A steady, pattering rain falls. The girl in love sighs, realizing once again that she has missed another chance. She had convinced herself she was now a sensible adult, yet she could not help but acknowledge that she was still shedding her childhood skin.
“Haa… I really want to see him…” Even though she knows she should hold back, her heart races with longing. Her beloved is a soldier, stationed alone in a remote outpost an hour’s walk from the town. It’s unavoidable that they can’t meet often. And if the weather turns bad, he’d have to wade through the rain for that entire hour just to reach her. Thinking about him catching a cold makes it clear why he hasn’t come.
Still… ”…I really want to see him at least once a week.” She finds herself thinking that even a single meeting every week would be enough.
It’s as if she were a child eagerly awaiting a picnic promise, only to be betrayed by the sky; she knows she’s being far too childish and short-tempered, yet whenever she thinks about not seeing him for another week, her heart feels crushed.
“Hey, Sylvia, what’s with that gloomy face? Want to have a drink?” The tavern owner taps a sake barrel against the counter with a cheerful clink.
“No thanks. It’s still daytime.”
“Aha, is it? Well, at nineteen, I guess you wouldn’t feel like it yet either.”
“Whether I’m thirty or forty, people who try to hook up on weekdays during the day aren’t very respectable,” she replies firmly.
“You’re serious. No wonder you’re Master MacLean’s only daughter.”
“That has nothing to do with Mom.”
Her mother is a primary school teacher, and her father is a government official—a household known for its seriousness beyond doubt. Still, Sylvia believes alcohol should be enjoyed at night, followed by nothing but sleep. By the way, Celesta allows drinking from age seventeen, so there’s no issue with her age.
“Haa…” She gazes up at the dark sky through the wooden shutters and lets out another sigh. Looking at the street corner where Earnie’s towering figure should always stand, filled with affection, she feels lonely once more. Sylvia slumps in her seat while finishing off her lunchtime gratin with a absent-minded swipe of her fork.
Sylvia MacLean (human female, 19 years old, 152 cm) and Arnie Boyd (Ogre male, 18 years old, 277 cm) have been dating for three months. Between them, an unspoken agreement has formed regarding their meetings. Around noon on Sundays, they gather if possible in front of a tavern on the outskirts of town—a place frequently visited by Earnie’s unit, the Crossbow Corps. Then they spend time together, either heading to the arena or going for a picnic in the mountains, enjoying each other’s company.
Ideally, they’d be able to stay in close contact, but Earnie’s barracks are far away. As soldiers, they’re naturally difficult to approach, and while letters could bridge the distance, paper remains too expensive for frequent use. Even if Earnie tried to come visit, Sylvia works on weekdays, her household enforces strict curfews, and both her parents are stern people—so she hasn’t been able to introduce him yet. There was never supposed to be a chance to meet otherwise. Thus, their only option is to meet as usual, and if things go well, enjoy a date just like always.
Since they started dating, Sylvia’s affection has grown steadily; she truly wishes they could be together all the time. Yet the idea of taking bold action worries her that it might bother Earnie, so she remains paralyzed. Every day, she reminds herself: I’m the older one.
“Haa…”
“What’s wrong? Feeling down because of this rain means you’ve finally found a boyfriend you want to go on a date with, huh?”
The tavern owner asks casually while watching Sylvia.
”…………?”
Silvia was taken aback for a moment. Although she hadn’t told her parents, Silvia had no intention of secretly hiding her relationship with Earnie. Especially since this bar was right in front of the meeting spot; surely her mother would have noticed.
”…Well, but?”
“Oh my. Oh my, oh my.”
Her mother responded with a straight face to Silvia’s answer, then broke into a smug, worldly grin.
“So it’s finally true—that little Silvia has a boyfriend? This is top-secret news! Why didn’t you tell me sooner?”
“Huh… what do you mean by that?”
“Well…”
While still grinning, her mother pretended to poke Silvia with her plump elbow. Of course, the elbow couldn’t reach Silvia through the counter.
