Orc Hero Story
Chapter 54. Engagement
The woman left and they spent the night. Bash had severe wounds, but fairy dust helped him recover without any incidents. Everyone remained silent until the next day.
Zell and the twins reminisced about the fierce battle they had just witnessed. Bash thought about the previous battle and how he could have won. Not only were they silent, but none of them moved an inch.
Bash and the group set off as soon as dawn broke. As they moved away, the excitement returned, and Ludo opened his mouth. He recalled the fight between Bash and the woman and said he believed he could defeat her in the future, but at the moment it would be entirely impossible for him. The good conversationalist fairy, who knew how to listen, was able to engage in a lively conversation by bringing up past cases, which made Ludo even more excited.
Bash and Luka remained silent. There was no particular reason for the orc not to speak. However, there was no doubt that he was remembering the woman’s breasts, which trembled every time she moved during the battle, and he had a smile on his face.
Luka, on the other hand, had a worried expression on her face.
Meanwhile, they had just crossed the forest. At the end of the open area, there was a valley with a river flowing beneath it. The river was wide enough to reach the bottom of the valley, and the sound of the water could be heard as it fell. It must have been due to the continuous rains.
“Oh, this must be the river where you fell, Mister! If we go upstream on this river, we can return to where we were!”
“You’re right!”
Bash and Zell immediately started heading upstream. However, the two ogre children suddenly stopped.
“Master, this is where we part ways.”
“Part ways to whom?”
“We are going back to our homeland. The ogre country is downstream…”
“I see.”
“Master, I really want to follow you and continue my training, but… after yesterday’s battle, I realized that I’m not at a level where you can even teach me, Master…” Ludo had been smiling until that point. But then his face wrinkled, and he exclaimed, “I was so frustrated. Not only could I not keep up with my master’s fight, but I wasn’t even qualified to participate…! Even though I tried to seek revenge, I wasn’t even taken into consideration…! I finally understood!” Ludo looked at Bash with teary eyes. “I’m sure you knew it from the beginning, Master. At my level, I’m nowhere near learning techniques… that’s why you had to train me the way you did, right?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Normally, Bash would have assured him that it wasn’t true, but this time, he understood. As expected, Ludo was too weak. It all came down to whether he could win or not.
“I’ll train from scratch until I can defeat her… or at least until the adults in my country recognize me as a man!”
“While you do that, she could be killed by someone else.”
“I don’t think someone who can fight on par with you, Master, would die so easily… and… well, I knew Mom was incredibly strong, so I was sure they would have killed her with sneaky tactics. I was absolutely sure, but after seeing the fight between her and you, Master, I know it’s not true, so I’m not in a hurry anymore.”
“Then shouldn’t you stop seeking revenge?”
“But it’s true that she killed Mom… and besides, if I didn’t have a goal, nothing would inspire me.”
Ludo said and laughed, with the face of someone trying to force a smile after crying. And as if to push Ludo forward, Luka took a step forward.
“Um, Mr. Bash.”
“Yes?”
“Thank you for everything this time,” Luka spoke a few words and bowed her head. Then she raised her gaze, fidgeted with her hands in front of her chest, and looked Bash up and down. “Well… setting aside the matter of revenge, in a few more years, when I grow up, would you take me as your wife?”
“Mmm…” Bash pondered for a moment at those words. In a few more years… in other words, they wouldn’t get married right now. It was a so-called engagement, but Bash wasn’t familiar with the concept. “Of course…” Therefore, he nodded willingly. Since he would be free during those years, he calculated that even if he encountered an elf, he could get married.
“Such a joy! Thank you!”
Seeing Luka smiling happily, Bash also smiled. With her being half ogre and half human, she would surely be a beautiful woman who would attract Bash. The idea of having such a woman as his wife was enough to make his heart swell with anticipation. But Luka was too young now to even imagine her like that. But if she was Lula Lula’s daughter, even if she was adopted, she would be a perfect wife for Bash, the Orc Hero.
“If it’s just for a few years, then I could go with you to the orc country, right? Even if I can’t have children now, it wouldn’t be bad to slowly grow up in your homeland.”
“No, because I’ve received certain information. I’m going to the land of the Demons as well.”
Bash said this rather quickly. Because the important thing wasn’t being able to have a wife, although it was a secret. The important thing was to lose his virginity on this journey. And by extension, not becoming a magical warrior. Therefore, it would be outrageous to stop traveling here.
“Well, I suppose that’s how it is…”
Zell nodded with a somewhat puzzled expression. However, Zell was a fairy and Bash was an orc, and as such, they didn’t concern themselves with the details.
“Well, Mister can have many wives! Besides, if little Luka has to deal with Mister alone, no matter how much ogre blood she has, she won’t last long!”
“Mm-hmm.”
Luka, who was still very young, didn’t understand the meaning of those words. But ogres were not a race that had a monogamous marriage system either. When she heard that Bash needed many wives, she didn’t question it particularly.
“…? I don’t fully understand, but I will do my best to train to become your wife in my country and not embarrass you in front of others!”
“Of course!” Bash nodded with an expectant smile.
And so, Bash now had a fiancée. It was his first accomplishment since embarking on this journey. Although calling it a step was a stretch, and it had no relation to achieving the main goal. But it was undoubtedly a further step towards Bash’s ideal.
But Bash’s journey continued. To reach his true goal, he would head to the Demon Country. Remembering the bouncing breasts of the swordswoman he fought along the way…
