Basson, a regional city in the northern reaches of the Celesta Merchant State, sits close to the Kingdom of Trot. Far removed from the western border with the Aphil Empire—the current front line of national defense—adjacent to Basson is a modest military outpost garrisoned by a single Company of One Hundred Men. Specifically, it is a Crossbow Corps unit specializing in large-scale combat support, deployed there with little ceremony. The Northern Legion has no connection to the eastern or western fronts, nor to the quality infantry grounds of the south; frankly speaking, they are not expected to deliver much in times of crisis. This perception is partly due to their heavy losses during the Trot War. Moreover, on the northern front, which they are ostensibly tasked with defending, the Trot Legion—mostly composed of former Kingdom of Trot troops—is already stationed above them. Consequently, it is unlikely that emergency situations requiring immediate reinforcement would arise. As a result, while it sounds prestigious, the unit serves more as a reserve force or a pet project for upper management. It is riddled with experimental squads spending their days researching new tactics and engaging in haphazard training. It is widely known that the Crossbow Corps earned significant merit during the Trot War, but they are treated as one such experimental unit. Being an experimental squad granted downtime with its head out in the clouds is incredibly uncomfortable. Even if told, “You can just stay behind and train casually,” it’s difficult to know what one should even be doing. A standard infantry or cavalry unit could engage in intense self-directed drills to improve their skills and demonstrate ambition for a spot in the Ace Knight exam. However, crossbows are inherently simple to operate. Even assuming magical support, there is a limit to how much individual skill can be improved. For better or worse, this is a unit that achieves its maximum effect only when a solo leader wields it at their discretion.
Consequently, Arnie Boyd (Ogre Male, 18), enjoying an unexpected extended leave that does not allow him to return home, spent his morning at the barracks completing a decent amount of marksmanship practice. Afterward, he substituted for long-march training by running back and forth along the one-hour route to Basson city center multiple times, allowing him to enjoy fleeting rendezvous with his beautiful girlfriend (Human Female, 19) as an “add-on” to his training. It wasn’t that a strict squad leader was forcing him to train while at the barracks; he could have visited her every day without issue. However, Arnie’s girlfriend Sylvia worked at a fried food shop from noon until evening, and he felt it inappropriate for just him to linger around lazing about while she worked. So, Arnie is the type to diligently finish his training as well.
“Arnie, how was your run?”
“A-ah, hi. Hey, Sylvia-san.”
Arnie arrived running through the grassland on the town’s outskirts, tracking the ruts left by cart wheels, drenched in sweat from head to toe. Sylvia greeted him with a smile.
Beside her were a water bucket and several whole roasted birds. She had prepared these items starting from morning, anticipating Arnie’s arrival.
“Sylvia-san… getting roasted birds is nice, but, uh, doesn’t it get expensive to prepare them every day?”
“It’s okay, Arnie. You brought back a wild boar the other day, didn’t you? Compared to that, this is dirt cheap.”
Arnie occasionally hunted wild boars or deer using hunting skills that were mandatory in ogre colonies, and he would bring the game to Sylvia’s family home. Her mother was always delighted, but her father wore a difficult expression.
Arnie felt a bit downhearted, thinking he might be disliked. After all, it is unlikely that a human father would be pleased with his daughter being completely smitten with an ogre who stood 277 cm tall.
However, Sylvia was genuinely and wholeheartedly in love with Arnie.
“Hehe. I tried using different herbs for stuffing and a new sauce today.”
“T-then, thanks for the meal.”
Arnie ate the roasted bird with his large, ogre-like mouth, devouring it quickly.
“It’s delicious.”
“Which one do you prefer? Today’s or yesterday’s?”
“They’re both hard to pass up.”
“No good, you have to choose.”
Sylvia pressed close to Arnie and poked her finger against his large face, demanding an answer.
Looking troubled, Arnie took a small sip from the water bucket. For a human, it was a bucket; for an ogre, it was just a slightly larger mug.
“I’ll go with today’s.”
“See? Good. Well then, I’ll do my best tomorrow too.”
“Yes. I’m looking forward to it.”
After delivering lunch to Arnie this way, Sylvia went to her shift at the fried food shop.
During that time, Arnie ran back and forth between the barracks and the city many times, occasionally hunting wildlife he encountered while waiting for Sylvia’s work to end, then they would enjoy a short walk home together as their date.
Usually, anyway.
“…So, Arnie.”
“Hm?”
Arnie, who had been eating his third roasted bird, felt slightly surprised that Sylvia hadn’t returned to the city yet. Then, he gave a start when she bounced onto his lap with a smile.
“Actually, today’s my day off.”
“…Is that true?”
“Yes. So let’s go on a date this afternoon♪”
“…………”
Arnie was beyond thrilled. However, an ogre’s excited expression is often difficult for humans to read.
“T-That’s not all… do you happen to have any work coming up on your end?”
