Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know

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In a Mary-Sue novel, the readers all liked the Devil Venerable, the second male lead who devoted himself whole-heartedly to the female lead. However the female lead only loved the male lead who abused her physically and mentally.

Readers: Why doesn’t the female lead like the Devil Venerable?!

Devil Venerable: This Venerable also wants to know. But what I really want to know is why I even like the female lead at all.

In order to understand why the female lead wasn’t attracted to him, the self-conscious Devil Venerable brutally interrogated the entire cast of characters from the novel.

Background characters: I have so many things I want to say but I don’t dare to say it to his face!

After obtaining the book, the Devil Venerable discovered that the book described the world he lived in. This book said that after he sacrificed himself for the female lead, the fourth male lead, his silent and loyal subordinate Yin Hanjiang, blackened and attempted to kill her as a sacrificial offering for his lord.

Devil Venerable Wenren E: Yin Hanjiang, this Venerable wants to know why you wanted to kill the female lead.

Yin Hanjiang was silent.

Wenren E: If you refuse to speak, this Venerable will cut out your tongue and have it with alcohol!

Yin Hanjiang: …

Wenren E: What the hell are you blushing for?!

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Mozun ye xiang zhidao
จอมมารก็อยากรู้เช่นกัน
本尊也想知道
魔尊也想知道
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Cloudyskynight
Cloudyskynight rated it
February 11, 2024
Status: Completed
This novel is a must read.

I was honestly scared because I read some reviews that said the romance was slow or barely existent and I don't usually read that kind of novels but I decided to give it a try since I wanted to read about a strong and cool shou.. And god.. Im so glad I picked it up !!

This novel was just so refreshing. And in my opinion it showed what real love is all about.

I applaud the author for being able to show how the MC and... more>> ML love each other in very subtle way without needing to be so obvious about it? To me that was even more romantic than other "romantic" novels I've read. I don't know how to explain it.

Yes, unfortunately it does not have smut (is shounen ai) but it so good you don't need it and we can always resort to fics ;)

To finish it off, this is one of my favorite parts in the novel:

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"Protector Yin, would you believe something like this? Can love really make people so brainless?" Wenren È really didn't get it, and couldn't help transmitting this question to the only other person there.

"This subordinate believes anything the Venerable says, and hears not a word of anything anyone else says, " Yin Hanjiang answered.

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RajaAntara
RajaAntara
February 4, 2024
Status: Completed
Top tier comedy filled with interesting and individualistic characters😁

I love the characters. They always stayed true with themselves.

The plot itself is interesting because it ties the loopholes of the first novel. Highly recommended!
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winteriiime
winteriiime rated it
December 24, 2023
Status: Completed
I remember holding back on reading this for MONTHS for some reason, and now I regret not reading this during summer break because this was all I thought about during school (╥_╥)

I’m not trying to spoil it, but my favorite part about the novel was definitely how ... more>>
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Wenren E (idk if I spelled it correctly sorry) slowly realized the mistakes he made while raising Yin and fixed them (kind of... it’s a little hard to explain) —and ended up falling in love too!

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I loved the ending as well. The resolution was very satisfying in my opinion.

At first I thought that the way Wenren E caught feelings was a bit unrealistic, but thinking about it now, love is unrealistic anyway. No use getting caught up in it lol.

my point is: don’t hold back on reading the novel. It’s amazing. <<less
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AnZhe798
AnZhe798 rated it
November 22, 2023
Status: Completed
this story is so so good.... like a breeze in the spring hehe

at first I was not so sure about reading this story as this had seme protagonist tag but it also had multiple pov so I just decided to go with it and omg!!

this is truely a masterpiece and after I reached the end I was like.... thats it ?? I want more!!!

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this is not only about yin hanjiang or wenren e but also about baili qingmiao, alter master qiu, sister shu, shi cough cough , ruan tortoise, bug bug miao, teacher zhongli not any osmanthus wine ahem and many more

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i like all the characters in this novel...... all of them......

especially xuanyuan sect lol, they are really like kids in school xD..... always causing ruckus, and have big big ambitions......

and my favourite yin hanjiang 💜💜💜💜

thank you for such amazing story and amazing translation!!! <<less
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Axvii
Axvii rated it
November 7, 2023
Status: Completed
A solid novel.

A main character with fleshed out story beyond the novel's premise, characters who develop along with him due to his influence, and the tension just right.

I could never forget how emotional I felt for the female character that MC had to look after, its amazing, solid female characters that are beyond the role of only supporting the couple is so rare in BL novels.

