“Considering the value of each jewel, the workmanship, and rarity… around six hundred thousand gold coins, I’d say.”
“Six hundred thousand? If we factor in practical use, it might be worth a bit more?”
“Well, that’s an estimate. Let me add some flair to it… how about six hundred thirty thousand five hundred?”
The lizardman employee of Trident Armory, under the umbrella of the Construction Guild, hung his chin strap behind his neck and wore a viking helmet with three horns as part of his uniform for alien races. He squinted at the item through small pupils while giving an appraisal.
Ariel was shocked by the amount, and Rose and Sieg frowned slightly.
“I think it’s worth eighty-eight thousand.”
“As for me… well, even if I give a bit, I still say eighty thousand.”
The lizardman employee flicked his tongue out of the side of his mouth. It wasn’t obvious to those unfamiliar with him, but this was his equivalent of a frown.
“We’re near year-end, so please cut us some slack. If we don’t sell at a reasonable price now, I’ll be in trouble when it comes time to dispose of them. Of course, if we hold an auction for enthusiasts, the value might go up slightly, but if there’s too much time between now and then, this kind of value will all turn red on our books, so it becomes a liability issue.”
“I’ll say I bought it because I was being selfish. We can sell it later.” “Big sister… well, that’s fine with me.” “It’s 880,000.” “Heh heh. Well, whatever the reason is, I didn’t expect to end up taking the same item twice in one day.” The jewel knife that had been taken as payment for Lyra’s drinks at the tavern ended up being bought back by Trident Company once more. “By the way, how much did you buy it from the tavern for?” “…180,000.” “You bastard.” Sieg nudged the lizardman clerk. At least this was better than having someone who didn’t know its value get a hold of it. “Oh, um… 880,000 is in gold coins… right?”
Ariel looked up at Sieg and Rose with a worried expression. By the way, one gold coin of Selceta currency is enough to buy a drink without alcohol, and ten coins will usually get you an adequate meal in most diners. Eight hundred eighty thousand coins would be enough to purchase a fairly large house with land attached in a city like Tark. Of course, Ariel’s debt was just pocket change compared to that amount. “Goodbye, my jewel knife…” “H-Honestly, is it okay for you, Sieg-san!?” “It’s fine. I’m someone who can do anything if I try. Anyway, it’s just a hobby item; selling it won’t hurt anyone… Ugh.” Sieg was trying to toughen up despite crying pretty hard. The lizardman clerk was inexplicably tearing up too. “How much is Ariel’s debt?” “F-Four thousand and two hundred coins…”
“Ah, well, they’ll probably try to sell it with interest anyway. Waitress, make 70,000 the standard gem and give me the rest now.” “Yeah, yeah, you’re a man, old-timer.” “Yeah, I’m going to be a man. But becoming a man… hurts.” Despite his lingering reluctance, the lizardman cashier regards Sieg with admiration (though he has no facial expression), patting him on the shoulder and consoling him. ”…It’s like buying me off,” Rose teases as she watches Ariel’s eyes glaze over at the sight of money changing hands. “Don’t say such nasty things. I’m just getting rid of Ariel’s bad connections so we can have a proper relationship.” “I get it, I get it… Anyway, you should understand what giving and receiving a sword means.” “Huh?” “Are you going to pay them back with the money from selling your sword now? Or are you handing over the sword and letting that dark elf sell it for you? The meanings are completely different.”
“Hmm…” Sieg knew about the custom, but whether he could truly understand its significance was questionable. He stroked his stubble and looked at Ariel. Directly giving money felt shallow and unpleasant, but tying her to a custom she didn’t fully understand seemed wrong too. “Well, do what you like with it, Ariel. I’ll take care of the debt myself. You can think of this as an impulsive act by a man who fell for you. But if you could give me your love after that, I’d be very happy. Please.” ”…Even if you say so…” Ariel looked troubled. Receiving a knife and being told to do whatever she wanted with such a huge favor felt too much like good fortune for someone who had been on the road of misfortune until now. ”…” Rose, who had silently watched Sieg’s persuasion, straightened up when Ariel fell silent and the atmosphere became stagnant.
