I'm not that kind of orc

Angelika, who was walking beside me, tugged on my sleeve and whispered, "What's the matter with this person?"

"Oh, that's right, the Wolf Head clan is famous for training and training the best breed of wargs and the bravest wolf cavalry." I explained to her in a low voice, "Their culture has a kind of... ...paranoid fanaticism, many families still keep wargs as pets, and they invite other clans to participate in various competitions they hold to select wargs every year."

"That is to say..." Angelica finally understood what I meant.

"They are cute wolfs, and all the characteristics of wolves, such as your ears, eyes, teeth, and tail... are all cute to them." I said simply and bluntly, and added, "Oh, that's right. , Half of the people in this settlement are from the Wolf Head Clan."

"...It makes me feel like I don't want to go there anymore." Angelica muttered dissatisfiedly with a troublesome expression on her face.

"Then why don't you change back?"

"No, in case you are said that again..." She had a brooding expression on her face.

Does this girl care so much about being called "little"...

"What about you, Brock?" She suddenly asked without thinking.

"I?"

"Do you like wolves?"

"I like it. After all, I also raised a warg." I told the truth.

"Well, that's good." She seemed to be in a better mood suddenly, and the fluffy tail under the skirt was dangling.

Under the guidance and introduction of Uso, we quickly visited the main part of the settlement. Many facilities have not yet been completed, but the overall progress is still in an orderly manner, and even the progress in many aspects is a bit ahead of the scheduled plan.Alsena arranged all the things that should be arranged very early. With sufficient supplies, our orcs' strong physical strength and ability to open up wasteland have been fully utilized.

Everything seems to be going well, but the rumors I heard yesterday and the incident that Arsena told me this morning still haunt me.

So when I was about to finish walking, I still asked Uso, "May I ask if there is any trouble here recently?"

"You mean?" Uso turned to look at me.

"that is--"

"Sir!" Just in the middle of my words, an orc dressed as a cavalry shouted and chased after me.

"Ah, I'm sorry, it's my subordinate." Uso apologized to me, and I waved my hand to signal him not to care.

"What's wrong?" Uso looked sternly at the cavalryman.

The cavalry gave a military salute to Uso: "It's the humans from yesterday, they're here again! It's still in the west, please hurry over and have a look!"

"Tsk, why are you here again?"

I looked at Uso and frowned in disgust.

Work is always worry-free (6)

"What happened?" Listening to their conversation, I smell something wrong.

"There's been a little trouble recently..." Uso scratched his head with some headaches, "Sorry, little brother, I have to go over there to deal with it first."

"Let me go and have a look too." I decided to follow.

Angelica and I followed Uso and the soldier who came to report to the west of the settlement, near the border fence, we saw a dozen orc guards holding shields, and then After about twenty steps outside, I saw about twenty human beings standing, including men and women, most of them were young and middle-aged, and there were also a few old people.The men were standing in the front row. From their appearance, they were basically farmers and craftsmen. They held pitchforks, sickles, hammers and other tools in their hands. The most decent guys were just bows and arrows and rough daggers— —It doesn't look like a soldier either, it should be a local hunter.

They were confronting the orc guards holding their shields from a distance, their expressions were clearly a little unfriendly, and some of them even looked agitated, with thick necks and blushing faces, looking like they really wanted to fight.

But through their flickering eyes, one can clearly see their uneasiness and fear.

What are these humans trying to do?

I couldn't help feeling a little surprised, I don't think that normally someone would be irrational enough to use these things to make trouble on the orc territory.

Uso sighed as if he couldn't bear it: "Little brother, wait here for a while."

Then he strode forward, and the guards with their shields moved out of the way for him.

"What the hell are you doing here again? Didn't you say that that incident has nothing to do with us?" He stepped forward and yelled at the group of humans.

His loud voice made these people flinch for a moment, but soon someone stood up excitedly.