... more>> Its a limited SSR card that you only have a 0.01% percentile of getting. this is an exaggeration.

Back on the topic.

I love that beyond the xianxia themes there is also universal themes as well, like mentions of astrology and gods and goddesses, it also ties up nicely as well to character motivations and the cause and effect within the novel.

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Zeny
Zeny rated it
October 30, 2023
Status: --
this novel is great. Amazing characters, a well-thought and well-executed plot, the setting and the lore are wonderfully complex; to top it off the translation is also very good. The protagonist is a delight to read, what with his seemingly uncommon logic, and all the other characters are also very fun. This is a comedy about rewriting a previous "story", with plenty of action and badass moments. The character development of the inworld-novel's female protagonist as well as the the two main leads is well done. I can only say... more>> this is a great novel and I have no complains.

I 100% recommend it!!! <<less
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HewerG
HewerG rated it
September 13, 2023
Status: Completed
if you are expecting a sweet romance you are wrong here. A little sweet, sorry fighting ;) you can get af the end of the story.

It's a story where the devil venerable get to know his destiny and is trying to fix it. Along the way he discovers a lot of things for witch he was blind in his previews life. And a different point of view can change a situation completely. You will discover that withe is now withe and black is not necessary black.

The wirtten point of view... more>> is sometimes a little heavy to reed but you can't find a boring moments. You get some badass characters, silly/s*upid characters, some face slapping, battle action and funny moment's. <<less
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yang_er
yang_er rated it
September 2, 2023
Status: c82
"After the prairie fires raged,

new flowers would always open

trembling petals in the aftermath,

... more>> greeting the new land in a new form."

Unexpectedly, I have learnt a lot about the nature of love and life itself from this novel.

Wenren É, is a demonic sect Lord who gets a book that foretells a love story of a Primordial goddess' reincarnation Baili Qingmao and He Wenzhao (a playboy). Wenren É finds that apart from this the book also seems to tell the future of his world.

Not knowing what makes Qingmao love the disloyal He Wenzhao to this extent, and what could male Yin Hanjiang (his loyal subordinate) try to make her soul a burning lamp for him after his death in the book's, he sets out to find the truth; and in the process changing fate itself.

At it's base this novel is a story of unwavering love and undying loyalty of a Vanguard to his General, a Subordinate to his Master, and a Child to his Saviour. Thus is the nature of the vast love Yin Hanjiang holds for Wenren É.

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A love capable of driving him to insanity, inflicted by his own inner demons, unable to see anyone else but his Venerable, rage enough to burn down entire cities, when Wenren É dies (or Hanjiang thinks he is dead)

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This kind of love is rare to come by. So silent, asking nothing in return yet resolute enough to move mountains.

Wenren É's love is loud and bold. If he wants it reciprocated he'll have it reciprocated, he was never someone to silently back away, he'd rather burn everything to the ground. When he realised Yin Hanjiang's he wasted no time to reciprocate with his own.

"With such pure and sincere feelings placed before him, how could Hè Wenzhao bear to proclaim love for Baili Qingmiao, while having dalliances with other women? Wenren È couldn't understand it."

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Yin Hanjiang, this Venerable permits you to love him. Sect Leader Yin, will you permit me to love you?" —says Wenren É after coming back from inevitable death to a Yin Hanjiang on the brink of qi deviation

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The contrast between the obvious dubious nature of the 'love' between Baili Qingmao and He Wenzhao (albeit with good reasoning), and the unwavering strength of the love between Yin Hanjiang and Wenren É capable of toppling cities and bringing back the dead, is far too pronounced and makes the book more beautiful than my mere words can express.

Also this will probably be the most logical cultivation novel you'll ever come across.

"All cultivators take up the spiritual energy of the nature around them. The Righteous sects are cheaters, cheating the heavens of spiritual energy with their sweet words. The Demonic sects are thieves, stealing spiritual energy with no regrets. Given a choice between two which one do you think the heavens would choose? "

Even the dumb naive white lotus female lead has an explanation behind her nature.

She's not naive in reality. In actuality she's a goddess in whose eyes everything is same. No one species is superior. So how can someone like her fall for He Wenzhao? Well you have to read to find out.

The Characters:

This novel has a cast of well developed, colorful characters that make this so more fun to read.

Shu Yanyan: a seductress, with no qualms about using futile men to her benifits. She is scheming but never tries to hide her nature. Even though she never falls in love, she changes for Zhongli Qian (cuz he's worthy of it!) But that didn't change her nature. She's still the sweetly ruthless seductress we all love. I would love to have her as a big sister.

