Finally, a solution.

As I expected, I was summoned into my own dreams that night once more. What I didn’t expect was the silence.

Frey was floating in the air, arms and vaguely-shaped legs crossed, not saying a word. I expected her to have a lot to tell me, considering what had happened, but thinking about it, maybe that was precisely the reason she wasn’t talking.

“Don’t know where to start?” I asked her.

“Yeah…” Frey began to slowly spin in the air, floating upside-down before sitting straight up again. “Sorry. I didn’t want to reveal myself, but I worried this would be my only chance, so I took it.”

“I’m surprised it worked, honestly.”

“So am I. I didn’t know those things existed, even.”

“Why did you decide to answer our questions?”

“Many reasons. For starters, hiding was getting kinda pointless considering my powers are getting stronger and more noticeable. Better to admit I’m here and make my intentions clear than risk you looking for answers elsewhere, somewhere potentially more dangerous.”

“More dangerous? What do you mean?”

Frey waved her hand dismissively. “I told you, the supernatural exists and you’re not the only one taking advantage of it. Regardless, I’d rather you not get involved in that mess.”

Yeah, I didn’t feel like digging deeper, either.

“Another reason I revealed myself was that I wanted to tell your girls that I’m here to help. Funnily enough, I wasn’t planning on lying, but… How can I say it? That board compelled me to tell the truth anyway.”

“You don’t say? I think it originated as nothing but a toy.”

Frey nodded. “Maybe the one who originally designed it knew about the supernatural. Anyway, it let me tell you all that I’m not here to mess with you. Remember, all I want is for you to have lots of sex and fulfill your lewd desires. If you do that, I win, too, which brings me to another reason I showed myself.”

Frey paused for a moment. At first I thought it was for dramatic effect, but the tone in which she spoke was more serious than I expected.

“Oliver, I think we can use that board to accomplish the enchantments we want.”

I felt a chill run down my entire body, and a small smile crossed my lips. “How so?”

“I’ve been thinking hard. You’ve done well, and thanks to that we’ve managed to gather a very high amount of sexual energy. However, to achieve the level of enchantment we need, even all that is not enough. I thought the scale of it was beyond me, and I was getting frustrated. But then you helped me remember that there are ways to lessen the amount of energy required for an enchantment.”

“You mean conditions?” I asked.

“Exactly! The harsher the condition you impose for an enchantment to work, the less energy you need to make it happen. But we don’t want TOO harsh a condition because I don’t want to limit you too much, or worse, risk you accidentally breaking that condition.”

“And you came up with something now?”

Frey sighed. “Yes, and it has a good chance to work, but… I’d have to let you remember this dream.”

I frowned and tilted my head. “Actually, why do you make me forget all the dreams?”

“Because…” Frey groaned and shook her head. “I have my reasons. It makes some things more difficult, but it’s better in the long run. What I need is that you continue on being yourself, though if you could stop questioning every other move you make I wouldn’t complain. Believe me, it’s better for the both of us that you don’t know what we talk about here. I wouldn’t have revealed myself if the pros didn’t outweigh the cons.”

I clicked my tongue. I didn’t like that response, but I decided to trust Frey for now. “And? What’s the condition you came up with?”

Frey nodded, seemingly satisfied that I wasn’t pushing the matter of the dreams. “First of all, the board will let me make direct contact with your world, or as close to it as I can get. Second of all, we can make use of the links between you and your girls.”

“What? How?”

“You want to be able to date multiple women without it raising any eyebrows, right? You want to normalize a polyamorous relationship. Well, I can do it now… if all your girlfriends agree to it.”

I blinked. “W-What? If they agree? What do they have to do with it?”

“You have a strong link with them. Well, two links. A sexual link and an emotional link. The former one is a magic link, the latter is more abstract, but just as strong. Their opinions hold sway over you, over what you feel is okay to do. If they explicitly agree to some specific terms, then I can make an enchantment that can permanently change perspective over your relationships. It works as a condition because it leaves the failure or success of the enchantment out of your hands and into someone else’s. I’m not a big fan of it, nor of the terms they’ll have to accept, but you’ll accept it more easily.”

I swallowed. She had a point. They wanted to be able to stop hiding just as much as I did. I wanted to stop lying. If they knew the terms and accepted them, then I’d be more likely to accept it than if I simply **** my wish on them. That said…

“What are the terms?”

“My first thought was that they’d have to agree to freely share you with anyone. You know, let you sleep with and date whoever you want, but as I examined that possibility, I realized it was too broad of a condition. It wouldn’t be enough to reduce the amount of energy we’d need to what we have now.”

“It’d also be a lot to ask of them,” I told her. “Mila, Grace and Sarah would probably agree, but I’ve only been dating Alice and Noelle for a short while. They probably wouldn’t agree to that.”

“Yes, that’s what I thought, too, so I have another set of terms that are more restrictive on you, which helps our energy-reduction problems, and are also more fair to your current girlfriends, which is what you want.”

I nodded. “And those are?”

“You will be able to have sexual and romantic relationships with multiple women at the same time, and this will be seen as normal by the public. However, to sleep with and start a relationship with a new girl, you must have the approval of all your current girlfriends.” Frey sighed. “I don’t like it, but it’s the least restrictive condition I could come up with that you’d accept. You and the girls.”

I smiled. “Yeah. This is fair. Thanks, Frey, for thinking about us.”

The spirit crossed her ghostly arms. “Don’t get me wrong. I’d rather give you full freedom to fuck whoever you wanted without asking for permission, but that’s outside my abilities right now.”

I stroked my chin. “I have a couple of questions. First, if I… If I were to sleep with another girl without their permission, would that break the enchantment?”

“No. I want to make it so you can’t break it by accident or through a loophole. I think I can make it strong enough that it’d only be seen as cheating.”

I nodded. Not that I was planning to do it, but it was a question I needed to ask. “And also, what happens if… Ugh, I don’t even want to say it outloud. What happens if I break up with one of them?”

“I’m specifying the terms as ‘all your current girlfriends’, meaning that if you break up with one, you’d need the approval of four. However…”

My eyes widened. “If I have six girlfriends, I’d need the approval of six people.”

Frey groaned. “Yes. See why I don’t like it? At least this is only the start. I may be able to make adjustments as I get stronger.”

“I don’t know. This sounds fine to me.”

She sighed. “Of course it does. Well, you’ve managed to convince five girls to share you already. Maybe things will work out. Besides, you’ll finally be able to make out in public with them, which will count as fulfilling more of your desires, so I still win.”

Yes. This was good. I wanted to date many girls, it was true. I had to admit that I’d like to sleep with a new girl in the future, if possible, but I’d never do it if the girls I was already seeing were against it.

Yes. This was perfect.

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