Chapter 17
A little while later, the orcs returned to the hut.
They'd gone outside, only to find it too dark.
Yubel was dumbfounded.
They'd dashed out as if their lives depended on it, only to come back because they were scared.
So now the orcs stood awkwardly in front of Yubel with their heads bowed.
“Hey! Does that even make sense? What if that guy gets here first!”
“K-Kreik! Sorry! Kreik! But I don't like the dark! Kreik…….”
“We'll go out again tomorrow! Kreik!”
The two orcs were utterly terrified of Yubel.
They were cowering, but still loud.
“Hey! You guys!”
Riella, thinking Yubel was angry, stepped in to lay down the law with the orcs.
Her unusually booming voice drew the gazes of both the orcs and Yubel.
This is my chance to show some authority!
“Ahem! Bow your heads this instant——”
“W-Wait! Riella! That's a little harsh.”
“Huh.”
Riella had been about to show off her authority, but Yubel cut her off.
Pffft, Riella's puffed-out chest seemed to deflate with a sound.
Having lost all her authority, Riella was confused by Yubel's actions.
But Yubel had just done the same thing, hadn't she?
Is this not how I'm supposed to do it?
My authority……!
“Umm……. Orcs are precious, too! Shouldn't we treat them nicely?”
Yubel suddenly declared, “Orcs are living beings, too.”
Riella was left utterly baffled by the sight.
How could you do this to me……? Oh!
Riella's feeble brain started turning again.
Yubel really loves orcs!
In that case, it'd be polite to leave so Yubel could spend some time with them, right?
The polite Riella understood the situation that way.
Tiptoe, tiptoe.
Riella quietly slipped out of the hut.
So Yubel wouldn't notice.
And in a quiet voice, she cheered, 'Yubel, good luck!'
Yubel didn't like orcs one bit, though.
Yubel had cut Riella off only to make the plan succeed.
This was what Yubel was thinking.
The Hero might give up on Riella if he saw her and an orc in love with each other.
To pull off the Orc NTR Operation, Yubel needed to make the orcs like Riella.
Then the orcs shouldn't see Riella acting so forcefully.
Heheh, you can thank me, Riella. I'll be Cupid for your romance!
Recalling the plan, Yubel stood in front of the orcs.
Yubel wanted to make Riella look as appealing as possible to them.
“Hey, you guys?”
““Kreik?””
“Look at Riella over here. ……Huh? Where'd she go?”
Riella wasn't where Yubel was pointing.
What? Where'd she go?
Did she go to the Hero?
She must've missed the taste of his cock……
Looking around the hut for the missing Riella, Yubel spotted footprints leading to the exit.
In a flash, Yubel looked out the window.
“What the hell?”
Riella was crouching outside the hut so Yubel could have a nice time with the orcs.
She looked just like the Little Match Girl, thrown out of her home on a cold winter's day.
Though the weather was almost summer, not winter.
“Jeez, why'd she suddenly go out there? Anyway, you see that elf over there?”
“K-Kreik! We do! Scary elf!”
“We're gonna get violated again! Kreik!”
The orcs looked toward the place Yubel indicated again and trembled at the sight of Riella.
Good grief, they couldn't start rejecting Riella this soon.
“No, no. She's a nice elf who wants to get along with you! She'll make you three meals a day and massage your feet before bed, too! Anyway, Riella's not a bad elf! She's a nice elf! An elf who won't take advantage of you!”
“I don't believe you! Kreik!”
“Don't lie to us, female! Kreik!”
What are these pig bastards talking about?
Female? Are their eyes screwed up?
The orcs' perceptive remarks made a vein bulge on Yubel's forehead.
People naturally get annoyed when someone hits them with a painful truth.
“Hey! Do I look like a female to you!?”
“Y-Yes. Kreik!”
“A female who looks even more dangerous than an elf! Kreik!”
Ah. Is it because I'm the Demon King?
Ahem, in that case, I suppose I can't——
“A female more lewd than an elf! Kreik! I can smell it! Kreik!”
Fine. You're dead today.
“You, over here. Get over here right now!”
“Kreik! We're gonna get eaten! The female's angry! Kreik!!”
“R-Run! Kreik! If she catches us, she'll have at least ten babies! Gwek!!”
Crash!! Thud!
Yubel grabbed an orc and pinned it down in a mount.
