Devouring the Heavens (ATG)

A/N: So if you guys aren't aware, Webnovel has been 'shadowbanning' comments recently. This means that any comment that contains profanities in any form, will be automatically deleted.

Well, Enjoy the chapter...

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A few hours later, in the dead of the night, Shane was awoken by the sound of his door slowly opening. He sensed the familiar aura and kept his eyes closed, the corners of his mouth arching upwards slightly.

The 'assailant' snuck their way over to the bedside and he heard the ruffling of fabric before the corner of the quilt was lifted and the bed sank slightly as another weight moved slowly across it. Suddenly, the person pounced, and his body was surrounded by the irresistible warmth of another.

Qingyue's impossibly soft, fragrant and very naked body was pushed flush against him, making his heart itch madly. His arm naturally surrounded her, pulling her even closer as one of her hands draped across his chest and her head rested on his shoulder.

The two heavenly mountains along with their prominent little cherries were pressed against his side, scratching across his ribs with the rise and fall of her chest. For a few moments, they lay together like this and the comfort, almost allowed Shane to doze off again, almost...

Qingyue slowly turned her head and began to gently kiss his neck while her hand traced circles on his chest. One of her legs stretched over and brushed against his crotch, instantly bringing him to full mast.

This seemed to embolden the girl as she gradually slid across his body until she was almost completely on top of him. Shane's member was standing tall and Qingyue shuffled down a little until her nether regions made contact with it.

She bit her lip at the tingling sensation, squeezed her thighs together and began to twist her waist.

For some minutes, she continued. Her movements, although shallow and teasing, did nothing to prevent her own pleasure from building. Shane's shaft, now lubricated by her wetness, twitched at the stimulation, pushing against her sensitive folds and Qingyue's breathing hitched.

Emboldened by her ever-increasing arousal, she began to gyrate her hips with greater speed, though due to their position, it was nowhere near enough to reach the peak they both desired.

Shane's eyes opened, glowing crimson in the dark room and he stared down at her before *Slap!* his palm made contact with her butt and squeezed it strongly. She yelped and his other hand came up and pinched her chin before forcefully kissing her cherry lips.

Before she could even register what was happening, he had flipped them over and pinned her hands to the bed. Qingyue's breathing quickened further and she rubbed her legs together as Shane loomed over her, eyeing her body up and down while licking his lips.

He then spoke in a deep and husky voice. "My little wife, you have completely 'woken' me up and now you must pay the price. Are you prepared?" Like a deer caught in the headlights, Qingyue was wide-eyed and nodded meekly.

"Good." Satisfied, His eyes roamed down her toned stomach and over her clean shaven and slightly glistening nether regions before a grin played across his lips. "Let me have a taste."

Shane lowered himself down until he was faced with her beautiful pink slit and blew a light breath over it. She shuddered and more juices flowed out of the secret garden "D-don't it's dirty." Unfortunately, with her hands still pinned to the bed, Qingyue couldn't put up any resistance, not that she was really trying to anyway.

Giving her no more time to protest, Shane extended his tongue and parted her already wet folds. He explored all the way along her outer lips, licking and sucking on them, drawing out various different reactions from the girl, though none of them unpleasant.

Tongue fully extended, Shane used the tip to travel all the way along her slit, from bottom to top, and back again, purposefully avoiding the little hidden bean. When he skipped it again for the third time, Qingyue whined and struggled to free her hands from his grip.

He decided to let them free, choosing that exact moment to lock his lips around her clitoris and mercilessly circle it with his tongue, while two of his fingers quickly began pumping in and out of her tight snatch.

Qingyue released a series of short moans and her hands, now free from his, immediately grabbed his head, her fingers twined into his hair and pulled him deeper. "Mmm… Oh, Yes, Husband!"

Shane's arms surrounded her hips and he pushed his tongue as deep inside her incredibly wet and cool passage as he could go. His now free hand found her little bean and he gave it a slight pinch as he felt her walls quiver around his tongue.

Qingyue started to let out a few high pitched mewls and her grip tightened in his hair as he felt her insides start to constrict further, massaging his mouth muscle.

