episode_0094

“Ethan. Be my husband. If you marry me, I will let you know the joy of being a man every night.”

Maya said, pointing to Karen.

“Such a miserable woman will not satisfy you. But I can. I will teach you how feminine orcs are.”

Then suddenly someone intervened.

“Ethan. Have you forgotten me?”

It was Hera. Karen still remembered her face clearly.

“If you become someone’s man, shouldn’t you be mine? Come to me. I want to be with you as a couple, not as a colleague.”

The two women waited in front of Ethan for a choice.

That’s right. There were two women.

There was no place for Karen there. There was no room for her to intervene.

There was nothing I could do other than just watch.

Even if I stretched out my hand or screamed, I couldn’t reach him.

Ethan looked like he was in deep trouble.

“I… .”

no.

“I decided.”

Don’t say it.

Ethan’s mouth opens.

“The person who will be my wife is-”

no!

“Huh!”

Karen jumped up from the bed.

“Ha, ha… .”

A sense of reality slowly returns. I gasp and look around.

The surroundings were dark, as the sun had not yet risen, but the bright moonlight illuminated the interior through the window.

This place… ward?

Memories of the past come to mind one by one from beneath the surface.

The day before yesterday was the day Ethan met Hera. I was in a bad mood so I didn’t talk much that day.

I wasn’t particularly angry. It was just that he was caught up in a subtle sensation that even he could not define his own feelings.

Yesterday… .

Ethan said to Karen, who was having lunch with him.

I decided to spar with Maya today.

Even though I was worried about those words, a strange feeling once again seeped into my heart.

The scheduled time for sparring was 8:30 p.m. Ethan finished a very simple dinner and left the hotel around 8 o’clock.

And two hours later, at 10 o’clock.

The manager came to see Karen.

A sound like a thunderbolt fell on Karen, who was puzzled by the sudden visit.

the manager said.

Ethan was seriously injured during the sparring and is currently in the hospital.

Karen headed straight to where Ethan was.

According to the manager (thank God) it wasn’t a critical situation. They said it was not life-threatening and that with sufficient treatment, there would be no aftereffects.

I ran and ran again.

I ran so desperately that I was out of breath. Have you ever run with all your might like this?

Karen stumbled but did not fall. It didn’t stop.

The treatment unit was located near the sparring grounds. I climbed the stairs with shaky legs and reached the floor where Ethan was.

Karen always knocked before opening the door. She was taught by her parents that it was polite, and she was someone who knew how to look after herself to avoid becoming a rude person.

However, etiquette was something that could only be maintained with a minimum amount of leisure.

Suddenly.

Karen roughly opened the door and went inside.

There were a total of four beds in the hospital room, two on each side.

And Ethan was lying on the bed next to the window.

“Oppa!”

At first glance, he was not in good condition. He turned his head towards the visitor who came in from nowhere with bandages wrapped all over his body.

Ethan looked at Karen with difficulty, as if even small movements were not easy.

“Haha… Are you here?”

Seeing Ethan smiling awkwardly like a child who was caught lying to his parents brought tears to Karen’s eyes.

“What the hell is this… !”

Karen could not bear to continue speaking and ran to her lover.

“How did this happen!”

“Hey… Calm down for a moment-”

“You look calm now!?”

Ethan spoke in a hushed voice to Karen, who was hurriedly examining his body.

“I’m not the only one here… .”

“What?”

“After Karen… .”

Karen turned around and looked back.

“… … .”

On the bed across from Ethan, a large orc wearing topless clothes was staring at the two with a grumpy expression.

Black hair braided into several braids and orange eyes with a wild look. I remember. Maya Agottar.

When I entered the hospital room, I was so nervous that I didn’t even see her.

No, it came into sight, but was quickly forgotten.

The sight of Ethan with bandages wrapped around his body was so shocking that not even the large orc could see him.

Karen politely apologized to the sullen-faced orc.

“Sorry for being noisy.”

“… … .”

There was no answer. However, Maya pulled the blanket up with one hand and closed her eyes.

Her body, which was clearly exposed before being covered with a blanket, could be described as a white oak.

Karen seriously wondered whether Ethan and Maya were not sparring, but rather engaged in a life-or-death battle.

The injuries to both of them were not minor.

At first I was angry. It’s just a sparring match, but he pushes his opponent so cruelly.

I thought it was clear that the orc’s unique belligerence had caused the death.

However, looking at Maya, I realized the truth that they were actually just sparring with each other more intensely.

Although Karen thought it was selfish, she was relieved that Ethan wasn’t the only one who was hurt.

“Are you very surprised?”

Karen looked at Ethan again when she heard a voice coming from behind.

“I got into the mood while sparring. I did it a little harshly.”

I wonder if this can be said to be a bit harsh, but I didn’t bother to question it.

“Don’t worry though. Because I won sparring.”

Ethan said, smiling innocently.

“Keuhm.”

Suddenly, a coughing sound was heard from Maya.

When I turned around, she still had her eyes closed. However, his face was somewhat stiff, indicating that he was awake.

Maya cleared her throat to listen, but kept her eyes closed.

His pride seemed to have been hurt due to his defeat in Dalian.

Ethan smiled in satisfaction.

“Losers are usually silent.”

“… … .”

Maya’s eyes twitched, but that was all.

