Chapter 41.1
Orc Hero Story
Silviana was nervous. Carrot, who had miraculously escaped, had revealed everything. Should she be relieved or maintain a sense of urgency? Bash stood in front of her, staring at her. She had no way of knowing what he was thinking. As a military strategist and courtesan, she thought she was good at deciphering people’s expressions, but she had never been in front of orcs.
“…”
Her mind was blank. The words that used to come to her so naturally were nowhere to be found. Too much had happened and she didn’t know what to do. At the very least, she had to tell the Queen and her sisters that the ‘seed’ had been stolen from the Sacred Tree and that it was her fault. But before that, she needed a miracle to help her escape from the person in front of her. She could not allow herself to be beaten to death by an enraged orc.
“Ah, Sir Bash, I was so afraid…!” Silviana continued her lie. With the gesture of a captive princess, she jumped onto Bash’s chest. It was a much better performance than when she had been trampled by Carrot. She wondered if she could have performed this act before, if it had been a little different.
She knew it was useless. If this orc had been fooled by her performance, he would have assault her long ago, and the war between the beastmen and the orcs would have already begun.
“Silviana.” Bash knelt down and made eye contact with her. He held a flower in his hand. It was a white flower. The engagement flower, which was currently popular among the Beastmen and was given to their partners when they proposed. “Please marry me and give me a child as my wife.”
His words were too sincere. They were too direct. So much so that, had Bash not been an orc, even Silviana would have nodded out of mere reflex.
“Ah… uh…”