Her taste was addicting, it was sweet and slightly minty but also cool and the longer he continued, the more the juices flowed until they easily drenched his face. An alluring scent filled his nostrils, making his mind buzz and driving him to dig deeper with his tongue, wreaking havoc on her insides.

The mewls became higher pitched and he moved back slightly to replace his fingers and flick the tip of his tongue against her clit a few times.

Qingyue's eyes shot open, a deep hunger visible within and she exploded with strength, dragging him up towards her. Her legs naturally wrapped around his waist and with surprising strength, she pulled him fully onto her.

Although unexpected, Shane still managed to react and adjusted his rod at the last second, plunging it inside her up to the hilt in a single thrust. Qingyue moaned loudly and her walls tightened around him.

She once again clenched her fingers in his hair and kissed him, deeply, sloppily, and not minding the taste of herself in the slightest.

They both groaned in satisfaction, as they felt the familiar sensation of the 'dual cultivation' pathways activating. It felt smoother this time, deepening their connection further and causing their lust to spike.

Shane dragged his hips back as far as her legs would allow and began to thrust powerfully into her. She was already close from earlier and so it didn't take long before her pussy started contracting around him, her insides squeezing and massaging his dick all the while.

The flower bud at the end of the tunnel opened up and started sucking the tip of his cockhead allowing him to get further in and making her gasp.

Revelling in the familiar sensation, he pushed further into her, and for the first time that night, Shane's hips fully met hers. Sighing in satisfaction, he ground them against her, his pubic mound rubbing against her clitoris pushing her closer towards the edge.

All of the different stimulations caused her breathing to devolve into a series of short and quick gasps. The grip of her legs around his waist naturally loosened and taking advantage of the opportunity, he held her hips tightly while slowly pulling back.

He made sure to slowly and teasingly drag himself along her sensitive spots before quickly thrusting all the way back in without warning. He repeated this a few times until she couldn't take it anymore. "Husband~"

Seeing her pleading look, Shane began to pick up the pace, repeatedly hammering into her and causing loud flesh slapping sounds to spread throughout the room.

"Mm… mm… mm…" The frequency of Qingyue's moans increased and she started to shudder beneath him. With each thrust, her entrance tightened around him even further and it wasn't long before he felt the familiar signs of his own approaching climax.

Shane felt his own climax approaching and didn't hold back at all as the addicting warmth spread from his balls all the way up his shaft. He pushed himself as deep inside of her as he could before he exploded, unloading thick ropes of semen directly into her baby chamber.

Qingyue's fingernails gripped his shoulder blades, her back arched and she bit his bottom lip as the feeling of his scalding hot cum filling her up brought her completely over the edge.

After a few moments, they both came back down to earth and Qingyue let her arms fall to the bed, breathing deeply. She looked into Shane's eyes affectionately and kissed him once more.

With hazy vision and a muddled head, she mumbled. "I love you." He brushed some hair from her face and his lips curled into a smirk as he replied. "I love you too my dear but you don't think you're getting off that easily right?"

Immediately after saying that, Shane's eyes flashed with a teasing light as his rod began to harden again. He lifted her legs up until they were on his shoulders and wrapped his hands around her delicious derriere.

He gradually leaned forward folding her legs and framing her breasts beautifully before pulling back until only the head was left inside of her. The newfound warmth and almost suffocating closeness of their bodies along with the feeling of emptiness woke Qingyue up from her daze.

Her face was an absolute picture as she finally registered the position he had her trapped in and a small amount of panic entered her still hazy eyes. The gravity of the situation she had gotten herself in when deciding to tease her husband was just now revealed.

"H-husband. W-wai- *Mmmmm Ahhhh*" Having no mercy for this little succubus, Shane thrusted all the way back into her, and sighed in contentment at the amazing feeling of being completely buried in her welcoming depths.

Qingyue's rather weak protests devolved into a loud and extended moan as a feeling of fullness, the likes of which she had never experienced, momentarily overwhelmed her. The pleasure was intense but comfortable and she could have easily stayed like this forever.

Shane, however, had other ideas and he pulled back quickly, only to thrust forward with strength, drilling her into the moist sheets below and starting another heated round of lovemaking.

He leaned further forward and captured her parted lips in a heated and domineering kiss. When his tongue joined the battle, Qingyue desperately tried to respond, only to be easily pushed into submission by his own.

