In an alternate classroom, Lunaria was having just as much fun with her teammates, Rena and Irene. As they were having some sort of pop quiz together, Lunaria paused when she felt the surge of magic coming from the training grounds. She immediately recognised it to be Noel's magic signature with her extremely acute magic senses, but it was Kaze's magic signature that followed right after that caused her to feel slightly worried.
Each class had their own schedule as determined by the school body. With Kaze's being physical training right now, Lunaria was able to infer as far as Kaze and Noel having a friendly duel. Even so, she still couldn't help feeling worried for her lover. Unknowingly, Lunaria's love for Kaze was starting to reach the point where she had a minor obsession over him.
It had previously been hypothesized by her mother, Laevia, to Kaze that Lunaria's love was no ordinary one. Whether she was aware of it herself was a different issue; the main thing was that Kaze had to be the one to look out for his lover as well. Lunaria never had a proper childhood like her sisters did after she suffered a very traumatizing time being bullied and all, which was honestly baffling how anyone could bully a girl like Lunaria, causing her to develop some form of abnormalities. Now that she had someone she could rely on, being Kaze, her feeling of love was starting to warp, bit by bit.
After their quiz, Lunaria excused herself to the toilet and lightly jogged across the academy hallway towards the magic signature of her lover. Right now, she could tell that he was in the showers with his male classmates as their physical training just ended. Judging by the joyful laughing coming from inside of the shower room, they must have had quite a fun time.
Lunaria immediately turned herself invisible and concealed her magic presence with magic techniques specially learnt herself, something that rivalled the techniques used for espionages by the Aravel army's top investigators. It didn't take Lunaria much time waiting before the male dragonkins began emerging one by one, dressed in their school uniforms once again. When Kaze emerged, Lunaria sneaked behind him and waited for the perfect moment before dragging him away.
"H-Huh?!" Kaze gasped in confusion when his body suddenly jerked to another direction upon turning down a corner, only to have his mouth suddenly sealed shut by an invisible force.
After much hassle of being directed elsewhere, Kaze realized a barrier being erected around him before Lunaria emerged out of thin air. It was a rather sudden development, for Lunaria to appear right after he showered, but it was something he felt much better knowing the whole invisible thing was her shenanigan.
"Kaze~" Lunaria hugged him tightly in return, burying her face happily into his chest. "The smell of Kaze freshly after showering~"
"Alright, Lunaria, hold on," Kaze chuckled and stroked her head. "I thought we promised not to intervene with each other's time in school?"
"I know, but I can't help it," Lunaria admitted softly, her cheeks rosy from blushing as she snuggled with her lover. "Plus, this barrier allows us to snuggle all we want without being spotted. Why don't we take advantage of it?"
"Don't we have class?" Kaze sighed at Lunaria's persistence. "We can cuddle back at the palace, okay?"
"Mm… fine, but just a quick hug," Lunaria relented to his persuasion with a light nod.
Kaze wrapped his arms around Lunaria and returned the hug, only for her to take advantage of him and initiated a kiss. He already expected this to happen and permitted her to do as she pleased, as long as it meant their secret visit would go by unnoticed and they could return to their respective classes. It wasn't until Lunaria slipped her tongue into his mouth that Kaze stopped her from taking things too far.
"By the way, I came over because I felt you and Noel's magic signature spiking earlier," Lunaria spoke before she disabled the barrier around them. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, we had a friendly spar that nearly went overboard," Kaze nodded, realizing that the reason Lunaria came looking for him was purely out of concern. "We got healed up by Lune-sensei right after; everyone else also did after their duel."
Lunaria still looked a little unconvinced by his words, eventually resorting to a quick check around his body to ensure he wasn't hiding things from her. It definitely felt a little suspicious for anyone who passed by to see their nation's princess ogling a guy with such care, which thankfully didn't happen as no one walked by.
"I don't spot any wounds, but I will give you a thorough check at the palace later," Lunaria told him. "I won't take no for an answer, okay? See you for lunch."
Kaze waved Lunaria off with a slacked smile on his face. It wasn't like he was fazed by Lunaria's words at all. On the contrary, he felt much more relieved after listening to Lunaria's nagging side. The fact that Lunaria went out of her way to check on him was heart-warming to know she was concerned for him all the time. He was aware that he might get tired of it later on, but for now he was still new to their relationship, meaning everything felt fresh for the time being.
With newly formed thoughts on treasuring little moments like this with Lunaria taking over his head, Kaze stepped out of the small corner he was in a few seconds after Lunaria's footsteps could no longer be heard. Unfortunately for him, he so happened to run into Noel and Luniel.
