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 question,

lips grew broad and formed a bloodthirsty smile, revealing a suppressed excitement that would

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 are only useful in their deaths and

Lucielle were silent as they heard the kind and innocent Mi'ja spew these words with such confidence and

no reluctance or compassion

Just blunt honesty.

my first human." At this point, she looked slightly aroused

perverse joy she felt just from imagining the countless ways she would kill the humans

no further deep thoughts. Just that—pure,

his eyes wide open to take in all of these

I expecting…?'

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

people were responsible for countless atrocities. They were responsible for the deaths of some of his comrades as

did

for me to search for nuances? Ultimately, they are

he and Lucielle

was no luxury

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

turned to Lucielle, who now nudged him playfully, smiling with so much glee and excitement that it

trailed as he stared deep into

she was going along with things so well, judging by her behavior, that he didn't for once realize just

acclimated to this Dragon Civilization a lot better than him, but… just how did she take

it started nearly eleven years ago, and I'm sure

smile… her clear voice…

else

it feel

that the Grand Mage Lucielle that he knew was just as real as the Dragon Student Luc'ia who was now in

—A complete facade.