Then Yubel grinned wickedly.
“Kekeke! Just take one hit first! Take this, Yubel Punch!!”
Whack!
“Ugh!! That huuuurts…….”
Yubel's fist couldn't pierce the orc's rock-hard muscles.
Yubel had hit so earnestly that their fist was round as a steamed bun.
“You guys made me hurt my hand!!”
“K-Kreik!? We didn't do anything wrong! Kreik!”
The orcs were right.
Then they deserved a beating, didn't they?
Whack, whack, whack, whack!
“Ugh! Haa, hngh! Die!!”
The sight of Yubel hitting them while in pain made Yubel look like a berserker.
Of course, the orcs took zero damage.
“Hm? That sound…….”
Meanwhile, Riella sensed something strange.
It was coming from the hut she'd been in earlier.
The place where Yubel and the orcs were together.
The sound was coming from there.
“Ah! What on earth is happening?”
Hearing the loud sounds even from outside, Riella peered through the window into the hut.
But what she saw was—
“……Gasp! Yubel's doing it!”
Yubel, straddling an orc.
Yubel was rocking their body vigorously, as though shouting something loudly.
The very image of a female getting excited in the cowgirl position.
It was a somewhat intense sight for innocent but curious Riella.
Enough to raise her lewdness level.
And so, Yubel was feeding the Hero more skill points once again.
“Whoa……. Is this what Dad was talking about?”
I feel bad for Se-on.
Yubel must like orc cocks better.
………
……
…
“Hah……! Hah! Ugh, this is so annoying! Do you guys hate elves? She's got such huge, plump tits, so why? Do you have some kind of thing for small ones? Why don't you want to date her?”
Having given up on punching the orc with soft fists, Yubel pointed out why the orcs were rejecting Riella.
Could these bastards be flat-chest enthusiasts?
How could they turn Riella down after seeing those tits?
Their babies would never have to go hungry.
“Big breasts…… are nice. Kreik.”
“Then why don't you just date each other?! Argh, you're so frustrating!”
Glug, glug.
So frustrated Yubel could hardly stand it, Yubel drank from a cup on a nearby table.
It was astonishing how Yubel drank without even asking the homeowner.
Ahh! So refreshing!
That fizzy sensation—it's basically soda, isn't it?
I should take a little of this with me.
“Y-You mustn't drink that! Kreik!”
“Female, dangerous! The elves are going to kill us now! Kreik!”
“Huh? What are you saying……? Hweh……?”
Uh, ah, the world is spinning.
Is this al-co-hooool?
I can handle my liquor a liiittle bit, you knooow?
Yubel started swaying, drunk.
Yubel really never went a moment without causing trouble.
Meanwhile, the orcs were in a complete panic.
They had no idea what the elf would do to them if she found out about this.
“The female's acting weird! Kreik!”
“F-First, hide her from the elf! Kreik!”
The orcs first lifted the drunken Yubel to hide her.
They spread Yubel's legs and draped Yubel over one of their burly arms, leaning Yubel against themselves.
It was a pose straight out of some erotic doujin.
Slosh.
The pose made Yubel's bladder slosh.
Yubel squirmed as the urge to pee threatened to burst out of her.
“Ugh…… Moveee! I need to pee-eee!”
Even while drunk, Yubel had to find her pee shuttle.
But the shuttle wasn't here right now, was it?
So Yubel used Leap.
“Kreik! Stay still, female!”
Just as the orcs were at a loss over what to do—
Creeeak——
At that moment, the door opened, and Riella came in.
“Um, what are you doing?”
“K-Kreik?”
Riella had rushed in when she sensed something was wrong with Yubel.
She'd decided Yubel seemed to be in danger.
If Yubel was in danger, then……
“Hic…… I need the Herooo……. Bring him here quick…….”
“Huh.”
Thinking the same kind of pee catastrophe as last time might happen, Yubel began to sniffle.
“Heeerooo…… Hic, h-hurry……!”
Riella, who'd never seen Yubel cry before, realized how serious the situation was and ran outside.
So the orc uncles weren't doing anything bad after all?
I guess that's right. They're such kind uncles.
Riella started running at full speed for Yubel's sake.
But where is Se-on?
I should ask the tree uncles.
“Mr. Tree! Have you seen a black-haired man? Please tell me quickly! ……Ah! Thank you!”
She kept running.
