Devouring Monarch: Rebirth of the Profane Phoenix

They had such a long and violent night because of this. Lorem had asked Mu Xue to take extra training in the morning, and because her menu wasn't half as drastic as his, she was quite fine to train before the assessment started.

"Mmm... then how about we meet after the event and go on a full weekend to the southern city of Varnel and enjoy a pleasant holiday? Maybe we can find some matching rings, haha."

"Eh!?" The eyes peering up from his chest were a mixture of the usual affectionate Mu Xue, but there was a swirling dull vision of her crazy and obsessive state in those big blue eyes glowing excessively.

"Don't get so nervous and worried. The meaning is exactly what I ask: it is too soon to marry, but I want to get a matching ring we can wear to symbolise our relationship, my cute Xue'er. Do you want to try?" His voice was rather sexy as his fingers stroked through her slightly blue hair with a cool feeling.

'Good, her eyes are no longer that crazy shape...'

Asura was relieved that she now looked calm and delighted, but the moment their eyes matched... he felt her hand reaching between his thighs.

"I will drain you so dragoness cannot sneak a meal behind my back, okay, darling? Fufu..."

'Ah... my older girlfriend is a little yandere...'

He didn't mind as the wild blade knight rolled onto his stomach and mounted him, her smooth skin glowing in the moonlight, as their bed once again slammed against the wall for next door's room... A poor student doomed to listen to them copulate until the morning once again.

***

Asura was lying down feeling a sense of comfort from the last few hours before Lorem came to their room and dragged a crying Mu Xue away because she was two hours late for her training, and there was a sound complaint of a bitch in heat howling in their dorm room all night.

"I wonder what I should do on a day off..."

Because of the two parallel minds in his head, one Asura was constantly practising the martial arts given by Lucretia and the other was gathering magic elements from the air and restoring his body to optimal levels, and the main mind was rather free.

But the loud thumping of a certain girl's feet disturbed his peace, and her brutal force smashed open the door as she shouted. "ASURA LET'S DATE!" Xavida had listened to many stories from Mu Xue, and the date was something she liked.

'It seems she found out I was free today. A date with this cute girl will be nice.'

He rolled off his bed, the smooth carpet breaking his fall as he stumbled. It seemed twelve times left his legs a little weak, with only an hour or two of rest.

"Morning, Xavi, you look as pretty as ever. Where do you want to go?"

"Mmmm... anywhere with you!"

That's right, although she learned about it. Xavida wasn't like the other women in my life. She was my only safe island, letting me drift around, enjoying her plump body at no cost.

"Well, are you hungry?" Xavida looked starving as she peeked into the kitchen after entering.

"Eat fish! Lots of fish!" Her eyes shone as magic glistened around her body, which lunged towards me and wrapped around my arm like a cat seeking attention.

'She is cute. Yet when Xue'er is here, she is meek and pretends to be well-behaved, though.'

"Let's go then; I'll buy you the best-fried fish, so be a good girl."

Asura patted her head as the pair left the room together; many students pointed at them; well, they both had horns now and became a sight.

He didn't like her to be the only one who got strange looks, and thus, since reaching the second stage and awakening his Rebirth monolith, Asura kept his large black horns as they curved around his head, pointing behind him with sharp tips.

"Hehe, bad guy, you smell of naughty things. Now I have to remove that nasty ice girl smell!" Then Xavida immediately changed from a quiet girl into a hyperactive puppy running around him, clenching his hand, and dragging him around.

They ate snacks, sweets, and fresh foods everywhere before Xavida realised something and stopped in front of a store. "Bad guy... this place smells of tasty fish!" Her nose twitched as she sniffed the store's salty but delicious fried fish fragrance, which lingered with a light scent.

"Okay, is this where you want to eat dinner?" He asked, looking at her face that would be a mess if he didn't clean it several times with a wet wipe.

"Yay! Bad guy likes me the most; fish is the best!" She cheered loudly as people looked at Asura as if he was abusing her because she was acting like a child, but her actions were cute, and he found them adorable, so he ignored them.

Unlike those who judged her too quickly, Asura knew this was her defensive action. She was happiest when she spent with her father; thus, she emulates the emotions from that time...

'When she is serious or speaks about her true feelings, she is just as mature or adult as Mu Xue.'

Xavida knew she was a little strange, but being alone in a strange land with nobody else to help or guide her was the best idea she came up with, so enemies would underestimate her and see her as mentally weak.

Her warm body leaned back against his chest as they entered the store, her nose pressed against his neck, and gently, she whispered, "Thank you... I might have broken without you being here, Asura."

The voice was weak... pessimistic, and deep—Xavida's true self was the opposite of her current bright self, breaking his heart.

Asura felt guilt and sorrow when he remembered his first life. He had no time to help anyone else and was suffering from bullying as intense as she was, but he knew... that she was alone.

The prince tricked her, but that wasn't a sweet relationship, as she was too distrustful to get close enough to support her mind...

'I will accept her as she is until the day she can show her true self without fear of being killed. Her uncle and the eastern enemy need to be crushed first... they are searching for a pure dragon's heart for some kind of cultivation ritual.'

Suddenly, he felt a foreboding feeling for the assessment test that started the next day... Two dragons and two sore thumbs for the king and prince. Asura felt something would happen in the month and clutched his hands tight, clenching his teeth as they ground together.

"Mmm? Bad guy, why are you so sad?" Her face returned to normal as she wrapped around his back and pulled his arms to the tables.

"Nothing... you were just so cute that I became mesmerised."

Asura's smile and words caused her face to turn red. Even the little pink scales turned dark red as she suddenly rushed away, holding the VIP ticket I had bought while she was dancing around or looking at the live fish before waiting for them to cook.

He watched her pink tail dancing around, but it was so elegant that it avoided every obstacle and person, such as her training efforts in the past week.

'What can I do for her? I want to make her smile all the time?'

Slowly following her body, he felt his efforts needed to be more, although he was growing and his teachers found him to be a genius...

Asura wanted more: the power to protect this girl in front of him and the lovely maid who now checks his scent when he comes home to see if he cheated.

Asura would not be lazy in the upcoming assessment.

'I'll be counting on you, Devouring Monolith.'