Deep inside the wild forest, a massive Orc staggered forward, clutching its stomach.

The creature wobbled like it was completely drunk. Water poured nonstop from its mouth, splashing onto the forest floor. Its eyes spun wildly as it tried to stay upright, but its bloated stomach pushed the water upward, flooding its throat.

It felt like it had swallowed an entire river.

The Orc gagged violently.

"Bleh—!"

With a loud retching sound, it vomited a massive amount of water. The ground quickly turned muddy as the water spread everywhere.

Nearby, the female Orc growled in irritation. The male Orc was supposed to focus on mating, but instead, it kept vomiting and rolling on the ground like a fool.

Annoyed, the female Orc snorted, turned around, and walked away, disappearing deeper into the forest to hunt other prey.

Among the water that poured out of the male Orc’s mouth, something round and shiny rolled onto the ground, a small pearl.

The strange thing was that the water didn’t stop.

Even after the Orc finished vomiting, water continued flowing out from the pearl itself, like a tiny endless spring.

Inside the Pocket Dimension Pearl, Tyler was laughing uncontrollably.

"Hahaha... this works perfectly!" he said, wiping tears from his eyes. "Inside the pocket dimension, you can send items outside with just a thought. So all I had to do was send the water from the copper pot out."

He raised the pot proudly.

"Since I’m not pouring the pot out, but only taking water from it... the water inside just keeps multiplying."

It was an infinite loop.

The orange cat in front of him stared silently for a moment... then let out a low, unimpressed meow.

"Yes, yes, I know," Tyler said, calming down. "Cruel plan. But effective."

Outside, the Orc finally felt relief after emptying its stomach. It stood still for a moment, breathing heavily, then sniffed the air.

Realizing the female Orc was gone, it panicked and ran off into the forest to search for her, leaving the pearl behind.

Time passed.

An hour later, the water flowing from the pearl finally stopped.

The forest was quiet again.

Then, with a soft glow, an orange cat appeared beside the pearl. Serena looked around carefully, ears twitching. After confirming there was no danger, she sighed, picked up the pearl in her mouth, and sprinted away.

Only after reaching a safe distance did she stop.

The pearl glowed once more.

Tyler tumbled out and fell onto the grass.

"Escaped!" Tyler shouted, raising his fist triumphantly.

He lay there for a moment, breathing deeply, enjoying the feeling of being alive and not inside an Orc’s stomach.

Then—

"Aaan~"

A faint moan echoed through the forest.

Tyler froze.

His expression instantly turned serious. He slowly sat up and looked around.

"Serena," he said firmly, "even though this body isn’t originally mine... and even though I still have some habits from Richard..."

He placed a hand on his chest.

"My soul is completely mine. And I like women."

Serena blinked.

Tyler continued, his tone sharp.

"And I am very sure... the sound I just heard was the voice of a woman in distress."

Serena rolled her eyes and let out a tired sigh.

In her mind, she thought only one thing:

’Male Mathilda.’

Still, she turned her ears toward the direction of the sound.

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"Don’t let her make any noise. If we capture her and sell her in the slave market, we’ll make a lot of money."

"Hahaha... and after that, we’ll capture her daughter too and sell her. We’re going to be rich!"

Two fat, bald village men laughed loudly. They wore dirty dhotis and smelled of sweat and alcohol. Their eyes were filled with greed, not desire, as if they were looking at livestock rather than people.

"Don’t touch my daughter—moo!"

The woman screamed desperately.

Her brown clothes were torn, exposing her curves through the ripped fabric. A cow-girl humanoid woman, She has long flowing white hair, pale grey skin with black cow-like markings across her face and body, and large curved black horns rising from her head. Her ears are slightly animal-like, and a thin cow tail hangs behind her. She has silver eyes with busty body.

But the two men didn’t care about her beauty at all. From above, hidden on a tree branch, Tyler peeked down with Serena beside him.

"That is..." Tyler’s eyes widened slightly.

The horns.

The ears.

The tail.

The skin colour.

"She’s some kind of..." Tyler paused, thinking hard. "...Cow Girl. Yeah. That’s a correct name."

"What are you going to do if we touch your daughter?" one of the men sneered. "Drown us to death with your milk?"

The other man burst into laughter.

"I wouldn’t mind dying like that!" Tyler muttered under his breath.

Serena rolled her eyes.

Whack!

She delivered a quick mid-air kick to Tyler’s cheek.

