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.

shone bright pink, and from the chilly expressionless reaction she had upon first hearing the question,

grew broad and formed a bloodthirsty smile, revealing

meant to entertain us in multiple ways. They're stubborn for sure, not knowing their place, but in the end… they're

they heard the kind and innocent Mi'ja spew these words

or

Just blunt honesty.

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

felt just from imagining the countless ways she would kill

no further deep thoughts. Just that—pure, savage

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

was I expecting…?' He told

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

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

what did he

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

now, he and Lucielle were

no luxury to

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

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

as he

going along with things so well, judging by

acclimated to this Dragon 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

clear voice… her

more than anyone else that she didn't

it

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

—A complete facade.