Chapter 37

〈 Episode 37 〉Seduction

“It seems like the quest isn’t ending because there are still Tentacles in the Labyrinth… what to do…”

Asha intended to stay in the Orc Village to finish the quest. However, she felt bad about staying at Walter’s house indefinitely, so Asha was worried.

“Ugh… Should I go to the Village Chief? Does he also do real estate??”

“Asha, what are you worried about?”

“Oh? Eva! I’m planning to stay here for a while, but I don’t know where to stay. I feel sorry for sleeping at Walter’s house all the time.”

“How disappointing. Why don’t you think about staying at my house? Are you trying to make me look like I don’t appreciate favors?”

Eva said, sounding disappointed, and Asha asked back.

“Ah, can I stay at Eva’s house? But aren’t you living alone?”

“I do live alone, but I have enough room to take in you and Lucia. Follow me.”

“Yes!”

“Oh, and you can call me ‘sister’.”

Asha smiled at Eva’s words.

“Yes, Eva sister.”

Asha and Lucia followed Eva to her house. Eva’s house, upon arrival, was no different from other Orcs’ houses, except that it was a bit taller.

“But it’s definitely a big enough house for us.”

“It was originally built to fit my size, so it’s more than enough for me now.”

“You said you used to be almost 10 feet tall, right?”

“That’s right. Sometimes it was a bit difficult to enter other Orcs’ houses. But that doesn’t matter now.”

Asha carefully asked Eva.

“Sister… do you ever miss your old body?”

“Huh? Ah, it doesn’t matter. I think it’s more comfortable when I’m small. What’s the point of worrying about something I can’t do anything about now? Come on, let’s go inside.”

“Yes. I’m glad if that’s the case, sister.”

Eva’s house was certainly large enough for them, who were human-sized. Asha, wandering around feeling like a human in a giant’s house, was a little embarrassed to see the bed in the room reaching up to her stomach. It was almost as tall as Lucia’s eye level.

“Eva sister! We need to change the beds in our room!”

“I was going to change my bed because it’s too big anyway, so that’s good. Let’s go buy a bed and other furniture together.”

At that opportunity, Asha and Eva went to buy furniture and tableware for themselves. Of course, there was almost no furniture that fit the height of humans, so most of the things had to be custom-made by artisans.

Asha and Eva, who were scheduled to receive the items in 7 days, returned home.

“It’ll be okay for a while even if the bed is big, right?”

“Of course. It would be hard to climb if it were just a little bigger than this.”

“I can lift you up.”

Asha smiled and stroked her daughter’s head at Lucia’s words.

“But we can’t always rely on Lucy’s help. And there’s a size that fits everyone.”

“Asha is right. There’s no use in having something that doesn’t fit you. Hmm… I need to order armor because the ones I have are unusable. Asha, do you need anything else?”

“No, sister. Go ahead!”

Eva went back to the smithy. Asha took the time to check her status window.

[Character Name: Asha]

Strength: 28

Agility: 21

Durability: 25

Stamina: 26

Mana: 20

-Weapon Skill LV.8, Mana Usage LV.3, Intercourse LV.6, Reception LV.4, Sprint LV.6, Pain Reduction LV.5, Stat Enhancement LV.7, Stealth LV.2, First Aid LV.3, Trade LV.4, Search LV.5, Seedbed Constitution LV.6

“Overall, my stats have increased a lot. The skills have also increased evenly. Ugh, Seedbed Constitution is level 6…”

Well, she had been violated to death with Eva for several days, so it was worth raising that much. Anyway, Asha was satisfied with the overall stat increase from this quest. Thinking of Lucia, Asha hugged her daughter, who was still lost in thought.

“Lucy, what have you been thinking about? Is there anything you’re curious about?”

“Mom, are we going to live here forever?”

“No… we probably won’t be able to live here forever. Lucy, do you want to live here?”

Lucia shook her head.

“It doesn’t matter. I just need to be with Mom.”

“I’m sorry, Lucy. We can’t stay here forever right now. But someday that day will come.”

“Okay.”

The mother and daughter spent time silently in their own thoughts.

As the sun set, Asha was out of the house again. She looked at the people passing by. Orcs passing by carrying huge bison, Orcs carrying all kinds of fruits on large carts, and many people were busy doing their jobs.

“If I go with them to catch Tentacles, will they give me something… I should go see the Chief.”

Eva didn’t seem like she wouldn’t give her food or treat her badly, but it was embarrassing to laze around like a bum in front of her daughter.

“Yeah. I have to set an example as a mother. Oh? Georg! Where are you going?”

“What a coincidence. I’m just returning from a subjugation in the Labyrinth.”

As Georg said, his armor was covered in familiar sticky Slime.

“You worked hard. But how are you going to clean those off?”

“I have to take it off and clean it, what else can I do?”

Asha, who had been watching Georg quietly, said.

“…Do you want me to help you?”

“You don’t have to help me, I can do this much on my own.”

“I want to help you. Can’t I?”

Georg, who had turned his head at Asha’s unspoken insistence, allowed it.

“If you want to help that much… I’ll gratefully accept your help.”

“It would be difficult to do it at sister’s house, so let’s go to your house. Lucy, can you stay with Eva for a while?”

“Mom, will it take long?”

“It won’t take long. If you’re hungry, eat with Eva sister first. Okay?”

“Okay. I understand.”

Lucia, who had been increasingly anxious when Asha was not in her sight until recently, was now okay with being a little away from Asha, so she was able to leave with peace of mind.

Unlike Eva’s house, which was close to the center of the village, Georg’s house was in the west. Georg’s house, where Asha arrived, was also slightly larger than other Orcs’ houses, like Eva’s house.

