Episode 298 – Epilogue

“Looks like you didn’t run away.”

“There’s no way I could run away, hihihi. In the first place, the chief is dead, so it’s gonna be a mess, right?”

“Something completely unexpected happened. There’s no way they would have thought that a man who had his wives stolen could kill their chief~”

“… I guess that’s true.”

Nodding in agreement with her words, I looked at the village where my wives were and the orcs lined up behind me.

The noisy village was in chaos due to the sudden appearance of the orcs.

Finally, a group of orcs came out of the village on horseback and approached me.

The orc at the front was bigger than the others.

… Is he the chief’s son?

The hostility in the orc’s eyes told me that my guess was correct.

The orc, who approached me, glared at me on the hill with sharp eyes, then glanced at the large army of orcs lined up behind me and spoke as if chewing something.

“Why are you here?”

The orc, presumed to be the chief’s son, spoke in a growling tone, filled with wariness and hostility, like a beast baring its teeth.

“Do you really not know why I came?”

“… Yeah.”

“… Is that so…”

I stared at his eyes, filled with resentment, without saying anything, and realized that he really didn’t know me.

… Come to think of it, I’ve never seen the chief’s son before.

Thinking about the basement I saw back then, it was somewhat understandable.

How many women did they kidnap and imprison?

The number isn’t something that would come from just kidnapping travelers passing through here.

They must have been constantly raiding around the wasteland as well.

“Continuing this standoff would be inconvenient in many ways. I want to apologize first.”

As I nodded as if I understood and apologized, his expression twisted strangely.

“… Just say what you came to say.”

“Then I’ll do that. You know that I won this time, right?”

“… Yeah.”

I could see his face filling with hatred again as he recalled his father collapsing in the finals.

“You understand the rights I received from him, too, right?”

“….”

“Knowing that you know, I’ll make my demand. Hand over all the female slaves in the village to me.”

I stared at him in silence and asserted my rightful claim.

He must have known about the rights gained when a different race wins, because he kept his mouth shut, his eyes bloodshot, and could only glare at me without saying a word.

“You don’t want to?”

When I asked again, the orcs behind me started to handle their weapons, gleefully.

“…. Why…”

He glanced around at the orcs, his eyes trembling, and then suddenly ground his teeth and asked back.

“Why?”

“Why… are you making such excessive demands only on our tribe?”

“Because… your tribe plundered my wives.”

“… Then shouldn’t you just give back those wives?!”

I shook my head at his appearance, his face distorted hideously as he shouted at my words.

“You don’t think it’ll end that easily… do you?”

“Kueueueu….”

“From what I’ve heard… you’re a tribe famous for selling slaves… You’re close to the Empire, so it’s easy to get slaves… Other tribes can’t even raid properly because they’re blocked by the desert from you.”

“….”

“For you to offer all the slaves you have… isn’t that still a good deal?”

“…. What does an outsider like you know…!”

“You don’t know. So, is it that important that I’m an outsider right now?”

“….”

“And… I’m not an outsider anymore. I survived the festival, and more than anything, I have a connection with you. Although it’s a slightly dirty connection… well, that’s not very important.”

“…!”

The face of the one grinding his teeth, pudeudeuk pudeudeuk, was filled with the anger of a strongman being plundered by someone else.

“…. You’d better accept it when I say it nicely.”

“….. What will you do if I don’t accept it?”

“…..”

I glanced back and shrugged, as if asking what he was even asking.

“Do I really have to say it?”

“…. Keueueuk…!”

“Be thankful. Originally, this wasn’t a connection that could be handled so leniently.”

As I looked down at the orc quietly resenting, he bit his lip so hard that blood seeped out.

He probably knows too that I, who brought all the orcs of the prairie, am giving him some consideration by making such a lenient offer.

In addition, even if they lose the slaves, they control all the territories connected to the Empire, so it was clear that they wouldn’t easily collapse.

If they can successfully block the onslaught of other tribes that rush in the moment they are weakened by losing the slaves, they can quickly restore their power to what it was before.

More than anything, he also knows that if he doesn’t accept this offer now, he will tarnish his name with the stigma of defying God’s command and have to fight the orcs lined up behind me, so his decision had no choice but to lean in one direction.

“……. I accept.”

Eventually giving up and bowing his head, he answered in a resigned tone.

“You thought well. I’m glad. We didn’t have to fight.”

“…..”

Nodding, I said to the orc warriors supported by each tribe standing behind me.

“Please bring all the slaves in the village. Please be as gentle as possible.”

At my request, the leaders of each tribe who were leading them nodded and commanded their subordinates.

And while laughing at the chief’s son who was resenting, they walked towards the village.

The slaves in the village were gradually led to my side.