"Oh?" Luniel, who was walking with Noel back to class, noticed Kaze emerging from the corner by himself and called out to him. "Kaze, what are you doing there? Isn't the male shower the opposite direction?"
"Y-Yeah, I went looking around the academy," Kaze looked away guiltily as he tried to hide his meeting with Lunaria from them. "I thought I saw something interesting over that area."
"… It was Lunaria-nee, wasn't it?" Luniel took a single sniff from his shirt and immediately recognised her eldest sister's odour. "Did she do something?"
"… She wanted to see me," Kaze sighed, realizing there was no point in hiding anymore. "She then dragged me away for a hug and a kiss."
"Heh~ Lunaria-nee sure misses you," Luniel smirked, dropping her tone to prevent anyone overhearing them. "Did you comply to her requests? I can practically smell her snuggling all over you."
"Oh no, is it that noticeable?" Kaze turned pale at her words. "P-Please get rid of it… before anyone else notices too."
"Don't worry, Lunaria-nee was careful enough in removing all trace of her from you, but not enough to mask herself from her sisters," Luniel mused. "I wonder if it was intentional. Like, a declaration of war."
"Err, please let that NOT be the case," Kaze shuddered in trepidation. "I don't want to imagine what would happen if either Lucentia or Lunatea catches wind of this."
"Too late," Noel sighed, her warning itself ironically coming too late too.
From behind Kaze, he suddenly felt a pair of arms hugging him tightly. It didn't take him long at all to figure out who it was, especially with the build of their body being obvious when pressed up against his back. Tilting his head back with his teeth chattering, he met sight with Lucentia, who had the same emotionless face while she stayed close to him. It was clear that she was trying to leave him with her scent too, almost like she was marking him properly to ward any prey away.
"L-Lucentia? What are you doing here?"
"… I sensed Lunaria-nee nearby and came over to check… Sure enough, her scent is on you…"
"Are you two constantly checking my location via my magic signature?"
"… Probably."
"I'm pretty sure you meant 'all the time' instead of a questionable 'probably'. Also, please let go of me before anyone else sees us."
"Fine. But I get to bath with you tonight."
Lucentia let go of him by his request and walked off, leaving the trio feeling stunned by her rather sudden actions. They never once thought that Lucentia would react to such an open challenge due to her jealousy, especially in a public area where one wrong move would spell immediate trouble for all of them. Kaze couldn't help but made a huge sigh of exhaustion from the small drama that occurred, him feeling glad that Lunatea didn't show up to further complicate the issue.
A few hours later, the second day of school ended peacefully, and Kaze was back at the palace for his evening training. Since his fight with Noel during the day, it had been on Kaze's mind to work on a thing or two regarding his sword skill. Seeing the rest of his classmates duelling had also been inspiring in helping him to shape his way with the sword.
Despite having only several days of time worth of use with him, Felta had proven itself to him. Not only was it much more durable than the rest of the swords he had used, but it also was able to withstand his Phantom Rush technique by constantly maintaining an inflow and outflow of mana. Lunaria had explained to him that Felta was originally made to be a mana sword, meaning that its mana conductivity was better than most weapons since it was design to withstand strong spells cast to strengthen it. As such, it only made sense that it could take Kaze's weird control of mana externally since a sword was a non-living thing, meaning it did not need to 'channel' mana through its body to cast spells like Kaze did.
Kaze charged up some mana into Felta, causing a thin white layer of light to coat around it. With a big swing forward, the mana gathered got launched into the sky before dispersing itself once it reached a certain distance. The reason for doing so was so he could prevent damaging the palace as he was training at the courtyard. There certainly could be places where he could train with magic more conveniently, but Kaze didn't plan on making use entirely of his skills since using White Flash right now was something he wanted to test out on Felta properly rather than train with it.
As he was in the midst of training, Lunaria flew in from above and landed at the side of the courtyard where she wouldn't surprise Kaze by suddenly flying into range of his sword swings. She was quickly accompanied by the rest of her sisters, including Lunaea and Luniel who were both usually too busy to show up for most gatherings.
With the 'flock' of princesses showing up all at once to a simple training session, Kaze was forced to stop himself to find out whether there was a problem that needed all of them around him.
"Uhh, is something wrong?" Kaze walked up to the five of them, feeling a bit cautious.
"We just came to watch you train," Lunaria explained with a smile.
"All of us felt your magic signature at school today. Of course we would feel curious about it and want to see what effect the fight with Noel had on your training," Lunatea stated before lightly jabbing his shoulder. "Y-You better feel grateful for training with me."
"I really did, Lunatea," Kaze laughed at Lunatea's tsundere self showing and patted her head. "My time sparring with you taught me to respond to Noel's speedy attacks."
