SP – In a Nostalgic Place
I look around.
What I see is a vast grassland with a single tree providing a tiny bit of shade.
Right now, I’m in a meadow near the nostalgic Roleil.
「I was hunting wolves then. It really takes me back.」
How long ago was it?
Oh well, the specifics don’t matter.
Mireille is next to me setting up a tent with a hammer.
Not too far away, Maria starts a fire with dry twigs and leaves, then begins cooking, causing the smell of fragrant spices to waft in my direction.
Carla is further in the distance to the point she is as small as a speck, laying low to the ground.
The kind of meat that goes into today’s meal depends on her bow.
These three lovely ladies and I plan on camping overnight in this spot.
As for why, it’s because Maria was on her way to see her parents, or was it because Mireille wanted to check on her village……whatever, it’s not important. In any case, it’s a little adventure for us who have gotten too accustomed to life in a mansion.
Was the mansion in Rafen or Goldonia……my memory is messed up, although I don’t have to remember it at this very moment.
There’s also a workhorse carrying our luggage, which I’m sure is nothing I need to worry about.
「I better get back to work and make up for the time I spaced out.」
First, let’s go help Carla with deciding tonight’s main dish.
I poke my head out beside Carla who is in the grass taking aim with her bow.
Her pose resembles that of a leopard and radiates a feral beauty.
「Now that I’m here, no prey will――」
「Ah!?」
A rabbit appears from a bush and quickly scurries off.
「……I almost had it.」
「……sorry.」
We collect ourselves and wait until several ducks appear over our heads.
Carla remains hidden and silently adjusts her aim on one of the birds.
As expected of a former hunter, her movements are smooth despite living in the city for a while.
The bloody game she occasionally brought back to the mansion got her into a yelling match with Nonna though.
「Duck stew for dinner sounds……achoo!」
「Gyaa!」
My sneeze startles Carla, causing her to shoot her arrow in the wrong direction, and of course, chases the ducks away.
「……sorry. Here comes the next one.」
I lay low while apologizing to Carla as she gives me an annoyed stare.
A hefty-sized deer walks along.
Carla nocks one of her strongest arrows and pulls the bowstring taut as she takes aim.
We missed out on the duck stew, but deer meat isn’t bad.
And since it’s big, there is more meat to roast and boil to fill our bellies.
However, the deer somehow senses danger and flees before Carla can loose her arrow.
Carla puffs her cheeks and turns to me.
「Everybody has their strengths and weaknesses, I guess.」
I tried to gloss over the issue by fondling her breasts, but she gently brushed me aside.
「Aegir, you make too much noise and emit too much intimidation so it’s impossible to ambush anything.」
「Guh.」
Carla kisses me when I slump in depression.
「You’re more suited against larger animals like 2 meter long boars or 3 meter tall bears. Your presence is too large to capture rabbits and birds.」
Suddenly, I’m lively again.
That’s when I hear a low-pitched growl, and when I turn around, I see a 3 meter tall bear standing behind me.
「Eeek! It’s big!」
「What wonderful timing. I can redeem myself.」
I run toward the bear before Carla can open her mouth.
Initially the bear seems to be getting ready to pounce, but changes its mind as soon as it sees me charge forward and runs.
「You have such a big body, why are you running!?」
「You’re chasing a bear……and bare-handed too.」
***
――Thirty minutes later.
「Damn, that shitty bear.」
The bear never showed any resistance and kept running around, and as I was pursuing it, I slipped and fell into a pond.
I lost my patience at that point, sticking my head and arms into the den that the bear fled into and yelling at it, and when I finally thought about digging my way in, I saw the bear hugging her cub in the back of the cave and decided to give up.
To top it off, Carla managed to hunt several rabbits and ducks while I was busy running around, ultimately proving that I was useless.
「Hahaha, well hunting isn’t all about strength. I also often allow prey to escape and get yelled at by Carla.」
Mireille chuckles as she hammers down a stake to pin the tent in place.