“Let’s put that aside for now, okay?” ”…Yes.” After confirming with Ariel, I turned to Sieg. “Well then, let’s settle my side first. …I won’t let you get away with lying about receiving the knife from me, Becker.” ”…Yeah…” “You were nice to that Dark Elf, but don’t expect the same treatment from me. …Sieg Becker, you accepted a marriage proposal. You knew what you were doing when you took that knife. Do you understand that it’s too late to return it now?” ”…Yes.” While Ariel acts like an insecure little animal due to her lack of trust in humans and men, as well as her unfortunate circumstances, the former captive princess Rose Alderia is a direct and straightforward woman who proposes marriage without hesitation. She was kidnapped by bandits when she was around 17 years old. Now at age 27, she’s past the prime time for early marriages among Orga women. However, with her status, demeanor, and mature beauty, she can’t be ignored even as an Orga woman. She is far from being a late bloomer who has missed out on everything.
Even for an ogre, she was small, but her sturdy physique that had sent Sieg flying with a single punch would certainly have met the “good woman” criteria of any ogre. She must have rejected many suitors and waited patiently for the chance to propose to Sieg. “By the way, I can give you that jewel knife again if you want. No, either way, it will be yours once more if you become my husband. So, Sieg Becker, do you understand that this is your time to pay up?” “U-uh” But Sieg wasn’t as reckless as Andy in accepting love’s battle. He was just a normal man who wanted to run when chased and chase when running away. Was it really okay? Was it really all right to be caught by her? Really, truly alright, Sieg Becker? And yet, an entirely baseless voice of doubt welled up inside him. Sieg took a step back. Rose stared at him.
A lizardman employee watches with excitement despite not understanding the situation. Then, ”…You better answer me, you scum!!” “Wh-what? Nngghh!?” Suddenly, Rose’s fist burst into flames. Sieg was sent flying three meters to the side by the force of it. He slid along the wooden floor. Rose left behind a stunned lizardman employee and Ariel as she picked up fallen Becker by his belt. “I got in your way. You can take the knife back to my place.” She dragged Sieg out of the store, folding him neatly.
“W-Wait, don’t leave me behind!?”
Ariel hurriedly chased after them. The lizardman clerk watched them go with a blank expression and flicked his tongue out. “…I’m not really into wives who hit me.”
Thankfully, no one heard the complaint directed at their group leader.
When Sieg woke up from unconsciousness, he found himself in a dim room. “Ugh…” “You’re awake.” The ceiling. A sky colored with sunset.
Bed. And three pairs of eyes. “…Rose?” “I’m sorry. But I made it easier for you to decide.” I check the situation. The dimly lit room is probably a hotel, judging by the high-quality furnishings. It’s likely one of Talc’s upscale hotels or something similar. In bed with me are Rose and myself. From the shoulder peeking out from under the sheets, she appears half-naked. At the edge of the bed sits Ariel, leaning slightly forward and peering at us sideways with a steady gaze. “So what do you think, Becker? Isn’t it shameful for a man to refuse an offered meal? …I don’t know what made you act that way back then, but I was deeply hurt.” “…Sorry.”
“…But in truth, I’m not really angry. Maybe the song touched on something about your past love,” he said. “…” It’s a problem that my trauma has become famous. And it was mostly right. “…Ah yes. I’m kind of uncomfortable with people who like me when they don’t know much about me. It makes me worry if there isn’t something bad hiding behind their affection.” “I am…” “No, I didn’t mean to doubt you. But it’s just too good to be true. You know, the same thing happened back then when I was infatuated with that woman. The thought made me break out in a cold sweat,” he said. That’s right. Sieg was just an orphan who passed his trial without defeating even one enemy and became a famous but fake ace knight. When stripped of all pretense, Sieg was nothing more than a kid trying too hard to act grown up. And Elsa loved him for it, or at least pretended to love him. Behind her affection lay espionage, and by then she had uncovered everything about him, leaving no room for ignorance.
