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.

and from the chilly expressionless reaction she had upon first hearing the question, her demeanor quickly morphed into something far more

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

of discussion. "They're our 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

they heard the kind and innocent Mi'ja

no reluctance or compassion

Just blunt honesty.

my first human." At

imagining the countless ways she would kill the humans was

no further deep

to all of this, his eyes wide open to take in all of these words, he couldn't help but recoil at the rawness of Mi'ja's

expecting…?'

well as the other races of the

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

what did

time for me to search for

and Lucielle were in Enemy

no luxury

Lucielle broke the resulting silence with her excited voice, causing the tension to vanish as quickly

Lucielle, who now nudged him playfully, smiling with so much glee and excitement that it matched Mi'ja's

as he

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

Civilization a lot better than him, but…

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 calm

smile… her clear voice… her natural body

about Lucielle felt genuine, but Rey knew more than anyone else that she didn't feel any of the things she was

it feel so

it feel like her regular self? Could it be that the Grand Mage Lucielle that he knew was just as

—A complete facade.