The way her tank top exposes her belly button gives off a very wholesome attractiveness.
「D-don’t stare so much. You’re making me blush……my stomach is muscular and not feminine.」
「How is it not feminine? You’re exuding sexiness.」
I take off my shirt to show off my abs, which are more toned than Mireille’s, and hug her from behind.
「A……aau.」
Certainly, Mireille’s body is fit like a man’s, her face is masculine, and her attitude is seemingly brusque at first glance.
However, wrapping her in my arms like this and treating her like a woman quickly makes her bashful female side appear.
That gap is irresistible.
「When compared to your rock hard muscles, I guess you’re……right.」
「You don’t have to compare with any other man besides me.」
Mireille turns red from my stroking of her belly, and then I lick a bead of sweat rolling down the nape of her neck as I take the hammer out of her hand.
「Physical labor should be left to me. Why don’t you watch from there?」
Heh, I nailed that line.
I bet Mireille’s crotch is wetter than her sweaty upper body.
Or that should have been the case.
「Ah, the stake bent to the right. That part is important so it has to be redone.」
「Right.」
I can’t help it since I’ve never set up a tent by myself before.
「This time it’s tilted to the left. That’s going to make the tent slanted.」
「Mm, I’ll redo it.」
I’ll leave the stake for now and use the rope first……
「Ah, for the knots, you have to go around twice from the right. Simply tying it tighter won’t work.」
「……」
Eventually Mireille smiled kindly.
「It’s hard to fill a cup of water using a bathtub. You have a large vessel and that makes it hard to do those things.」
「What are you saying?」
Mireille averts her gaze.
「You’re not precise and unsuited to these tasks……maybe.」
「Grr.」
I can’t let myself be useless two times in a row.
「Give me one last chance.」
「Fue?」
I hold the hammer above my head.
「It’s against my nature to tap the stake lightly so it doesn’t tilt left or right.」
All I need is one strike.
If I hammer the stake straight into the ground, I don’t need to do all that fussy adjusting.
「Oooooh!!」
I swing down the hammer hard enough that the rigid oak handle warps and the force creates a heavy whoosh.
As someone who has cut down many enemies on the battlefield, I’m not going to mishit a stationary stake.
The slightly rusted head of the hammer slams perfectly on the top of the stake, transferring my strength through.
The impact creates a small crater around the stake.
「Gyaaa!!」
The hammer breaks and the stake shatters to pieces.
All the other stakes which were already hammered down get flung out and the wind pressure knocks Mireille over.
A squirrel becomes unconscious and falls out of a tree and a panicked fox crawls out of its den.
Minutes pass by and I majestically stick out my chest.
「Aegir.」
Mireille points in the other direction, and I trudge away.
「Welcome. Fufu, she got mad, huh?」
Maria comments as she stirs the pot.
「Let’s see what we have here……」
Maria is wearing a sturdy outfit meant for traveling.
However, the vibes she’s giving off herself is that of a town girl going out to play.
「That’s also nice. The aura that stimulates my desire to protect is wonderful.」
There is one problem.
「I can’t help with cooking.」
The only thing I know how to do is chop meat and vegetables into chunks and boil them with salt.
Considering what happened with hunting and tent building, areas I had confidence in, I only see a future where I ruin Maria’s hard work.
「Ahaha, that’s alright~ Aegir-san’s job is taste-testing.」
I eat the boiled carrot that Maria offers.
「It’s passable if it’s a bit plain. When the meat comes, it just needs additional spices and cheese on top, and then it’s perfect~」
I get it, Maria would get full if she did all the tasting.
「Next is this wild grass. It’s a little bitter, but adding garlic at the end will balance it out~」
I’ll taste-test as much as she wants to make up for my previous disgraceful behavior.
「Last is this rare spice, which is called Death Habanero and is apparently really intense in flavor, but I don’t know how hot it is so I want you to taste it~」
I don’t mind since I don’t particularly hate spicy food.
