On the Feasibility of Cleaning House

A fantasy set in an alternate nineteenth century, with a touch of steampunk. A story about a Western necromancer and an Eastern exorcist. One-line summary: Where do I go from here after my yandere disciple kills me? Teacher: I once had a disciple. He was a Westerner, well-behaved and adorable, and quite handsome, too. Teacher: But one day, he stabbed me and killed me. Teacher: He explained that it was because he loved me too much. Teacher: I wondered if there was something wrong with his head, until I learned a word for it: yandere. Teacher: Heh. 1. A calm, rational, faux-young-boy male lead x a mischievous, dramatic, true ham of a female lead 2. Third-person narration 3. An unconventional teacher-student relationship 4. The male lead is a yandere, and the female lead is a heartbreaker Theme: A fusion of Eastern and Western mythology