Qiu Congxue: Oh god she's a skeleton with a face who finds having flesh to bothersome. She has no brains (literally) trying to turn everyone she meets' souls into elixirs or add them to get collection of hungry ghosts. She somehow becomes Qingmao's teacher. Their dynamic is super funny.

Zhongli Qian: The only rational person in the entire universe.

"Zhongli Qian is like a brick that can be moved anywhere when needed. He knew a little bit of everything. So even if he knew medicine no one would doubt "

He is literally the only braincell holding the people around him from going berserk and burning entire cities down. I love him so much.

Really Minor Characters:

Alter master Shi: sickly dude who coughs every sentence. But the sicker he gets the more powerful he becomes (yes he is sick by choice lol). He can cough the enemies to defeat.

Alter master Ruan: man has a tortoise shell to hide and roll away in (to hide from the main characters antics)

Alter master Miao: literally uses people like soil for growing his gu bugs.

Su Huai: was a ghost who wanted to kill Baili but ended up becoming a righteous disciple of her lmao.

As you can see the Xuanyun sect is the most unique place you can be in. No body hides their ambitions. Infact Wenren É encourages them to have ambitions even if it is to replace him. But no one dares cuz he's to strong. That doesn't mean they don't fight in the main hall of the sect all day long. And with such a colorful cast of characters you can rest assured it's going to be one heck of a comedic gold novel. The character growth in this novel is among the best.

Baili Qingmao's brainlessness goes away completely, Yin Hanjiang no longer thinks he's a sword, Wenren É learns to be more caring. Every single character has immense character growth which if I try to write will take me too long)

Even so, the Demonic cultivators never lay a hand on mortals.

The 'Righteous' sects however do not even spare innocent mortals if it is to increase their reputations. Now who is righteous who is demonic, who is white who is black, what's good what's bad? Everything is probably gray.

Personal review: I was only in search for a good danmei to read when I came across this book. Never would I have thought I would learn so much about life from this book.

"The Dao was dispassionate yet held compassion, and such was the cosmos. If a god of heaven were to place their sight on a single species, then they would not be worthy of being a god"

Everything is a just a cycle of destruction but following that destruction new life grows stronger and more vibrant than ever. Thus is life.

To, 'Devil Venerable also wants to know':

Thank you for accompanying me when everything seemed a little harder. I've learnt a lot from Wenren É about life. To not give up and to not fear death. If fate is inevitable you can only fight to change it.

P.S:
Spoiler

Yin Hanjiang is the Gong!! Yes you heard it right! The mighty Wenren É is the shou pfft... our adorable little subordinate is gong-ing his Venerable hahahahahha.

