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.

had upon first hearing the question, her demeanor quickly

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

the subject of discussion. "They're our playthings, meant to entertain us in multiple

and Lucielle were silent as they heard the kind and innocent Mi'ja spew

or

Just blunt honesty.

human." At this point, she looked slightly aroused

countless ways she would

deep thoughts. Just

to all of this, his eyes wide open to take in all of these words, he

was I expecting…?' He

many who had driven humanity, as well as the other races of the world, to a state

responsible

what did he

this really the time for me to search for nuances? Ultimately, they are the enemy… my

and Lucielle

no luxury to think

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

nudged him playfully, smiling with so much glee and excitement

as he stared

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

acclimated to this Dragon Civilization a lot better than him, but…

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

smile… her clear voice…

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

did it feel so

he knew was just

—A complete facade.