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.

reaction she had upon first hearing the

and formed a bloodthirsty smile, revealing a suppressed excitement that would

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

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

was no reluctance or compassion

Just blunt honesty.

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

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

deep thoughts. Just that—pure, savage

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

I expecting…?' He told

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

They were responsible for the

did

search for nuances?

and Lucielle were in Enemy

no luxury to think

dumb!" Lucielle broke the resulting silence with her excited voice, causing the tension

R'ai?" Rey slowly turned to Lucielle, who now nudged him playfully, smiling with so much glee and excitement that it matched Mi'ja's

thoughts trailed as he stared deep into

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

than

war since it started nearly eleven years ago, and I'm sure they've taken a lot from her—more than I can

smile… her clear voice…

knew more than anyone else that she didn't feel any of the things she was

did it

regular self? Could it be that the Grand Mage Lucielle that he

—A complete facade.