“Famous for being beautiful and serious, little Silvia has been rejected by countless men. An impenetrable lone flower, pure and innocent—the high mountain blossom of the lower town.”
”…What? Rejected?” Since her days at elementary school, several men had indeed persistently approached Silvia. Yet, somehow their feelings just didn’t align, so she had turned them all down. Looking back now, it’s clear that what felt lacking for Silvia was inevitable: they lacked the reliability to protect her when needed, the gentleness to envelop her, the sincerity that made one think, I must be there with you, and above all, the calm atmosphere that could last for hours together. In that sense, Silvia had high ideals, and Earnie was a rare existence.
Still, Silvia had never once thought of herself as such a “high mountain blossom.” Many men would casually approach any woman they saw, while she simply believed she was just an ordinary girl who kept her distance from romantic entanglements.
“Maybe everyone ended up dating more casually than I thought?”
“Hah! Catching a man is like war in these times. There’s no prince coming to fetch you from afar; if you get the chance to catch one right here, you can’t afford to be picky—that’s just how it goes.”
”…I see. So he didn’t come?” He had come to Silvia. He might not have been a prince, but at least he was the kind of boy who fit Silvia’s ideal. Thinking about this made her feel incredibly lucky, and Silvia’s mood lifted considerably. Since he was seriously dating her, she reasoned, there was no need to complain if they couldn’t meet for a week or so.
Seeing Silvia suddenly start beaming, her mother wore a peculiar expression.
“Oh my, oh my—the crying crow is now laughing!”
”…Yeah. I think I might be happier than I realized.”
“Well, that’s fine. But when you’re in the mood, do tell old lady me about your boyfriend, Silvia-chan.”
“Yeah… I think he’s been watching us quite a bit, actually.”
“Oh? The young guy old lady me often sees… hmm… could it be Lord Anzeros?”
”…Who is that?”
“There’s this incredibly handsome soldier around.”
“No way. Heh heh♪”
No matter how handsome or stoic an actor might be, Silvia genuinely believed none could compare to Earnie. Once you fall for someone, even a pimpled face becomes charming—that’s just how it goes.
After all that, Silvia finally cheered up and stood up to leave the bar. A beautiful woman with a frown attracts far less attention than one with a smile. Without Silvia realizing it, half the men in the bar had their gazes fixed on her. For men who had been drinking away their days, unable to work due to the rain, harboring even a slight illicit thought toward a lone young girl could be considered a natural consequence.
“Hey, miss. Pour me a drink, will ya? Got some free time, huh?” One of the drunkards grabbed Sylvia’s arm. It was an incident that occurred while her wife had retreated into the kitchen and wasn’t watching.
“H-h-what are you doing!?”
“What? You’re still acting like a little brat and don’t know how to pour? I mean, pour some sake. And hey, why not do something fun too? That’s what I’m saying.”
“N-no…”
“Come on then, yeah!”
With a sudden, forceful tug, Sylvia was yanked forward. She stumbled and was pulled down onto the floor.
“Oh my, sorry… slipped up,” the drunkard said as he flicked her skirt aside. Her undergarments were exposed, prompting cheers from other intoxicated patrons.
“Hah, give us a bit more of a show. We’re not here to eat you or anything.”
“N-no…”
Sylvia shrank back in terror. She realized with chilling clarity that she had no allies around her. While justice—her wife’s wrath and the gendarme’s retribution—would surely fall upon these drunkards eventually, the thought of what kind of unpleasant things might happen to her before then made her feel as though her soul would fade away.
“Here…” The outstretched hand of the drunkard. Sylvia crawled a few centimeters to escape.
Suddenly, a massive hand broke into the scene.
“Huh?”
“Oh, no… that kind of thing isn’t very nice.”
Crawling under the table, Sylvia couldn’t see the full picture. Still, someone instantly recognized the soaking wet hand and the restrained voice. “Ahh… Arnie-kun!?”
It was terrifying. He had come to her aid again. Within Sylvia, something that had already been on the brink of breaking shifted with an audible crack.
