"Are you ready to run forms?"

Mary's question was followed by a gentle touch of your hand. You blinked and Mary's face was back to normal. "Huh?"

"You aren't used to your left yet and a fight would be one-sided, let run through your forms again so I can make sure you are getting sloppy with your off-hand." Mary said with a smile walking to your side and raising her sword into a form.

"Oh right." You shook your head and the vision inside and took the same position as Mary. Around you her guard were relaxing, turning their focus back to their current student and away from the feeling of threat against their charge they had felt.

The two of you ran through forms with some minor notes and physical correction on Mary's part. She was gentle but firm every time you made a mistake, correcting you with words, showing you how it should be done, then physically guiding you through the form.

It felt intimate. Surrounded by people as you were whenever Mary's hand covered yours to turn or tighten your wrist you weren't sure if this was training or dancing. When she wasn't correcting you she encouraged you to watch her as she ran her forms. The strength of the woman was undeniable, not just her physicality but her ease of movement. There was no stopping and starting between each form, they flowed from one to another and you caught yourself watching her less as an observation of her form and more an observation of her body. She looked like a slightly older Anastasia but you knew Ana would never have her muscles or grace.

When the forms were finished Mary smiled at you and talked you through the minor errors that hadn't been worth stopping to correct. It all came down to your left hand just not have close to enough practice in sword handling, just because your magic meant there was no weight didn't mean the dexterity would be unaffected.

"It's not an extension of your wrist, its a block of metal you're swinging around." She finished taking the sword from you, letting her fingers tarry on yours. A desire for contact not beaten by the martial returning of equipment.

"Christopher wanna have a bath?" Vatarie asked from behind you as she wrapped her arms around your neck and kissed your neck.

"Make your sure you give him some experience with his hand. It's not just his sword he's swinging around without grace." Mary smirked as she took your sword over to Stephanie and had a chat.

"Sounds good." You said to Vatarie, choosing to not engage with Mary's taunt because you had something better to do, and not because you felt more like being cutesy with Mary than abrasive. You left the arena with the other students, Clare and Delilah. It was rare for you all to be together at the end of a class and there was a lot more chatter than you expected.

Nika especially surprised you. She was practically animated with how gesticular she was. Not just talking about the training and giving her own advice to other students but also talking about their lives, both Asune and Vatarie joined in as well. They used a lot of euphemism and gestures that you didn't understand leaving you feeling out of place in all this. Sure you could add some things about your life but, well your life hasn't been the easiest to anecdote, unless you referred to all the sex you'd had.

As you neared the dorm and you listen more to all the chatting you started to grasp the euphemisms. Interjecting anecdote of you having sex would have fit in perfectly. A lot of their chatting about their lives were less about the academy the classes their friends and family, and more what they think of the boys and are said boys putting out easily or did they have to pt some effort into it.

When you walked inside the dorm building your ego was a lot more stroked than it had been. Asune and Vatarie had been talking about you a lot and all glowing reviews. As you neared the baths in the large group everyone went into the upper class. You were rather deliberately placed into your own changing room, not unjustified, if you'd been with any of your partners you had little down you would have had sex before getting cleaned up.

In the bath you felt a lot more on display than usual, which is saying something. Vatarie as ever loved having you be the centre of attention while making sure everyone knew that only she got you. Asune didn't care one or other other so long as you had some availability for her. Delilah was large demure, happy when you got time with them but not overtly seeking sex, though happy when you engaged in some hand stuff. Clare spent more time working on the other students and anyone who happened to arrive than with you.

When you were all clean and going to get dinner for the first time you felt a degree of connection with the other students. Up to now they hadn't really mattered to you beyond the moments you were obliged to work together. Now you knew all of their names, though you mostly knew which were voyeurs, which weren't and a few of their preferences when it came to the sort of sex they enjoyed watching. Vatarie was a lot more popular than you'd have thought in that regard. Apparently they didn't mind having a women lording over them, provided that woman put on a show of riding a cock and announcing how it was hers. Guess that is a side benefit to living in a monarchy.

Getting dinner with everyone was loud, everyone was talking over each other, food was missing mouths quite often, at least the mouth of person whose dinner it was anyway. The impromptu food fight hadn't lasted long but it had been fun. When the dinner was finished everyone left as a group. You had no idea where you were all going, as far as you knew they was no common room to hang out.

You all left the dorm building and went to the grass where there were already a few people lazing around. It wasn't a common room but it worked you supposed.

When people started leaving for bed you made your exit, swiftly followed by the usual suspects. When you reached your room everyone had stripped, you think Clare's underwear was on the second floor. Collapsing onto your bed its size compared to Ana's bed was painfully apparent. Three of you could be on it easily, but there were five at the moment.

Something of a roster was quickly established with Vatarie and Asune being last since they'd gotten sex in the bath.

When all was spent and filled Asune left to return to her estate as ever and Delilah took Edin's bed. You, Vatarie and Clare fell asleep cuddling.