Basson, a provincial city near the Trot Kingdom, lies at the northern edge of the Celesta Merchant Nation. Far removed from the western border with the Affilm Empire, the current frontline of national defense, the modest garrison of the Celesta Merchant Nation’s army consists of only a single hundred-man squad, and even that is nothing more than a Crossbow Corps specialized in large-scale combat support stationed there without much fanfare. The Northern Legion has no ties to either the eastern or western frontlines, nor to the southern region known for its elite soldiers. Frankly, its capabilities in times of war are not highly regarded. This is partly due to the heavy losses it suffered during the Trot War. Furthermore, the Trott Legion, largely composed of troops transferred from the former Trot Kingdom’s army, currently occupies the northern front that the Northern Legion should be defending, making an emergency situation unlikely. As a result, while it might sound impressive to call them “tiger cubs,” the legion is home to numerous units considered hobbies of the upper command or experimental forces. They spend their days researching new tactics and engaging in aimless training. The Crossbow Corps’ achievements during the Trot War are well-known, but they are treated as one of these experimental units. And an experimental unit that’s been disbanded and had its leaders removed is… difficult to work with, lacking a sense of belonging, or rather, if you’re told, “You can just train however you want,” you don’t know what to do. A regular infantry or cavalry unit could engage in intense training to improve their skills and demonstrate their potential for the Ace Knight exam, but the crossbow is very easy to handle, even with magical support, so there’s a limit to how much one can improve. For better or worse, this unit only achieves its maximum effectiveness when controlled by a strong leader.
So, with an unexpected long vacation and unable to return home, Arnie Boyd (an eighteen-year-old Ogre male) would complete his decent archery training in the morning, then run back and forth along the one-hour walk to Basson city several times as a substitute for marching drills, enjoying brief encounters with his beautiful girlfriend (a nineteen-year-old Human female) in town as “part of his training.” It’s not like there’s a squad leader keeping him on his toes if he stays in the barracks, and there’s no problem with him visiting her every day, but Arnie thinks it might be weird for him to hang around while she works at the fried food stall from noon until evening, so he ends up training like crazy.
“Arnie, good work.”
“Ah, y-yeah. Thanks, Sylvia.”
Sweaty and running along the wagon track, Arnie is greeted with a smile by Sylvia on the outskirts of town in a grassy field.
Next to her are a water bucket and several whole roasted birds. She had prepared them since morning, anticipating his arrival.
“Sylvia… the whole roasted birds are great, but isn’t it expensive to prepare them every day?”
“It’s fine, Arnie. You caught a wild boar for me the other day, didn’t you? This is way cheaper than that.”
As part of the mandatory hunting training in Ogre colonies, he occasionally hunts wild boars or deer and brings them to Sylvia’s family home. Sylvia’s mother is overjoyed, but her father makes a difficult face.
Arnie feels a little disliked, but most human fathers wouldn’t be happy if their daughter was head-over-heels for an Ogre who’s 8.9 feet tall.
But Sylvia is seriously in love with Arnie.
“Hehe. I tried some different herbs and sauces on it today.”
“W-well, I’ll have it then.”
Arnie devours the whole roasted bird with his characteristic large mouth.
“It’s delicious.”
“Which one do you like better, yesterday’s or today’s?”
“Both are hard to choose between.”
“Nope, you have to pick one.”
Sylvia leans close to Arnie, poking his large face with her finger and demanding an answer.
Arnie makes a troubled face and takes a sip from the water bucket. While it’s just a bucket to humans, an Ogre can handle it like a slightly larger mug due to their scale.
“Then I’ll take today’s.”
“Oh, okay. Well, I’ll do my best tomorrow too.”
“Yeah. I’m looking forward to it.”
After delivering lunch to Arnie, Sylvia goes to work at the fried food stall.
In the meantime, Arnie runs back and forth between the barracks and the city several times, occasionally hunting wild animals, waiting for Sylvia to finish work, and then going on a short date with her on the way home.
At least, that’s how it usually is.
“…So, Arnie.”
“Huh?”
Arnie was munching on his third roasted bird when he started to wonder why Sylvia hadn’t returned to town yet. Then, Sylvia plopped down onto his lap with a smile, making him jump.
“Actually, I’m off work today—” ”…Seriously?” “Yeah! So, wanna go on a date this afternoon?” ”…”
Arnie was super thrilled. But an ogre’s expression of excitement isn’t exactly easy for humans to read.
“W-Well… do you have any work, Arnie-kun?” “N-No, not really… ughhh!”