That was the moment love transformed into deep affection, evolving into true love.
The sight of his courage, displayed through mere hands, was more than enough to shatter Sylvia’s maiden heart completely.
“Hey, you! Just ‘cause your body’s big doesn’t mean you can act like some arrogant ogre!” The man was a mercenary stationed at the sink. He had considerable skill and experience. Even though he was drunk, he had no intention of letting even one young ogre best him.
But… “Hmph, cheap blade. Not properly maintained at all.” Reaching out to teach the ogre a lesson, he found no sword in his hand. The young man had already snatched it and was examining it on his own. It was Andy.
“Hey kid, don’t touch someone else’s weapon…”
“Oh, hey, put that drink down over there.”
As Andy reached out to help, his head was suddenly seized by a finger far larger than the ogre’s from earlier and lifted up. With a twist, his head was rotated like a screw, flipped 180 degrees as if being unscrewed—and there, staring back at him, was the face of a colossal ox. “Huh!” He instinctively recoiled. Facing two ogres empty-handed was far too terrifying.
Andy, Earnie, and Kelly had arrived at the tavern in high spirits despite the rain.
On their day off, both Andy and Kelly wanted nothing more than to get drunk with friends. They’d originally planned to rush through things quickly while leaving Earnie to manage weapon inventory—but when Earnie looked on the verge of tears and pleaded, “I was actually planning to meet Sylvia today! She might still be waiting!” they had no choice but to finish up together in a hurry.
“Harassing guys with girlfriends is just our style,” Andy muttered.
“You’d better show some maturity for once, Smaysom. We can bully Boyd later.”
“That’s true.”
”…Uh, so… am I supposed to get bullied?”
“Of course,” the voice replied coldly.
Yet neither Andy nor Kelly could bring themselves to do something as despicable as making Earnie stand them up while a girl waited in the rain. No matter what, they were too sweet-hearted.
The three of them marched through the rain, singing battle songs competitively on their way to drink, only to find themselves suddenly thrust into Sylvia’s dire predicament when they opened the door.
Andy and Kelly were far angrier than their appearances suggested—especially since it was Earnie’s girlfriend after all.
“Hey, drunkard! There are three things I can’t stand in this world: low-ceilinged general stores, blue basil, and anyone who makes my subordinates miserable.”
Kelly raised her arm high to lecture the drunkard. If an ogre could extend its arm like that, it would stretch nearly five meters. Even inside the two-story open-concept tavern, where ceilings were already a concern for regular patrons, she hoisted him up until he seemed about to touch the roof—enough to sober even the most hardened drinker.
“W-wait! Stop it, you ogre bastard! Do you think the宪兵 will just stand by and let this happen?”
He screamed in protest. Kelly glanced at Andy, shrugged, and laughed.
“That’s exactly what drunks who try to assault women always say.”
“Exactly. Remember this, human: in Celesta, ogres can become both憲兵 and elite soldiers. My Earnie might even become an Ace Knight someday. Here, it’s not half-elves or anything else—it’s idiots who get hated the most!”
Still holding his head, Kelly suddenly hurled the man away with a powerful throw.
He smashed through the window shutters and flew out into the rain. Without hesitation, Kelly struck a dramatic muscle pose.
Overwhelmed by the sheer impact, everyone in the tavern broke into applause.
“Keh! You lowly scum… Hey Isaac, let’s break this sword.”
“Don’t break it. We’ll offer it to Mom as payment for the drinks.”
“Well, maybe half today’s bill at least… Alright, let’s drink!”
“Yeah!”
Andy and Kelly cheered, leaning over the counter—but were immediately scolded by Mom. Though she chided them for being foolish kids who didn’t even need to break a window, her voice softened slightly as she watched Earnie and the others return around the same time, having nervously observed from halfway through.
“Sorry, Sylvia-chan. From now on, I’ll make sure to call bodyguards during the day too.”
“Yes, ma’am!”