If only he had realized she was a spy earlier, he might have given her the chance to escape before her wounds became fatal. For years, this regret had plagued and tormented him, making it impossible for him to accept any kind of superficial relationship. It all started badly. Too badly. To end up kissing her while stabbing her to death in the heat of passion was just too much. ”…I’m not that old that my body would lose control because of trauma. I thought so until I met Ariel.” And then… he fell for her. “So if we’re talking logically, am I okay too?” “Uh, well, but I don’t really know you now…” “I haven’t changed since ten years ago! The morning you saved me, I’ve been the same ever since!” Rose suddenly sat up.
Her body was covered by only a single piece of cloth. “…………” “…………” “No, I thought you were wearing nice clothes that morning.” “Ugh!” “You weren’t just in an apron.” “U-ugh, shut up!! You were the one who shouted to that woman what you wanted her to do!” Looking closer, Ariel was also wearing a naked apron. …It wasn’t exactly appropriate for serious conversation, but there they were. “…Let’s start over, scumbag. I demand we redo my worst memories.”
Rose, pouting and with a red face, almost tearful eyes as she vigorously rubbed Sieg’s erection. Ariel was watching her anxiously. “Um, shall I take over? I’m used to this…” “Ugh…” Since Sieg’s erection wasn’t moving beyond half-hard, Rose seemed at a loss. She was clearly terrible at it. “Is this your first time?” “…Yeah.” Rose nodded. Ariel took his member from her hands and attacked with her hand, tongue, and nipple while chuckling. “Don’t laugh!”
“N-no, I didn’t laugh. I just thought you were cute…” “I’m not the only one! If I’d had my first time ten years ago, maybe…!” Sieg imagined what would have happened if Rose had gone through with her first time that day. If she hadn’t been treated so cruelly and thrown a towel at him in frustration… He might’ve become a cherished memory for her. She might be happily married right now. “I did something terrible, but I’m glad you waited for me to get cleaned up. It’s not all bad.” Rose tried to hold back the slight smile of happiness that threatened to break across her face when he said she had gotten clean for him. Her stubbornness was so cute. “It wasn’t lucky for me. For ten years, I wondered why you treated me like that. Ten years. Give it back, idiot.”
「…Can I pay it back?」 「It’s been ten years. It’s not cheap, you know.」 「Then let’s run away.」 「If you try to escape this time, there will be no forgiveness.」 「…Alright then, I’ll pay up.」 As they spoke, Ariel pressed the erection she had cultivated through her prostitute’s skills right against Rose’s nose. After an instant of surprise, Rose turned around and got down on all fours, still looking dissatisfied as ever. “Don’t run away? If you do, there will be no forgiveness.” “Yes… I’m going to cum…”! Her eyes were filled with the bittersweet longing that had built up from her pent-up love, now reignited. This was the first time Sieg had entered someone who had been waiting for him so eagerly.
It was the first time he had physically connected with someone who was tied to him by love or affection. “…U, guoohh!? ” And so, Sieg lost his true virginity. “Nn, kuh…” Sieg held onto Rose’s apron-covered large breasts and endured the excitement that threatened to make him ejaculate immediately. Fundamentally, it was different. The pleasure of buying a woman for sex and the pleasure of being enveloped in a woman’s love were completely different. “Hey, Rose… Are you really a virgin!? ” Sieg was terrified by how good her vagina felt. He had never held a virgin before since he only ever dealt with prostitutes, but Rose’s pussy was absolutely exquisite.
She had given Sieg’s cock a hot, soft, and rich pleasure from the start, greedily trying to milk him dry. “It’s my first time… It’s not like that!! Don’t compare an Orga body to a human one!!” “So you’re an Orga… huh? An Orga is this big…” Rose only now realized she was an Orga. Orgas had extremely high vaginal capacity, because Orga men were very well-endowed. Orga penises, the size of a human fist, made sex with humans impossible to begin with. The Orga women who needed to take such a large penis for their first time did have hymens, but they rarely caused issues when it came to human-sized cocks. But that didn’t mean she was loose. She still tightened around him and felt intense pleasure. Sure, in a situation where she would be gangbanged by both Orgas and humans within a short period of time, her vagina could handle the transition between species just fine.
