CH 48.1

Orc Hero Story

Chapter 48. Succubus Training Camp

Lowayne “Skillful Hand” was a former human soldier. He came from a farming village and, as his alias indicated, was unusually capable with his hands. During the war, he was a member of an engineering unit and was involved in all sorts of behind-the-scenes operations, from blowing up escape routes and disarming traps to setting up camps and building roads and bridges. Although he had participated in battles, he had never raised the head of an enemy general, partly because he was in the background. Perhaps because of this, the reward he was to receive for his war efforts was nothing more than crumbs.

The village where he was born had long since been reduced to a pile of rubble. He was good with his hands, but not very polite, and he had trouble finding work, perhaps because he clashed too easily with his superiors. This was not uncommon in the post-war period for a human who had been a soldier. Some managed to find work and survive, others left the country and found work in other nations, while others turned to crime. Or, more accurately, they became so desperate that they had no choice but to turn to crime.

Lowayne became a thief, breaking into houses that appeared to have money, stealing what he could, and selling it. He was probably one of the most profitable of the criminals who appeared in large numbers after the war.

Unfortunately, one day, the house he broke into turned out to be the home of the mistress of a very important person. To make matters worse, the aristocrat was in the middle of making love to his mistress. The nobleman’s guards were known knights, so they easily captured Lowayne. Normally, a thief caught in the act would be imprisoned for a few months. During that time, at least he would not have to worry about food and shelter. Prison was the last refuge for people like him.

But not for Lowayne, who had seen something he shouldn’t have. After a very long trial, he was sentenced to death.

Luckily, the current death penalty law stipulated that he should be “sent to the succubi”. So he would be taken to the Succubus Nation, where he would become “food”.

At that moment, Lowayne was desperate. He had heard of men captured by succubi on the battlefield. He had seen the bodies when he had to rebuild a fort that had been taken by the succubi. They were in a motley pile in the underground prison, and at first he didn’t recognize them as corpses. They looked like dried pork or something. When he learned that they were desiccated human figures like mummies, he felt that succubi were a terrifying existence, along with the difference between their appearance and what they were capable of. He would die and be desiccated like the others. At the thought, his eyes darkened completely.

In fact, he thought he would die for several months after he was sent to the succubus nation as “food”. Every day, several succubi would hold Lowayne, whisper sweet words to him with glowing red eyes, and squeeze him over and over again. No doubt it was a pleasure that almost drove him crazy. But it was clearly hell. He thought he would die soon, and indeed some of the “food” shipped at the same time as Lowayne died in less than six months.

But eventually it became heaven. His room became so spacious that it looked as if it had been made for royalty and aristocrats, the bare cobblestone floor was replaced by a carpet so fluffy that it looked as if he could sink into it, the bed that was nothing more than a coarse linen cloth became a fluffy bed, the room was furnished with an expensive table and chairs, and on the table was more food than he could eat at once.

The meals were sumptuous, with everything one could eat. The spices were a bit strong, but compared to the past when he could not eat much, there was no reason to complain.

The succubi’s “meal” was now limited to one at a time, and they no longer used the “charm”. With his mind intact, he was now the one who could pull them down and do whatever he wanted with them. These succubi were, well, other succubi. They were very helpful, but at the time he was very turned on by such a situation.

Three years passed. He ate, slept, and his body was devoured by succubi who came at regular intervals. This life was good at first, but because it went on for so long, he got tired of it. He also gained a lot of weight and his health deteriorated.

He was fattened up and squeezed every day. They were almost like cattle. No, they were cattle. As he was tormented by the unspeakable discomfort of his increasingly heavy and sluggish body, he remembered that this was a “death sentence”. He was no longer human. When his chest suddenly became painful during the “meal” of one of the succubi, he knew that time had come.

But he survived.

He found himself with several succubi and a fairy flying in a bed much more normal than the one he had been assigned.

Apparently, the fairy had used her dust to save him. He did not understand the gist of what the fairy and the succubi were saying, but he learned that the “Orc Hero” was in the country at the time, and that he had been saved only because of his words.

Bash, the Orc Hero. He met him only once. He would never forget the decisive battle in the Lemium Highlands. Lowayne was in the human camp. There he saw a lone orc fighting a giant dragon. All present were stunned as they witnessed a battle beyond human comprehension. When the orc defeated the dragon, Lowayne felt an unspeakable thrill in his heart. He had seen something extraordinary. He felt this way even though it was the enemy who had won.