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 first hearing

a bloodthirsty smile, revealing a suppressed excitement that would

playthings, meant to entertain us in multiple ways. They're stubborn for sure, not knowing their place, but in the end… they're livestock who are only useful in their deaths and

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

or compassion in her

Just blunt honesty.

my first human." At this point, she looked

countless ways she would kill the humans was laid bare for

deep thoughts. Just that—pure, savage

of this, his eyes wide open to take in all of these words, he couldn't

I expecting…?' He told himself

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

were responsible for countless atrocities. They were responsible for the deaths of some

did he

this really the time for me to search for

Lucielle were

luxury to think

the resulting silence with her

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

thoughts trailed as he

this time, he had assumed she was going along with things so well, judging by her behavior,

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

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

smile… her clear

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

it

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.