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.

she had upon first hearing the question, her demeanor quickly morphed into

small lips grew broad and formed a bloodthirsty smile, revealing a suppressed excitement

"They're our playthings, meant to entertain us in multiple ways. They're stubborn for sure, not knowing their place, but in the

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

reluctance or compassion

Just blunt honesty.

really can't wait till I kill my first human." At this point, she

just from imagining the countless ways she would kill the humans was laid bare for

no further deep thoughts. Just

open to take in all of these words, he couldn't

was I expecting…?'

Dragon—the same as the many who had driven humanity, as well as

responsible for the deaths of some of his comrades as

did he

to search for nuances? Ultimately, they

and Lucielle

luxury

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

nudged him playfully, smiling with so much glee and excitement that it matched

as he stared deep into her

was going along with things so well, judging by her behavior,

Dragon Civilization a lot better than him, but… just how

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 so

clear voice… her natural

else that she didn't feel any of the things she

it feel so

Could it be that the Grand Mage Lucielle that he knew was just as real as the Dragon Student Luc'ia

—A complete facade.