As soon as she left the hut, she turned to one of her female guards and pointed back to Ellis in the hut.

“I need you to go and touch that human, I want to see what happens” the orc princess ordered. Her guards looked at each other confused for a few seconds before complying and going into the hut. Ellis was on the bed, trying to catch his breath after the princess had hit him so hard, he thought he could have died.

The orc princess watched carefully as her two guards gingerly placed their hands onto the injured man's face. He tried to swipe their hands away, but the orc girls were persistent in prodding and poking at his face. He turned and looked up at them with a sour expression. The two girls were like children as they playfully poked at him.

“Will you fuck off!” He yelled, slapping their hands away. The girls laughed with amusement as they ignored his cries and continued to poke at him.

The Orc princess watched in confusion as her warriors seemed to have no side effects when touching him. Could this human really have used magic? Why weren’t they being affected? Why weren’t their faces turning red as hers had? The two guards looked back to see what their leader was doing, and why she wanted them to touch the small human. They looked confused as they saw their noble and powerful princess hiding behind the doorway of the hut.

“Your greatness, are you alright?” One of the guards asked. The princess quickly stood up and regained her noble composure.

“Yes, I’m fine, now tell me how it feels to touch the human.” She ordered, locking eyes on the human boy.

“It felt funny I guess; I mean, it is nice to bully humans.” One of the guards said, continuing to prod and poke a very annoyed looking Ellis in the face.

“May we ask why we need to do this your highness?” the other guard asked. The princess didn’t know how to answer, instead, she decided to move forward and place a hand on his face.

“Watch” She ordered. And as soon as her hand touched his face, her cheeks went bright red, and she started to get hotter. She couldn’t touch him for long and soon leapt back. The guards looked at each other and smirked smugly. They gave each other a shit-eating grin before turning to look at the princes.

“What is it?” The princes asked.

“You sure you want to know?” the first guard said.

“You may want us to tell you outside” the second guard added. The princess nodded and quickly dragged them outside, leaving Elis alone on the bed.

“Move and you die!” She yelled back at him as she left. Elis nodded quickly, not wanting to get on the bad side of this orc woman. The princess leaned back to make sure Elis remained on the bed and wasn’t sneaking up to spy on them. Once confirming it to be safe, she pressed her two guards for answers.

“Well, we believe humans experience something called ‘liking someone a lot", the first guard said.

“Liking someone?” the princess asked, not understanding how a little human could ever feel such emotions, after all to the orcs, humans were nothing more than cattle.

“Yes, a new group of priests and priestesses are studying it. That blushing that happens when you touch him, that means you may like him.” The second guard said, a cheeky and excited smile on her face.

“What? That is impossible?” the princess said, keeping her voice low so no one could hear them. The girls only giggled in response as they noticed the normally noble and strict princess looking confused about whether she really liked him or not. The girls all giggled and started to ask her what she liked about him, making her run off to avoid the conversation. The two girls remained to laugh and joke about the princess. Was she keeping him as a study project or pet?