No Beast Girls on the Western Front

My heart, which had finally calmed down, is starting to burn with restlessness again... How annoying.

What's even more infuriating is that Payne unbuttoned her clothes and then left to wash Lacey's body.

To ensure the "insect repellent" on her skin was completely washed off, he even brought out his precious soap and used it to "skate" on her skin.

I'm the beast that's supposed to be the Divergent Beast... so why am I getting so close to other beasts at a time like this...?

Xiao Ma knew her idea was unreasonable, so she just sullenly took off her clothes and carefully washed the stains off her clothes and body.

Upon seeing Ruby snatch the soap and push Lacey aside, Pony immediately realized this was an opportunity and sneaked over.

Just as Payne was about to call Xiao En over to help him wipe his back, he felt Xiao Ma hug him from behind. "Let me do it~~"

Chapter 31 XXXI. Good Boy Little Pony

Even the next day, as the man and the five beasts continued their cannon-pulling work, Payne would occasionally reminisce about the wonderful events of the previous night when he was lost in thought.

And the main content of his recollection wasn't even the actual act in the trench, but rather when they were in the river, Xiao Ma hugged him from behind and rubbed against him, saying he wanted to rub his back...

This little pony is nice, just a little naughty.

Paine had to admit his mistake for not realizing she was this kind of beast.

To reward Pony for his daring act, Payne, unusually, used face wash, and the two of them had a very enjoyable time that night.

The price was that both the human and the beast were listless the next day...

The weather these past two days has been remarkably consistent: a brief downpour in the morning, followed by a sunny day.

The July sun was already scorching, and they were like being thrown into a steamer with a bathroom heater. After pulling a cannon up the hillside, they were sweating so much that it was as if they had taken a bath.

Even worse, because the air is almost saturated with moisture, everyone's sweat can hardly evaporate, making it difficult to remove body heat.

Of course, the most critical thing was that a short downpour in the morning turned the entire front line into a swamp. The wheels of the cannons sank deep into the mud and could not be pulled out. Even Grace and Pony had to use all their strength to pull them out, let alone pull them up the hill.

Therefore, even though it took them all morning to pull up just one cannon, they were still so exhausted that they were almost completely drained and refused to move once they lay down in the shade of a tree.

Oh, there's one exception: Lacey is sticking her tongue out like crazy.

Thinking he would rest a bit before having lunch, Payne lay down on Lacey's chubby legs, closed his eyes, and planned to take a nap first.

As a result, he fell asleep immediately and didn't wake up for a long time.

When he opened his eyes and sat up, the beast girls and B Company soldiers around him were still lying haphazardly, and no one showed any intention of getting up.

The only minor problem is that Pony isn't here.

Payne looked around and then discovered that the little horse was standing with several other horses under another big tree not far away.

...Is this an attempt to connect with one's "compatriots"?

After thinking for a moment, Payne got up and walked over.

Xiao Ma was stroking the horse's back with a pained expression, and the places she touched were covered with whip marks.

Noticing Payne's arrival, the pony didn't look up, but simply said, "What a pitiful bunch of animals, being whipped like this by humans..."

Payne paused for a moment, then reached out and stroked the horse. "Have you ever been whipped?"

"Yes, during training."

"Don't worry, with me here, I won't let that happen."

"Yes. Thank you."

Payne's actions were obvious to all—because the progress of pulling the cannon uphill was so slow, the supervising officer was using almost all his strength to whip the horses, making them neigh repeatedly.

That guy would even brandish his whip at the beast girls from time to time to intimidate them, but he didn't actually do it because Payne stepped in to stop him.

If the humans present weren't soldiers, not slaves, Payne felt that guy would have even wanted to whip them.

What kind of world is this...sigh...

Pine pursed his lips and muttered to himself, "This game has such good perks, giving you 100 free draws as soon as you log in."

"

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"

However, it seems that the beast girls have a pretty strong ability to recover – Payne didn't find any whip marks on the pony.

When he saw the little horse casually pluck a few leaves from a tree and stuff them into its mouth to chew, a sound came from its stomach, and Payne finally realized that people (and animals) would die if they didn't eat.

"Let's go and get something to eat."

"Ah."

……

But even after they had soothed their stomachs and hearts with food, Little Horse still looked preoccupied. Payne decided to have a serious talk with her: "Is there anything that you can't get over after a meal? Come on, tell me."

Little Horse stared at the ground for a long time before looking up at Payne: "Do you think if I tried harder, 'Coal Balls' and the others wouldn't get beaten up?"

"Who is 'coal ball'? A horse?"

"It's that black-haired horse. I didn't name it that; that's what everyone else calls it."

"This little pony is such a good boy," Payne thought to himself.

But looking at the severe dark circles under her eyes, Payne still hesitated: "None of us have been getting enough rest these past few days..."