I toss the red pepper in my mouth.
「……」
「……」
A few seconds of silence go by.
「Guwaaaah!」
「Like I thought, it’s really spicy!?」
You knew? Is that what you said?
「I heard it was unbelievably spicy and was scared to try it myself……teehee. Wait, why are you taking off my clothes!?」
As revenge for making me suffer the spiciness, I strip Maria.
「I’m cooking, this is dangerous! Noo, don’t lower my skirt!」
Just when I bury my face in her bare ass, two voices clear their throats.
***
「……I was told to sleep over here if I’m just going to get in the way.」
Disgruntled, I roll around like a log and find Schwartz who is eating grass and also looks bored.
He was also driven away for clinging to Carla and scaring prey, nudging Mireille’s stomach with his nose and playing with Maria’s ass.
I take out a red pepper that I had in my pocket from earlier and set my sight on a target.
「To punish the pervy horse……take that.」
The pepper I throw falls right in front of Schwartz’s nose, and he carelessly eats it along with a handful of grass.
「Right on the mark!」
Neighing wildly, Schwartz rears and then thrashes out of control.
「Hahaha, quit exaggerating. For someone with a big body, you’re going to let a tiny pepper――」
I get kicked before I can finish my sentence.
「You bastard! You forgot the favor I did by buying you? I’ll turn you into horse meat!」
Schwartz seems to be inviting me to fight despite the tears in his eyes.
The sky begins to turn red as I’m grappling with the workhorse, and Carla finally comes over.
「You’re still going at it? You guys get along.」
The game meat has already been cut up and the tent is set up.
「In the end, they wrestled this whole time? When Aegir sent Schwartz flying, I wasn’t sure what to think at first.」
Mireille pours water over her head to wash away the sweat from the day’s work.
「I was more surprised when Schwartz kicked Aegir-san. You must be hungry after all that. Food’s ready.」
I guess we’ll leave it here for today.
Let’s at least pick up firewood for tonight, come with me you pervy horse.
***
Night falls and we chat pleasantly around the pot hanging over the campfire.
「Uwah, this is delicious.」
Carla beams as she enjoys a piece of duck meat wrapped in wild grass.
Her girlish expression makes my cheeks relax and my crotch bulge.
「I didn’t think wild rabbit would taste so good. The meat is soft and the spice……」
Mireille savors the stew.
She sweats due to the spice, causing her shirt to stick to her muscular body and emphasizing her lean figure.
I can’t help smiling and getting turned on from her boyish way of eating.
By the way, only the tiniest bit of that pepper was mixed in with the stew, but it’s plenty spicy.
Schwartz and I, on the other hand, saw hell from eating a whole pepper.
「I have to admit……unyu……this is well-made. And eating outside makes it taste better!」
Maria stretches a strand of melted cheese with her mouth.
Seeing Maria having fun warms my heart and also……
「You’re not allowed to get turned on.」
「I was wondering what you were grinning about with that bulge in your pants!」
「No naughty activities during meal time! Focus on enjoying the food!」
「You noticed?」
I guess I’ll wait until after dinner.
***
Everyone finishes eating.
「Aah, it’s so relaxing. This feeling of nobody else being around except us, and this silence with no voices coming from anywhere-」
Carla lays down on her back.
「Yeah. The mansion is comfortable. But sleeping under the starry sky with no walls around us is kind of romantic.」
Mireille follows and also lies on her back.
「I can see that.」
I also do the same.
「For me……it’s a bit scary but also fresh.」
As a town girl through and through, Maria is nervous staying outdoors, although she does think it’s nice once in a while to play like this.
「This place hasn’t developed at all.」
Quite some time has passed since we first met.
Yet this place hasn’t changed much.
「People and things inevitably gather in places that are developed, like Rafen and the capital.」
Mireille responds, casually tossing Carla a post-meal apple.
