No Beast Girls on the Western Front

"Why are you trying to drive him away! He... he doesn't belong to just one beast like you..."

Little Horse was speechless. She could only look at Payne and whisper, "Get her away from here!"

But Payne didn't have that thought. He had wanted to pat Xiao En's head, but now that both his arms were being held, he simply buried his face in that woolly hair and took a deep breath. "Mmm—smells good. It's okay, if you're scared, just hold me and sleep."

Then he turned to Xiao Ma and kissed her on the forehead: "Okay, stop sulking, go to sleep."

Xiao Ma was initially very dissatisfied, but after being kissed on the forehead, his anger inexplicably dissipated by more than half.

But she wasn't going to give up so easily. Instead, she stared intently at Xiao En with her big eyes.

The timid Xiao En naturally dared not meet that gaze. She looked left and right, then simply closed her eyes tightly, pretending that Xiao Ma did not exist.

Xiao Ma was so angry he gritted his teeth, and a wave of anxiety washed over him once again.

Branching devices are such a nuisance...

Chapter 26 XXVI. The New Big Sister from the Department of Bovine Science

Although the sound of artillery fire could be heard intermittently throughout the night, the man and his four animals inside the shelter slept soundly. Even as morning arrived and sunlight streamed in through the entrance, the shelter remained quiet.

Payne only woke up when he felt a tickling sensation on his nose, as if something furry was gently rubbing his face. He reluctantly opened his eyes.

There was a large, brownish substance covering the area in front of me, emitting a smell that was both fragrant and foul.

Payne immediately realized—this kind of thing could only grow on that beast!

He immediately wanted to reach out and hug them, but he couldn't—he was being held by Xiao Ma and Xiao En on either side of his arms.

Ruby, noticing Payne's awakening, retracted her tail and looked down at him with a mischievous expression. "Oh, you're awake? Too bad you're a step too late~~"

How dare this squirrel seduce me!!

What's worse, I failed to seize the opportunity!

At this moment, Xiao Ma and Xiao En were also awakened by Paine's actions, and sat up one after the other, rubbing their eyes.

"Yawn - Good morning."

"Um...fa, what happened?..."

The thought that these two beasts had ruined his plans made Payne furious. He shoved them off the bed and yelled, "Get up!! Get to work!!"

"Meow!!"

"Huh?! This...this is morning grumpiness?"

……

Looking at the bright sun in the clear sky, Payne's mood improved a little, which was rare. But when he finished work and had lunch, a dark cloud suddenly drifted over, and by the afternoon, it was pouring rain, turning the whole world into a vast expanse of water.

Thanks to the beast girls' hard work in digging, the large crater from last night has been repaired, the trenches have been rebuilt, and even the drainage ditches have been restored.

Therefore, the flooding in the trenches was not too severe after the heavy rain, and it was easy to pass through by simply laying down a layer of wooden planks.

Payne was pleased with this, and then, along with the beast girl, they grabbed buckets, pans, and shovels and began the defensive battle in the trenches.

The shelter trenches are generally lower than the battle trenches, so water accumulation is inevitable when it rains.

Fortunately, although the rain came down hard and fast, it stopped after only a few hours, which prevented the shelters from being completely flooded.

After shoveling countless buckets of rainwater and mud, the trench was finally cleaned up. Payne let out a long sigh of relief, plopped down on the ammunition box, and didn't forget to remind the beast girls:

"Don't get on the bed, you'll make it dirty. Especially you, Ruby, your tail is dragging on the floor."

Ruby's tail not only drooped to the ground, but it also shrank due to absorbing water, sticking together like a mop.

Ruby was also helpless about this. While twisting her tail like she was wringing a towel, she said, "Stop talking nonsense. You try holding your tail up all the time and see how tiring it is. And once it gets wet, it becomes heavier, and then it'll be even harder to lift..."

"Stop twisting here! Get out! It was so hard to clean this up!..."

But the situation outside wasn't much better; the heavy rain had turned the entire front line into a muddy mess.

Payne looked down at himself, then at the beast girls, and Ruby, who was twisting her tail. Each of them and the beasts had brown marks on their clothes.

Although the mud was uncomfortable, they were exhausted after a long day and Payne didn't feel he had the energy to clean himself.

Moreover, even if he manages to clean himself up despite his exhaustion, he will soon be covered in mud again in this environment.

Just as Payne was agonizing over whether or not to take a shower, someone made the decision for him:

The cannons, delayed by the weather, have finally arrived at the front lines. Now, they need help pushing the cannons up a small earthen mound—which, as one can imagine, has turned into a muddy slope.

Therefore, when Payne arrived with the beast girls and saw a group of soldiers desperately pulling cannons up the muddy slope like the Volga barge haulers, he was not surprised.

What was unusual was that the team moved the cannon with incredible speed, pulling it to the top of the slope in just a few minutes. There was no situation where the wheels got stuck in the mud, nor was there any tragedy where someone slipped and slid down the slope with the cannon.

As Payne approached, he encountered the person responsible for all of this—or rather, the orc:

It has a cow horn as thick as an arm growing on each side of its head, with the tips pointing towards the sky;

She has long, flowing brown hair and a pair of gentle, deep brown eyes.

Her tall and voluptuous figure made her breasts bulge out of her military uniform.

She is a bovine beast-woman who looks like an older sister.

"Hey, how are you guys?"

