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Orc Hero Story
Chapter 50. Market Research
Several days had passed since Bash arrived in the Succubus Nation.
The rain seemed relentless. Ludo was steadily gaining strength, but showed no signs of getting stronger. During these days of stagnation, Bash trained for the first time in a long time, but he had too much time on his hands. However, he was not the type of person who appreciated days of doing nothing.
He had a strategy meeting with Zell before he went into action.
“Sir Bash… what did you just say?”
Venus, who was accompanying Bash and the others as usual, inadvertently replied to the first words out of the hero’s mouth.
“Tell me about the kind of man women like.”
As soon as Venus heard this, she swallowed hard and looked around. Someone must be testing me, she thought. Otherwise, the charming man in front of her would never have made such a blatant provocation.
“But… why do you ask?”
Venus had to answer carefully. If she said, “You, naked,” she might find herself under the hangman’s rope the next day.
“I’m looking for a wife.”
“I mean, I’ve heard that orc wives never ‘miss a meal,’ but…”
She replied calmly, hoping the answer would be something along those lines. Venus was a first-class soldier. If she were a little girl, she would have been executed long ago. Her head would already be saying goodbye to her body.
On the other hand, if it meant what she hoped it meant, Venus would give him a “yes” without a second thought. She would take off her clothes immediately and jump on Bash’s chest.
“Sir Bash, are you thinking of taking a succubus as your wife?”
But we were talking about Venus, who was very careful and cautious. She did not lose one of her wings and tail during the war because of carelessness and recklessness.
“Huh? Sure, if I took a succubus for a wife, I could brag about it when I returned home. But you don’t like orcs, do you?”
“Oh… yes, of course, that’s true. We have a lot of respect for you, Sir Bash, but we don’t think much of most orcs…”
To be the wife of an orc was to be his sex slave. They treated you as an object and displayed you as a trophy, a completely inferior being.
Most succubi considered orcs who were not Bash to be inferior creatures. It would be unthinkable for a proud succubus to subordinate herself like that. In this day and age, however, young succubi would gladly accept such a position…
This would not be good for the orcs, however. If they took a succubus as a wife, the orc husband would have to feed her every night. This might seem like a mutually beneficial relationship, but it was not good for the race in general.
No new orc children would be born. If one or two, or even all, of those starving within the succubus nation were to invade the orc lands, the orcs would be easily destroyed.
“Of course, if Sir Bash wants a trophy to prove that he has brought a succubus to her knees… I’m sure there are many who would take that position, myself included…”
Venus’ gaze shifted to Bash’s crotch. Even she didn’t have access to food every day. And the condition of being Bash’s wife wouldn’t hurt the succubus’ pride. If she could take that position, she would.
“…But that’s not what you mean, is it?”
Venus asked as if to confirm. For her pride was in an extremely high place. If she were a young succubus, she’d probably be in heaven right now, happily devouring Bash.
“Yes, as much as I would like to have a succubus for a wife, I still need her to bear my children.”
“That’s right…”
Bash was the orc hero. Venus, who knew orcish values, correctly understood that a succubus was not a suitable wife for an Orc.
“Of course, if you weren’t a succubus, I would have proposed to you when we first met, but that’s not possible…”
If Bash had the power to see sound, he would have seen the sound of Venus’ chest pounding and heaving. However, no matter how Bash was, he didn’t have that ability.
“Coff, Sir Bash. I am a proud succubus soldier. I have endured rigorous training, fought in fierce battles, and have a will of steel. But these provocations are too tempting. In the succubus nation, we are taught that it is an act of dishonor to our pride to look upon a respected man as food.”
“Hmm? Mm, I get it.”
Bash’s face was so cute as he nodded with a look of incomprehension, Venus exclaimed inwardly, “How can I say no to that pretty face!”.
“So I’m traveling around trying to find a human or elven woman who looks like she could bear a child to be my wife, but it’s not working at all.”
“Since you are an orc, wouldn’t it be enough to fight her, beat her, take her to safety, sleep with her, bring her back to your country, and declare her your wife?”
“The orders of the Orc King forbid intercourse without consent, so that’s not possible.”
“I see the Orcs are also under such restrictions?”
Venus looked at Bash twice as she muttered this. Orcs were under the same restrictions as succubi. Succubi were starved by restricting their food supply, and orcs were prevented from increasing their numbers by restricting their reproduction. Bash, however, was determined to find a wife the human way. She was certain that he had suffered tremendous discrimination and oppression on his journey thus far. Just like Carrot, the succubus general who was now on a diplomatic mission. He was traveling with great determination.
“But I’m going to Demon Country when I’m done taking care of these children. I have a letter of introduction from the human prince Nazar to the demons. I have failed many times before, but this time I want to get myself a wife.”