The Cursed Extra: Twin Souls Against the World

Xane heard the loud, low-pitched scream of the hex master. "What's going on here?"

Just as she shouted, he heard other footsteps following after her.

A couple of her students asked in concern.

"Hex master, just now… was that a Nythra beast?"

"Idiot, how could such a beast enter the castle?"

"No, I recognized the feeling. It was the same as when I saw those beasts last time."

"Wait… don't tell me a new rift has opened nearby."

Even though Xane could not see, he could sense that they were looking around.

Xane was not too sure what was going on, but he now knew that whatever that madness mode was, others around him could sense it.

Just then, Zayn shouted to him. <Dude, I think I can move my toes.> [Wait, what!!]

<Let me try that again.>

Xane focused on the leg, and he sensed that the front end of his toe was scraping against some fabric.

It was just a slight movement, but for them, it was by far the most important body movement they had ever made in this world.

Xane felt like he was looking at a baby taking its very first step.

Zayn burst out laughing. <Haha, the feeling in my leg. It was just so nice.>

This pulled Xane out of his trance as he shouted. [Hey, stop wasting time and try to open your eyes, damn it!]

Zayn wasted no time and focused on the eyes.

Xane even felt the movement of his eyeballs.

It's just that no matter how hard Zayn tried, the eyelids remained shut, like someone had stitched them to his face.

Experiencing all of this was surreal.

Just then, Xane heard the hex master shout. "You guys, stop talking and move out."

Shit, this was the perfect time to garner her attention. So with little thought, he said to Zayn. [Hey, get ready to switch back. Madness—]

Before he could finish, Zayn shouted in his head. <Wait, Xane, no!>

Xane asked in irritation. [What happened? You know this is the perfect chance to attract attention.]

Zayn shouted back. <Hey, don't tell me you forgot that shroud mode is protecting us. If you switch now and somehow the hex master senses our true potential, it would be all over.>

Xane mentally cursed himself. [Fck, how could I forget about that?]

Zayn said in a tense tone. <It even skipped past my mind. Shit, shit.>

Even Xane gulped in tension. After the last few encounters, he knew just how helpless a normal human was against any hex art.

He even stopped talking as his entire focus shifted to the outside.

From time to time, he heard loud footsteps walking back and forth near him.

As he tracked the position of the footsteps, he knew that the hex master was likely looking around the room.

Just then, he felt a hand on his chest.

Zayn screamed. <Shit, we got—>

Xane cut him. [Shhhh. Just quiet down.]

Both of them felt the hand on the stomach in tension.

Xane could feel the way her palm stretched wide on his stomach. It was like she was using some kind of hex art on him.

A few seconds later, she even removed the sheet from his leg.

Xane just shouted to Zayn. [Don't move.]

Zayn shouted back. <I know.>

But to both their shock, they felt the hand traveling down their waist. As Xane felt the soft hand on his thigh, he cursed in realization. [Shit, we are naked.]

Zayn said in panic. <Wait, what? What is she doing?>

[Zayn, control yourself. Just think about Viyron eating his flesh. Don't think about anything. Remember how he chewed his flesh.]

Zayn was clear that Xane was trying to distract him, but the way that hand was moving up and down his thigh made Zayn mentally gulp down.

He started to think about all kinds of weird things, all to avoid any physical reaction to that touch.

Xane shouted. [Imagine the one touching us is a thick, muscular man. Yeah, with hairy arms.] Even though he felt like puking, he continued to scream all kinds of nonsense because he knew if that pole stood, it would be over.

It looked like all his hard work was paying off when he felt the soft breath next to his ear. "Oh, looks like I caught the culprit."

Zayn shouted. <Oh no.>

Xane cursed in realization. [Fck it, she already knows.]

Zayn asked in panic. <What now?>

Xane took a second to calm himself and said, [Zayn, calm down. I believe in you, so stop thinking about consequences. Just focus on the present and think of some solutions.]

[There has to be some way out of it.]

<Present…> Zayn mumbled to himself as the gears in his head started to spin.

They once again heard the whisper next to their ear. "Little culprit, why don't you open your eyes?"

He also realized the hex master before him was unaware he was still paralyzed.

That hit him like a hammer as Zayn realized that their potential getting exposed was not that simple. 'What if I blame it on hex skill? But what type?'

Zayn started to think about hex skills at the silver potential level. Not long after, he shouted. <Dude, let's change back to the madness mode.>

[Okay… wait, what?]

<Yeah, from now on, our hex skill creates an illusion. Let's do it.>

It instantly clicked in Xane's mind as he realized Zayn's intention. It was a risk, but anything was better than just lying there while getting molested.

Xane gave the heads up. [Get ready.]

Zayn placed all his power on his eyelids, ready to pull them apart.

He heard the deep tone inside his head.

[Madness mode.]

The rumbling started again, but Zayn placed all his focus on his eyes. <Come on, get open.>

Soon his eyelids started fluttering, and after such a long time, he saw something beyond darkness.

It had been so long that his eyes almost burned in the bright light, but he endured all that. He pulled with all he had until both his eyes snapped open.

The very next moment, Zayn shouted in his mind. <Shroud mode.>

The surrounding rumbling stopped.

It took him some moments to adjust to the light when he saw this beauty in a blue dress with a white robe standing just before his bed.

She smiled at him, her eyes darting toward him, like she was looking at some rare object.

Zayn remembered he was naked and focused down in panic, only to realize that there was still a thick white blanket on him.

What was crazier was that even though she was right before him, he could still feel the hand on his thigh.

Just then, he once again heard the voice next to his ear. "Why don't you sit up?"

Xane cursed in his head. [Fck, she tricked us by using hex arts.]

Zayn sighed. <No, it was much better this way.>

[Oh come on, just look at—] Xane wanted to tease Zayn, but stopped halfway when he saw her eyes dancing over his body.

It was clear that the stunt just now managed to pull her attention. One bad move and things could end very badly.

He asked Zayn. [You have a plan on how to handle this, right?]

Zayn said in an uncertain tone. <I think so, but first, what should I do now?>

Xane thought for a bit and said, [Eyeball. Look around the room and then back at her.]

Zayn followed Xane's advice and started to look to the side.

He now noticed that they were in a big hall that had multiple beds.

The bed to his right was empty, while on the left bed, there was another guy coughing from time to time.

Not only that, he also noticed another row of patients all lying on the beds at the opposite end of the room.

What was interesting was that all of them were just lying on the beds.

Except for the hex master, he did not see a single other person standing in the hall.

The hex master once again said to him. "Don't tell me you don't want to get up."

Zayn once again just looked left, trying his best to give a signal to her.

This time, though, she raised her eyebrow. She wasted no time and walked to him, placing her hand on his chest.

Zayn saw an increase as she closed her eyes and started mumbling something. He could see her lips moving, but no sound came out of them.

Then, to his surprise, he saw her start to flash with blue light. As he was unable to move his head, he was not sure if something else was going on with his body.

Though he did start to feel a numbing sensation in his chest.

It was not long before she removed her hand. She looked at him and smiled. "Just endure for a moment."

Before Zayn could understand, he felt a stabbing pain in his stomach.

She had stabbed her fingers into his body.

The very next moment, Zayn lost control as he started shaking.

The world around him blurred out as he felt the chilling sensation seeping deeper into his body.

It was so cold that every hair on him stood up, ready to shoot.

It was then that Zayn instinctively clenched the mattress below him as he clenched his teeth, trying his best not to scream.

It continued to increase until at last he screamed his heart out before falling back on the mattress, submerging once again into darkness.