Reborn as an Yandere : Yandere X Yandere

Maruti blinked.  

Wait a minute.  

She suddenly remembered something—  

Esdeath had mentioned this guy before. And not just that, she and  her  even used his name as an excuse to get away from Lilith once.  

She narrowed her eyes.  

"Fable never told me there was a Xing Liang inheritance here," she muttered to herself.  

Then her gaze snapped back to the half-naked man standing proudly before her.  

"Hold on," she said, tilting her head. "Weren't you dead? And why are you standing here half-naked like it’s completely normal?"  

Xing Liang scoffed, crossing his thick arms over his chest.  

"First of all, I am *not* naked," he declared confidently. "I have my masculine body as a cover, and that’s way better than any cloth!"  

To prove his point, he struck a series of dramatic poses, flexing his arms, turning to show off his back, and even doing a weirdly elegant twirl.  

Maruti just stared at him blankly.  

"…Right," she said.  

"And second," he continued, "of course I’m dead! Or, well, my main body is dead. But this?" He spread his arms wide. "This is just my will, left behind as a legacy!"  

He grinned, gesturing around the cave.  

"This place was created by my real body," he explained. "It’s an inheritance ground. Anyone who comes here will receive my legacy! And by that, I mean they become my disciple. Cool, right?"  

Then, with a smug look, he added, "Oh, and by the way, in this place, you can’t even use your magic or your Essence Stone. Noticed that, right?"  

Maruti blinked and glanced down at herself.  

Now that he mentioned it…  

Her magic really wasn’t responding. Her Essence Stone, which she always relied on, felt completely useless here.  

She clenched her fist and relaxed it again, feeling a bit impressed.  

"Ohh… yeah. That’s pretty cool," she admitted. "How did you do it? Is this some kind of dark magic? A special Essence Stone?"  

Xing Liang laughed proudly, puffing out his chest.  

"Heheh… of course not! There are so many things you don’t know!" He waggled his finger like a teacher scolding a student. "But don’t worry—I’ll tell you everything!"  

Then he smirked.  

"But only after you become my disciple!"  

Maruti tapped her chin in thought.  

"Hmm…"  

For a moment, she just stood there, considering.  

Then, with a shrug, she nodded.  

"Well, there’s no harm in accepting it," she said.  

The moment the words left her mouth—  

"YAYYYY!"  

Xing Liang jumped into the air, spinning around like a child who just got their favorite toy. His tail wagged furiously, and his whole body radiated pure excitement.  

But just as he was about to do another celebratory pose—  

"Wait, wait, wait—BUT!"  

Maruti held up a hand, stopping him in his tracks.  

Xing Liang blinked, frozen mid-jump.  

Maruti crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes.  

"Aren’t you kinda stupid?" she asked bluntly.  

Maruti said flatly. "You said whoever comes here will become your disciple, right? Well, what if the wrong person came here? What if some complete lunatic or an enemy showed up instead?"  

Xing Liang was silent for a moment.  

Then—  

He let out a low chuckle, raising a hand to his face.  

"Heh…"  

His shoulders shook slightly.  

Then he slowly dragged his palm down his face, revealing a smug smile.  

"Stupid?" he repeated. "My IQ is 245, you know?"  

Maruti’s lips twitched.  

"It’s only natural that a little barbarian girl wouldn’t understand my supreme intellect," Xing Liang continued, lifting his chin arrogantly.  

"Can’t you see this place?" He gestured around them. "This isn’t just some random cave. It’s a small world, completely separated from the real world yet connected by a single thread acting as a passageway."  

He spread his arms dramatically.  

"This is my personal domain!"  

But then he frowned.

"But no one is invincible, Mistakes happen. And there are definitely people out there who can force their way into places like this."  

Xing Liang grinned.  

"That’s why I used this!"  

With a proud flourish—  

Xing Liang reached into his shorts and pulled something out.  

Maruti leaned in slightly, trying to get a better look.  

It was bright blue with white edges, like a piece of shattered glass. The shape was strange—almost like a broken star or some kind of crystal fractal.  

Xing Liang held it up proudly.  

"See? This is a piece of a Divine Rank Essence Stone—Fate," he announced.  

Maruti blinked.  

"Fate?"  

"Yeah!" Xing Liang nodded. "A million years ago, Fate shattered into many pieces, and my real body just happened to get one of them."  

He puffed up his chest, looking very proud of himself.  

But Maruti frowned, tilting her head.  

"Wait, hold on," she said. "Don’t Essence Stones disappear when they break? And if Fate shattered, doesn’t that mean it's gone for good?"  