He withdrew his lips from hers and moved to her neck, sucking and biting his way down the side and onto her collar bone, leaving a trail of visible love bites, even as he picked up the speed and power of his hips.

The intense combination of pleasure and slight pain did absolute wonders for Qingyue if the further tightening of her pussy against his shaft was anything to go by.

Deciding to push her further, Shane roughly teased and pinched her little pink nipples while mercilessly hammering into her, causing her to scream out loudly into the night. "Yesss!"

This time, there was no gentle embrace, his movements full of passion and fervour. She had provoked him and this was her punishment. Although she loved every single second of it.

Their intense session continued for hours into the night and by that point, neither of them thought or cared about setting up any kind of sound barrier as Shane brought her over the edge again and again.

After the 3rd one, Qingyue lost track of how many times she had climaxed that night, but needless to say, Shane made her go at least several more rounds after that.

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In the dim light of the approaching dawn, Shane opened his eyes to a curtain of obsidian hair. Feeling the irresistible warmth of Qingyue's body, he directly invoked the power of the head of the family and she moved into his room the same day.

Her victorious grin at those words told him all he needed to know about her little game. In the end, he had already won when she begged for mercy the night before and so he just slapped her juicy butt before heading to the bathroom.

After cleaning up, the horny young couple exited the room to find a totally scarlet faced maid, holding a tray of breakfast with dark circles evident under her eyes. Qingyue took one look at Dongling and her whole world shook. An atomic blush of her own slowly crept all the way up to the top of her ears.

She mechanically turned her head towards Shane only to see his shit-eating grin as he took the tray of food and headed outside while humming the tune 'sexual healing' by Marvin Gaye. He reached the table and placed the food down calling out. "Are you girls coming?"

Qingyue quickly appeared next to him and fiercely twisted the flesh at his waist. "Aiya! Domestic abuse! Call the Police!" he screamed in pain, even though the grin never left his face. After that, the mood lightened up and they ate their breakfast in comfortable silence with Dongling taking sneaky glances at his exposed chest and abs from time to time.

Just as they finished, a pair of footsteps could be heard approaching the courtyard, followed by the appearance of Xiao Che and Lingxi. They were each dressed in a set of training trousers and button-up shirts that Shane had made at a tailor in town.

Standing up to greet his two privates, Shane subtly used the wind to make his robe flutter as the two youngsters gave him a perfect army salute. Although dressed only in a pair of shorts and the black and crimson outer robes, he still managed to cut an imposing figure.

Qingyue rolled her eyes at his theatrics but still stood up as well, leaving her maid to clean the table. Without another word, Shane departed towards the back mountain heading straight for the area he had turned into a makeshift obstacle course.

As Shane walked, a feral grin spread across his handsome face, he was excited. Why wouldn't he be? He was about to train with a cultivation prodigy, the likes of which the Primal Chaos had never seen.

Until Shane came into her life for real, Qingyue had an overwhelming hunger for power but with her talent, breakthroughs came easily to her and she was never fond of training. How ridiculously strong would she become if he repeatedly pushed her to her absolute limits?

It was finally time to see what his little wife could really do...

It was from that moment on, that his dear wife became fully aware of why little Lingxi called him the demon general when the girl thought he wasn't listening.

Apart from spending a set amount of time every day doing physical exercise, Shane drilled her repeatedly and extendedly with the sword, spear and hand-to-hand combat.

He also pushed her hard in working on her profound energy and Ice energy manipulation while sparring against her every single day, limiting his profound strength to her level.

They only ever stopped when it became late afternoon or her profound energy was exhausted. Sometimes exhaustion wasn't even enough to save her as his 'pills' could also refill profound energy in a short amount of time.

Qingyue's pride and stubbornness, mixed with her want to please him, drove her to push headfirst into any challenge or goal Shane set for her.

Over time, her disinterest in training gradually turned into ambition. Ambition to be as good as he was, good enough to stay by his side and never be left behind.

Ambition turned into satisfaction as she achieved her set goals, one after another, and satisfaction turned into enjoyment as she realised this was yet another thing they could share together.

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Although he was spending time training Qingyue, Xiao Che and Lingxi, Don't think that Shane had been slacking off during his time spent in the Xiao Clan.