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shuulys
shuulys
July 9, 2023
Status: Completed
SO SO SOOO GOOD!! I love the character development in this novel. And although it isn't really romance focused, I still enjoyed reading the entire novel. It was funny, heart wrenching and also it makes you use your brain to think about the plot. So its totally not boring and repetitive at all :> Highly recomended hehe.
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Dorooo
Dorooo rated it
June 24, 2023
Status: Completed
Read this a while back and remembered vividly how the humor in this novel has me in stitches 😂 though the plot wasn't very memorable. However, the strength of this novel is the characterization. The MC is excellently written and I enjoyed going through the plots from his perspective. The ML was alright but wasn't as compelling as the MC despite my liking for Yandere characters. The changes in their relationship dynamic from master-subordinate to lovers was clear and well navigated. Overall a very entertaining and unique read!
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hansel_biscuits
hansel_biscuits rated it
June 19, 2023
Status: Completed
Definitely not a romance focused novel and I live for it. It’s very unique and nice power/skills building and it doesn’t feel like info-dumping. The two main protagonists tho, ohh boy this two... I swear. This book is the best description for slow burn and action-pron. I LOVE IT! It doesn’t overly feed you with romance sub-plots and just gives you action and highly intellectual fight scenes, back to back to back! I love it very much!
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ferrrrr
ferrrrr rated it
April 28, 2023
Status: Completed
I had a hard time to finish this danmei. It was a good and fun ride though. Yin Hanjiang, what a loyal man you were towards Wenren E. The slow burn romance captured my heart in a second the moment MC realized his true feeling. And even all the side charcaters (mostly Xuanyuan Sect) gonna makes me missing them after this. The cunningness, petty arguements and peak comedy that they were showing lol. Still a good novel and kudos to the translators!
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For the love of reading
For the love of reading
March 26, 2023
Status: Completed
It was amazing. Those are the only words I can really use to summarize how this made me feel. The characters were really expressive and they just behaved in a way that I have never read about before. I also really liked how the heroine ended up in the end. It was overall really good.
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Naili210
Naili210 rated it
March 19, 2023
Status: Completed
HONESTLY, this was a good ass read. I loved this novel and reading it was not a mistake at all. But tbh I wished I read it earlier T-T. When reading it for the first time last year I wasn't really interested because I didn't understand the story depth that much by the summary and so when I first read the first chapter I was pretty confused. Thankfully I found the novel again and after seeing people's review on it I finally understand it bit more and so I read... more>> it. Honestly the story is such mwah chef kiss bruhh 😩✨ Tbh I think this was my first time reading a slow burn romance ngl and it was pretty AWESOME. The plot was hella intriguing and kept me reading and me interested in it. Honestly the romance between MC and ML was the spice of the story. If there wasn't romance in this, the story would still be pretty good but its more better with the romance being the spice of it all. Honestly MC and ML relationship is so complicated and is to tied up into multiple of knots. Just when I thought they finally understood each other, there was still more into defining each other's personalities and emotions wirh one another. It didn't have angst and tragedy like 2ha and YuWu but the plot I would say can almost be the same level as it but only almost, not same. After thinking it back the romance wasn't like any other romance I seen. Probably because its my first time reading a slow burn one I didn't felt that much heart ache for the love of MC and ML and all ngl but their dedication towards each others makes me think they are more like platonic soulmate. But the romance still pretty badass to define. They went through life and death together so its understandable for them to bond and be in love with each other. The side characters were pretty well written as well. Each has their own important tole to the plit and is greatly appreciated and used well in the novel. My favorite is definitely Zhongli Qian. He's soo fking smart and wise bruhh wished he was real man. He's a really well written character and I love his development during the story and intelligences. Him being the love counselor for MC and ML is pretty funny to me lol even if it was such a short time.
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i also I am sooo glad that the author finally, finally gave Baili Qingmiao who was originally the FL in the book of the world MC and ML was living; finally gave her a redemption.. FINALLY BRUHH I was waiting for her character development. I kept hoping that the author didn't abandon her and let her have character development, forget about the tr*sh original ML and have a chance to redeem herself from her s*upidity.

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I also like Protector Qiu's straightforwardness ngl. Pretty refreshing and made me have a couple of laughs lol. Tbh I kidna hoped for more to see ML more true side ngl. But I dis get to see it that much since it was nearing the end of the story. Yk like I kidna wished that ML realized his true self and desires which the author could've been more depth about since most if the time ML sees MC as someone superior as a god and didn't belive he was Worthy in having his live and standing by his side. He only realize when its kinda nearing the end of the story. But I like how the author didn't make the MC OP and invincible in the beginning ngl. I like how the author gives out how even if MC is the strongest in his sect, he still is a human and has weakness and is bound to have deadly injuries occuring. And MC was able to grow stronger as well which is pretty good. Tbh I really got confused on the time skip but I was not expecting like 10 or 30 years skip in the story 💀. Cause like in my mind I was like: after that much years pass aren't the characters gonna grow old and have a old appearance 😭so I was hella confused because I had a slow mind. But after finishing reading it and thinking about it some more I finally understand that they didn't have an old appearance because they are cultivators and so they their appearance would slowly grow to be old and will still have a young appearance because of their powers of being a cultivator. Honestly idk why this thought didn't appear while reading it lol but appeared after. Idk why I also didn't question how MC is 300 years old but aint old and have a good looking appearance lmaoo 😭. Should've realized from the start 🗿 <<less
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Laen Rin
Laen Rin rated it
March 13, 2023
Status: Completed
It's awesome.

This novel is funny, interesting and refreshing.

I like main characters development. I also like side characters which have different personality and different goals.

Devil Venerable is really strong, but anyway he faced few challenging situations.

Many episodes are funny, yet some scenes are sad and tragic.

