The Cursed Extra: Twin Souls Against the World

The moment Xane walked out of the black castle, he stood still and looked at the horizon.

It was still super early, so all he could see was a golden line far away on the horizon.

Due to the presence of two suns, the sunrise here was a bit different as the golden horizon spread wide, making it hard to discern where the sun was going to rise.

The light breeze hit Xane's face as the light inside his eyes shifted.

He took his first step toward the path as he asked Zayn, <You are with me on the change, right?>

Zayn thought about their discussion regarding their way of living in this world.

So far, Zayn had tried to hide and not attract attention, but even Zayn understood that method had failed.

After the recent incident, Zayn knew that just hiding alone wouldn't cut it.

The big problem was that Zayn was always used to doing things from the back, as Xane never showed much interest in this world at all.

But Zayn noticed a big difference in Xane after this incident.

If earlier Xane was more casual and a go-with-the-flow type, for some reason, after coming out of the coma, Xane had started to show interest in making decisions.

He did not know if this was good or bad, but Zayn was super excited about it.

Zayn knew his weakness in handling the crowd.

He knew that was his biggest weakness that he had to work on, but unlike him, Xane…

When he thought about Xane, he remembered that famous speech of the Black Crown where he literally challenged the entire world.

That was the first time he had learned about Xane at all, and it was the most badass thing he had ever seen in his life.

The way a single group of outlaws was going against the top power of the world. It was fascinating to him.

Even he wanted to know how the Devil of the Earth was going to operate in this cursed world.

Another reason he was super excited was that inside the void, he got to relive his life hundreds of times, and he knew from that experience that he lacked decisiveness.

The decisiveness to act fast was the thing that cost him his past life and almost led to their end, even in this life.

But on the flip side, Xane was the most decisive man he had ever known. With Xane with him, combined with his own plan, he was confident.

For the first time after coming to this world, Zayn felt this sense of excitement and anxiety at the same time.

Anxiety, because he knew things would not be the same as before, there would be times when he would have to deal with others without even knowing who they were.

On the other hand, that sense of randomness created excitement in him.

Even though nothing had happened yet, he got the feeling that living with no plan was going to be exciting.

Zayn mentally shook his head to control himself as the scene of the last incident flashed through his mind.

This reminded him of his promise, the promise he made to himself in the void.

He wasted no time and said in a deep tone, [Yup, Xane, let's do it. Let's show this world who they're dealing with.]

Xane looked ahead with wide eyes and then burst out laughing. <Haha, Zayn, I like your enthusiasm.>

He pointed up to the sky and declared to the world itself, "Yeah, let's fucking show this world who they messed with."

No one noticed this little declaration, but the moment Xane and Zayn decided to come together, something unknown shifted inside them as the color of their eyes became darker.

It shifted from greyish-blue to fully grey.

If someone close enough to Viyron saw that, they might have caught it, but too bad no one in the world knew Viyron enough to notice that minute change.

Unaware of that, Xane just started dragging himself toward the residential area.

Zayn asked with interest. [So where are we going?]

Xane rolled his eyes. <To eat, of course.>

Zayn mentally slapped himself as Xane continued to move one step at a time.

…

It took Xane almost half an hour of struggle before he finally walked into the cafeteria.

The only good thing was that his ID still had one last point.

He did not know what had happened to his room and other stuff, but those things could wait.

He wasted no time, spent the last of his points, and ordered the special meal.

The good thing was that, unlike the normal meal, you could order a special meal at any time of the day.

There were no limitations on that. The canteen was so empty this early that he got the topmost seat next to the kitchen.

Not long after, he stared at the bunch of hot dishes before him. Unable to control himself, he started stuffing all the hot food into his mouth.

A couple of them were so hot they even burned his tongue, but once he started eating, he lost his reason and just stuffed everything into his mouth like a starved beast.

Not only that, he felt as though while he was eating, the runes all around his body suddenly became a bit hot.

He could feel the energy from the food had started to travel toward his chest through these runes.

Halfway through the meal, he finally regained his senses as he opened his robe and noticed the nail marks had already healed, and there was only this tiny mark left on his chest.

Not only that, to his surprise, the runes dimmed and in some areas even started to fade.

Zayn said to him, [Oh, so this is what she meant by automatic healing.]

Despite the runes being almost faded, Xane still couldn't erase them when he rubbed them again.<Don't tell me that eating the food is the only way to ease these runes.>

Zayn mentally nodded. [I think we have to consume all the power within the runes. Only then might we be able to wash them off.]

<So I have to eat.>

[Yeah.]

Xane just closed his robe and once again started to eat.

He was still too hungry to care about these runes.

Just when he was about to finish, he felt the lines around his body start going cold.

He licked the last bit from the plate and once again pulled his robe open and, to his shock, all he found was these dark ashes stuck to him.

The fire had seemingly burnt what was on his body, leaving only ash.

Xane once again rubbed a line, and this time was easily able to pull the ashes off his body.

Xane smiled with interest. <Well, we don't have to worry about runes now.>

Zayn mentally nodded and asked, [What next?]

Xane just leaned back in the chair and picked up the ID as he said. < Come on, Zayn, don't be like this. When I said things need to change, that did not mean you have to ask me every time. We have to corporation, man.>

Zayn sighed. [Oh yeah, sorry, it's just that I have never worked with anyone. So, I don't know what I am supposed to do.]

Xane waved his hand. <Just behave as you were used to. No point in stressing over little stuff. Save your mental energy and limit it to the most important thing.>

Zayn mentally nodded while there was still a lot of stuff going on inside his mind, and he decided to suppress them.

It was a bit hard, he finally asked himself. 'So what is important right now?'

It was not long before he instantly saw the ID interface and saw the last one point going back to zero.

It instantly hit him that not only does he need these reward points for paying the hex arts, but they also needs them for the special dinner.

While Zayn was busy thinking, Xane focused on the bunch of new information that appeared on his ID.

It was likely from the last two classes he had missed.

Xane checked the schedule and saw that the last class was just two days away. That was just too little time for him to fully recover through normal means.

Xane looked at the empty food plate before him as a smile formed on his face.

Just then, Zayn shouted in his head. [Xane, it's the reward point. That is the most important thing for us.]

Xane smiled as he wasted no time as he got ready to move to the next destination.

Soon, Xane stood in front of the very first building where he had started his academy journey, the staff building.

Just like he remembered, as he entered the building, he saw the reception desk with two girls in their early twenties talking with each other.

The moment they saw him, both of them bowed to him. "Good morning, young hex master."

Xane nodded to them as he asked Zayn, <What were their names again?>

Zayn wasted no time. [It should be Mia and Maya, though I'm not sure which one is who.]

Xane mentally nodded as he looked at the girl to his left. "Good morning, Maya?"