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 the question, her demeanor quickly

and formed a bloodthirsty smile, revealing a suppressed excitement that would cause anyone to

utter disgust 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

and innocent Mi'ja spew these words with such confidence and blatant

was no reluctance or

Just blunt honesty.

can't wait till I kill my first human." At this point, she looked slightly aroused as

from imagining the countless ways she would kill the

deep thoughts. Just that—pure, savage

and listened to all of this, his eyes wide open to take in all

I expecting…?' He told

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

were responsible for the deaths

did

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

Lucielle

luxury to

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

Lucielle, who now nudged him playfully, smiling with so much glee and

His thoughts trailed as he

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

Civilization a lot better than him, but… just

her 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 can currently understand. Yet… how

her clear voice… her

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

it

Could it be that the Grand Mage Lucielle that he knew was just as real as

—A complete facade.