Seeing that Payne didn't speak, the older sister came over and greeted him with a smile.

“Hmm… I guess you’re the orc I’m going to add to my squad?” Payne asked.

"Yes."

The older sister took a letter from her breast pocket and handed it to Payne, giving a composed military salute. "Number 2344, reporting for duty."

Taking the letter, which had been arched and still retained its warmth, Payne didn't rush to open it. Instead, he asked, "Why didn't you come to me first, but instead helped them pull the cannon?"

"Hmm? Because this is my task, something I had to do sooner or later," the older sister said matter-of-factly.

"I mean, didn't the soldier who brought you here say anything?"

"He's pulling the cannon too."

"...Huh? Is it that urgent?"

Payne turned his head and saw that the soldiers who had just finished pulling one cannon hadn't even rested for five minutes before being shouted at by officers to get up from the mud and move on to the next cannon.

Looking around, at least a dozen cannons were still parked on the open ground in front of the mud slope.

"Hey! You orcs over there! Don't just stand there! Come and help!" the officer shouted.

……

Even with the two strong beast girls, Big Sister and Little Horse, the task of pulling the cannon was still extremely difficult.

Turning his head to look at the cannon, whose barrel was almost twice his height when held upright, Payne sighed and continued to grip the rope tightly as he climbed the muddy slope, as if he were climbing up from the bottom of an abyss.

The situation only improved when the officer brought in four more military horses, harnessed them together, and placed them at the front of the column to help lead them.

This officer at least did something humane.

During his precious but brief rest, the first thing Payne did was to give his older sister a name: "From now on, you will be called Grace."

Little Horse let out a puzzled "Huh?" "How come this newcomer has its own name so quickly? Could it be another one of the old beasts' names?"

“No, no.” Payne quickly waved his hand. “It’s the name of a cow in a fairy tale I read when I was a kid, from an animated film I watched as a child. I just remembered it and decided to use it.”

"Oh, I see." The older sister seemed to have no objections, maintaining her gentle smile. "It sounds like a nice name."

"Looks like you have no objections? Okay, then you can call yourself that from now on."

Okay. I hope that every time you call my name, you'll recall happy memories of your childhood~

"This... cough cough, this is a bit unnecessary..."

Thinking of this, Payne couldn't help but sigh—it had been more than twenty years since he left his home planet Earth, and whenever he thought back on the past, his homesickness surged like the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, and drinking to drown his sorrows only made them worse.

And even now, I haven't found a way home. That joke delivery system is just a conduit. It wouldn't be surprising if I died far from home.

However, the only stroke of luck amidst all the misfortune is that at least he has adorable beast girls to keep him company.

Thinking of this, Payne casually turned his head to look at his five beast girls, but suddenly saw the pony glancing at him sideways, its two little ears flattened back, snorting in a barely audible voice.

Chapter 27 XXVII. Flattery

The new arrival, a bovine beastwoman named Lace, seems so warm and friendly, and I feel like getting along with her wouldn't be a problem.

At first, Xiao Ma was relieved that it wasn't carnivores that came this time, because she had heard rumors that the higher-ups planned to send more orcs into the front lines and therefore planned to send more ferocious beasts to the front lines.

But listening to Grace and Payne's pleasant conversation, she felt inexplicably restless.

She didn't want to ruin her image in Payne's eyes, but when Payne turned to look at her, she still narrowed her eyes and said, "Oh? You haven't even thought of a name for me yet, but you've already come up with a name for the new beast?"

Branching devices are such a nuisance...

Fortunately, Payne wasn't impatient; he even seemed a little flustered. "I just had a sudden inspiration... I'll definitely tell you first when I've decided on a new name. Or do you have any ideas about your name?"

Xiao Ma had no idea what to do. The heavy physical labor of the past two days had exhausted her, and she had also encountered a splitter issue. She had no mood to think about such things.

At that moment, Grace chuckled softly and said, "You two have a really good relationship."

Xiao Ma blushed immediately. He was about to retort, but then stopped, a good idea popping into his head.

Then she gave a composed smile and put her hands around Payne's neck. "Yes, we're really good friends. Payne, shall I scratch your back?"

"okay."

Little Horse wasn't shy at all. She immediately flipped down Payne's collar and gently rubbed her lips and teeth against his neck.

If the soldiers pulling the cannon hadn't also been from B Company, they wouldn't have found it strange at all; otherwise, it would have caused quite a stir.

While somewhat surprised, Payne wondered if the pony was a little jealous, but then thought it didn't seem likely, since the two had only known each other for about ten days.

Just then, he felt something warm and wet rubbing against his hand. Looking down, he saw it was Lacey licking him, her tail practically wagging in a blur. "Master, pat pat~"

Yes, Lacey is definitely jealous.

As for Xiao En, who was always timid and shy, after blushing to herself for a while, she finally mustered up her courage and hugged Paine's other arm, as if she wanted to say something, but all the words that came out were "meow"...

After observing for the past few days, Payne has been able to confirm that Shawn's current behavior is definitely not out of jealousy, but simply out of admiration for strength and following the crowd, which fits people's stereotypes about sheep.

Grace looked at the three beasts hanging on Payne, and at the pony staring at the other two beasts, seemingly unintentionally. She seemed a little surprised. “I had heard that you were an unusual human, but I didn’t expect you to be so close to them.”