Ogre Squire Ch. 5: The Fire of the Past

Ukura battles the ice fairy Nina, and Althea discovers Alucius's motivation

I drew away from Nina, pulling myself out of the water. I didn’t know what was happening inside the inn, and my ogre brain didn’t work too quickly, but I knew that something was wrong.

Nina rose from the water. Her movement was unnatural, too smooth for it to be done with human muscles. Her toes pulled out of the hot springs as she levitated above the su…