Giving the pair of Xiao's tasks and directions took almost no time at all and he had, in fact, been training himself harder than anyone.

Physical training, profound energy manipulation, elemental manipulation and weapons training from dawn to late afternoon. Absorbing knowledge, refining his forging techniques and growing the profound tobacco plants in the afternoons.

The only thing that had changed with the addition of Qingyue was the increase in the intensity of his own training, now that he had someone of relative strength to spar against.

Most evenings, he would even take Dusty into the areas surrounding Floating Cloud to further train in weapons combat against profound beasts, while limiting his cultivation realm to below theirs.

Shane had two abilities and a single trait that were perfect for enhancing his combat capabilities. One that allowed him to quickly become proficient with all types of weapons and another that allowed him to absorb any knowledge.

The trait was the most broken of them all and allowed him to improve immensely during live combat. There was absolutely no way he wouldn't take full advantage of them all.

During his time in the Xiao Clan, he had absorbed many books on sword, axe, spear and even dagger handling increasing his theoretical knowledge immensely. He had also managed collecting a few basic profound techniques for each type of weapon which allowed Shane to familiarise himself with the weapons on a more intimate level

If you accounted for his many many hours of practice with said weapons, it was no wonder his proficiency with them was rising every single day.

He would even go profound beast hunting while cycling through all the different weapon types so that his other ability War-Flare kicked in and the learning speed more than doubled.

Just because he currently used a Warhammer, it didn't mean that he was unable to use other weapons and he perfectly showed that by absolutely destroying the other three trainees with both the sword and spear sparring, on a daily basis.

A huge Warhammer was just so handsome, and imposing…

He just liked to smash things, okay!?

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When Qingyue first saw his armour and Warhammer appear, she was shocked silly and refused to spar against him, saying she didn't want to be squished. Shane grumbled a little but was secretly laughing on the inside, thinking. 'Hahahaha that's the reaction you should have to a mighty Warhammer!'

Satisfied with her reaction, he let her off and pulled out a steel sword before proceeding to casually and one-sidedly dismantle her. He pointed out all the flaws and useless flowery movements in her stance stating. "A sword is used for killing. Sharper movements mean a sharper blade and a sharper blade means a cleaner kill"

It may sound hypocritical to say that to her but his mentality really had changed in that regard and he didn't Want Qingyue to make the same mistake he did. Shane now had a lot more to lose and had become a firm believer in the saying. 'If you pick up your weapon, you should be prepared to kill with it.'

The absolutely great thing about training Qingyue was that her comprehension was absolutely off the charts and she understood everything the first time it was explained or corrected.

Within a few days she could already somewhat pressure him in a spar but the real beauty of it was, the better she got, the more he improved. They were literally the perfect pair.

The only downside is that neither of them would truly harm the other and even though small nicks and scratches happened on a daily basis, there was a lack of actual threat. Still, they weren't the only ones who improved at a rapid pace, the pair of Xiaos were also starting to gradually become little monsters.

Shane would never hurt them either, but they didn't know that…

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Like this, another three weeks passed by like a breeze...

Within the first few days, Shane almost cleaned out the clan's herb storage and took their only cauldron with him. Apart from specific medicinal herbs used for healing, he took almost everything!

Another few days after that, Shabe ruffled up his hair and acted exhausted as he presented Xiao Yunhai with 50 Elementary Profound Gathering Pellets of mid-level strength.

He 'tiredly' stated that he had run out of herbs to make more. Xiao Yunhai couldn't keep the greed out of his gaze and didn't even bother to care whether Shane had noticed.

He even thanked Shane profusely, over and over again, without the knowledge of how it had only taken the energy from the corpses of less than 5 peak elementary profound beasts to create the entire batch. He had only mixed in the unrefined energy of a few low-level herbs so that the pills had a scent.

The best part of all of this was that those beasts were offhandedly hunted in the Xiao Clan territory while he was clearing out an area for the obstacle course!

Shane almost couldn't stop himself from bursting out laughing as the hundreds of herbs and spirit grasses filled a nice corner of his storage. He held his chin and stared at the mental image in appreciation, this was his first real loot! 'Not a bad haul for just an hours worth of work'

The arrogant fool even promised to acquire as many more herbs as he could so that he could help Shane fill his storage up even further! Although, whether Shane would still be willing during that time was another thing altogether.