“N-No, I don’t, but… ugh!”
A date.
Not a casual stroll or a quick chat, but a luxurious, half-day outing.
Arnie’s eyes darted around as he panicked through his options. Should he rush back to get the jacket Kelly had given him? And surely humans hate the smell of sweat—ogres barely mind it, women included—so he’d need to find water nearby and wash off before they got anywhere.
“S-Since it’s a date, I should probably… tidy myself up a bit.”
“Eh, that’ll just cut into our date time.”
“I-I can do it in the blink of an eye… at least get rid of the sweat smell.”
“I like you even if you’re sweaty, Arnie-kun?”
”…Mmph.”
Can I lean on her? Maybe she’s actually enduring it.
Worrying about such things, Arnie couldn’t resist Sylvia’s upward gaze as she tugged on his short sleeve. He just went with the flow.
“S-Sorry to bother you…”
“I-I don’t mean it as a bother.”
”…Where are we going?”
“Yay! How about we go hiking?”
“Hiking? Sure, sounds good.”
Arnie had been worrying that if they went to the arena or other public spots, humans would make faces at his sweat and indirectly embarrass Sylvia. A relieved sigh escaped him. Arnie was a timid guy; once he started fretting, he couldn’t stop.
It was a charm point Sylvia adored that, despite his size, he had such a delicate side.
Sylvia absolutely loved riding on Arnie’s shoulder.
Though it was called a piggyback, Arnie’s neck was too thick for her to straddle, so she sat astride one of his broad shoulders instead.
“It’s high up, Arnie-kun.”
“Of course I’m tall. I’m an ogre.”
“When you’re this tall, don’t humans look tiny? Could you even notice them?”
“To be honest… I sometimes accidentally try to kick kids when I’m not paying attention.”
If a human child got caught in an ogre’s stride, it wouldn’t end well. It had never happened to Arnie specifically, but in the barracks, ogre soldiers occasionally knocked over dwarves by accident and started fights.
“I… I’m really tiny… from your perspective, I must look like a cat or something.”
“N-No, that’s not it… Sylvia is… much better than that… more wonderful… ugh.”
“D-Don’t be so embarrassed just because we’re in the forest, Arnie-kun!”
“Sorry, sorry!”
”…But it makes me happy.”
Ogre and human. One on top of a shoulder, one below. Different scales, yet both turned completely red.
Together, they avoided each other’s gazes bashfully in the afternoon forest, never once trying to let go.
The silence stretched thin. He desperately tried to think of something to say—something to say—
He opened his mouth, but Sylvia beat him to it a split second too late.
”…Hey, Arnie-kun.”
“T-That… y-yes?”
”…How big do ogre babies get? Do you think I could have one?”
“Oh, t-that’s… well, newborns are almost the same size for both ogres and humans, so it should be fine… u-uh oh.”
“I see. I was a little worried.”
“U-Uh uh uh… our child with… Sylvia…”
Arnie Boyd. Brains boiling over.
Though he had lost his virginity to Sylvie, Arnie was a guy who never really got going on the sex part. He was always so hesitant.
But he knew what pleasure felt like now. Once his mind caught up with reality, his crotch started reacting all on its own, swelling and twitching. It was just his youth talking.
“…Arnie-kun”
“Y-Yes ma’am!”
“…This is the middle of the forest. No one’s watching.”
“S-Sure, I suppose that’s true…”
“…Al-alright… you’re a man, right?”
“…Y-Yes, ma’am. I’m a man!”
Sylvie held Arnie’s back of the head in an embrace, struggling to keep her embarrassment in check.
For Sylvie, this was the most inviting proposition she could manage.
Sylvie herself was of age. She didn’t have any aversion to sex. In fact, every time they met, she found herself wanting to be held by Arnie.
But it was too embarrassing to say it out loud. It wasn’t as if just her being keen would make a difference; if Arnie didn’t want it, there was no use. So she had been waiting all along for him to say he wanted it.
“Um… Miss Sylvie. I’m, well, sort of… I don’t know if I should say this, but… let’s have some sex.”
“…Idiot!”
“Is, is that a no? Of course it’s a no, right, ahaha…”
“It’s not that… I’ve been wait—waiting for this for the longest time.”
“Hah…? W-Well, umm…”
“So slow to catch on!”
Using Arnie’s neck as a handle, she spun around and dangled in front of his chest.
Then she gave him a kiss, and under the dappled sunlight filtering through the leaves, Sylvie slowly began unbuttoning her shirt.
“Ah, Arnie-kun takes off too! Don’t make me feel embarrassed all on my own!”
“U-Umm yes sir!”
Arnie hurriedly started stripping off his clothes as well.
And so, in the forest, the two of them faced each other in the nude.
“That’s… umm, beautiful.”
“…Thank you. Arnie-kun is handsome too.”
Sylvie stared entranced at Arnie’s modest endowment for an ogre, which was still twitching and jutting upward eagerly, craving her.