A date. Not just a casual chat like usual, but a fancy half-day date.
Should I rush back and get that jacket Kelly gave me? And humans hate the smell of sweat, right? (Ogres barely notice it, even the women) I gotta wash this off somewhere before Sylvia gets embarrassed.
Arnie’s eyes swirled as he thought.
“W-Well, if it’s a date, I should probably… spruce myself up a bit.” “Ehh, that’ll cut into our date time.” “R-Really fast… at least get rid of the sweat smell.” “I like Arnie-kun even when you’re sweaty!” ”…Ugh.”
Is it okay to be so spoiled? I bet she’s holding back.
Unable to resist Sylvia’s puppy-dog eyes as she tugged on his short sleeves, Arnie was swept away.
”…W-Where are we going?” “Yay! Let’s go hiking!” “Hiking, huh? Sounds good.”
Arnie had been worried that if they went to the arena, other humans would grimace at his sweat and indirectly embarrass Sylvia. He was relieved. Once he started worrying, he tended to overthink things—Arnie was a bit of a worrier.
That delicate side of him, despite his massive frame, was Sylvia’s irresistible charm.
Sylvia loved piggyback rides on Arnie.
Though “piggyback” meant she had to straddle one of his broad shoulders since his neck was too thick for her to wrap her arms around.
“You’re so tall, Arnie-kun.” “Well, I am an ogre.” “At this height, do humans even notice you?” ”…To be honest, sometimes I almost kick kids by accident.”
If a human child got caught in an ogre’s stride, it wouldn’t end well. He hadn’t actually done it, but in the barracks, ogre soldiers sometimes accidentally kicked dwarves and started fights.
”…I’m so tiny… to you, I must be like a cat or something, right?” “N-No, that’s not it… Sylvia-san is… more like… ah” “O-Oh, stop being so shy just because we’re in the woods!” “I’m sorry, I’m sorry!”
”…But I’m happy.”
Ogre and human, above and below the shoulders, their scales may differ, but they’re both equally flushed red.
The two of them, in the afternoon forest, shyly avert their gazes while never trying to break apart.
Unable to stand the silence, they desperately try to think of something to say.
Just as he’s about to speak, Sylvia takes the initiative a moment too soon.
“…Hey, Arnie.”
“Uh… y-yeah.”
“…How big do ogre babies get? Could I even give birth to one?”
“A-a-well, babies are pretty much the same size whether they’re ogres or humans, so I guess you’d be fine… uh oh.”
“I see. I was a little worried.”
“Uwahwah… b-baby… with me and Sylvia…”
Arnie Boyd’s brain is boiling over.
He may have lost his virginity to Sylvia, but he’s always been this hesitant, so Arnie has never actually had sex before.
But he knows what it feels like now. Once he starts thinking about it, his groin starts throbbing. Youthful hormones.
“…Arnie.”
“Y-yeah?”
“…We’re in the middle of the forest. No one’s watching.”
“T-that’s true.”
“…M-more than that… you’re a guy, right?”
“…Y-yeah, I’m a guy.”
Sylvia hugs Arnie’s head, trying to hold back her embarrassment.
It’s Sylvia at her most daring in terms of invitations.
Sylvia is also at an age where she shouldn’t be inexperienced. She doesn’t have any aversion to sex either. In fact, every time they meet like this, she wants Arnie to make love to her.
But it’s embarrassing to say it out loud. It wouldn’t be fair if only she was eager, and it wouldn’t work unless Arnie wanted it too. That’s why she’s been waiting for Arnie to say he wants her.
“Um… Sylvia. Uh, this might sound weird, but… w-would you like to… have sex?”
“…Idiot.”
“D-don’t mean to be rude, but… aha ha.”
“That’s not it… I’ve been waiting forever.”
“H-hey… um…”
“You’re so dense!”
Using Arnie’s neck for leverage, she swings herself down until her chest is in front of him.
Then, after one kiss, Sylvia slowly starts to take off her jacket in the dappled sunlight.
“A-Arnie, take yours off too! Don’t make me be the only one feeling embarrassed!”
“Y-yeah!”
Arnie hurriedly starts to take off his own clothes.
And so, in the forest, the two of them face each other naked.
“Th-That’s… beautiful,” she said. ”…Thanks. Arnie, you’re wonderful too.”
Sylvia gazed dreamily at Arnie’s member—small for an ogre, but still throbbing with desire, straining upward. ”…Arnie. Do it again, like before.” “E-Erm…?” “Grab me with those big hands of yours and slam your dick against me hard—thump thump thump—and then shoot your load all over me…♪”
Like a child begging for a hug, the naked Sylvia spread her arms wide.
