feel like her regular self? Could it be that the Grand Mage Lucielle that he knew was just as real as the Dragon Student Luc'ia who was now in front of

—A complete facade.