There is a typo on page 35
It says:
"Although he is reluctant to use erotic Magic... he's still an adolescent boy after all."
This should read:
"Although he is reluctant to use erotic magic... he suffers from extreme Mammophobia and is asexual to the point that he seems to despise the very concept of sexual acts in any and all ways... making every act Meryl commits into sexual assault. Truly a Greek Tragedy."
And furthermore...!
Couple thoughts on re-reading..
1. I wouldn't want that magic. It would be... a dream come true, and then a nightmare, and then a death sentence; a
well earned death sentence.
I mean, it is basically the "Imperious Curse" from Harry Potter; and, in this case, it's
explicitly the reason that is left unspoken in those novels.
It's a
rape spell, removing all agency and free will from its target; and worse, a
murder spell if they ever break free and try to testify against you.
But that's actually not the worst thing.
The worst thing is that the author decided that these reasons are nothing compared to this moron, this fucking Imbecile, this UTTER FOOL, and his need to be suddenly terrified of sex, boobs, girls, vaginas, and anything even remotely associated with human sexuality!
Like, not that rape is bad! No, that's some mere sideline that may someday occur to these people; not that, but in fact that this human male is somehow unable to be, or simply is not, a human male!
"Oh, he shouldnt do this because rape is terrible? Nah, he's just uH VerGIn, DuR-hUR-huR! VeRr-JInZ iS DuMB, hUR hUr!!"
I'mma keep reading this, obviously... but this line of thought is fucking trash; utter human trash.