Not only that, the idiot even spread the news throughout the entire clan using empty praises as a way to avoid paying actual benefits. Though to Shane, this was even more delicious than purple coins as every time one of those Xiao Clan young cultivators or elders passed him, they would always have either a fawning smile or a look of worship on their faces.

To Shane, it was as if with every smile he could hear the crisp sound of a slap on Xiao Yunhai's face as his own clan worshipped the man who robbed them blind for years worth of their collected profound herbs.

Just a couple of days after he handed over the pellets, a veritable mountain of 'trash' profound arts and techniques were delivered to Shanes courtyard. They appeared along with many different copies of books on various crafting skills, weapon training manuals from beginning to advanced, books on battle tactics, maps, cooking recipes… you name it.

Back inside his bedroom, Shane placed his hands on the pile and it began turning into dust. He couldn't help but praise whoever was in charge of this job as no two were the same.

To others, these may just seem like ordinary books, but to Shane, they represented a direct improvement to everything that he was.

The Profound arts and techniques would be refined and create pathways within his profound veins increasing his cultivation speed, efficiency and the smoothness of using profound energy.

The various weapon manuals and stance guidebooks would directly improve his understanding of said weapon and the way he held it. The books on crafting skills would be refined together with his other knowledge easily finding the most effective ways to perform them.

Everything else was stored as recountable knowledge in his Mental Palace. Basically, his gains were in no way small.

During this time, Shane had also managed to cultivate all of the profound tobacco plants, including the saplings, up to a suitable enough maturity to be classed as alpha strain. This meant he had hundreds of them, and they were all brimming with vitality, ready to be turned into Spirit Incense.

He now had 50 of the beta strain plants as well and even 5 gamma strain. There was even a particular plant among the gamma strains, that Shane had been feeding his own profound energy into daily and he could tell that it was very close to evolving again.

With daily fruit deliveries and harvesting of the leaves, he had managed to amass great quantities of both the alpha and beta strain Incenses in all different flavours.

Even this could be classed as training, as Shane harnessed his considerable mental power and externally manipulated his own profound energy to complete all of the preparations.

He had even managed to stock up on a lot of gamma strain incense, enough for him, Qingyue and Xiao Lie to wantonly use for half a year without worry.

With all of these potential cultivation increasing means, the cards in his hands were becoming more and more.

Due to Shane's 'demonic training' regimen, Xiao Che and Xiao Lingxi had already started to become quite proficient in hand-to-hand and with the sword.

Their cultivation had also risen rapidly as well. Xiao Che had made it to the peak of the [8th of Elementary Profound] and Xiao Lingxi was at the peak of the [9th of Elementary Profound].

The real monster award however went to Qingyue. Her skills with the sword, spear and even her fists had improved tremendously. Her understanding of water and ice laws were profoundly deep and her ability to manipulate the ice itself was starting to edge into the territory of Shane's level of control.

That wasn't all, just from their nightly activities, her cultivation had reached the peak of the [10th of True Profound] and was just a hair's breadth away from breaking into the Spirit Profound Realm. She didn't even have all of her entrances open yet!

With her being exhausted both during the day and at night, and along with Shane's nourishment, her profound energy regeneration rate had also increased greatly.

What kind of concept was Qingyue right now? Canon was still over 3 months away. Would she be at Sky or perhaps Emperor Profound before the Blue Wind Tournament even happened?

From time to time, the XianXia fanboy inside Shane would give himself a mental pat on the back, thinking 'I've awakened an absolute cultivation monster, and she's all mine!'

Shane's cultivation, however, had only slightly risen to the peak of the [3rd of Spirit Profound], although he felt much, much stronger than before.

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Another rather interesting encounter had happened during the first few days and now Shane could regularly be seen with an emerald green snake wrapped around his neck and a beautiful pink and crimson luan bird sitting on his shoulder.

He had been awoken from a rare afternoon nap by a distressed feeling emanating over the bond with Dusty and rushed to the side of her pool. There laid an injured white Chinese peacock on her dying breath.