“Hehehe.”

Ethan looked genuinely happy. Karen was somehow relieved by his attitude of treating injuries as if they were not a big problem.

“How long does it take to completely heal?”

“The therapist said it would take about five days to fully recover.”

Five days. It is amazing that an injury of this size can be completely treated in less than a week. I couldn’t help but think, ‘This is indeed an academy.’

However, the problem is that there are at most three days left before departure for Quien.

Of course, five days is the time it takes to fully recover, so by the time you leave the capital, you will have entered a rough recovery period.

At that time, strenuous activities may not be possible, but walking may not be a problem.

Moreover, if the Cherbein merchants are considerate, you can take a carriage.

However, as a couple, I couldn’t shake the worry of ‘what if the wound gets worse?’

Ethan seemed to have read Karen’s thoughts and spoke with the courage of an older man.

“You’ll get better soon. You know I have a strong body. You will get better quickly, so don’t worry and wait.”

A trustworthy voice. This is why I fell in love with him. A man you can lean on, who supports you firmly like a crutch.

Of course, I had no intention of leaning unilaterally. Karen wanted to be reborn as a woman who could provide strength to Ethan and whom he could rely on.

A desire to be helpful to a lover and a longing for the femininity that is lacking.

These two feelings that were rooted inside Karen gradually began to flow in different directions after coming to the capital.

Karen, who monitored Ethan’s condition and became his companion, received permission from the therapist and went to sleep in the bed next to him.

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Back to the present.

Karen, who woke up from a nightmare, came to her senses and looked toward the window.

I saw Ethan sleeping soundly. It didn’t seem like he had trouble sleeping due to the pain from the injury.

This time, I shifted my gaze to the bed diagonally across from me.

“… … !”

The moment Karen’s gaze met the sparkling orange eyes in the hazy moonlight, she gasped.

“Ho, did you wake up because of me?”

Although it was never intentional, there was no excuse if the sound he made woke the patient up.

Maya, who was leaning back on the bed, shook her head.

“No. I couldn’t sleep so I stayed awake.”

Karen tried to say that she was glad, but she swallowed her words back because she thought it was an inappropriate comment to make in a situation where someone who absolutely needed rest could not sleep.

“Did you have a nightmare?”

Maya asked. The face shadowed by the darkness felt oddly threatening.

“… Yes.”

It wasn’t a question I wanted to answer, but somehow I felt like I had to.

“I see.”

Maya turned over and straightened her posture. The pain was so severe that even the slightest movement caused my face to distort.

“Wouldn’t it be better to lie down?”

Is there any need to sit down when the condition is bad?

“We orcs recover faster than humans. This is a wound that heals quickly.”

I know that, but-

Karen stopped trying to say anything more. If you’re okay with it, it’s probably okay.

Maya pointed at Ethan with her chin.

“Are you this man’s lover?”

“Yes. We are officially dating.”

“I see.”

Although there was no significant change in her expression, Karen got the impression that Maya was sad.

“… Ms. Maya.”

Karen paused for a moment and then continued.

“Maya, do you really like Ethan oppa?”

“Well. I don’t know how I feel either. But this is clear. He resonated with me.”

“Sound… Is this?”

“Yes. It’s something I’ve never felt from another man.”

To put it roughly in an easy-to-understand way, it seemed like it was love at first sight.

“If you’re a strong man, don’t you belong at the Academy?”

“It is not wrong. There are men here who are much stronger than me.”

“But why… .”

“I was not moved. Besides, they don’t see me as a romantic partner. I also know very well what the perception of orcs is. Even though things are better than before, they are still accepted as barbaric and violent.”

Maya raised her right arm, which had no major injuries.

“Skin color is also a problem. Some people dislike it because it reminds them of goblins or trolls, but it is understandable if that is the reason.

Most don’t even go there. I just hate it because it’s weird and gross.”

Karen silently listened to Maya’s story.

“And this size is also an object of fear for others. Human women also value a well-trained body, but we are probably too big. I used to get scared whenever I talked to someone, whether it was a woman or a man.

I don’t blame them. If you’re not familiar with orcs, I think you might be surprised. However, as a person involved, I couldn’t help but feel unfair.”

Maya shrugged.

“There were people in the academy who treated orcs as savages. I beat them all up, so I figured it out later.”

Karen agreed by nodding her head.

“Aren’t you scared or disgusting of me?”

A question that came to me out of the blue. It was sharp timing.

“Yes?”

“I heard from Ethan that there aren’t many orcs in Quien… Did you say Karen? I wonder what you think of me.”

More than anything else, Karen was surprised by the fact that Maya naturally called Ethan’s name.

Of course, I knew the name, but for some reason, my heart pounded.

“I, so… .”

Karen took in Maya’s face and upper body with her eyes.

The bandages wrapped around her body were not enough to hide her toned body.

Voluptuous breasts and thick muscles that are not excessive. The womanly charm filled the cup and overflowed.

The desire for what one does not have often clouds a person’s reason.

Karen looked at Maya’s body in fascination at the overwhelming physical beauty of the orc.

The problem is that that gaze could have caused some misunderstanding in others.

“… I never thought you would think of me that way.”

Maya looked wary and pulled the blanket up to cover her shoulders.

“Yes? Yes?”