"You sure did tango around the battle floor with her," Luniel swayed her shoulders side by side while assuming a boxing stance. "I got to admit Kaze, I'm impressed. I just might see how you managed to charm Lunaria-nee."
"I'm pretty sure that isn't related whatsoever. Besides, I spar with Lunaria too, in which I frequently lose," Kaze sighed at her teasing. "I'm not sure how much Lunaria would be 'charmed' in someone weaker than her, but sword fighting definitely isn't the reason."
"You're pretty humble, for someone who channels mana externally and uses sword styles that are quite irregular," Lunaea praised Kaze. "I'm pretty sure that Lunaria-nee definitely got charmed by your earnestness and will to work harder."
"Hehe, they are quite right Kaze," Lunaria shyly nodded. "Falling in love with a person does not need as deep an answer as you might expect, more so because I'm a princess falling in love with a male human. If you think based on your logic, wouldn't it be crazy to assume that a princess like me, someone of high status, would even bother to mingle with commoners? For my case, I would say it's a collective of reasons and situations that happened over the few months that made me fall for you."
Lunaria's honest confession made Kaze blush in response. This caused Lunatea and Lucentia to both feel slightly jealous by the bond the two shared, something they knew was hard to replicate since Lunaria was the first one who stole Kaze's heart, as he did with them as well. It was weird that they wanted to pursue after the same man who managed to charm them unintentionally, a fact that even Lunatea and Lucentia themselves were aware of, but it just meant that they wouldn't let go of this opportunity. More so than anything, they were confident in both Kaze and Lunaria, Kaze for how he would treat them as lovers, and Lunaria for how much trust she had for Kaze to the point of loving him.
"S-Sorry, I think I will continue training," Kaze mumbled, stumbling back to the courtyard.
"We will be watching then," Lucentia responded with a small smile, one of encouragement and endearment.
- - - - - -
That night, Kaze found himself in Lunaria's bathroom with all five of the sisters.
Something must have clicked for the rest of them regarding bonding with Kaze, for all five were somehow in agreement to 'share' Kaze when they usually would indirectly compete for his attention. Their agreement immediately created excellent results, with Kaze finding it hard to find a place he could properly look without getting 'distracted'.
To complicate matters, Lunaria was currently sitting on his lap with her back leaning against his front, meaning that looking down at her would only provide him with an alluring view of her nape. This led all the way down to her ample breasts, the water leaving only the top exposed all the way to her cleavage. Not to mention the feeling of her butt and thighs on his lap, something that was so soft and arousing that he had a hard time trying not to grope her. Staring down at Lunaria made it worse for Kaze, who had gotten multiple tastes of her body already that he wanted more. If anything, Lunaria would gladly offer him the chance to spend the night fucking if he requested for it, something he wanted to avoid for the time being.
"Fufu, enjoying the view?" Lunaria asked with a small giggle, referring to how he had subconsciously sunk his gaze into her breasts from behind. "I can feel it poking at me~"
"S-Sorry," Kaze diverted his gaze immediately, his cheeks growing warm with embarrassment. "How did you all come to an agreement that a bath with me was necessary?"
"I don't know, honestly," Luniel shrugged, her petite body completely submerged in the water all the way up to her neck. "This is probably the first time I see everyone so peacefully agreeing, especially in recent times when two certain people here keep trying to fight for your time with them."
"So… are you saying this bath is a way for all of us to spend time together, since no one has control of me for themselves?" Kaze asked while smiling wryly. "Technically, I still spend more time with Lunaria because I sleep and live with her…"
"I think that is something we have accepted as unable to control, Kaze," Lunaea pointed out. "Of course we are aware you are dating our sister, so it is natural Lunaria-nee has an edge over the rest of us. Still, I would take this bath as the first step to us understanding each other more."
"That said, Lunaria-nee, why are you on Kaze's lap?" Lucentia narrowed her eyes at her eldest sister. "Are you trying to ensure that we don't get too close to Kaze?"
"Who knows? Maybe that was my intention all along," Lunaria wasn't afraid to taunt her sisters, snuggling up to Kaze even more.
She then grabbed his hand and placed it on her right breast, causing her sisters to react in gasps and blushes. Even Kaze himself was mortified by what Lunaria did, especially when she had a proud smile on her face as she made him hold her breast in a groping manner, almost as if showing off the level of skinship they had achieved while being together for the past week or so.
"L-L-L-L-Lunaria…" Kaze gulped nervously, worried for the safety of his life right now. "W-W-W-What are you doing?"
"Encouraging them to take the first step," Lunaria cryptically replied as she shook her hips gently, causing her butt to rub against a particularly sensitive organ of his. "That said, should we move to the bedroom? I'm thinking of a long night together, drenched in your-"
Lunaria was unable to complete her sentence when Lunatea lunged at them. Not minding how exposed her body had gotten in the process, she tried to wrestle Kaze away from her eldest sister. Lucentia soon joined in the fray, tugging Kaze away from his girlfriend.
