CH 18

“No! Human cannot be trusted! There’s no way I’m letting you in when the village is under trouble!”

“Can you somehow do something then!? Here, look at this. These are good potions.”

At the entrance to the village, I keep asking and answering the gatekeeper. As I fear, the village seems to be frequently attacked by the undead, and there’s no room for outsiders.

“Beastmen, please! Please let us into the village.”

Sheila bows her head, tears welling up in her eyes.

If a pretty girl is asking for it, it might have some effect. Good, keep going.

“Guuuu…. N-no, it’s no good!! The chief will be angry with me!”

It’s a close call.

If I had been a beautiful girl, I might have been able to open this man’s heart and the gates of the village through a coordinated attack with Sheila. I wonder if there are any alchemy potions from the people of Aepha that can change your gender.

After that, we continue to argue with the gatekeeper, but it’s not going well.

As we’re talking, I sense that there was a difference between the Beastmen race and the Human race. They seem to put the pride of their clan first and are deeply loyal to the person they call their chief.

Their appearance is also different from ours. Their faces and bodies are the same as Human’s, but their arms and legs are covered with beastly silver body hair and possess sharp claws.

Glancing into the village, I see a man and a woman with silver hair. Do all the members of this clan have the same hair color and body hair? Their blood must be thick.

And above all, their ears are different from ours. They have magnificent, wolf-like ears that stand up straight. I wonder if I could touch them. Would they get angry?

“Oioioi, what’s this, what do you want, Human?”

A young Beastman, probably having heard the commotion, interrupt our conversation. He’s overtly bad-tempered and glares at us hatefully.

“A weak little Human like you can’t get into this village! Get the hell out of here!”

“You’re the man, Fayne-sama! Yes! A man among men!”

So they call him Fayne. He even has a few Beastmen around him.

“Gahahaha! If you leave right now, I’ll spare your life!”

“You look wonderful! The women in this village won’t ever leave you alone!”

He’s getting excited all by himself. The Beastman known as Fayne is smiling good-humoredly and looking down as if to mock us. No, he’s actually taller than me, so I can’t blame him for looking down on me.

“We’re not hostile. Besides, I’ve seen a bunch of undead around here, and I’d love you to buy some of these healing potions.”

“Whaaat!? Know your place, Human. Well, I’d like to get a potion…. but I wonder what the chief would say.”

Fayne is a single-minded man, as you can see.

Okay, let’s provoke this guy into letting us enter the village. We’ll start a fight, cause a ruckus, and get some sensible adult to stop us. Then we’ll have a business meeting.

If there are no sensible adults, we should give up on them. A settlement like that is not worth dealing with.

“Oh, I’m sorry, Fayne. From the looks of it, the defenses in this village are thin, and you guys are a bit…… out of your depth. I’m sure the undeads will destroy you before you can use this wonderful potion.”

“Don’t be stupid, Human! You dare insult our Silver Crow clan!?”

“I’m just telling you the truth. You don’t understand the horror of the undead, and you have no future! There’s a necromancer out there somewhere! Can’t you even consider the possibility that an army of undeads will attack next time!?”

Fayne glares at me with clenched teeth. A ragged breath escapes from the corner of his mouth, and he looks like he’s about to jump.

The previous undeads we saw were six orcs. However, as I talk to the gatekeeper, I hear that there are regular undead attacks.

Perhaps the necromancer is behind it. They may be trying to attack and destroy this settlement to get fresh corpses.

“Fayne-sama. Please listen to me for a moment. Why don’t you play a game of “Kaseyae” with this Human? If you do it in the middle of the village, you’ll get the attention of the women.”

One of his cronies suggests something to Fayne. What is “Kaseyae”?

“Gufufufu… That’s good. I should get a wife by now. I’ll show my manly spirit here. I can’t play Kaseyae among the clans. The chief will be angry with me.”

Fayne is also excited to get on board with Kaseyae and is sniffing around. Explain to me first what is Kaseyae.

“Come on, Human. I’ll be at the house over there getting ready for the Kaseyae. Don’t you dare run away from me.”

“I won’t run away! I’m not going to be defeated at Kaseyae!”

I’m not sure, but they’re letting us into the village. I howl at this moment. Thor and Sheila are slightly taken aback. I’m creating a character for everyone, so please understand that.

“Human howling? I’m going to teach you the taste of defeat!”

I open the gate and follow Fayne inside, pulling the potion cart. I’m embarrassed, but I’m able to enter the village at least, so this is a good thing.

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I enter the wooden house with Fayne. The house is surprisingly solid, so perhaps the Silver Crow Clan is more skillful than I thought.

Everyone else is waiting for me in front of the house. I’ve told them to shout if anything happens. If there’s trouble, let’s use our strength to escape.

With my dungeon-trained status, I’m sure I won’t lose to the average Beastmen.

“Human, the Elf that’s been following you, what is that about?”

“They live in my territory. They do a lot of work for me.”

Fayne nods and ponders about something. After a little while, he begins to speak as if he had made up his mind.

“Territory? Are you the village chief? Then I guess those two are your wives after all! I envy you. How did you get them!”

“No, it’s different!”

How single-minded can he be? Is all he cares about is how to be popular with women?

“Fufufu……. Don’t be shy, Human. I will take a wife as beautiful as that Elf. Yes, I’m going to beat you in front of everyone’s eyes!”

A sharp claw is pointed at me. I want to sigh, but I hold it back.

“Let’s get ready for Kaseyae then.”

As soon as Fayne says that, he starts to take off his clothes.

A long jacket with patterns engraved on it drops to the ground. He’s barely wearing any underwear at the moment, so he hasn’t crossed the line, but if he takes any more off, it could be a problem.

“What’s wrong? You take yours off too.”

Wow, those are some nice muscles.

I guess Beastmen don’t have fur on their stomachs and chests. I don’t care though.

“Wait, wait! Why are you taking it off!?”

“What are you talking about…… There’s no way I can do Kaseyae with this on.”

My underwear, my last defense net, falls to the floor.

If I had to do this, I should have asked first what a Kaseyae was.

A small room. Two men alone. Completely naked. The fear of what was about to happen gives me goosebumps.

Should I yell out for help?

Or should I just knock Fayne unconscious and run away?

While I’m thinking about this, Fayne puts his hand on my shirt and tries to take it off.

“Stop! I’ll take it off myself, so don’t take it off for me!”

I beg in a pathetic voice. I’d rather take it off myself than be forced to take it off. 

Whatever.