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.

the chilly expressionless reaction she had upon first hearing

bloodthirsty smile, revealing a

utter disgust towards the subject of discussion. "They're our playthings, meant to entertain

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

was no reluctance or compassion in

Just blunt honesty.

first human." At this point, she

imagining the countless ways she would kill

deep thoughts. Just that—pure,

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

was I expecting…?' He told himself

had driven humanity, as well

responsible for countless atrocities. They were responsible

did he

for me to search for nuances?

now, he and Lucielle were

was no luxury

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

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

as he

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

better than him, but… just

comrades 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

clear voice… her natural

felt genuine, but Rey knew more than anyone else that she

why did it

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

—A complete facade.