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.

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

disgust towards the subject of discussion. "They're our playthings, meant to entertain us in multiple ways. They're stubborn for sure,

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

was no reluctance or compassion in

Just blunt honesty.

At this point, she looked slightly

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

nuance… no further deep thoughts. Just

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

was I expecting…?'

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

countless atrocities. They were responsible for the deaths of some

what did he

to search for nuances? Ultimately,

and Lucielle

luxury

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

slowly turned to Lucielle, who now nudged him playfully, smiling

His thoughts trailed as he

judging by her

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

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. Yet… how can she remain

perfect smile… her clear

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

it feel so

it feel like her regular self? Could it be that the Grand Mage Lucielle that he knew

—A complete facade.