Beornia pov,Anyone could die the moment they let their guard down. It doesn’t matter if the academy is well guarded deep in a walled metropolis. Where someone feels most secure is where the danger is the greatest. Beornia now couldn’t figure out who was the bigger threat, sneaky demons or wily humans. I would rather die fighting a known enemy than be stabbed in the back by a fake ally. Now the line between enemy and ally has become blurred.

  The opulent archmage office did nothing to put Beornia at ease, but maybe that was a good thing. These two scheming women did not attempt to lure a servant of the Goddess into a false sense of ease. Wynnfd had her head buried in a pillow, as she y on a soft cushioned couch. She was still crying. She really orchestrated her own demise. Foolish woman. You don’t start a battle. You don’t know you can win.

  “Wynnfd I have to be sure you will stop pursuing my brother. You have so much potential do not make me your enemy,” Athelfd threatened breaking the tense silence.The ice witch sat on her couch, her eyes still red and puffy from crying. She rubbed her hands on her face. Washing it with her water magic.“I’m not a fool with no piety! Did not the Disgraced Goddess that fled the heavens harass and assault her lovers!” Wynnfd responded indignant.“You stand at a crossroads. Your ambition for power has misguided your actions. You could probably find another son of a Jarl to woo. Or if you sacrifice your fleshly passions I could make you the new bishop of Nothscir,” Athelfd offered, stretching out her familiar's wing toward her.“You want me to become a maiden priestess?” Wynnfd asked intrigued. “Not just a maiden priestess. I want to make you lieutenant commander of the Temple Padins. Beornia here resigned her title a few days ago. From there you will build up a base of support, and when the time is right I will knock over the bishop and padin commander paving the way for your assent to power,” Athelfd expined.

  “Wouldn’t I be beholden to you then?” Wynnfd asked.“With your initial pn you would have been beholden to my brother,” Athelfd pointed out.“(redacted) is not a schemer like us. He just cares about his freedom to develop magical tools,” Wynnfd said mencholily, as tears threatened to flood out of her eyes again.“I take good care of my allies. Rest assured your position will be secure, as long as you follow my lead,” Athelfd said.

  “Why am I here?” Beornia asked, afraid of what might happen to Nova or Sapphire as well, while she was away from them.“I want you to train Wynnfd as your repcement,” Athefd responded.“I’m not sure you can handle my training,” Beornia said to Wynnfd harshly.The ice witch got on both of her knees “I swear to do what you tell me in retion to my training,” her eyes finally melted as she looked at Beornia pleadingly.

  Beornia relished the proud ice witch’s dispy of humility. Few things felt better than humbling a proud woman. An image of a certain succubus pleading on her knees rose unbidden in Beornia’s mind. Unspeakable things invaded Beornia’s mind. Heat rushed to her cheeks. Stay focused for a little longer, don't let these thoughts take over.

  “I have two conditions. The first one is you do nothing to harm Nova or Sapphire no matter what,” Wynnfd nodded along to the padin’s first condition, “my second condition is that you work with us to improve the kingdom’s perception of demons and dark elves,” Wynnfd balked at the second condition. “If you appear in the training field tomorrow before the acolyte assembly I will know you have accepted my conditions,” She turned quickly to leave. “There is no acolyte assembly tomorrow, it's a day off,” Wynnfd protested.“Come at dawn then,” Beornia replied, looking over her shoulder.

  Nova looked so adorable. Beornia exchanged some words with her, but she needed to feel her captivating succubus girlfriend with her hands. She was just perfect. Her fully bck eyes had unperceivable depth to them like a deep hole. Her purplish skin was the softest Beornia had felt. Only succubi have skin this soft. Her horns and hair were smooth and glistened, very pleasant to touch. Her nails were bck and kept short. The way she preened under Beornia’s touch was too much. The padin let out a big sigh.

  Nova Pov,

  “Beornia what happened?” Nova asked when she realized she was getting lost in the comfort of her girlfriend’s touch.“I don’t think Wynnfd will be an issue,” Beornia said.“Hmph I don’t trust your judgement,” Sapphire responded, taking a break from her transting. She crossed her arms in front of her big alluring chest.“I also might be training her to take my position,” Beornia announced with a hopeful look on her face.“I will not be training with that bitch,” Sapphire decred. “Don’t worry, Beornia won’t expect you to do that,” Nova wrapped her tail around Sapphire giving her a supportive squeeze while feeling the softness of her breasts. The wolf-kin tried to suppress a moan. She buried her blushing face into her hands. Nova giggled a bit. “Will you?” Nova gave Beornia a determined gre.“Of course not, I will train you two and her separately,” Beornia replied with a long sigh. “We may not have weapon’s yet, But we can go out and do endurance training.”“I could stretch my legs,” Sapphire said, as she cracked her neck.“I can’t wait,” Nova said sarcastically. Today is the day I die.

