Frey’s progress.

I knew it was coming before I even went to bed that night. I had felt a strong sense of fulfillment throughout the day, something like accomplishing a goal, or more appropriately, fulfilling a strong wish. Yeah, that’s better. My goal wasn’t to sleep with Diana. My true goal lies beyond, something I technically might not ever see accomplished. No, sleeping with Diana was just a strong wish that aligned with my goal, but fulfilling it was nevertheless incredibly cathartic. By then I understood what that feeling was, and I fully expected what would come the moment I got in bed.

Sleep took me and not a moment later I was opening my eyes and finding myself in the dream version of my bedroom. I sat up and looked to the side, where a shadowy silhouette had her back to me, wearing… a lab coat and writing something with a black marker on a whiteboard. I remained quiet and let her finish.

Frey turned around and smacked her marker on the whiteboard, pointing to one of the things she had written in such messy handwriting it painfully reminded me of my own.

“Read this!” she ordered.

“Sexual energy = magic juice?” I read and asked.

“Yes. Sexual energy is, at its most basic, magic juice that comes from sex and lets us do magic tricks.”

I… felt a little talked down to, like Frey thought I was too stupid to understand a more complex or academic explanation. But I understood it was just her not wanting to get technical, so I simply nodded along. “Okay, I kinda figured that out by now. Why bring it up?”

Frey crossed her arms, hung her head and shook it in regret. “Because, in my negligence, I forgot to tell you something fun and very important.”

“Huh?”

“You asked yourself how you hadn’t gotten anyone pregnant, remember?”

“Hm? Ah, yeah, I did. Wait, you don’t mean…”

“Contraception works, that’s true. The chances of you getting a girl pregnant are extremely low, but a small chance is still there. However, I know very well how much you love the feeling of finishing inside, and I’m not about to let human responsibilities get in the way of our fun.”

I swallowed. “Meaning…”

“Part of what I’m doing for you here is turning that 0.01% chance of pregnancy into a flat 0% chance. Like I told you, I’m fairly weak and not the most skilled at magic, but if it’s controlling fertility, that’s practically second nature for beings like me. If you wanted, I could even turn those chances around and make them 100%.”

It was a shock to hear, but I still found myself smiling with relief. “That’s good to know. You should’ve told me sooner, though.”

Frey shrugged. “You would’ve forgotten the next morning, and even if I let you remember that little detail, it’s not like you could’ve told the girls ‘We don’t need the pill, trust me’.”

“That’s… fair.”

“You were already using contraception, anyway, so it wasn’t exactly relevant. It’s relevant now because… Dammit! I wanted you to do Diana raw, too! You could’ve! Ugh, damn your stupid sense of responsibility! Condoms are so dumb…” Frey sighed heavily. “I can even prevent any and all STDs, so there’s nothing to worry about.”

Okay, that was actually huge. “Wait, really?”

“Of course! These are all basically baseline abilities of succubi and incubi.”

“How does that work?”

“Magic.”

“...Are you really going to give me that answer?”

“I could go into more details, but… Tell me, how does your respiratory system work?”

I blinked and realized that I understood it in broad strokes, but wasn’t able to give a detailed explanation. “Ah. I see. So it’s more instinctive?”

“For the most part, yes. Now, the next item. Read this.”

Frey pointed to something else on the whiteboard, lines and symbols I could recognize as some sort of runes, however… “I have no idea how to read that.”

“Yeah, I’m just messing with you.” Frey’s shadowy figure had no mouth, but still could tell she was smirking. “You don’t need to read it, you just need to remember how to write it. This combination of runes creates a ‘Silence’ spell.”

“Silence? To shut someone up?”

“Potentially, maybe, but this is meant to work in an enclosed area. Conceptually, it should work so long as the place you are in is relatively small and considered ‘closed’, such as a small room or a car. The idea is to prevent noise from getting out of the room itself.”

“The idea? So you’re not sure if it’ll work?”

“Yeah, it’s a work in progress. It should work in theory, but I can’t test it properly here. I’ll need you to do that in the real world.”

I swallowed. “So… I’m guessing I’d use this to prevent people from hearing naughty sounds coming from inside a room?”

“Precisely. A car would also work. Just write it somewhere in the closed area and see if it works. If it does, feel free to take advantage of it. Runes are limited in effect, but are also simple and cost-effective. We won’t need to spend a crazy amount of sexual energy to make it work, and if you have sex when you use one, it’ll basically pay for itself.”

“This is… kinda scary, don’t you think? I mean…”

“I know what you’re thinking, boy, but don’t lose sleep over it. Magic is a tool. You’re the one who determines how you use it.”

“I suppose.”

“Then there’s this next spell,” Frey said, tapping the whiteboard again, this time on another set of runes. “This one is for ‘Stillness’. If it works as intended, it should keep inanimate objects from moving. To use a car as an example again, this spell should prevent it from shaking even if you have a girl riding you like crazy. You could also use it to stop a door from moving, and it could double as a lock of sorts.”

Silence and stillness. These two spells were obviously designed to fuck in hiding. I hate to admit it, but I was getting kind of excited to try them out.

“I… shot too high and also tried to make one for ‘Ignore’. You know, write it on yourself and one of the girls and fuck freely out in the open while people walk past without seeing you. But I can’t do anything that specifically targets living beings yet. I can do spaces and inanimate objects, and I still need you to test these two to see that they work properly. But I promised you I’d do this and finally have something to show for it. I can’t let you do all the work, can I?” Frey gave me a thumbs up. “Condoms aside, that was an amazing day you had with Diana. She’s cool. I have a good feeling about her, too. She gets tired a bit too easily, maybe, but she’s an eager one. She’ll get used to it. What’s important is that you’re very into each other, are very compatible and she’s unlocking a few more kinks in you, which I’m very happy about.”

I felt my face heat up, but tried not to let it bother me. Frey was always watching, and she didn’t judge, anyway, so there was no point in getting embarrassed.

“So to trade you for the surplus of energy today, I give you ‘Silence’ and ‘Stillness’ runes. Use them to fuck a lot more, please.”

I chuckled. “You almost make it sound like I fulfilled a quest and got my reward.”

“Hey, it’s not a bad way to look at it. Remember, a big part of magic are limitations and conditions. Fulfilling previously set objectives or conditions can help magic work better.”

“Alright. Thanks, Frey.”

Frey stared down at me, arms crossed, and remained quiet for an uncomfortably long moment. She then floated closer to me, but her shadowy hand on my head and ruffled my hair.

“You’ve grown, Oliver. You and Diana would’ve never hit it off if you hadn’t taken the lead. You made her feel comfortable, appreciated, respected, understood. You’re getting closer to being the person you want to be, and I think it’s important that you hear that. My powers may give you what you consider an unfair advantage, but you are who you are now because you decided to push yourself to be better. I know this because I know what my powers can do. So… Yeah. I’m proud of you, Oliver. Don’t stop there. Keep pushing yourself and there will never be anything you can’t do.”

I felt my chest tighten and my eyes itch with the threat of tears. I opened my mouth to speak, but the cowardly, embarrassed spirit made everything fade to black before I could get a word out. Before I knew it, it was morning and I had to go to school.

Stupid Frey.

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