"Ow!" Tyler whispered. "I was joking!"

But the kick made him lose balance.

CRASH!

Tyler fell straight off the tree.

"BOOM!"

The loud sound echoed through the forest.

Everyone froze.

"Ouch... that hurt," Tyler groaned, pushing himself up. "Thank goodness I upgraded my stats..."

He lifted his head.

On his right stood the two village men, staring at him in shock.

On his left was the cow woman, eyes wide, filled with fear... and hope.

"Someone’s here?" one man said.

"Who the hell are you?" the other demanded.

Tyler smiled awkwardly and raised both hands, "Hello, hello. Sorry about that. I got lost in the forest and just stumbled here by accident."

He looked completely harmless.

Truthfully, Tyler didn’t really care about what was happening to the woman.

’It’s true I’m a little lustful, he thought. But that doesn’t mean I’ll help someone just because she’s beautiful, busty, and— ’

The cow woman looked at him with tear-filled eyes.

Her lips trembled.

Tyler’s heart skipped.

’—okay, maybe she’s VERY beautiful. And she’s looking at me like that. My heart is pounding. Something is rising inside me...

Yes. It’s my sense of justice. Definitely justice.

I mean, if I save her, she might... as gratitude—’

Millions of thoughts exploded in Tyler’s head.

Finally, he made a decision.

"I’m glad to see people here," Tyler said casually. "Judging by your clothes, there should be a village nearby, right? I’ll just head there and rest."

He waved cheerfully, "You guys continue whatever you were doing. Bye-bye!"

Tyler turned around and walked past them.

Serena followed.

"Huh...?"

The cow woman’s face twisted into despair.

The two men stared at Tyler’s back in disbelief.

One of them suddenly growled and swung his fist.

Tyler reacted instantly.

With 20+ Agility, he barely dodged the punch.

The fist grazed past his face.

"Damn," Tyler thought. "Even with 20+ agility, I barely avoided that. Even a random villager here is stronger than this useless Richard body. How the hell did he survive in this forest before?"

Tyler turned around, annoyed.

"What the hell are you doing? Trying to kill me? I said I don’t care about whatever you’re doing!"

"Hmph," one man sneered. "Blame your bad luck for seeing something you weren’t supposed to see."

"Luck?" Tyler sighed. "Luck is the second last thing I care about."

Then—

BOOM!

BOOM!

The ground shook violently.

A massive shadow loomed overhead.

A giant green hand reached down and grabbed both village men at once.

"AAAAHHHH!"

"A female Orc!"

"How did that thing get here?!"

"It must be that guy! He lured it here!"

They screamed in panic.

Tyler blinked.

"...Oh. That’s awkward."

The female Orc indeed followed him earlier—when he had shouted "Escaped!" loudly in the forest.

The Orc looked at the screaming men.

Then it looked at Tyler.

Tyler immediately dashed behind the cow woman and peeked out.

"I already have a mate, you see!" Tyler shouted loudly.

He wasn’t sure if the Orc understood words... but he said it anyway.

At the same time, he signaled Serena, who already had the pearl in her mouth, ready to escape.

The Orc did something no one expected. It shoved two men in it’s private part, that is leaking some suspicious water.

Tyler, the cow woman, and even Serena immediately covered their eyes.

"Aaaaahhh~!" A terrifying, soul-shaking moan echoed across the forest.

The Orc shivered... then turned around and ran away happily, vanishing between the trees.

"...Trauma" Tyler muttered.

Just as he sighed in relief—

BOOM! BOOM!

Another set of heavy footsteps appeared.

A male Orc emerged.

Its eyes instantly locked onto the cow woman.

They lit up. It’s long trunk like thing that is dancing between his legs got harden a little.

Tyler stepped in front of her without thinking and pointed deep into the forest.

"An ugly female Orc just went that way."

The male Orc looked confused. It sniffed the ground and It smelled water. Its face lit up with joy.

With a loud grunt, it ran in the direction the female Orc had fled.

Tyler watched it disappear.

"...From the way it runs," Tyler said calmly, "it’s definitely not checking what’s stuck in her and definitely gonna shove his giant thing into it."

Both the cow woman and Serena shivered violently.

"How did you know ? Moo" The cow woman asked.

"No matter what species it is. Men are Men..." Tyler just muttered.

Then the fate of two men ended just as Tyler predicted. They were crushed like ingredients that are stuck between Mortar and Pestle.