“Georg, I’m curious, are Orcs’ houses built to fit the people who live in them?”

“If there’s nothing special, we continue to use our parents’ house, but we came here 10 years ago. At that time, we secured land and built houses to fit our height. Maybe my children will inherit and use my house.”

“I see. You don’t have any children yet, right?”

“I haven’t thought about having children yet. It’s foolish to have children without being ready to take responsibility.”

“That’s right. Well, where are the rags and tools? I’ll clean it quickly.”

Asha first wiped the outside of the armor with a rag and then separated it into parts. Of course, Asha couldn’t even touch Georg’s shoulders, so she had to climb onto a pedestal to wipe it. Georg also didn’t just watch, but wiped the armor parts that Asha had first wiped and removed with an oiled cloth, and then oiled them again.

It took them more than 30 minutes to finish cleaning everything from the helmet to the foot guards. This world was like reality, but it was also game-like in strange ways. Asha had repaired the chainmail she was wearing with a repair ticket she bought from the store, so she felt tired from cleaning the armor for the first time.

“Wow… do you do this every day?”

“Of course not. This is the first time I’ve gone in since the attack, so I wore Full Body Armor, but usually I only wear a helmet and breastplate. It took this long because you helped me, Asha, but it usually takes more than 5 minutes just to take it off.”

“I’m glad I was helpful. Ugh, I feel hungry…”

“You’ve helped me this much, so it’s right for me to treat you to dinner. Will you have a meal before you go?”

“Yes! I’ll eat well if you give it to me.”

‘Hehe… according to plan.’

Asha smiled inwardly as she went to the table with Georg. She still remembered Justitia’s advice about skills.

‘Orcs are a different species from humans, so wouldn’t it help with Seedbed Constitution? I don’t know what’s good about leveling up right now, but… Georg has helped me a lot too!’

Asha’s heart was pounding strangely at the first seduction of a man. Asha, who used to be a man, didn’t care about this kind of behavior anymore. But Asha immediately ran into a problem. It was not easy to sit at the table and eat.

“As expected, things here are too big!”

Georg looked troubled as he looked at Asha, who was struggling to get her face over the table.

“Hmm… this is a problem. Asha, wait. I’ll bring a cushion.”

It was only after Georg brought a hard cushion as thick as Asha’s thigh that she was able to eat.

“Yeah. It’s all meat, as expected. Do you usually eat like this?”

“When I don’t have to go out, I eat simply in the morning. I ate simply at lunch today, so I’m eating like this.”

As Asha said, there was a thick steak, a wide bread, and fruit on the table for her. In front of Georg was a steak four times larger than Asha’s.

“Looks delicious~ I’ll eat well!”

Asha, who was actually hungry, devoured the steak. She was impressed by the steak, which was crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside.

“Ugh, it’s really delicious. What kind of meat is this?”

“It’s a wild boar thigh that I bought last night. I didn’t consider treating you, but I’m glad I had this.”

“No, no. I’ve never eaten anything so delicious!”

In fact, Asha had only eaten pills or poorly baked meat since she came here, and this was the first time she had a proper meal since this quest.

‘Ah, if you count the days, I probably ate more Nutrient fluid from the Tentacle…’

“But is Eva sister good at cooking?”

“Hmm… Eva is a great hard worker as much as her talent. Unfortunately, she doesn’t have much talent for cooking.”

‘She’s bad.’

Asha smiled unconsciously, thinking of Eva struggling with the frying pan.

“She’s bad, sister… Ugh, I should have cooked for her. I hope Lucy isn’t eating anything weird.”

“Fortunately, Eva herself knows that she’s not very good at cooking. I think she and your daughter will eat out today.”

“Phew, I’m so glad.”

Asha, relieved of her worries about Lucia, enjoyed her meal with Georg. Asha also tried to help with the cleaning, but she had to watch him clean up because of his stubbornness. She hugged Georg from behind in the kitchen.

“Hey, you know, Georg. What do you think of me?”

He answered in a slightly embarrassed voice, which was rare for him.

“What do I think? You’re a great colleague who works hard for humans as well as us.”

“How about having a child with me?”

Georg was speechless for a moment at Asha’s straightforward question.

“…First of all, it’s difficult for Orcs to have children with each other. It would be even more difficult with humans.”

“Then, do you not want to just sleep with me?”

“I’m embarrassed, Asha. Do you like me?”

This time, Asha’s face turned red at Georg’s words.

“…Well, maybe that’s it. Is it not okay?”

Georg turned around and faced Asha. He stared at Asha and sighed.

“Wow, I’ve never seen Georg sigh before.”

“Don’t talk like you’re joking, Asha. Why are you suddenly doing this?”

“Ugh… I just want to do it with you, why!”

Asha shouted. She was throwing herself at him, giving up her pride, but she felt resentful of Georg, who kept backing away, and tears welled up in her eyes. He quietly picked up Asha and matched her with his eye level.

“…Honestly, I’m worried. I don’t think your body can handle me.”

“Have you even tried? Are you not confident? Is it smaller than your pinky?”

It was a childish provocation from Asha, but it hit Georg directly.

“Hoo, damn it. I’m annoyed that I’m falling for this provocation.”

As he went up with Asha in his arms, Asha buried her face in Georg’s arms.

‘Ugh… did I succeed for now… but what if he’s angry.’

Asha, who had a bad habit of crashing into things if they didn’t work out, was now regretting it a little. Asha, seeing the thick biceps and trapezius muscles, realized that she had provoked a giant several times larger than herself by saying that his penis was small, and she was sweating cold.

‘Ahaha… He, he wouldn’t kill me, would he?’