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.

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

and formed a bloodthirsty smile, revealing

"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

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

no reluctance or

Just blunt honesty.

till I kill my first human." At this point, she looked slightly aroused as she indulged in her

the countless ways she would kill the humans was

further deep thoughts. Just

there and listened to all of this, his eyes wide open to take in all of these words, he couldn't help but recoil at

was I expecting…?' He told

a Dragon—the same as the many who had driven humanity, as well as the

atrocities. They were responsible

did he

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

and Lucielle were in

luxury to

her

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

as he stared deep into

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

Civilization a lot better than him, but…

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

smile… her clear voice… her natural

Lucielle felt genuine, but Rey knew more than anyone else

it feel so

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

—A complete facade.