After spending a little more time with Eugene, Hal returned to the mansion, if he wanted to breakthrough to the cosmic pearl realm soon, he would to dedicate a lot of time to it.

This world was too strength based and while that could be fun and liberating, it could bite you in the ass if you were on the weak side.

When he arrived at the mansion, he met a visitor that had apparently been waiting for him

"Amelia? What brings you here?" He asked

For Amelia Horst stood before the mansion and from the looks of things, she must have arrived not long before

"You told me you were going to increase your strength but you had a death match instead?" Amelia was irate

"I didn't lie to you" Hal smiled and allowed his cultivation base to show that his strength had indeed increased

"You went from the third stage to ninth stage in less than two days. That can't be good for your foundation" She said sounding worried

"It's fine, I have my ways" Hal assured her

"Humph. I'm sure they must be perverted ways" she said

"Actually, they are" he told her candidly

Dual cultivation techniques exist, they were mainly a pleasurable way to advance and did not necessarily make cultivation faster. But hearing admit it convinced her that he was a dual cultivator. She found him more appealing.

"Why not take a walk with me? Melinda has a nice flower garden" Hal said and led the way with Amelia following behind

"So Melinda is your partner. Is she any good?" She wanted to make it sound like a joke but it still came out with genuine curiosity

"It's a combined effort" Hal said with a smirk

"Did you really have to kill Rad, he was still your brother" Amelia said she couldn't care less about Rad but she knew taking a life could not be easy.

Hal on the other hand had felt no different

"He tried to kill me" He shrugged while adding 'twice' mentally and then stopped.

"Why exactly are you here?" He asked her

"To see how you were doing" Amelia said in a quiet voice

"Lie. Or at least, half truth" Hal said and wrapped his hand around her slim waist and pulled her towards himself.

Amelia did not struggle for this was where she wanted to be. Instead she wrapped her hands around his neck and breathed in his scent, the one that had pervaded her senses since the day before, the reason she was truly there, the reason she was ready to put herself in his hands...

"Tell me" he insisted and trapped her with his sapphire blue eyes (sapphire is deep blue in colour so I will use them interchangeably) as he smiled at her

"I want you to kiss me..."

...

Inside the mansion,

Rita was fuming. After Edvard Krast was gone the two had a laugh at his expense but it would not be long before they would have another visitor, while she waited patiently for Hal but Hal had already returned but did not even come in to see her. The night before had ignited her feelings and craving for pleasure and Hal had so far ignored her and was now taking a walk with some lass.

Melinda was simply smirking, enjoying Rita's silent rage, as she sipped some expensive tea and tossed the financial reports of Dane textiles into the flames encased in a fireplace type structure beside her

"Would you relax? You were with him just last night, you can hold on while he talks to the girl" Melinda said with a smile

Rita took a deep breath "Have you ever drank his man juice?" She asked not bothering to keep her voice down and causing the maid to blush deeply

"No, is it good?" Melinda asked curious

"The best. The taste is incredible. It feels like a drug. Actually I am convinced it is a slow acting aphrodisiac, the longer I stay close to him the more horny I became..."

The maid was now as red as an apple

"...if I don't do him soon, I might go insane. You'be done it with him, it must have been good right?" She said

"Words are not enough, you will have to feel it yourself" Melinda said

"Oh, I can't wait"

You could fry an egg on the maid's right now and she quickly excused herself to cool down.

"Just an heads up, I might butt in on your time with him" Melinda announced

"Don't you dare. I want it to be me and him alone. At least for my first time"

Melinda could understand that.

***

"No, I won't kiss you" Hal said

"Why not?" Rejection did not sit right with her

"Because, I can't always be the one doing the work. You have to do your part, so why don't you kiss me instead"

"Rogue" Amelia said before stretching the few inches that made the difference in their heights and kissed him

The kiss was gentle at first but it soon turned heated as she pulled him harder into it, slowly her lips parted and the pervert took advantage

Snaking his tongue into her mouth and began a battle for dominance in her mouth, a battle he won. Amelia being of an higher cultivation than him used all her strength in a bid to reduce any little space between them into nothing

She needed no air. He was her air and the more their tongues battle the more excited she bacane and soon wanted to get rid of her clothes

They were an obstruction!

Hal's hand snaked low and he grabbed her ass

"Mmmh" she moaned into the kiss before Hal's hands came on her shoulder and pushed her back.

She had no intention of letting go but felt so lightheaded she couldn't muster any strength to resist

"Brilliant kissing. You seem to be getting better at it" Hal chuckled and Amelia blushed

"I had a pervert to guide me" She said as she snaked her hand into his shirt.

"Well you have been a fantastic student"

...

Amelia spent a little more time at the mansion before returning home. After which Hal briefly visited his mind space

"Why not seal the deal?" Grimiore could not help but ask when Hal stood before it in the Star lit mind space

"I want to ease her into it, and I have note pressing matters to tend to. I need a method to speed up my cultivation"

"Oh, so you're a tease"

"Exactly"

Already the Primordial Cosmic Art was already incredibly swift in terms of cultivation speed and cleared all potential bottlenecks however, Hal was far from satisfied and as such needed to pose the question to Grimiore

"The most direct manner would be a time warping array" Grimiore informed him

"Well then let me have it"