Funny? I Paid for This with My Life

[Two Male Leads + Infinite-Flow + Strong Leads + A Touch of Ensemble Cast + Amnesia Trope + Exclusive Pairing + A Mountain of Original Worldbuilding]

Good news: Xie Yi has been bound to a save-and-reload System.

Bad news: Xie Yi has entered an infinite-flow instance.

The boss is knocking at the door. Another player tries to grab a baseball bat and fight back, but Xie Yi warns him, “Once the boss touches that bat, it’ll go limp.”

A player dies because of it. The players who believed him ask in relief, “Oh my gosh, how did you know that?”

Xie Yi only smiles and says nothing.

He once died because of that very baseball bat. After reloading, he was reborn in this instance for the 398th time.

Funny? He paid for it with his life.

--

Xie Yi is the chosen one, but even his stage-clear hints are harder to spot than everyone else’s.

That hint is a carefully staged portrait from the waist up.

When Xie Yi meets the person in the portrait, he falls silent for a moment. “Why do you keep following me?”

Yue Xian answers with a serious, reverent expression. “You are my master.”

--

Later, after recovering his memories, Xie Yi discovers that their master-servant relationship is genuine, not part of some kind of play.

He strokes Yue Xian’s face, his expression tender. “Why have you kept watch over this place all along?”

Yue Xian: “I was just making a bet.”

Xie Yi: “A bet on what?”

Yue Xian drops to one knee and bends to kiss the back of Xie Yi’s hand. “That fate would take pity on me.”

Content warnings:

1. Told from the bottom’s point of view; he gets a little chuunibyou at times. Don’t read if that’s not your thing.

2. Both leads are strong, but they have to grow into it. They aren’t powerful from the start. Don’t read if that’s not your thing.

3. More content warnings to come. Feel free to read with or without your brain switched on. Don’t read if that’s not your thing. orz