And among them, I occasionally saw women I had seen when I lived in this village before. Whenever I saw their surprised expressions, I smiled slightly, but I didn’t bother to act like I knew them.

As people came out in order, I discovered a group of people approaching from afar.

As soon as I saw them, my body kicked the horse and ran.

“Honey!!”

“….!!”

The group, with all their arms and legs intact, were smiling brightly and running towards me.

* * *

“Thank you so much. Not only did you save him, but you also showed us such kindness…”

After a long, long time, in front of the tribe that helped Ian, I expressed my gratitude to the female tribal chief in front of me.

“Hahaha, it’s nothing. Well… it was fun too.”

The way she stroked her belly with a subtle look and looked at Ian was extremely meaningful.

I chuckled at my husband’s slightly wary expression and looked at her and said.

“I’m glad to hear that. Please come to our village anytime. We’ll treat you with the utmost care.”

“Oh my, thank you!”

“Be sure to bring the baby in your belly with you, okay?”

“….. Hmm hmm”

Everyone was embarrassed when I smiled and said that.

“… What does that mean?”

Cecil looked at Ian, who was sweating profusely, with a stiff expression.

“Kikkikkik, amazing~”

Niel looked at Ian with a smile as if he was quite something.

“… Did it really get as big as the orcs’?”

Scarlet looked at Ian with a slightly expectant expression, her eyes wide open.

“Really, is Master’s child inside her…”

And… Sui widened her eyes and muttered quietly, looking at Sean-ssi’s belly.

“Th-that, I….”

I chuckled at Ian’s flustered appearance and said to Sean-ssi, who was looking elsewhere and clearing her throat.

“I’m not saying it as a joke. Please come to our village anytime.”

“…. Are you okay with it?”

“Eung… It would be a lie to say I’m okay with it, right? I’m a little… jealous… because I’m pregnant with a few too many other boys… Huhu”

I was a little embarrassed and my cheeks got hot. As I scratched my head and said that, Sean-ssi widened her eyes slightly, then returned them to their original state and nodded.

“You weren’t normal either?”

“Huhu, so you don’t like it?”

“No~ I like it? To be honest, I hate women or men who are too possessive, kukkukkuk.”

“I don’t like being monopolized either. Huhu, it’s about time he became popular too.”

After talking to each other affectionately, we set off.

Cecil glared at Ian a bit scarily in the middle… but I glanced at her slightly swollen belly.

In the first place, we didn’t have the right to say anything.

Besides, I always felt sorry for Ian, so shouldn’t that person enjoy it too?

Thinking that way, we finally turned our horses towards our longed-for hometown.

* * *

Time passed and we finally arrived at the village.

I could see the village, which had become more prosperous and larger to a degree that was on a different level from before.

Seeing the village, which had prospered to the point of being closer to a city than a village, I felt a slight regret at the completely changed appearance from before.

Ian must have had the same thought as me, because he had a slightly regretful expression and started to look around the village with me.

“This is… Ian-ssi’s village…”

Cecil hugged her slightly more swollen belly and looked around with emotional eyes.

Her husband glanced at her belly at Cecil’s murmur and instantly erected his dick.

As expected… even if his dick changes, people don’t change easily…. But that’s why he’s cuter, kukkukkuk.

“Anyway, this way. Ah, honey, is it okay if we stop by our house first?”

“Yeah, I don’t really mind.”

Her husband, who was swallowing hard and stealing glances at Cecil, Sui, Niel, and Scarlet’s swollen bellies and erecting his dick, was startled and nodded frantically.

At his permission, I stepped in front of the group and walked towards the house, recalling my memories of the past.

I could see well-paved roads, and travelers and villagers with lively impressions walking around the streets.

As we entered the area where the villagers’ houses were gathered, the number of travelers decreased and the number of villagers increased.

I grabbed the reins of the black horse that had been with us since the centaur village and started to walk slowly.

…. Come to think of it, that guy has been getting along too well with Scarlet lately…. Well, I guess it’s natural in a way? It would be strange if they didn’t get close after having sex like that with Scarlet.

Ah, Scarlet takes him to wash him every day, so maybe…

The affectionate gaze that Scarlet occasionally showed me doesn’t leave my mind.

Well, whenever that happens, I thought Ian would go with her and do something special. I glanced at Scarlet and saw that her belly was also slightly swollen.

…. What if the pregnant child isn’t an orc or Ian’s child?

I got a little excited.

Well, who cares? What does it matter whose child it is? In the first place, Ian probably knows everything.

Such random thoughts disappeared in an instant as I saw the completely changed scenery of the village, which I hadn’t seen in a long time.

And… finally, the house that hadn’t changed at all from before, the house I missed so much, came into my sight.