Sylvia clung tightly to Earnie’s side like a lifeline, her face flushed red as she fell back in love with him all over again.
Even Mom, who had been so emotionally distant and insensitive until now, finally grasped that Sylvia’s “boyfriend” was none other than the ogre. She couldn’t have imagined at first that such a beautiful woman would be dating a burly-faced ogre.
”…By the way, you there, little ogre boy—if you stay soaked like this, you’ll catch a cold.”
“Oh, no, I’m fine with it.”
“Don’t be shy. Room 3 on the second floor is empty today—you can go wipe yourself off. There’s a towel in the closet.”
“Haa… haa…”
“Silvia-chan, let me help you out.”
“Eh…?”
This was the captain’s best effort to show care, though it lacked any real maturity. With a sharp wink, she flashed a grin that felt far too youthful for her position.
The second floor of the tavern was split: half an open loft, half a boarding house. Soldiers like Andy, who loved alcohol but had weak constitutions, often ended up passed out here. In truth, it was more of a rough-and-tumble den—a place not exactly known for wholesome vibes.
In one of those spartan rooms under such circumstances, Earnie was having his clothes stripped away while being hurriedly wiped down.
”…Earnie’s really big, huh?”
“Oh, from the Ogas!”
“Yeah. You’re so reliable.”
“From the Ogas!”
”…Yeah. Including everything about you being from the Ogas… I love you, Earnie.”
“Uu…”
Earnie turned bright red. As usual, he was completely flustered by Silvia’s straightforward affection.
Smiling at him, Silvia confessed without hesitation or pretense that she had fallen for Earnie all over again.
“You really came to my rescue again, didn’t you?”
“I… I only reached out a little bit!”
“But I was so happy. Whenever I’m in danger, you’re always there for me. My heart just skipped a beat.”
“Hehe… Well, Isaac and Smayson were left handling everything on their own…”
“Both of them got angry for Earnie’s sake.”
”…Yeah. I finally feel like I’m not alone anymore. I think this squad is great.”
“Yeah. You’re lucky to be in this squad, Earnie.”
Silvia wrapped her arms around Earnie’s neck, standing on her knees and hanging from his shoulders like a pendant.
”…I’m so glad you came. I’m so glad I got to meet you…”
“Silvia…?”
”…It was scary. So terrifyingly scary. But when things were at their worst, you saved me. I really, really love you… I thought, ‘Wow, I’m so happy’!”
”…I’m lucky too.”
“Yeah… Hey, say it. Say you like me.”
”…I like you, Silvia-san.”
“Say you love me.”
“I love you, Silvia-san.”
“Then…”
“I love you.”
”…♪”
Silvia trembled all over.
“I love you,” he said, anticipating my needs. To such an ideal man. That alone made me feel the greatest joy a woman could experience; my core burned hot, grew wet, and trembled.
Earnie found Silvia so adorable that he gently embraced her. He wrapped himself around her, who was wrapping herself around him, as their love continued to grow exponentially in an endless cycle. It was a blissful moment.
“……nnn.”
After a while, Silvia pulled away.
And only then did both of them notice that the seam on her sleeve had torn slightly.
“Ahh…”
“Could it be from when you pulled it earlier?”
”…Maybe.”
Earnie pondered what to do. In truth, despite appearances, he was skilled at sewing and could easily mend it before anyone noticed. Just as he was about to suggest fixing it, Silvia nodded affirmatively in response to something he said, then suddenly began undressing.
“W-wait… S-Silvia-san, if you’re going to take off your clothes, I should too…”
“No!”
Silvia stopped Earnie from rushing up hastily.
He obediently closed his eyes and sat back down. Before him, now in just her undergarments, she climbed onto his lap, then with a sudden motion, used both hands to pull her eyelids open wide.
“Nnnngh… um, but…”
“Mr. Earnie, listen to me. Look at this.”
”…………”
“We’ve become lovers, haven’t we? We’ve been lovers since three months ago… Look, please?”
“Umm…”
Earnie cautiously turned his gaze toward Silvia.