That mystical sex organ was enough to make even a monster like an ogre and other races into fans of Orgasms, and Sieg found himself tortured by the dual pleasure of that natural masterpiece and her passionate lovemaking. “Ugh, c-curse you… damn it, your body feels too good…!!” “Oh, ah… I’m so happy, Mr. Becker…♪” Rose was thrusting her hips while gradually becoming more honest. Gradually, she was returning to the little girl she had been ten years ago. Her firm tone of voice was turning into that of a little girl’s, and calling him Becker turned back into the old way of addressing him as Mr. Becker. She became drunk on the realization of being embraced by Sieg with her mature body, which could never return to its former state, and started grinding against him powerfully without any technique, trying to milk his seed. “Guh…!!” Sieg endured that pleasure. It was almost an unconscious act of stubbornness. And then, he ravaged the inside of her vagina wildly in all directions, controlling his pleasure through his breathing.
“Nn, kuaaaaaaaaah♪♪” I succeed in making Rose cum. I pull my cock out of her. While she’s still panting from the intense sex, I push Ariel down onto the bed, who had been watching with a dumbfounded expression as Rose pleasured me with her mouth and hands. “Kyaa!? ” “…I-I’m… I’m yours… hah… hah…” Trying to calm my head that’s about to explode from pleasure, I try to form words. Sieg is lightly stroked by Ariel who smiles at him. “…It’s okay.” “…!!”
This girl accepted me too. She was willing to accept my embrace, not as a whore but as herself. Zeke, who was already excited by what could be considered his first experience, thrust his sticky member mercilessly into the girl’s sex under her apron. “Ah, ahn… …heh heh, I knew it…” “What did you know…!? What is it…!?” “…………” Ariel narrowed her eyes. “I thought this kind of intimate lovemaking would be different…♪” Ariel felt the same as Zeke. It was chaotic and wild.
Of course, when there’s love involved, it heightens the pleasure. Ariel, who had been desired beyond just her body after such a long time, began to drown in ecstasy with an expression that was almost like that of a maiden, despite the roughness of his thrusts. “Y-nyan… Hafuaa… Sieg-san… I-I… Do you love me…!?” “Yes… I want to love you… Over and over again, forever!!” “Hehe… Is it okay…? Am I… Am I allowed to… Still ask for this…♪” “Yeah… If you want it from me…!!” With each thrust that made a sound of wet flesh against flesh, they pushed each other’s pleasure points in an intense bout of sex. Rose wanted to join them again during their lovemaking. “Mr. Becker… Me too… Love me too… Am I not good enough…!?” “You’re more than good enough… Damn it, this guy’s so lucky!!”
And then he thrusts his hand into Rose’s vagina. “Kyauu!!?” “Look, look, look!!!” Rose’s virginity is torn apart by Becker’s hand, which feels like a solid presence inside her. She arches backward in shock at the rough intrusion, but even with tears in her eyes she smiles. “…You idiot… You’re so cruel…♪” Having violated a dark elf down below and an ogre with his fist, Sieg finally lets go of control over pleasure. He climbs higher, connecting himself firmly to the two women who are serving him naked aprons. “Aaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!”
“Nn, kuh, ahhhhh!!” “Uohh!!” And he climaxed with great force.
