The Arrogant and Precious Objective -3
“...Huaa... ♡”
With her eyes closed—though she had kept them closed even before—the peacock beastman’s expression had deepened further.
Wrapped snugly in the blanket, Lumina was clearly enduring some nightmare within her dream, tormented by whatever horrors awaited her there.
“Stop it!”
Only then did Lumina finally awaken.
The dream had been so shockingly intense that she kicked the blanket clean off her legs.
‘When did it become a dream...?’
She had savored the punishment for daring to help another she-beast escape—the very one who would later become her second female slave. In her mind, she replayed the moment of her fainting.
But the memories were too hazy, flooded with nosebleeds and lost consciousness, so she gave up trying to piece it together.
What was certain was that the experience just now had been a dream.
“...Huuu ♡”
It had not been a mere illusion, though.
—Are you awake?
Lumina looked up at the orc.
The muscular orc still wandered naked through the flower garden, and the overwhelming vitality radiating from him told her he had just embraced another she-beast.
“A... ♡”
Instead of words, a lewd moan slipped from her lips.
“I’m sorry, but it seems things didn’t go exactly as you wanted, does it?”
Lumina, barely out of sleep and still drowsy, asked with her eyes.
“You’re still like that?”
“Huh...?”
Lumina’s face twisted with even greater bewilderment.
“I... I was doing that—uaaah ♡”
The proud peacock beastman, who had been about to rise from the bed to glance at the documents the orc held, collapsed back down onto the mattress.
“Huaa... ♡”
Her body had been stretched into a dangerous arc by the fierce union moments ago, so the result was only natural.
“This kind of state doesn’t suit you at all.”
The orc had been about to ask her something, but his body clearly hadn’t recovered enough to continue.
“Succubi! In the corridor?”
“Yes~”
The orc pointed at Lumina.
“Bath her in the tub and put her back to sleep.”
“Yes~”
But Lumina looked far more desperate, as if she could barely be bothered to raise her body at all.
“N-no... what are you saying...? Just like that...!”
“First, recover your body.”
“Wait... don’t...”
Lumina had no strength left in her body and simply collapsed.
The succubi carried the unconscious Lumina away.
‘That one cannot be touched...’
Even if she was freed from captivity in the future, the only way to clear her name was for the princess to remain safe.
If that hope vanished, she would be nothing more than a sacrifice for the nation.
Hearing that even that hope had been dashed, Lumina despaired.
The one thing Lumina had never imagined was how stubbornly the princess would hold out—far more than she had expected.
****
With Lumina gone, the position she had left behind was now an empty void.
Of course, the princess had no intention of taking command herself.
“Then you shall be the commander.”
No matter how beautiful, a woman could instill fear in the men simply through her attitude and posture.
Mistrielle fell into that category.
Despite her fair skin and alluring purple eyes, her lips alone had a way of making everyone uneasy.
“Your Highness, no matter how you look at it, that orc—”
“Then you do it. There are plenty of people here, aren’t there?”
The number of troops under the royal bloodline’s command was naturally vast.
And they were not just numerous—they were filled with competent talent.
“M-me...?”
“You managed it, didn’t you, peacock? Why can’t you?”
But even among those talented individuals, the peacock had been superior, so she had controlled the front lines as the chief strategist.
“Do it if you can.”
Mistrielle pointed at a middle-aged officer older than herself with a fan, her expression clearly irritated.
Mistrielle was the highest-ranking officer in terms of status, yet she had no interest in war.
She would rather her subjects and the general beside her died than herself.
‘Is this right?’
‘Who knows.’
The arrogance of the royal family had been so great that it had sparked a civil war and led even the forces that joined the Demon Realm to question their loyalty.
“If you don’t like it, hand it to someone else.”
But that was the extent of it. She did not neglect state affairs or refuse to command.
For Mistrielle, that was already too much.
From childhood, her beautiful appearance and the pampered nature of royal blood had merged into a personality that, even as an adult, remained as stubborn as a child’s.
Aside from her beauty, her character was almost rotten.