“…Arnie-kun. Do it the way you did before.”
“H-How so?”
“Grip me with those big hands of yours, shove it in hard with a zupon zupon, smash it against my clit… and then, come inside me, okay? ♪”
Like a child demanding a hug from its parent, the naked Sylvie spread both her arms wide.
Arnie carefully grabbed her body, lightly enjoying her breasts with his thumb, and tilted her on her back in front of his waist.
“Y-Your tits… so lewd.”
“I-I’m sorry.”
“…Arnie-kun. I’ve said this before, but lovers are allowed to be lewd with each other, okay?”
“…Yes ma’am.”
“So don’t apologize. …Only you are welcome to make me feel lewd. Arnie-kun, do you think I’ll hate you if you’re lewd with me?”
“…Just a little bit, maybe.”
“I won’t hate you. Absolutely not. …I might get a little annoyed if you undress or fuck in front of people, but just a little.”
「No way!」
「Mm. Then I promise I’ll never hate you. So, when you think nobody’s looking, feel free to be as perverted as you want. You can hide in the grass and lick my tits. It’s okay if I make you lick your cock while we’re in the thicket too, and I’d be happy if you kept rubbing my ass all day long. If you bring me deep into the forest like this and stick your cock inside, that’s fine too. Even if you stay at an inn and bang me all day, it’s okay. And if I get a baby ogre from you… will you marry me then?」
「E-even if you don’t get pregnant… if you’ll have me, please, definitely marry me!」
「Mm♪ …Since you’re my future husband, you can do any naughty thing with me, so give it your all♪」
「Y-yes ma’am!」
With a thwip, Arnie thrust into Sylvia out of sheer emotion.
「Aaah♪」
Sylvia exposed her slender neck in bliss.
「A-Arnie… you’re going in again…♪」
「Sylvia… it feels so good…」
He penetrated slowly to the hilt, then withdrew slowly.
Balancing the brake of reason against the accelerator of his animal instincts, he gradually picked up the pace.
「Arnie… Arnie, I love you so much…♪ Being done by Arnie, being a woman who is used, it makes me so happy…!!」
「I-I do too… I love you so much, Sylvia! My head’s not very smart, so that’s all I can say, but I really, really love you!! If possible, I want to keep going like this forever!」
「…A-aaah… a, haah… Arnie, too…?」
As she was bounced around on her back, Sylvia smiled with genuine happiness.
「Me too… I want your cock forever…♪ I want you to do me over and over, for the longest time…!」
「!!」
In the middle of a bright, open forest, an ogre who was the lover of a beautiful mixed-race woman—naked from head to toe—being asked to go that far.
Are there any others as blessed as him?
「…G-Gaaah!!」
Seeing Sylvia’s face—that pure, lewd expression filled with genuine happiness—Arnie’s resistance to the pleasure he’d been enduring with clenched teeth snapped.
His restraint burst in an instant. He slammed his glans hard into her clit sack and came inside.
「Nnhah, a, aaaaaaah♪」
「Sylvia!!」
He poured a large amount of semen into her.
Sylvia, who had been trembling violently in sync with the pulsations for a while, went slack with flop as the ejaculation ended.
「S-Sylvia…-san」
「Mm, yeah… being on my back makes my neck tired a little…」
She didn’t seem to have lost consciousness, and Arnie relieved her waist… just as he was about to, Sylvia protested.
「N-No! Don’t pull out yet!」
「B-but」
「…I-It’s okay if you flip me onto my stomach this time… I can still take it… Arnie, you want to keep going, right…?」
「…Are we really continuing like this?」
「Mm… because I told you I wanted you to do it forever, didn’t I…♪」
Lifting her heavy face, Sylvia smiled at Arnie.
「One time doesn’t make ‘forever,’ does it?」
「Sylvia-san…」
「……I will~♪ After all, we’re lovers who can’t stand being apart~♪」 「……Yes ma’am.」
Their tender words did not cease until the sun set that day.
Incidentally, there were a surprising number of ogres being relentlessly pursued by their cross-species partners right in the middle of the day.
“K-Kaito, Linne… um, how many hours a day do you guys actually wear clothes lately?”
“Hmm~ I don’t know…♪”
“You needn’t be so shy before your new wife. I’m prepared to burn and discard our undergarments so that we might always be ready to receive Mr. Kelly’s love.”
“No, please calm down. If you do that, the Bull Ogre colony has no spares for such small clothing. And if you start wandering around in that state, everyone in the colony will think we’re mutants and I’ll be socially dead.”
“If you change locations, it’ll work out somehow.”
“Stop making me blush with your perverted talk~”
“Oh my, these perverted wolves! Burning things is absolutely off-limits! If Mommy looks at us coldly again like this, I’m going to cry!”
A rather special case.
The final part references the Isaac arc from Side Story 2. During the original serialization, both arcs were progressing simultaneously.