Ariel returned to her shabby rental house in the slums along with Sieg after nightfall. She had paid back all of her debts from Tower Emblem’s loan company and was now free from any worries. The two were talking quietly about how they would live their lives going forward on the way home. “I can’t offer much, but I could make some tea.” “That sounds good. My throat is parched.” They smiled at each other as they tried to open the door, only to find a letter wedged between it and the frame. “This…”
Ariel opened the letter. Sieg read its contents faster than Ariel could, a habit he had picked up during his espionage days. He wished he hadn’t seen it. “Wh-…that person…” The letter was from her ex-boyfriend who had vanished after breaking up with her. He wrote that now that business was finally picking up and he’d saved enough to pay back what he owed, he wanted to come and get her. Judging by the scribbled note on the envelope’s corner, it seemed he knew she was somewhere around here but didn’t know exactly where, so he had asked a neighbor to deliver this letter for him. “N-no…” Ariel’s eyes fluttered. Sieg could tell how much Ariel cared just from looking at her.
Even though she had selfishly disappeared, the time she spent with her lover couldn’t have been just a day or two. Behind Ariel’s determination to work hard instead of running away was still smoldering affection for him. Sieg could do nothing about that and he knew it. In reality, Sieg was merely an opportunist who had suddenly appeared in the morning and confessed his love, inserting himself into Ariel’s heart where there was a crack. He was just someone who forced their way in with money and power. When he thought about it calmly, how much weight could such a person carry? That’s right.
It was nothing more than an extravagant daydream.
“Sieg…” Lowering her ears as if seeking salvation, she turned around but no one was there. There wasn’t even a trace of his footsteps.
“…………” Sieg is staring at the moon in a narrow alley, lost in thought. A shadow mocks him. “Kukuku… Aren’t you supposed to be sleeping with a woman tonight?” “…Oh, it’s you guys.” The bodyguard of the ace knight trio. He’s covered head-to-toe in leather armor and a mask. “You look pretty fancy.” “I’m not as fancy as you are. After I paid off your debt at the tower office, the original debtor came around. And then there you were with that miserable face… Hahaha, hyahahahaha!” “Whatever.” “…Your employer told me he didn’t hire you guys to be treated like dirt…”
“Ah, that’s right. So you were the one I was looking for, Sieg Becker.”
Maito tilted his head back and rolled his eyes.
“I won’t let you get away with underestimating me. If a vagrant rat like you can’t even kill me, then you’re fired… Oh yeah, despite your blank look, you’ve got trip wires, barbed wire, oil puddles—lots of little traps.”
“It’s just my habit. I set them without thinking about it.”
Sieg spoke as if he were talking to an old buddy.
Maito drew his new sword and pointed it at Sieg.
“I know your tricks by now. Don’t think you can get away with underestimating me again. Tonight, I want to see you die in style.”
“Huh? No way, that’s too much trouble.”
Sieg waved his hand dismissively with a dejected look on his face.
“Just die already, Sieg Becker.”
Might jumps. Leon runs along the wall, and Davis swings his mace as if to level the ground, breaking traps and charging at them.
Sieg casually stands up and suddenly decapitates Might.
“Huh?”
Just by standing up, it looked like Might’s body and head had been separated in tears. Davis and Leon stop dead in their tracks, shocked.
Sieg cracks his neck and swings a knife smeared with blood.
“Well, I said earlier that even if I’m just some punk, I don’t kill citizens,”
Sieg opens his eyes wide and grins.
“Liar, you bastards. When someone’s pissed off, they can’t help but get happy when killing them.”
The next morning, their bodies were found behind the Tower Emblem office.
Sieg had breakfast at the Carlos residence and then, with his shoulders slumped, headed toward the carriage station. He was already due to part ways from Diane and company soon, report on Lila’s existence and Andy’s treatment, and seek instructions from Minister Ashton regarding future activities.
He was happy to have some time alone. But he couldn’t let himself go wild; he had to think about his age. That’s what he kept berating himself internally as he planned to enjoy the carriage ride for a while.
Then. “Becker!!” “Sieg-san!” As Sieg tried to get into the carriage, he was pulled down by a hand from behind. It was Rose, and next to her was Ariel, both dressed for travel. “What do you think you’re doing? Marriage isn’t just one day.” “Um, um… I’ll consider it as if I accepted the knife! Not money!”
“…Huh, what?”
Sieg stared blankly as the two of them laughed. ‘The proposal is a go!’
Now it’s time to make up for that terrible start.