"B-return my son, you monsters!" A middle-aged farmer raised the long-handled hoe in his hand, as if he was trying to deter him, but also as if he was trying to eliminate his fear.

His "valor" seemed to inspire the courage of others, and more people followed him and shouted:

"And my daughter!"

"You gang of heartless monsters!"

"Beast! A man-eating monster!"

"Hand over the man, and get out!"

"There are already six people! What on earth are you trying to do!" Someone yelled in a crying voice.

"Damn, are you out of your mind? What are we kidnapping human beings for?" Uso obviously didn't want to deal with this kind of situation, "Instead of doubting us, why don't you go search the forest yourself!"

"This kind of thing happened after you came here...Go to hell, monster!"

"Even the militiamen who went to investigate are gone, who else can there be except you!"

"My poor child!" A woman burst into tears with excitement.

"Please think about it, if we were prisoners, you would be dead by now, okay?" Uso waved his hand impatiently, "Get out, or don't blame us for being rude!"

The result was more intense shouting and scolding.

"Come if you have the ability! I don't want to live without my daughter!!"

"Death will avenge my child!"

"Just let the king send troops to attack you!"

"Damn lord! Why are you monsters here?"

Someone threw a stone excitedly and hit the wooden shield with a bang. This action triggered a series of chain reactions. More people began to pick up stones and throw them towards this direction. Along with the stone, there were also some Shouting and cursing in the local dialect.

"Tsk, it's impossible to communicate at all." Uso gave up and retreated behind the shield guards, shaking his head with a headache.

Watching this scene and listening to their conversation, I gradually understood what was going on.

These people didn't look like townspeople, they looked more like villagers from a village a little closer here.

It seems that the same disappearances happened in these villages as in the towns.

Then, for some reason, these villagers also cast suspicion on the orcs in this reservation.Those who appeared here should be the parents and other relatives of the missing persons. The anxiety of losing their loved ones made them lose their minds, and even made the impulsive move of copying guys to come here to confront the orcs—it should be said that even No reasonable person would appear in this place.I'm afraid it was just a word from one of them, which incited these people to run over regardless of their lives.

It's really impossible to talk at all.

Just as I was thinking about how this would end, I saw Uso stick out a finger and lick it, then raised it above his head to dry it—this is the way we often use to judge the direction of the wind.

"Okay, it's upwind! Do it!" He suddenly ordered to the guards.

"Hey, you—" I was taken aback, and subconsciously wanted to dissuade me, but Uso calmly raised his hand and gestured to me, indicating "it's okay".

Then I saw the guard untied the ball sealed with cowhide from his waist in unison, and threw it towards the humans. With a burst of cracking sound, the ball fell to the ground and burst out large groups of yellow smoke , Then the wind and tide surged towards the humans over there.

"Pfft!"

"It stinks!"

"What is this!"

"my eyes!"

"Go! Go!"

As soon as they came into contact with the smoke, they coughed and retched non-stop, and their noses and eyes were irritated with tears running down their cheeks. Knowing the horror of the smoke, they all covered their faces, fearing that they would not be able to scatter in all directions to avoid the spreading fire. smoke.

"Get out! Get out of my way! Don't come here to make trouble again! Fuck!" Uso watched the group run away, spat, and then turned his face to me and waved at me, "Don't worry , it’s just a burnt bomb.”

The scorched bomb is a kind of weapon that we orcs use to extract liquid from the glands of some beasts that emit stench in the field of giant beasts, and mix it with materials such as sulfur. The smoke blown out of it is not only stinky, It is also very irritating to the mouth and nose of humans and animals, but generally speaking, it does not cause any substantial harm.We usually use this to drive away large beasts when hunting or defending a city.

"What's going on with these people?" Angelica was at a loss.

"I heard from those businessmen that many people in the nearby villages disappeared one after another, and then the humans there inexplicably suspected us. These lunatics have come here twice, I explained to them , No one listened at all, and it took a lot of effort to scare them away. Last night I asked the soldiers to prepare scorched bombs and wait." Uso shook his head and sighed annoyedly, "But it won't work if this continues, These humans are not a threat, what I worry about is that these recruits are young and energetic, if they don't hold back and cause some trouble, it will be difficult to end."

