I can tell by the level of light in the room that the sun is up, even if only barely. That means I slept through the night, something that I haven’t done in a long time. However, it also means that the girls aren’t likely to wake up for at least a few more hours.

  They have me pinned in such a way that even reading manga without moving would be difficult. I close my eyes and try to force myself to go back to sleep, but it doesn’t work. After sleeping so much, I feel completely refreshed and ready to get up and moving.

  If I just lay here and do nothing, I am going to go nuts, but if I wake up the girls, I will be punished. Depending on their mood, the punishment could be really fun, or it could be pure torture. With my luck, it would probably be the latter, so I am not going there, instead I create a soulscape and invite Lin.

  Lin appears and says “Ash? What’s wrong?”

  “Nothing. Well, other than the fact that my body is pinned in place and I can’t get out of bed.”

  Lin says “So, you woke up, got bored, and wanted to have some fun in the soulscape? I’m okay with that.”

  “No. Well, yes I’d be okay with that, but I wanted to talk to you about something.”

  Lin says “Okay. What did you want to talk about?”

  “Kreno mostly. I noticed her bossing you around last night and wanted to make sure you were okay with it. Honestly, I kind of expected you to put her in her place.”

  Lin says “Actually, I didn’t mind it. In fact, it was kind of nice not being in charge for once. Besides, she didn’t tell me to do anything I didn’t already want to do. If she had, it probably would have been a different story.”

  “Alright. I just wanted to make sure Kreno wasn’t going to cause problems. I would like to keep things nice and peaceful if at all possible.”

  Lin says “We talked a little after you fell asleep. While there might be an occasional issue, I don’t think there will be any major conflicts. Kreno is going to listen to me outside of bed and in bed I will obey her, to an extent.”

  “I didn’t realize that you like being ordered around.”

  Lin says “Neither did I, it is something I haven’t experienced before. Considering how I grew up I didn’t think I would like it either.”

  “Maybe it is different because it is not a man ordering you around. I imagine you had more than enough of that growing up.”

  Lin says “That’s a possibility. I guess you could try ordering me around and see what happens.”

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  “That could be fun, or it could be dangerous. I think I will wait and find out which later. For now, I am just glad that you and Kreno won’t be fighting.”

  Lin says “Are you sure?”

  “What do you mean?”

  Lin says “Doesn’t the thought of us fighting over you get you excited?”

  “No, but the thought of watching you two fight does.”

  Lin says “So it’s not about you, it’s just two of us getting physical with each other that does it for you?”

  “Yeah, I guess so.”

  Lin says “In that case, maybe we should arrange some wrestling matches tonight.”

  “That would be awesome!”

  Lin says “Alright, I will discuss it with the others later.”

  “Sounds good. So I don’t need to worry about you and Kreno, right?”

  Lin says “There will probably be a few bumpy spots as we get to know each other, but I think they will both fit in well. I don’t think there will be any major problems.”

  “Good. That is a relief. I was really worried that adding the two of them would end up being a mistake.”

  Lin says “No, I don’t think it was a mistake. We have already seen how useful Sero’s spell is. Other than that, I am not sure how useful they will be. It will depend on how strong they get and what choices they make. If nothing else, they will at least be able to help watch the kids.”

  “I think that they will find ways to make themselves useful. I am not too worried about that. It may take a while for them to figure things out, but they will.”

  Lin says “You are probably right. We will see.”

  “Since it’s just us for once, is there anything else you want to talk about?”

  Lin says “Not that I can think of, no.”

  “In that case, come over here.”

  Lin smiles and comes over to me like I told her to and I reward her with a long kiss. Then, when she follows my next order and the one after that, we have some fun together. Bossing her around feels weird at first, but at the same time it is also a lot of fun.

  We end up having a lot of fun and trying out some things that are only possible in the soulscape. We only end our fun when we notice someone moving around in the real world. Lin leaves first, then I end the soulscape and open my eyes to see what’s going on.

  Thanks to us being in the soulscape, we are actually the last ones to wake up. The rest of the girls are already awake and from their suspicious looks I am guessing they tried waking us up. That is probably what we noticed inside the soulscape that put an end to our fun.

  It doesn’t help that Lin is giving the others a guilty look, but I don’t feel guilty at all. However, after Lin admits to what we were doing, the other girls all want some attention. That is a demand that I have no problem whatsoever in complying with.

  I end up having several rounds of fun with the other girls and then I have to take a nap. They have breakfast without me because my nap ends up lasting until lunch time. In fact, it is the smell from them eating lunch that finally wakes me up from my nap.

  As I rush to the table and start eating, the girls laugh at me and then return to their conversation. I listen until I realize they are talking about clothes and then tune them out as I stuff my face. I am really hungry, but even more thirsty and I easily pack away more than all of them.

  The girls find it amusing how much I am eating until I remind them how big my normal form is. I am easily double the mass of all six of them combined, but they tend to forget that. Mainly because I spend most of my time with them in other forms that are more compatible for fun.

  It is really hard to get the nutrition that my body needs when I am eating in a smaller form. After a while, I give up and move away from the table to return to my normal form and eat properly. That pretty much puts an end to the comments about my getting fat, not that I could.