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.

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

a bloodthirsty smile, revealing a suppressed excitement

disgust towards the subject of discussion. "They're our playthings, meant to entertain us in multiple ways. They're stubborn for sure,

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

reluctance or compassion

Just blunt honesty.

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

perverse joy she felt just from imagining the countless ways she

further deep thoughts.

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

I expecting…?' He told

was a Dragon—the same as the many who had driven humanity, as well as the other races of the world, to a

were responsible for the

did he

search for nuances? Ultimately, they are

Lucielle

no luxury to think

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

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

trailed as he stared deep into

this time, he had assumed she was going along with things so well, judging by her behavior, that he didn't for once realize just how

to this Dragon Civilization a lot better than him, but… just how did she take

experienced this war since it started nearly eleven years ago, and

her clear

more than anyone else that she didn't

it feel

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

—A complete facade.