"That's it! No more Kaze for tonight!" Lunatea shouted at Lunaria. "Share him with us!"
"Lunaria-nee, you've gone overboard," Lucentia nodded, stroking Kaze's cheek. "You promised to share."
"Hehe, maybe I did, maybe I didn't. Who knows?" Lunaria smirked as she had her hands wrapped around Kaze's waist in an attempt to pull him back to her. "If you want him, you have to fight for it."
Thankfully, before any real fighting broke out, Kaze pulled himself together and gave each girl a good knock on the head. He was careful not to drag Lunaea and Luniel, the twins who watched the whole show with a joyful smile on their face, as the innocent bystander. It was weird to see three dragonkin princesses getting lectured by a human male while they were all naked and in the bathroom, something Kaze would get a fever dream over that night.
The so-called sharing session ended up with Lunaria hugging him from behind, Lunatea snuggling his left arm, Lucentia snuggling his right, and Lunaea and Luniel sitting on each of his lap. It honestly felt like he had a true harem right now with how he was surrounded by them. What's more, they noticed his incredibly obvious erection the moment they tried to discuss sharing him, another thing that made them all baffled. Only Lunaria smiled on delightfully as her sisters discovered his 'size', making it a call back to the time Luniel called him 'small' in Tristania before they went on to rescue Lunaria.
His erection was the least of his problems right now. If word got out that he spent his time with the nation's princess in the way he was doing, murder would occur.
Before the night was over, they spent some time together in the bathroom talking and sharing some stories with Kaze, a thing he never thought would happen after all the quarrelling that just happened. By the end of it, Kaze sent the sisters off with a relieved smile and a much less complicated emotion for their attachments to him. Lunaea and Luniel both exhibited slight attraction with them each giving him a kiss on the cheek before leaving the room, showing how they were genuinely trying to understand what it was like to love a person the way Lunaria did.
For Lunatea and Lucentia, they left with a more reluctant feeling of parting with him. Even though they had only confessed a few days ago, one could say they had a sense of urgency to try and win Kaze over. Perhaps having their eldest sister taking the person they felt love for all the time was a constant reminder of how much they were losing each time they saw him without trying to make a good impression on Kaze. Ironically, all they have done so far was show their true competitive nature, something that might deter Kaze from ever falling in love with them.
Fortunately for them, Kaze was not someone so petty as to overlook the reason behind their competitive, albeit very pushy, approach to getting through to him. The results they want was not something achievable immediately but it certainly had managed to progress bit by bit in Kaze's heart.
"Finally we're alone," Lunaria sighed out loud once all of her sisters left the room. "Want to cuddle?"
"Mm," Kaze plainly nodded and walked over to Lunaria, who was already on the bed with her arms outstretched.
Snuggling into her bosom, Lunaria giggled at how honest he was when he was alone with her compared to her sisters before. Kaze didn't hesitate to make use of the love his girlfriend was providing him, namely a snuggle in her breasts, when he looked so terrified of her forcing him to grope her earlier in the bath. Closing his eyes to enjoy the sensation of her chest, Kaze rested his head on it and had his arms loosely wrapped around her while the two laid on the bed, him lying on top of her to snuggle.
"Kaze, tell me honestly: are you progressing in your relationship with my sisters?" Lunaria asked in a gentle and calming manner while she stroked his head. "I keep worrying over the fact that we might be treating them a little harshly."
"I think I am," Kaze mumbled back. "As much as I don't admit it openly, I am attracted to them. Lunaea and Luniel have not made the same aggressive approach as Lunatea or Lucentia, but I believe they have their ways of getting through to me if they truly do take interest in you."
"If they were willing to get in the bath with you, I'm sure that is a sign of them falling for you too," Lunaria nodded at his words. "Don't worry, they won't give up so easily when they know that you're waiting for them too. For now, just enjoy our time together before waking up early for school again."
"Ugh, you're right," Kaze sighed out loud. "I don't want to go to school and cuddle with you all day…"
"While that makes me happy that you want me so much, it equally makes me worried that you sound as though you don't enjoy the Aravelean academy," Lunaria looked concerned. "Is everything alright?"
"Yes, of course. I'm sorry if that statement of mine sounded entitled or arrogant, but school is fun," Kaze immediately corrected himself. "What I'm trying to say is I prefer being with you."
"… Me too, Kaze," Lunaria's concerns melted into a huge smile, her leaning back onto the bed and staring at the ceiling with a look of contentment. "I love you."