***
“Where did everyone go……”
Se-on still hadn't found Yubel and Riella by the time night fell.
The forest was already dark.
Finding his companions in this darkness was practically impossible.
Realizing that, Se-on sank down beneath a tree.
Bang!
The tree was suddenly attacked.
It was a punch filled with pent-up frustration.
I should've paid more attention.
I always end up ruining everything at the most important moments.
What are you even good at?
As he lay down in the darkness, thinking that—
Whoosh——
A red flame was burning in the distance.
It was a flame created by a spirit.
Could that be?
“R-Riella? Riella!!”
-Huh? Se-on, are you there?
Riella's voice came from far away.
Se-on's expression was beyond description.
Thank goodness……!
I'm not too late!
He jumped to his feet and prepared to meet the approaching light.
A head of green hair suddenly popped out.
It was Riella, the elf archer in the Hero's party.
“Whoa, it's really dark here!”
Hearing her voice again after so long filled him with emotion.
Though Se-on didn't let it show.
“It sure is. Where have you been?”
“The orcs dragged me off!”
Orcs?
They dragged her off?
He was stunned for a moment by Riella's words.
Come to think of it, Riella was the only one here in front of him.
He immediately searched the surroundings, but Yubel was nowhere to be seen.
Don't tell me……
“W-Wait, where's Yubel right now……?”
“She's with the orcs.”
……Huh?
Yubel's with them?
With the orcs?
Se-on's face went pale.
“R-Riella!!! Take me there right now!!”
“O-Okay!”
Se-on looked so worked up that Riella was frightened for a moment.
Why was Se-on acting like that?
The orc uncles were all so nice……
Se-on had no time to comfort the frightened Riella.
He was so worried about Yubel that he couldn't even calm down.
And so Riella headed back the way she'd come with Se-on.
Though her feet hurt after running at full speed all day, she pushed on, thinking Yubel was anxiously waiting for Se-on.
“Please……. Please……”
Even as he ran, Se-on's face looked anxious.
As Riella wondered if there was any way to ease this uncomfortable situation, she remembered what Se-on had asked her earlier.
If I tell him about Yubel, maybe he'll feel a little better?
Se-on worries so much.
So she brought up Yubel.
“Se-on! Yubel says she likes orc cock better than yours!”
He stopped short.
“……What?”
Se-on looked at Riella with a fierce expression for a moment.
Hmm……. He doesn't look happy.
Did Se-on not hear me properly?
“Yubel said orc cock was the best, and Yubel was panting like crazy!”
Riella told him exactly what she'd seen.
Yubel really had been panting on top of an orc, and Riella had heard Yubel say outright that orc cock was good.
Heheh, that takes care of Se-on's request!
Trust me with it next time, too!
Riella was pleased with her accomplishment.
Se-on, however, felt like he was losing his mind.
Yubel likes orc cock?
And Yubel was panting?
That can't be.
That couldn't happen, right?
There's no way innocent Yubel would do that.
That's right. Riella must've misheard something.
“Oh, right!”
While Se-on tried to clear his dizzy head, Riella remembered what Yubel had asked her to do.
Yubel had asked her to bring Se-on to Yubel.
Soon, words that should never have been spoken slipped from Riella's mouth.
“And Yubel was crying as she looked for you, Se-on!”
Uh, wha—?
W-What does that mean?
She was crying while looking for me? Yubel?
Se-on's eyes had already gone unfocused.
The stress made his brain feel like it was burning.
“R-Riella……”
Still, he managed to speak.
He needed to know the truth, even if it might hurt him.
“Y-You're lying, right? Hm? You're just messing with me, aren't you?”
“No! I saw it myself! Yubel was crying and asking me to bring you quickly……. Oh! And I heard Yubel shouting that it hurt when I was outside!”
Riella's words were like a child's.
A pure, utterly sincere truth, without a speck of guile.
And sometimes, a child's sincere words can come back as cruel violence.
Unfortunately.
“Ghh, ugh, AAAAAAAAH!!!!!!”
The Hero's anguished scream at failing to protect his companion echoed through the forest.
***
Trickle——
“Hehehe……. All doneee……”
“K-Kreik?”
……
……
Se-on arrived at the orc hut.
The first thing Se-on saw upon arriving was Yubel, held up by the orcs, pitifully sobbing as a sticky liquid streamed from Yubel's lower body.