「What’s wrong with that? If every area became like the capital or Rafen, there would be nowhere to hunt and we wouldn’t be able to relax like this.」
Carla says, tossing a lemon at Maria.
「I wouldn’t be able to handle all the customers if the inn got as busy as a place in the capital. The current amount might be just right……ueh, sour!」
Maria’s lips pucker from biting down on the lemon as she tosses something at me.
I open my mouth to catch it, but before it reaches me, Schwartz extends his neck and snatches it out of the air.
「Hey you――!」
Before I can stand up in anger, Schwartz writhes in agony.
「……sorry, I threw a habanero.」
「I guess that’s karma.」
I mutter as I lay on my side.
「Maybe there’s no need to develop this place. Having a single road pass through and making the surrounding area safe should be enough.」
Roleil’s vicinity should also be well-secured.
「A giant bear did show up though.」
「Then again, we met because of a wolf.」
Your retorts are unnecessary.
Wait, Maria is scared and I can hug……alright, say more.
「Well, we’ll be fine since Aegir is here. I mean, even an average orc will run if it sees Aegir.」
Carla laughs.
「And when we’re sleeping, we’ll be inside the tent. Schwartz is tied outside so whatever comes will eat him first. We just have to be ready after hearing the scream.」
Maria smiles, feeling sorry for him, while Schwartz chomps down on my head.
「Hey, that hurts! And don’t bite me when your mouth is all red!」
And as we all laugh, we go to sleep――or not.
「Should we start?」
「Yeah!」
Mirielle and I bring out the alcohol.
Our drinking goes into the night, and soon everyone has gotten their share of alcohol.
Here, we have one man and three women, and as everyone likes each other, there is only one direction this is going.
「Hey, this is embarrassing!!」
Maria curls up to try and hide her body.
「Hahaha, if you face the other way, I can see how smooth you are. This angle is great……」
Maria has an apron on and the rest of her clothes and underwear have been taken away.
「Eh? I-I’m going to cook like this!? No way, you can see everything.」
Maria covers her red face, but she is relatively excited still and starts preparing simple snacks.
「Gosh Aegir, you’re such a perv……wait, you’re going after me next!?」
Carla and I pounce on Mireille.
It’s not like we’re only going to strip her, a different set of clothes is prepared so don’t worry.
「Don’t worry? This is……gyaa! What is this!?」
The outfit we made Mireille wear is the armor for a female knight.
With that said, only the crotch area and the area above the chest are barely covered with armor, and the rest of the parts are held together with string.
「This kind of armor doesn’t exist! My heart and stomach are exposed! What kind of shop did you buy this from!?」
「If you make a fuss, you’ll make more of your body stick out.」
Mireille hastily covers herself when Carla points that out to her.
Since only her private parts are covered, Mireille’s attractive toned body is free for my viewing pleasure.
A burly woman wearing sexy armor and getting embarrassed……is such a nice combination.
「Now that it’s come to this-」
「Got it.」
Carla quickly strips.
She isn’t naked.
She’s wearing tight clothes made of thin fabric.
And although she’s not showing any skin……
「It’s sticking so close to your body that everything can be seen! And you were wearing that underneath for the whole day!?」
「Every time someone passed me in town, my heart was beating so fast…… Actually I flashed a young man in town……」
「I thought you’ve been good lately and got over the exposure fetish, but you actually relapsed!?」
The dialogue between Mireille and Carla makes me smile.
「Also, don’t think you can get away without doing anything, Aegir.」
Oh, they’re going after me?
Well, I won’t spoil their fun after getting them to wear strange outfits.
I’ll let them do what they want.
The three of them remove my clothes and change me into a weird costume.
「Let’s see……it’s just a waist covering?」
「「「It’s an orc costume.」」」
How dare they, I’ll attack them.
