Chapter 34.2
‘Does it look like a woman is asking you out? That’s just a misunderstanding of men! You should get to know each other first and build a stable relationship!’
‘The days of women taking the lead are over! Now it’s up to the man to lead the date!’
According to the magazine, romance among the Beastmen seemed to test the patience of the men. There was no harsh pressure to marry or force intercourse. Even if a woman made a gesture that looked like an invitation to a man, it was a trap. If she then covered herself and told him, “Of course I didn’t mean it”, she would get angry and reject him. To get to sex, it was necessary to go through a series of stages smoothly. The first stage was the meeting. That is, a date. Dating also had stages, and at least five dates were necessary, all in different places and with different words. And if he proposed to her on the sixth date, all his work would be rewarded. The Beastwoman would become a woman and belong to the man.
To be honest, Bash would have been wrong by now if it weren’t for the magazine. When Silviana leaned against him a few minutes ago, he thought he could just propose and there wouldn’t be a problem, and then they would move on to sex. That would have had her gone in no time.
But now Bash had the magazine. And Bash was a man who knew the folly of front-line warriors acting on their own judgment in a precise operational maneuver. If it was a strategy devised by a clever strategist, the secret to victory was to follow it to perfection. Bash had seen this firsthand.
He remembered, yes, the battle on the plains of Kiang, when he was getting stronger and stronger, and when he himself was beginning to get a little carried away. Bash was following orders as usual, fighting east and west, destroying the enemy. Then he received another order. The order was simple: “Ignore the enemy you are currently facing, move south and go after another enemy”. At this point, Bash was in a good mood. He was furious at the thought of ignoring the enemy in front of him, so he stayed where he was and continued to fight. As a result, the demon forces that had been his allies were trapped and destroyed, leaving Bash’s company alone and under siege. In the end, Bash and his men were not killed, but were severely mistreated by the Demon commanders.
The humiliating defeat provided Bash with wisdom and lessons. Since then, Bash has been faithful to his orders. After a certain point, however, there were few who could give him orders…
Anyway, since Bash was obedient, the plan for the first date was perfect. Just like the magazine said.
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