Little Horse interrupted him: "But they show no mercy when they use horses."

"Although you didn't tell me, I've heard that there are quite a few cases where horses have been worked to death in order to get heavy artillery in place..."

"Now you care about us beast girls, but who cares about them?"

Looking into the pony's clear eyes, Payne felt a surge of emotion once again—this pony was indeed a good boy.

He didn't intend to stop him anymore, but simply reminded him, "Take it easy, don't overdo it."

"Okay, sure." Little Horse nodded, then let out a long yawn.

Looking at such a well-behaved and adorable child, Payne found it hard to resist the urge to tease her a little.

So he leaned close to the pony's ears (the fluffy ears on top) and whispered, "Oh, by the way, it's okay for me to whip you tonight, right?~~"

The faint smile on Xiao Ma's face vanished instantly. She glared at him and slapped him hard on the butt.

"Ouch!! Hiss—oh dear, you should hold back a little, my flesh is numb..."

……

Because he had provoked Little Horse at noon, Little Horse insisted on finishing his business before going to sleep, even though both he and the beast were very tired by evening.

The good news is that Payne slept soundly until dawn, and even the few red bumps on his body didn't dampen his spirits.

"Although the lice came, it also proved that the strange 'insect repellent' had indeed been washed off."

Ruby also said, "It seems that lice can avoid the 'insect repellent' that evaporates in the air by hiding in corners, and it is also not easy for the 'insect repellent' that has already evaporated to re-attach, which is also good news."

"Look, this is what reading is all about..."

"Stop."

But Payne's good mood didn't last long before it was interrupted by a series of booming cannon shots.

The cannons that they had painstakingly moved to their positions were finally starting to play a role, slowly dropping shells onto the enemy's positions.

Although no orders have been issued from above, it is obvious to anyone with eyes to see that preparations for an attack are underway.

Chapter 32 XXXII. This sleep is truly impossible to get through.

The French reacted quickly, launching a counter-bombardment artillery barrage just hours after the Germans began their bombardment.

Since Payne and his men were not stationed at the front line, and the enemy's shelling was concentrated only on the first line of defense, their plan to rest in the trenches was thwarted, and they still had to get up every day to pull the cannons.

Whenever those steel behemoths roar, even earplugs can't withstand the powerful sound waves, and even the mud in the small puddles on the ground seems to jump.

Having been hit by artillery shells at close range twice before, Xiao En was particularly afraid of the sound of artillery. At the slightest disturbance, she would want to burrow into Payne's arms—although Payne felt pretty good about it, this was, after all, a battlefield, and it wasn't practical to always rely on someone else for protection.

But after several days of continuous shelling, Xiao En was finally forced to get used to the sound of artillery fire—or rather, to become numb to it.

She no longer froze in place when the cannons roared, nor did she lie down on the ground at the slightest provocation. Instead, she stared blankly with her eyes wide open, head down, pulling hard on the tow rope.

Worried that she might become completely desensitized and fail to notice incoming artillery shells, Payne realized this was a good opportunity to continue teaching her various aspects of artillery.

Given the level of technology and firepower in World War I, soldiers needed to have a considerable amount of knowledge and experience. They had to learn to use various terrains, be able to distinguish the sounds of different types of artillery shells, understand their power, identify the landing point of the shells in advance, and know their explosion type, so as to know how to protect themselves.

Even setting aside the beast girls, the young recruits, being human, knew nothing about this. They were killed because they couldn't distinguish between grenades and shrapnel.

They were terrified by the loud explosions of the relatively harmless large-caliber shells and paid no attention to the buzzing shrapnel mixed in with the noise.

Instead of running in different directions, they huddled together like a flock of sheep, and were easily killed by the barrage of shrapnel.

The military training in the rear was also pure nonsense. Even if six months of sufficient training time could be guaranteed, a lot of time was wasted on practicing formations, tidying up barracks, and dealing with inspections. The remaining training was only the most basic shooting and grenade throwing.

Soldiers trained in this way are simply not up to the task of dealing with the complex positional warfare of today.

As for beast girls, there's no need to mention them. No one would invest even a little bit of effort in them—until now, they are still only considered manual laborers.

This war needs strong soldiers who have gone to school, received rigorous and scientific training, and are "internship" under the guidance of experienced veterans, not illiterate, long-term tortured and abused beast girls who are abandoned on the battlefield.

These tasks, which should have been the result of the entire society working together, were placed on Payne's shoulders alone. He had no choice but to sigh and start teaching from the most crucial knowledge points.

So during the short break, Payne gave Shawn, Pony, and Grace a lesson on cannons.

But even for such important, even life-or-death, knowledge points that might be tested soon, some animals still messed up.

It wasn't the timid Xiao En, but rather the always obedient and well-behaved Xiao Ma.