「Ahaha! It feels like I won’t do well in a fight against an orc right now.」
「Me too, it feels like after acting tough for so long, I’m going to lose.」
「It feels like my house will be broken into and I’ll be roughed up.」
I give chase to the three of them who run around happily.
Nobody has to worry about being watched or listened to.
By the way, Schwartz experienced extreme spice for a second time and ended up on his side, but he still steals glances at the three girls. I think it might be time to castrate him.
We fool around for a while and soon we fall asleep from the effects of the alcohol.
The night passes about halfway.
I wake up due to hearing a strange growling.
When I open the flap of the tent, I encounter several wolves.
「Oh, just wolves?」
I turn around to return inside the tent.
My head hurts from drinking a bit too much.
One wolf roars and jumps at me, but I grab its neck in midair.
It quickly retracts the fangs it was baring and becomes timid.
「Fumu.」
Fur is nice and warm.
Even though it’s summer, it feels cold right after sobering up.
「I’ll use it as a blanket.」
I drag the whimpering wolf with me into the tent.
In the corner of my eye, I see the remaining wolves turn to Schwartz, but one stomp of his foot makes them all flee. If he can do that, I can safely leave him alone.
***
In my dreams, Lucy’s familiar house appears in my mind.
I wonder if I’ve already reunited with her, maybe not yet.
It’s highly doubtful I would forget, but it’s a dream after all.
Nevertheless, the dream is about flirting with Lucy in that nostalgic place.
What a pleasant dream.
Additionally, Lucy appeared in a naked apron, in a sexy armor which only covers her crotch and breasts, and a tight full-body see-through suit. I swear I’ll get her to wear all of those costumes one day.
Eventually the dream fades to black, and I realize that I am about to wake up.
「Kyuun.」
One frightened girl appears before me.
What’s going on? She has animal ears on her head and a white tail coming out of her butt.
「P-please don’t kill me! I only came because the smell of meat lured me! I’m still just one year old!」
Why would I kill a girl?
As for her age, it doesn’t make sense that she has that kind of body at one year old. She must be at least 17 or 18.
I embrace the scared girl.
She feels fluffy and soft to the touch.
In a dream, I don’t have to think too much.
「Eh……ah……」
I’ll make her my woman.
「Ugyah!!」
The loud shout blows away my sweet dream.
「A wolf! There’s a wolf inside the tent!!」
It was Carla who screamed.
「What are you saying? Are you talking in your sleep? Or maybe you’re still drunk?」
I rub my eyes while stroking the warm blanket.
「Nyuu……Carla, you’re being too loud……making my head ring……hoee!!」
Mireille also screams.
The gap between her voice and her appearance is kind of incredible.
I stretch while petting the bushy fur.
「Au……I drank so much even though I can’t handle alcohol……funyii!?」
Maria’s shriek is cute.
Everyone’s eyes are focused on my chest, and when I follow their line of sight……
「Kyuun.」
I see a white wolf.
The wolf rolls over, showing its stomach, and then licks my face affectionately.
「Bringing in a wolf in your sleep is reasonable.」
「Doesn’t that thing seem attached to him?」
「Mmm. Rather than attached, it’s more like……」
Carla, Mireille and Maria look at me with rebuke.
When the wolf walks outside the tent, it draws a heart on the ground with its front leg.
「Is it in heat……?」
「Aegir, did you do it with that wolf!?」
「Of course not. What do you think I am?」
Schwartz comes over to check what’s going on, takes a glance at the wolf and then me, then gives me a look of disgust like I’m insane. Hey, I don’t want to hear anything from a pervy horse who gets aroused by humans.
「Aegir-sama! Where are you!?」
I hear Celia’s voice in the distance.
Did she chase after me?
I should have left a note saying I was taking a one week break.
「The note certainly said that.」
Carla takes out the note from my pocket.
「Right? She didn’t have to come look for me.」
「Aegir-sama! Aegir-sama!」
My vacation is over.
I’ll just tell her that Schwartz ate the note.
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