At the sight of her beautiful, vulnerable form in undergarments, he blushed intensely and darted his eyes around nervously.
”…Yes.”
”…Well, Mr. Earnie… I’ve been thinking…”
“Huh?”
“I was thinking that today, maybe it’s okay for you to be mine exclusively… No, wait—that’s not quite right. It’s not just ‘okay’; I want to belong only to you. I truly want to be loved by you more than anything.”
”…Silvia-san…”
“Mr. Earnie, do you dislike me? Can’t we do this together?”
”…B-but, I’m an ogre…”
“It’s fine. I’m human too.”
”…No, that’s not what I meant.”
“I understand everything. I know you’re a different species from us ogres. I also know that you might not find me attractive from your perspective. Yet, I still love you. I want to be loved by you.”
“T-there’s no reason for that! From my point of view, Silvia-san is truly charming… but I worry that being with you might cause trouble in your life.”
“Ugh!”
Silvia grew exasperated.
Silvia understood. It was clear beyond words that Earnie loved her; the message came through in countless ways. Still, Earnie was too gentle, too thoughtful—he couldn’t bear to think he might soil her.
Then…
“Ear-nie-kun, I’m sorry!”
”…Eh? Eh!?”
She pulled down his underwear and exposed his penis.
With a soft pop, his erection emerged from his large frame—small enough to seem inadequate when compared to his bulk.
“Waaah…”
“Hehe… I’m serious.”
After flashing Earnie a mischievous smile at his flustered state, Silvia began rubbing his penis with both hands.
She had seen it before—not for the first time. A few months ago, when Earnie suffered severe injuries from a full-body contusion, she had insisted on helping him urinate out of a sense of responsibility.
So she wasn’t entirely shy about facing it. Yet, touching male genitalia with sexual intent was new to her, and things didn’t go as planned.
“Ugh… I-I don’t know… like this…”
“Ms. Silvia…”
“I’m sorry, I’m clumsy… I’ve never done this before… but I mean it!”
Overwhelmed, Silvia opened her mouth to his penis. She knew such acts existed, but her knowledge was limited to what she could do with her hands; now, facing the act of oral contact, she felt utterly lost. Looking up, Earnie wore a troubled expression—not because he found it pleasurable, but simply unsure how to respond to Silvia’s actions.
”…Do you understand? I truly like you, Ear-nie-kun. Your penis… I can keep licking it as much as you want. But…”
“But?”
”…I’m sorry. Honestly, I don’t know what to do… but I really want you to love me… I want you to fuck me.”
“Eh? F-fuck me?”
“Really, is it okay if I get fucked?”
With her sexual knowledge failing to keep pace with her actions, Silvia raised a white flag honestly.
In exchange, she had made up her mind.
“Just hold my body as it is, force your penis inside me, and use me like a tool for friction. I want you to feel pleasure deeply and repeatedly through me.”
“S-such a thing…”
“It doesn’t matter if we tear apart. Do it. If you truly love me, then do it…”
From the depths of her heart, Silvia was driven by this urgent desperation. Even if she lost her footing right here, as long as she could truly connect with Earnie, it would be fine. She wanted to prove that, as a woman, she could share intimacy with his masculinity. And beyond that, she craved an even deeper bond with him.
Her growing affection for Earnie had become uncontrollable; she desired their emotional and physical union so intensely it bordered on panic.
”…Silvia…-san…”
”…”
And then… ”…Are you really going to do it? I’m a man, after all.”
As Sylvia’s advances piled up, Earny finally began to loosen the reins of his reason.
“Yes.”
“Even though I look like this, I have a huge interest in women? If you allow it, I might do something amazing every time we go on a date?”
That desire thrilled her so much that Sylvia trembled. Having just turned from the terror of being unable to express her love and not being accepted, she was now so happy she could barely hold back tears.
”…Do something amazing. Let me experience something amazing with you every week♪”
”…………Ugh, I don’t know anymore.”
