Deep into the night, Earl quietly stepped out of his bed. His eyes lingered for a moment on the three naked figures on his bed. Before leaving the room, he gave Ari a kiss on the forehead and rubbed the heads of Lily and Aria.
It was no easy task for him to leave the heaven known as his bed. The air outside the room was free from the smell of sex that lingered in the room, refreshing his mind of the sleepiness immediately.
He had a good reason for leaving. It was a sudden moment of inspiration.
The fireplace crackled softly in the living room, providing the house with warmth for the night. He took a seat in front of the fireplace and his shadow stretched across the room.
The slowly dancing fire reflected in his eyes as he sat. He did not move for a long time, seating in a straight posture without moving an inch.
The only things that remained moving were the dancing fire and his shadow which was cast from it.
And then. It happened.
Earl's shadow stopped moving. The fire continued to dance, and then the shadow began to move again. However, this time, it was not moving to the rhythm of the fire.
Bit by bit, it shrank, becoming more 'condensed' by the second. A pair of eyes appeared on the shadow. A pair of clear, gem-like purple eyes. And then strands of hair were formed, followed by the outlines of Earl's face, body, and clothes.
It was as if a lifelike piece of art was being drawn on the wall. It took a long time for this piece of art to be completed. Eventually, it was finished.
Earl stared at the wall with the piece of art known as him on it. It had the exact same proportions as him. The exact same clothes. The exact same face. The exact same body.
Hence, it was no surprise to see it step out of the wall and stand before him.
This was his Shadow Clone. It had no thoughts of its own because it was him. The Shadow Clone was an extension of his own body.
In this state, he had no shadow that he could call his own. If a believer of ghosts saw him right now, they would scream in fear.
He stood in front of a mirror and as expected, there was nothing in the mirror.
This spell was a long time coming. With his foundation as an Expert Mage, it was finally completed.
With a thought, the Shadow Clone returned to being a shadow cast from his body.
And then... he disappeared.
Nowhere to be seen. This was not a Concealment Spell but true invisibility. Undetectable, bordering the line between existing and not existing.
As an Expert Mage, these were the two additional spells he gained.
The Shadow Clone Spell, and the Invisibility Spell.
Earl reappeared in the room, a wide smile hanging from his face. It would usually be at this moment where he would reward himself. Unfortunately, all his rewards were sleeping.
He made his way back to the room. Activating his Invisibility Spell and then soundlessly returning to the bed while stuffing his face into Ari's bare breasts. The spell deactivated and he fell into sweet dreamland.
The following morning, Earl woke up with his face pressed against his mother's tits. Without thinking about it, he latched onto her nipples and suckled on them to quench his thirst. The taste of the fresh, sweet milk made his eyes flicker open.
Looking around, Lily and Aria were no longer in the room. The areas next to him had a lingering warmth which told him that they had only recently left.
He continued to suck on Ari's milk and she ran her hand through his hair.
"So what did you come up with last night?" She asked.
"Let me show you." He replied. Some milk spilt out of his mouth and trickled down his lips in the process.
Ari laughed and quickly wiped it off his lips with her fingers.
The small gesture increased Earl's erection exponentially but he was more excited to show her his work right now.
He sat up on the bed and willed his shadow as he did last night. Because he had already done it once, it did not take as long as it did the first time. Nonetheless, it still took a couple of long seconds.
Ari watched with sparkling eyes as she saw Earl's detached from his body and morphed into a lifelike painting of himself. An involuntary gasp left her lips when the clone stepped out of the wall and stood before her.
There were now two Earls and she could not distinguish them at all.
She reached her hand out and slowly poked Earl's clone bit by bit, feeling the warmth of his body against her senses.
"That tickles, mom."
The original Earl spoke.
"Interesting. So the sensations get transferred to you."
"It's like an extension of my body."
"Can you try talking?"
"That will require some practice but I will try." Earl concentrated and his clone began to open and close its mouth repeatedly without any words coming out.
After several tries...
"Ahh... Uh... Oh..."
The sounds sent Ari into uncontrollable laughter. "Fufufu~"
After rounds of rolling on the bed, the milf finally sat up and asked another question. "Does this mean your magic output has doubled too?"
"Mom, I can barely talk..." Earl sulked. "But I think I can do it eventually."
He then looked up and down the seductive figure of his mother repeatedly.
"Yes?" She asked.
"Well, the first thing that came to me when I came up with this magic was..." A lewd look came on Earl's face.
Ari felt shivers and held up the blanket to cover her body like a maiden protecting her chastity. "Y-you'd do that to your mother..? You can stand the sight of your mother in another man's embrace?"
"But they're both me..."
"Just one Earl is fine!"
"If you say so..."