The romance is really slow, but I love it this way.
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Xiaodhin
Xiaodhin
March 9, 2023
Status: --
while reading one of the reviews that said "little romance" and "no *** to the end" I had my doubts about reading it. but after I finally wanted to try... oh I never regret reading it. the story is very fresh and interesting... when you read the story you will think to yourself that if there is no romance that's fine too... because the story is very entertaining. and the romance that is given here in my opinion is also enough. As for the characters, I've always disliked the female... more>> characters in danmei novels but this is an exception... some of the female characters here I like because they're so cute. MC and ML are very good, for MC there has been a lot of praise for him in other reviews. and also for ml, ah it appeals to me, he's a bit horror but cute... a few words for the two protagonists of the book in the novel... yes I really hate that hwc, every chapter I read it I just hate it... and for bqm some chapters I'm tired of his brain, but when his real self starts to come back, bqm is actually smart. <<less
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Sesgy
Sesgy rated it
February 12, 2023
Status: Completed
Finished it in 4 days, and I must say I'm really satisfied.

It's a really good novel that makes fun of the stereotype Harem male lead and the naive innocent girl that has eyes set only for the Male lead. Though we will see how our protagonist tries to make the female lead give up on him ... more>>
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and he will succeed

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I see many people complaining about this story's romance not being prominent, but I actually find it being shown in the little (kind of) gestures our MC does for the ML and vice versa.

I reccomend it to everyone who searches for well written female characters, not stereotyped one dimensional bl romance and characters' development. <<less
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buuble
buuble rated it
December 15, 2022
Status: Completed
I liked this novel much more than I thought I would honestly! The main characters were really interesting and there were a bunch of plot twists. Wenren E is a clueless idiot in love and Yan Hanjiang would ruin anyone who dares to touch Wenren E in the background. It was fun to read them get their sh*t together and fall in love haha. The plot did get a little uninteresting at times, but I was invested in the main couple enough to keep reading and it was satisfying to... more>> witness their relationship progress. <<less
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wishingoceans
wishingoceans rated it
November 11, 2022
Status: --
Excellent story! I would really call this a comedy, with a good amount of gratifyingly easy to follow xianxia and super wholesome romance thrown in. This is a quick read and entirely satisfying. Great for newbies to danmei and expert readers alike. There is really no drawn out angst or dog blood. The plot moves quickly and is extremely entertaining with never a dull moment. The characters all have very distinct personalities and this novel manages to have 3 excellent female characters as well! The romance, though sadly lacking any... more>> explicit details, is incredibly cute and the two leads are stuck together being adorable for most of the novel. Both are very manly and I can see them being a switch couple. Even without the romance though, this book is so funny and entertaining it’s worth a read anyway. This is good for the heart, read this if you need to be uplifted! <<less
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swen
swen rated it
October 25, 2022
Status: c14
i just started this novel but I. LOVE. THE. ML!!!!! And not just because he and I share a name, lmao (which I was extremely and pleasantly surprised by)

Unwavering loyalty yet stubborn! Tries to be strong for his Venerable one despite being a little weak! A protector through and through! Morally gray but slay!

This is a bit random but I was hoping for a novel where the cultivator's sword can take on a human form and this is... pretty much as close as I have ever gotten. ML can... more>> literally turn into swords. And that's hot af

Another detail that I absolutely love is how it uses astrology. MC and ML being compared to Polis and Alkaid stars.. Oml. Also, in those paragraphs about how the ML acted in the OG book. His behavior gave me absolute chills, especially that part about the mask, the author KNOWS how to write their "driven mad" archetypes.

Also, it's so refreshing to see an MC that is strong, mature and a little evil. The author doesn't unnecessarily point out his looks or his body and make ML drool over him. I usually don't really like overpowered characters, but the MC has a great personality to balance it out, he doesn't kill whoever he wants. Despite being a demonic cultivator, he has a strong sense of virtue. This is a man who, despite being the most powerful demon sect leader, has travelled to the mortal world to fight as a foot soldier, then ranks up to general with his own skills and battles while willingly sealing his spiritual energy away. He is clearly more than capable of his position and he knows how to act with so much power.

That being said, the author's writing style is also fleshed out so nicely. The plot so far is great, it's not shallow and filled with silly tropes. The main characters from the OG book (let's call them Protag and FL) may be silly, but it's a sort of justified silly- although I wholeheartedly believe Protag is tr*sh, the FL isn't some one dimensional character. Sure, she's a bit hopeless, but she has a strong sense of justice and is quite capable of herself. I found myself rooting for her... And hoping she ends up with another female side character (hehe).

Additionally, there are very interesting questions raised in the novel so far, and it's hardly been 10 chapters. The reason I keep reading isn't just because of how lovable the characters are, but also the mysteries given. I want to know what MC does with the book, what happens to the FL and Protag's relationship, etc. <<less
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