"Brock." Angelica tugged at my sleeve.

"Ah, I know." I nodded solemnly.

I have to have a good talk with Arsena when I go back.

Unexpectedly, the conflict here has developed to such an extent that it can no longer be temporarily put aside as Arsena said.

Start being a detective today (1)

When we mentioned to Uso that we would discuss this matter with Alsena, he showed a look of embarrassment at that time: "Will it be useful to report to that side? That princess is also a human being...Actually, we have been worrying about her these days." Will they doubt us directly like those people?"

"Arsena is not that kind of person!" Angelica in the werewolf state rebuked him coldly.

As a result, Uso was persuaded immediately: "Well, the little girl with wolf ears is right!"

The orcs who moved to the settlement didn't know that the disappearance happened in the royal capital area of ​​Helgia, and they didn't know Arsena's attitude at all, so they had some scruples about reporting to the lord Arsena—— The lack of intelligence and estrangement will breed suspicion, and it is precisely because of this reason that the local people will cast suspicion on the orcs who have moved here for no reason.

So in the afternoon, when Angelica and I took the carriage back to the castle on the mountain, the first thing we did was to find Arsena and explain what we had encountered in the tribe.

"...that's what happened." Sitting in the castle's reception room, I finished the matter in one breath.

In addition to me, Angelica and Arsena, there were also Princess Alisa and Feilan——When Angelica and I came back, Arsena, who had just finished her work, was here to entertain them. afternoon tea.

In the spacious reception room, we are all sitting on cushioned chairs against the wall, and we are far away from each other. There is a small coffee table next to each chair, with tea cups and refreshments, and the maid is not far away. Boil water to make tea in front of the tea table at the office, always ready to pour tea for us.

"The village over there has indeed reported the case, and Dana has also obtained the report of the disappearance from the sheriff of Muling Town." Alsena was sitting directly opposite me, and she was thoughtful after hearing what I said. He nodded his chin, and then his complexion suddenly became solemn, "But I didn't know that such a serious conflict happened."

"Such a serious thing happened this morning..." Princess Alyssa, who was sitting on the same side as her, lowered her face in frustration, "She clearly said she would help Brock, but she overslept... What a shame. Shame."

When we first came back, she kept apologizing to me, which made me feel a little embarrassed.

I was about to say something to comfort her, when Feilan who was not far away said, "It's just that I woke up a little later, what's the matter, it's not our fault that these two people woke up too early!" She teased her own long hair, "At that time, knock on our door, and we will follow."

"But Miss Feilan, the maid said you didn't wake up at ten o'clock in the morning, and she tried to wake you up because she was worried, but she couldn't wake you up at all." Arsena said doubtfully, and then made up the knife again. "You didn't wake up until noon."

From the tone of her voice, she didn't mean any targeted irony when she said this, but Feilan, who had been exposed, still froze there, her face turned blue and white.

"You're still so sleepy here, but it's okay. It's not surprising that you sleep until the afternoon." Angelica looked at her speechlessly.

"Hey, girl, you—" Feilan became angry when she heard that, but Angelica, who was still in a werewolf state, just gave her a sideways glance, and she lost her momentum on the spot, and her voice suddenly became quieter, "You, you Why do you keep being like this today? Don’t you know it’s scary?”

Angelica combed the tail that she had turned around and put on her lap, and turned to look at Arsena: "What should I do? Those villagers are very suspicious of orcs. I can feel their emotions in their eyes. I'm very excited, I'm afraid it can't be solved by just explaining. If you let it go like this, I think something will happen."

At that time, Uso also expressed the same concern. Although the villagers themselves could not pose a threat, as a high-level commander and an elderly soldier, he can hold his breath, which does not mean that every orc will be able to hold his breath.