“I also… I don’t know anymore♪”
She stripped off her underwear, removing all fabric entirely.
No longer hiding anything from each other—heart and body alike, they revealed everything to one another.
Sylvia spread both arms wide, accepting Earny’s hand.
“Yes, right there…”
“Wet…”
“Yes… I’ve been wet wanting to be held by you, Earny-kun… I was trying my hardest to get wet to welcome your penis…?”
”…Haa… haa… kuu”
”…Yes, it’s okay. You can go in. Do whatever you like…”
“S-Sylvia-san!!!”
Sylvia had her waist and legs gripped by both hands, her legs spread apart, and she was pressed firmly against Earny’s hips.
Though he tried to control his strength, the ogre’s powerful arms meant the hymen wouldn’t slowly stretch—it burst through in one sudden thrust.
“Nkuu…!!”
”…Haa… haa… Oh no, it’s so… hot… and feels amazing…”
”…Yes, I can feel you inside me too…”
Earny’s penis was surprisingly small compared to her massive body. Even by human standards, it was larger than average, but for an ogre, it was far from impressive.
Yet, this worked in their favor. Even with full insertion to the base, Sylvia wouldn’t be damaged.
He could thrust dynamically all the way to the base without restraint.
And since Sylvia appeared light and small from Earny’s perspective, he shook her so dynamically that she nearly flew apart. Earny himself was still a virgin, so overwhelmed by the bliss of his first sexual experience with a woman, he lost all self-control and kept “using” Sylvia relentlessly.
“Aa, ah, ahh… agu, ah… S-Sylvia-san… it feels so good, I can’t stop… I’m sorry, excuse me… excuse me…!”
“A, ah, hyaa, aa, aah… hii, i, iaah…!!”
Both of them, once inserted, had no reason left—completely consumed by the experience.
Overwhelmed by it all, Sylvia was shaken back and forth endlessly, just for Earny’s release.
”…Haa, aa… n, ahh… aa♪”
Even so, Sylvia wore a happy expression.
As a woman, she was undeniably satisfying Earny’s ideal man—and that made her deeply, profoundly happy.
“Uaa, aa, ah… uaaah!!”
Earny became completely absorbed. He could think of nothing but reaching climax.
Then, he slammed Sylvia’s waist against his own hips.
Slapping his glans against her cervix.
“Uaaaaaaahhhhh!!”
“Haa, aah… ah, aah… aah, nngh♪”
He climaxed with a powerful, spurting ejaculation.
”…Really did it…♪”
“I’m so sorry!”
“If you apologize, I’ll get angry.”
”…S-so sorry…”
“Eh.”
She slapped both of Earny’s cheeks sharply—pachin.
”…Nngh.”
Then she kissed him, silencing Earny.
“I… am your girlfriend, right?”
“Yes.”
“Does that mean we can have sex?”
”…If you say something like that, I’d think it’s okay to do it?”
“Just make sure to pick the right place.”
”…Yes.”
“And be gentle.”
“Yes.”
“But also be intense.”
”…That’s hard.”
“It’s not. If you just let go, Earny-kun can only be gentle.”
”…Y-yeah, I guess.”
“Mm-hmm♪”
“Yo, Smayson.”
“What’s up, Isaac?”
”…Hey, do you think they’re doing it?”
”…I’d vote for the ones just talking sweet nothings without even touching.”
“I’m voting for the ones hosting a feast of lust.”
※Correct answer: Both.
“This sucks either way, damn it.”
”…Let’s bully them when we get back.”
“Let’s bully them.”
The two of them were then struck once each on the head by their teacher with a tray.
“You soldiers—your job is to ruin your comrades’ happiness, is that it?”
“N-no way! This is a legitimate right!”
“Damn it! Happy people should be humiliated straight away so everyone else gets a little happy too!”
“I was stupid for getting even a tiny bit excited by your performances.”
“Just because an old lady like me got excited…”
“Huh?”
”…Pay up. Full amount, now.”
[Seriously sorry]
This happened one month before Selen’s arrival.