  The wolf-kin walked over to the workbench. She gently put her hand on the shoulder of her friend. “We are going to the training yard. Want to test your bow?” Sapphire asked gently.“Oh! I completely forgot. I can finish this slime bed thing ter,” They replied. “If you don’t finish it tonight you can use one of the bed’s in our room,” Sapphire suggested. Beornia gave a slight nod when Sapphire turned to her. “That would be fine. This floor is pretty hard,” Nova replied.“I’m not confident I will have enough magic to make this bed st the night anyway,” They responded.

  _ _ _

  The runes glowed on the recurve bow as they expertly shot arrows into bales of hay. “Seems like it works perfectly, I’m not feeling too tired from mana expenditure. The dwarf merchant I bought it from told me I would never be able to draw it,” They said proud of themselves. “Would any of you like to try it out?” They offered the three women watching.

  Sapphire immediately leapt forward. Her tail wagged vigorously. “Have you used a bow before?” they asked.“Nope, first time!” Sapphire responded in a pitch higher than normal. The princess’ sibling demonstrated to Sapphire how to draw the bow. The wolf-kin eagerly took the bow, and loosed her first arrow. The arrow hit an invisible barrier above the stone wall. Runes on the wall lit up. At least we won’t be accidentally killing anyone. Nova thought with a sigh of relief.

  Sapphire handed the bow to Nova after she had finally hit one of the targets. Nova channeled a few drops of her cursed mana into the bow. The runes flickered and lost their light. As hard as the succubus tried she could not draw the bow.“Hmm cursed mana might need different structure to work with runes,” They said as they rubbed the stubble on their chin. “Sapphire, can you flush out the cursed mana for me?” they asked. Sapphire put her hand over Nova’s. The magic made Sapphy’s hand feel warmer as she channeled it into the bow. The runes soon flickered back to life. Nova effortlessly drew the bow to her ear. Then released an arrow. It flew a short distance before bouncing off a target.

  “You need to apply more strength as you pull it back,” Sapphire told Nova softly. Her soft lips left a peck on Nova’s cheek. The succubus pulled back the string again slowly increasing her force; the bow's resistance increased with the force applied. When she couldn’t pull anymore the arrow got released, it bounced off of the barrier.

  “Enough pying around you two give me five ps around the stone wall,” Beornia said bluntly. “Could I join as well,” The princess’ sibling said nervously as they scratched their head.Beornia smirked at them. “Oho, you can definitely join them!” They backed away from Beornia nervously before they came over to Nova. When they started running Sapphire stayed behind with Nova. “Sapphire, I know you can run faster than that,” Beornia yelled spurring the wolf-kin forward.

  Sapphy left Nova behind with (redacted). Before long both of them were breathing heavily as they ran slowly. We are not a quarter of the way done with the first p. Nova thought as it became hard to breathe her muscles tightened in protest to the abuse. Her companion didn’t look much better. They were breathing fast and shallow. Their face was very red from the exertion.

  “Keep running Sapphire, I know you have more in you,” Beornia yelled from the training area.Sapphire ran past both of her comrades in torture. She passed them each time until she finished her ps. “Keep going Sapphire. You don’t even look winded,” Beornia said.Sapphire passed them a few more times. Until half way through the second p.“You three can come back now,” Beornia yelled. Sapphire held her hands behind her head as she took deep breaths. Nova and (redacted) both bent over resting their hands on their thighs.“Nova, (redacted), you both will recover faster if you do what Sapphire is doing. Being curled up like that will hinder your breathing,” Beornia advised.

  “Why do we have to run so much?” Nova asked her sadistic girlfriend.“Fighting requires stamina. If you get tired you die,” Beornia responded, “Stretch out your body and hold it in different positions. You will know that you are doing it right when you feel it in your muscles,”“Can we have some water?” Nova asked. “After you are done stretching you can drink the well dry,” Beornia responded. Nova tried out different positions; she held the positions where she felt a stretch. The stretching really helped her muscles feel a bit better, but she was still incredibly thirsty. She walked to the well relieved when Beornia told them they could go.

  Sapphire drew some water. They all took turns drinking straight from the bucket. The sweat all over Nova’s body made her feel really icky. Her slime self discretely ate all her sweat. Nova squirmed when the cool viscous slime went between her butt cheeks. Nova held Sapphire; she had a strong musky odor to her from all the running. Slime Nova greedily ate all the dirt and sweat off of her girlfriend. Sapphy let out relieved sighs as Nova’s slime self traveled across her body.

  “What are you doing?” The human leaning on the stone well wall asked.“I’m just using my familiar to clean her,” Nova said as she felt Sapphire's softness through her slime self. “Do you want a turn?” Nova asked halfheartedly. I wonder what his essence tastes like. It definitely won’t be as invigorating as Sapphire’s. Maybe I should eat that Ice archmage. She might be too cold for my tastes.

  After she finished cleaning Sapphire. Nova approached the artificer. She reached out with a tendril of her slime self, and tasted her new companion. They tasted almost as bnd as Beornia, but there was a very faint undertone of magic. Nova savored their essence like a conservatively seasoned dish. The artificer groaned out in relief as Nova cleaned their thighs, applying pressure like a massage.

  “I’m going to modify that slime bed to give massages and to clean, I can save so much time on bathing,” The human groaned out. They had long since closed their hazel eyes enjoying being cleaned.