Xing Liang immediately waved his hand.  

"Of course not!" he scoffed. "Fate will always exist! The Fate Essence Stone and fate itself are two different things. It’s like—"  

He paused for a second, searching for an example.  

"Oh! It’s like a Fireball Essence Stone!" he said suddenly. "That stone doesn’t become fire. It just gives you the power to control and throw fireballs, right?"  

Maruti slowly nodded.  

"Yeah…?"  

"Same thing with all Essence Stones and magic," Xing Liang continued.  

"Fate Essence Stone doesn’t create fate, but it lets you manipulate it—at least to a certain extent!"  

He then grinned and leaned in slightly.  

"And Fate isn’t just some random Essence Stone, you know. Some rare Essence Stones have special qualities of their own!"  

Maruti raised an eyebrow.  

"Like what?"  

Xing Liang held up a finger.  

"For example," he said, "the Wisdom Essence Stone can move and use its own powers even without an owner. It’s got intelligence!"  

Maruti’s eyes widened a little.  

"Huh. That’s actually kinda cool."  

Xing Liang smirked.  

"Exactly! And then there’s the Pure Love Essence Stone—it can heal itself."  

He crossed his arms, nodding.  

"And the Obsessed Love Essence Stone? It’s so strong that even some of the toughest materials in the world can’t break it!"  

Maruti's expression twisted slightly.  

"Wait, what? Obsessed Love?"  

Xing Liang ignored her reaction and continued proudly.  

"Just like those, the Fate Essence Stone doesn’t just vanish when it breaks. It only disappears if it’s shattered into countless tiny pieces!"  

Finally, he took a deep breath, finishing his explanation.  

Maruti crossed her arms.  

"Alright," she said, thinking it over. "So what now? Are we gonna do some crazy training? Like… spending thousands of years here while only a few days pass outside?"  

A small spark of excitement lit up in her eyes.  

That would be so cool.  

But—  

"Of course not!" Xing Liang shot her down immediately.  

Maruti’s shoulders slumped.  

"Huh? No secret training arc?" she muttered.  

"I’m not some god," Xing Liang said, rolling his eyes. "Just go outside for now. We’ll meet again later."  

Maruti pouted a little.  

"That’s boring…"  

But then—  

Xing Liang pulled out a small, golden ring and held it up.  

"Here!" he said, tossing it to her. "Every time you pour your mana into this ring, you’ll be teleported back here!"  

Maruti caught it and turned it over in her palm.  

A golden ring, huh?  

Her mind wandered for a second.  

"Ethan also got a golden ring…" she muttered. "Is this some kind of golden ring supremacy thing?"  

Xing Liang just stared at her.  

Maruti quickly shook her head and dismissed the thought.  

"Anyway!" she said, smirking. "I’ve still got tons of questions, but I’ll let them slide for now. I’m running late as it is!"  

Xing Liang clapped his hands together.  

"Alright then! Stay still—I’m teleporting you out of here!"

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Outside the academy, Esdeath and Ethan moved together. They had fought against Caramel outside the academy grounds, and now that Caramel was dead, they had also taken care of the remaining minions.  

But the aftermath of Caramel’s death was far worse than they expected. Many teachers and students lost their minds—some took their own lives, while others went berserk, attacking anything in sight.  

Only a handful of people managed to survive. Ethan had quickly instructed them to hide in the hidden basement of the academy’s garden for safety.  

Now, as Esdeath and Ethan made their way back to the academy, their breaths were heavy—not just from exhaustion after fighting so many teachers, students, and monsters, but also from what had just happened moments ago.  

Lilith had unleashed her overwhelming aura. It had been suffocating, forcing them to their knees, unable to move. But now, that pressure had disappeared, allowing them to move freely again.  

As they walked, their feet splashed into puddles, sending ripples through the red liquid covering the ground. It was raining—but this wasn’t normal rain. The water was red, thick like blood, soaking their clothes.  

Esdeath was completely drenched. She was still wearing the same dress she had worn to her date with Lortell, but now, with blood-soaked fabric clinging to her skin, she looked even more terrifying—like a ghostly figure emerging from a battlefield.  

As she ran alongside Ethan, her thoughts drifted to her recent encounter with the Penetrator.  

"So, he wasn’t just talking nonsense… He was actually telling the truth," she thought. "I need to talk to Predictor about him in detail."  

She lifted a hand and wiped some of the red rain from her forehead with her fingers.  

Then, without hesitation, she brought them to her lips.  

The metallic taste spread across her tongue.  

"Hmm… real blood tastes much better,"