Karl didn't miss the envious glances that the other students were casting at his fort when he came down with the others for dinner, or the gossip about the features that they had added inside, which sounded much more grand than the actual interior of the silk fort.
It was more of a suspended tent than the palace that they made it out to be, but compared to their rooms at the Academy, the canvas tents with fifty students packed inside were no luxury hotel.
The fort was much less crowded, and they actually had room to spread out when they were getting ready in the morning. The tents were so packed that you had to either take turns, or equip your armour while laying in bed if you had a bonded set.
Many of the others didn't have a bonded armour set, as it was prohibitively expensive for the average student, and not well worth the resources that they could have bought instead.
