A Duel with Guiche? Nah.

Montmorency Margarita La Fère de Montmorency was upset. She was fully aware that they were creating a scene out here in the courtyard among their fellow students and the gossip would no doubt make it all the way home by the end of tomorrow but she was too enraged to care right now.

Ignoring the stares and whispers from all of those around them sitting at tables on the lawn, she grabbed her boyfriend’s collar, “Admit it, Guiche! You've been putting the moves on this first year, haven't you?" She cast her hand at Katie, causing Robin to ribbit with surprise and leap down to the safety of the nearby table.

"Why didn't you tell me about Miss Montmorency?" Katie said in a pathetic sad tone that was clearly a poor attempt at manipulation.

The idiot boy she was to be betrothed to was two-timing her with this ragamuffin girl of a lesser house! Katie's family were jumped up fishermen! Just the fact that Katie was a water mage bothered Montmorency as the poor girl could barely create a full-fledged wave and it felt like he was replacing her with a crappier version. Certainly Katie wasn't prettier than her with her mud-brown hair, right?

Not to mention the utter disrespect he was showing, throwing the painstakingly negotiated plans to join their families' fortunes together into jeopardy over this girl with barely a manor to her name.

"Ladies, you simply do not understand!" Guiche protested with an innocence that Montmorency couldn't quite believe, "It is all a matter of misunderstanding; why dwell on such sad things?"

"Did you not go on a date with Katie last night?" she asked simply, growing frustrated with his dissembling.

She rolled her eyes at the less noble girl actually interjecting, "He did! Guiche, you've been courting Miss Montmorency as well?! Please tell me no!"

What a dolt! Not knowing the social connections of her betters! Montmorency knew every last arranged marriage of those on the rungs of nobility higher than her own including all of the rumors about which unclaimed were being wooed by whom.

Guiche's handsome face, looking bewildered and alarmed, told Montmorency all she needed to know. And she opened her mouth to scathingly end their official courtship when a loud voice overrode her, "Oh relax you two!"

Montmorency's eyes went wide and she felt a shiver shoot down her spine as she turned and saw Toin, Louise's peasant familiar. She gasped, feeling her cheeks burn as she recalled last night and the very improper fantasies she'd entertained about this commoner and his big- She couldn't resist and chanced a quick glance at the front of his tight, well-filled pants.

Toin wrapped an arm about Katie, reaching over to touch her breast with the other, "I was the one dating Katie last night. And Guiche was there, but I guess he was... more like a chaperone?"

Montmorency felt her fury shoot out of her like a punctured balloon, simply happy there had been a reasonable explanation. Certainly, she hadn't looked forward to the deluge that would result from her father had she actually voided the engagement. Though she did feel a little bit jealous and resentful, feeling a totally uncalled for possessiveness towards Louise's familiar and her own perfect fantasy lover... "Oh! I'm so glad the rumors weren't true. But why did you tell me you spent all night getting to know your ground rodent if you were with Toin and Katie? And why were you with them again? As chaperone?"

"T-ttoin!", Katie, that harlot, giggled within the lowly peasant's wandering arms, her face rose-red and her lashes fluttering.

Guiche was staring at Toin for a long moment, looking at a loss before he tore his gaze back to her, "Well, I offered myself to protect young Katie's honor, of course!"

Toin laughed, both of his hands under Katie's skirt, "Protect? You were egging me on, bro!"

"Guiche!" She raised her voice at him. She couldn't tell if she was more upset about him trying to get Toin to overstep his boundaries or the fact that Katie had gotten to experience those oversteps, her a daughter of low nobility courting a peasant so common as to be one rung above a beast of burden! Montmorency shuddered with arousal, imagining herself of even nobler blood in such a lewd position.

Guiche took her hand, "Monmon! Believe me, my only suggestions were to light the fires of their romance so that they might one day reach the rarefied heights of our own divinely inspired love!"
Montmorency frowned, letting her boyfriend kiss her hand. She found she didn't like the thought of a romance between Katie and Toin growing, but it certainly wasn't her place to remark upon it.

"Yea, yea, you loved watching me kiss this sexy little thing." said Toin as he drew Katie's chin up with a finger and kissed her.

Montmorency watched, mouth parted as she felt a distinct liquefying sensation within her womanhood. Embarrassingly, it seemed that she loved watching him kiss that... little thing. Her fantasies were suddenly at the forefront of her mind, her cheeks heating. She felt Guiche's arm wrap her waist, his hand stroking as he went silent beside her. Then he was kissing her cheek, breathing huskily, "Your passions are ignited to new heights by such illicit sights, yes? Like mine? I yearn for you, Monmon!"

Montmorency felt herself swoon a bit, aroused by the nature of what she was witnessing as well as the familiar voice and touch of her handsome boyfriend. "Ah... and I, you, b-but ah... w-we can't do this here now!"

They were in the courtyard in the midst of a growing mass of their fellow students and she could feel all of the eyes on them. This was entirely inappropriate behavior!

Fortunately, Toin had a great idea, "You know what? Why don't we go on a little date right now?"

"Oh! B-but Toin! We're supposed to be getting to know our famil-ars ah...TOIN! Hee...hehee..." Katie devolved into giggles as Toin stroked her sides, her mirth quickly cutting off as the familiar's hand disappeared under her skirt once more, "Oh B-Brimer!"

Montmorency eyes narrowed at the low-born slut, unable to believe she blasphemed the very founder's name in the name of her base pleasure.

"I think that is a fine idea!" agreed Guiche, "Not now, of course, we have our luncheon and classes, but tonight! Monmon and I will join you on a double-date! How grand!"

She nodded, smiling very sure she wanted to keep a very close eye on Toin and Katie…

"Actually..." said Toin, "Let's do it right now. Normally you'd all agree to ditch this lame lunch with your pets to have some fun with me. Right?"

Naturally, they couldn't argue with that logic…