Arnie carefully took her in his embrace, lightly caressing her breasts with his thumbs as he tilted her face upward.
“M-My boobs… so naughty.”
“S-Sorry.”
”…Arnie. I’ve said it before, but being lovers means we can be naughty together, okay?”
”…Yes.”
“So don’t apologize. …I welcome you making me feel this way. Arnie, you think I’ll hate you if you do something naughty with me, right?”
”…Just a little.”
“I won’t hate you. Not at all. …If you strip me in public or screw me in front of everyone, then I might hate you a little bit. But just a little.”
“I won’t do that!”
“Good. Then I definitely won’t hate you. So, if you think no one’s watching, you can be as naughty with me as you want.”
”…I-I can…?”
“Yeah. You can sneak into the bushes and lick my boobs. You can make me suck your dick in the thicket. Or just keep rubbing my butt—I’d love that too. We can come out here in the forest, and you can put it in me. We can go to an inn and you can ram it in all day long. And if I get pregnant with your ogre baby… then you’ll marry me, right?”
“Even if… even if I can’t get you pregnant… if you want me, I’d love to marry you!”
“Yeah♪ …Since you’re going to be my future wife, you can do anything naughty with me, so get excited♪”
“Y-Yes!”
With a thrust, he drove his length into her in overwhelming gratitude. “Haaah!♪” Sylvia arched her back, her slender throat exposed in bliss. “A-Arnie… you’re inside me again…♪” “Sylvia… this feels amazing…”
He slowly pushed deep, then slowly pulled out. Adjusting the brakes of reason and the accelerator of beastly instinct, he gradually increased his speed. “Arnie… Arnie, I love you so much…♪ Being made into a woman by you makes me so happy…!!” “M-Me too… I love you, Sylvia! I’m not very smart, so this is all I can say, but I really, truly love you!! If I could, I’d want to stay like this forever!” ”…Haaah… ah… h-Arnie too…?”
Tossed back on her heels, Sylvia smiled with genuine happiness. “I want your dick too…♪ I want you to do it to me, Arnie, over and over and over…!” ”!!”
In the middle of the forest, in broad daylight, an ogre being so desired by his beautiful, naked other-race lover. Was there anyone else so blessed?
”…Kuh, aaaaah!!”
The sight of Sylvia’s pure yet wanton and utterly blissful expression made Arnie lose control of the pleasure he’d been trying to endure. In an instant, his restraint shattered, and he slammed his cock deep into Sylvia’s womb, cumming.
“Nnhaa, aaaaaah♪” “Sylvia-san!”
He poured out a massive load. For a while, Sylvia continued to writhe in time with the pulsing rhythm, but as the climax ended, she suddenly slumped, her strength gone.
“S-Sylvia…san.” “U-Um…being on my back is kinda straining my neck…”
She didn’t seem to have lost consciousness, so Arnie breathed a sigh of relief and tried to pull away—but Sylvia protested.
“N-No, don’t pull out yet!” “B-But—” ”…If you turn me over onto my stomach next time, I can still take it…Arnie-kun, you still want to, right…?”
”…You want to keep going like this?” “Yeah…because you said you wanted to do it forever, didn’t you?♪”
Sylvia lifted her heavy head and smiled at Arnie.
“One time isn’t forever, is it?” “Sylvia-san…” ”…Let’s do it♪ We’re lovers who can’t get enough of each other, after all♪” ”…Yes.”
That day, their lovemaking didn’t stop until sunset.
By the way, there was another ogre surprisingly getting ravaged by his other-race lover from noon onward.
“K-Kate, Linne… hey, how many hours a day have you two been wearing clothes lately?” “Hmm, I dunno…♪”
“A new bride shouldn’t be so reserved. I’m prepared to burn and discard my underwear at any moment to receive Kelly-san’s love.”
“No, calm down. If you try that, there aren’t any spare small clothes in the bull ogre colony. And if you went out dressed like that, everyone in the colony would think I was a pervert, and I’d be socially ruined.”
“You could just move to another place.”
“I’m gonna stick my dick in you—ow!”
“Ugh, these perverted wolves! Burning them is absolutely forbidden! If Mom looks at me with even colder eyes, I’ll cry!”
Note: The last part is from Episode 2 of the Kelly Isaac side story. Both episodes were being written simultaneously during the original serialization.
(Translation adheres to the glossary and preserves the author’s tone, including the playful and slightly comedic elements.)