She was barely a profound beast at all, only being at the [2nd of Elementary Profound]. However, facing Dusty's somehow pleading gaze and her feelings of sorrow being transferred directly into his mind, Shane could only heal her.

He brought out a few herbs that had a strong vitality, mixed them with the refined energy of two Elementary Profound beasts and directly fed it into her beak, guiding it through her body and helping her to heal.

The bird broke through into the [4th of Elementary Profound] and got up after a while, injuries completely mended and vitality refilled. She affectionately rubbed her head against Shane's face before hopping up onto his shoulder and refusing to leave.

After that day and much to everyone, including Dusty's amusement, the little bird almost never left his side. She would sit in his lap during every meal and always wait patiently on the porch for him to come out every morning, the maid Dongling had even set a little bed up for her.

Mostly though, she would try to spend as much time as she could either in his lap or on his shoulders and even if he put her down, she would still follow him around everywhere like a little chick following its mother.

Shane, being the big softy he was, would cuddle her into his lap and feed her his 'pills' from time to time when he was relaxing in the courtyard. Due to this, her cultivation had somehow reached the peak of Elementary Profound Realm within just a week.

Qingyue would 'jokingly' complain that he treated his 'second wife' better than her. Though she truly was a little jealous because, for some reason, the bird was not at all fond of her.

Obviously, Xiao Lingxi was loved, but that was a given. Cute little animals attract other cute animals after all.

Nobody found it surprising that it was only another 3 days later when the birdy had a breakthrough to the [1st of Nascent Profound], their sensibilities were slowly being broken down by Shane after all. The little darling even became much more beautiful, her silky white feathers gaining a slightly pinkish hue.

That wasn't all, however, for she also grew a full feathered coat, reminiscent of a Male peacock's plumage. Each of the long white feathers ended in a stunning crimson eye similar to the colour of Shane's own irises. She even grew an adorable pink crest on top of her head.

Needless to say, the not so little bird was even more inseparable from him and by the end of the second week, he thought 'fuck it' and just directly asked her if she wanted to become his second contracted beast.

Of course, she made a few of her signature *Phi Phi Phi* sounds while excitedly rubbing her head against him as if she was waiting around for this the whole time. Just a moment later, the contract was completed. The little bird disappeared with a red flash, and a tattoo of a majestic Phoenix head branded itself onto his left pectoral.

He couldn't help but wonder whether these ominous tattoos of his contracted beasts had some sort of premonition of greatness. Considering the first one was an Ouroborus and the other was a Phoenix. Maybe he just subconsciously wanted some cool ink and they took pity on him?

A couple of days after that, Shane took Dusty out past Cyan Forest town in the evening and hunted two True Profound Beasts. He wanted to see if the energy transfer worked with his little birdie and if possible, promote her realm at the same time.

After devouring one of the True Profound Beasts, he could confirm that the cyclic energy transferral did indeed work in a similar way as it did before with Dusty.

This time, with both beasts inside their tattoos, a single rotation took much longer. Being without any of his energy for that amount of time, yet still able to feel it cycling through another space was a rather strange sensation, to say the least.

By the end of the third week, the little bird had 'evolved' into a [Pink Blaze Luan: True Profound 1(peak) - Contracted (Shan Long)] She was a little bigger than before and her plumage became even more outstanding and silky smooth.

She also gained the same peculiar ability as Dusty. The ability to shrink down into a chibi form and look absolutely adorable. The attack was super effective!

Her striking crimson eyed feathers would leave behind a trail of embers in the air whenever she moved and her little crest was now topped by tiny ethereal flames. She was as gorgeous as Dusty and he sadly couldn't get away with calling her little birdy any longer.

Shane, who was obviously amazing at naming things (just look at Dusty will ya) wanted to directly call her Coral because it was a cute name and she was cute and pink. The coalition of all the two women, however, said she would be called Xiao Fen Se or Xiao Niao which meant little pink or little birdy...

Shane rolled his eyes so hard, they nearly popped out of his sockets and said "En, I will call her Coral then." The system agreed. [Coral: Pink Blaze Luan: True Profound 1(peak) - Contracted (Shan Long)]

By the end of the three weeks, he had also finished the initial stage of his own refined forging method but before he could begin, he needed to prepare a few little things.

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A/N: Oof 5.4k words. might be my biggest chapter.