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

and formed a bloodthirsty smile, revealing

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…

and innocent

was no reluctance or compassion in her

Just blunt honesty.

first human." At this

ways she would kill the humans was laid bare for them

no further deep thoughts. Just

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

I expecting…?' He told

had driven humanity, as well as the other races of the world, to

They were responsible for the deaths of some of his comrades as

did

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

Lucielle were in

luxury to

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

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

he stared

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

than

many of 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

perfect smile… her clear

about Lucielle felt genuine, but Rey knew more than anyone else that

did it feel

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

—A complete facade.