“Then decide among yourselves.”
“Huh?”
“I don’t feel like it. Hold a meeting and decide yourselves.”
In the end, she handed over even the choice of the most important general and left the room.
Of course, with the interests of multiple races intertwined, central control was necessary, but the center itself was in this state.
The most critical defensive line had already collapsed, and measures had to be prepared immediately.
Yet no one could select a commander capable of fully directing the troops, and pointless arguments continued.
****
Meanwhile, what about the orc’s forces?
—Haaang ♡
The orc was the one who enjoyed the women’s moans.
But even so, he remained a great general.
Recently he had been spoken of as having withdrawn, yet he was a renowned orc commander of the Demon Realm who truly threw himself into the fray when it mattered most.
“Commander.”
“Ah, it’s time. Sorry.”
He gently set down the woman whose heavy moans still echoed and roughly dressed himself, stepping out of the flower garden.
Before long, a strategy map for tactics lay in his hand.
“Although Lumina is with us now, who is commanding over there?”
“For now, the princess is the supreme commander.”
“Actually...?”
The orc knew that some types thrived on their status without putting in real effort.
And the orc was certain the princess was exactly that kind.
‘A woman who ignores even the advice of the smartest woman couldn’t possibly be a good person.’
Conversely, if she truly prepared to defend fiercely, he could not say, but there were no noticeable movements.
“I don’t think she needs an extremely meticulous plan.”
“Huh?”
“What can those who lost their commander and their center do—prepare or work hard?”
Though the situation was increasingly disadvantageous for them.
“First, map the terrain and prepare to invade immediately.”
“Yes.”
“When the peacock recovers her senses, I’ll ask her.”
“Will the peacock tell us?”
“She will.”
Why? Because she had already experienced forced sex.
She would not suffer violence, but she would not resist the stronger mental stimulation any more than necessary.
...Of course, exceptions always existed, but women of that caliber usually had either an overwhelming sense of pride or exceptionally tough bodies.
Lumina was a smart woman, so she would follow obediently.
What smart she-beasts hated most was having their clever minds broken by pleasure.
“Then prepare. I’ll bring the information once Lumina wakes up.”
“Yes.”
The orc’s heart toward the Beast Kingdom was nothing but joy.
****
“Now that your body has recovered a bit?”
“Ye, you...”
Her expression twisted at the title she disliked.
Smart she-beasts always changed their way of addressing people after just that.
“M-master...”
“Yes.”
“W-what are you talking about? Why aren’t we retreating?”
“You seem bothered by your highness, perhaps.”
It had been said casually, but it roughly matched Lumina’s guess.
“How do you have the nerve to ask about information now?”
“That...”
If she still hesitated, the orc would bring out the thing attached to his lower body—far more terrifying than a club to a woman.
“Wait... please say it♡ I’ll tell you...♡”
Women with high pride in their intelligence feared that very organ.
They worried that, if they gave in, their clever heads might be ruined by it.
Of course, even with her squinting eyes, a sliver of hope remained mixed in...
“Come on, speak quickly. Or I’ll force it...”
Hiccup ♡
The trembling she showed already showed that she had tasted extreme pleasure and could not return to her original state.
“...♡”
‘So that’s it.’
“Of course I’ll force it even if you tell me, but the intensity will be set.”
She did not dislike being forced.
She simply disliked it being too intense.
“......”
Even so, feigning reluctance was only natural.
‘If it’s forced right now... I’ll be seen as a lewd woman... ♡’
No sound came through, but the thoughts of the she-beast could still be heard.
The orc himself could not claim to be smarter than the she-beasts, but he could read the minds of those like this.
‘Now’s the time to start talking.’
One.
Two.
Three.
“T-that... I’ll tell you...”
In the end, Lumina moved exactly as she thought.
No matter how clever she was, a woman was helpless before an orc.
Swallow... ♡
Lumina’s slight body trembled as she spoke, giving the impression that she had not been prompted out of worry but out of expectation.
With just a little more appropriate information from her, they would gain not only the peacock but also the princess—the highest status among them.