3. Beastmen Will Never Be Slaves!

Although Uncle Zerola arranged everything, my journey with Miss Nilu was not as smooth as I had imagined. First of all: we couldn’t simply enter the Kingdom of Plurish. When submitting our identities, my information could very likely be sent to Louis IV , leading to a scenario where “Louis IV sent someone to kidnap me in the middle of the night.”

Given that, we had to take a detour. Uncle provided us with a route that would take us through the border area between the elves’ Kingdom of Plurish and the beastmen’s Austro-Hungarian tribe, a chaotic zone known as the “border of the two countries.” However, such places come with certain dangers, after all…

Beastmen and elves, even a pure maid like Nilu, are filled with the most primitive and strange thoughts.

This was when Miss Nilu asked me while we were looking for a place to stay at the edge of the elven Kingdom of Plurish.

“Mr. Oughild, is the relationship between elves and beastmen very poor?”

As we walked, it became our most direct impression that the relationship between the elven Kingdom of Plurish and the neighboring beastmen’s Austro-Hungarian tribe was quite bad. The streets were filled with large posters warning elves to be cautious of beastmen, with slogans like ” We can lose a team battle, but beastmen must die!”

“Perhaps, but I think there are some very complicated reasons behind this conflict.”

As I spoke, I helped Nilu with a few pieces of luggage.

After a few days of travel, we had arrived at the border town of the Kingdom of Plurish to rest for a day. In front of us was a seemingly ordinary tavern, filled with elves and beastmen, towering green or brown-skinned creatures. Although the two nations were not at war, given the current situation, the atmosphere was exceptionally tense.

I approached the counter. Should I say it truly lives up to being the elven kingdom? Even the innkeeper, who should be a mere supporting character, was young and beautiful, like a character from a fantasy story.

“Human guests are quite rare! Are you two here to eat or to stay?”

The mature-looking blonde elven lady swayed her impressive… buns while frequently giving me suggestive glances. For a moment, I even started to doubt whether this kind of place would offer “that kind of service” at night.

I was flustered!

Fortunately, Nilu quickly hugged my arm, using her own impressive assets to help me calm down!

“We’re just here to stay!”

After returning the elven innkeeper’s gaze with clear hostility, Nilu refused to let go of my arm.

“Miss Nilu, that…”

“I’m here to keep an eye on you for the young lady!”

Although Nilu spoke with righteous indignation, that wasn’t what she really thought in the script.

【Nilu just wanted to hold on.】

Forget it, I can’t afford to provoke a dangerous character like Nilu, who might suddenly level up one day and stab me to death. It’s better to have her by my side the whole time; it saves me a lot of worry, without the constant fear of some unexpected event making Nilu “instant max level.”

As for the sudden emergence of a script like 【The landlady killed Oujili De】 from the landlady earlier, I didn’t pay much attention to it.

After all, I’ve gotten used to the frequent appearance of death scripts involving characters I interact with whenever I arrive in a new place, as long as I don’t disturb these minor characters.

In the next moment, the young elven landlady brought us drinks. In this remote border inn, there were both elves and orcs inside. Was it because of their bad relations? I always felt the atmosphere in the inn was tense and stiff.

The elves were on guard, while the orcs were clearly holding back their anger as they heartily devoured meat. In a mixed border like this, such things weren’t surprising, but…

Doing this in front of the elegant and noble elves would surely upset them!

Just as I was frowning, the busy landlady ignored the noise in the inn and sat down at the counter opposite me and Nilu, where two buns could easily fit on the counter! Propping her chin up, her gaze roamed over me, sending a chill down my spine.

“It’s quite rare to see humans in the Kingdom of Plouce. What brings you two here? Could it be a honeymoon trip?”

“!”

The words “honeymoon trip” clearly had a significant impact on Nilu. In the next moment, the maid beside me simply lowered her head and dared not speak! I wanted to explain, but when I glanced at the script, I found some clues.

【The landlady wants to probe Oujili De’s identity.】

Hiss… this feels a bit off! Could it be that I’ve been targeted!? I’ve heard that elves, due to their long lifespans, often develop some strange quirks as they age. Could the landlady in front of me be one of those, one of those virgin killers!?

I swallowed hard; while some mountains are indeed worth climbing, I couldn’t afford to be foolish at a time like this.

“No, I don’t understand, I don’t know!”

I threw out a quick denial and immediately pulled Nilu into a corner.

It wasn’t just because the landlady’s words sounded a bit dangerous; more importantly, the environment in the inn was really not great. I noticed a few elves sitting not far away, seemingly pointing and whispering about the orcs at the neighboring table.

“Mr. Oujili De, this place is strange. How about… we find another inn?”

“That’s useless. Unless we enter the interior of the Kingdom of Plouce for the night, it’ll always be like this as long as there are orcs on the border. Do you remember the topic we just discussed? Let me explain it to you ; I’ve heard it through the grapevine. The conflict between elves and orcs seems to stem from some troublesome prejudices. For example: Nilu, if I weren’t like this now, but rather a man with shifty eyes, fixed on your body , would you think I was a good person or a bad person?”

Based on my years of experience on the run, the conflict between the noble and beautiful elves of the Kingdom of Plouce and the orcs of the Austro-Hungarian tribe is just like this.

The noble and beautiful elves always feel that the orcs want to devour them completely, going through all the clichés in the script. Meanwhile, the honorable and dignified orcs feel that their glory has been insulted by these long-eared bitches, and the conflict escalates .

As for whether the elves truly find the orcs disgusting, or if they just say they do while their bodies are honest, I feel like I’ve already learned quite a bit from the landlady…

However, I wanted Nilu to understand, but her response…

“It’s okay, I wouldn’t care what you look like~”

Nilu blushed and stole a glance at me.

“Ahem!”

Nilu, how am I supposed to respond to that! I wanted to talk about the issue between orcs and elves!

But in the next moment!

【Clang!】

A loud crash echoed through the tavern, interrupting the final vestige of peace within its walls!

A towering red-skinned orcs slammed the table, roaring like a starving wolf at the diminutive elf beside him, as though he intended to devour her on the spot!

“Your kind, those weasel-featured elves, are spreading lies! Our noble orcs would not even bother to look at you!”