Orc Girl's Tribal Daily Life

Chapter 52 Tribal Version of Playing House

After a while, Jiang Luoluo realized that this situation was not because she was really that popular, so much so that these children who had only met her once and had not even spoken to her would fight to the death for her.

This is just how these kids usually are—fighting is part of their play.

However, these children were all around the same age and their strengths were not much different. Jiang Luoluo waited for a long time, but they still didn't finish their fight and give the results.

Enough, you can't kill anyone like this... This meme inexplicably popped into Jiang Luoluo's mind.

Seeing that they couldn't decide the outcome anytime soon, Jiang Luoluo, who wanted to step forward to stop them, was mistaken by one of the children in the melee for trying to interfere because she didn't know the rules. So she was dragged directly to the center of the melee.

Wait, that's not what I meant! Jiang Luoluo was shocked and unable to speak. Her eyes instantly locked onto You, the stuttering little girl who had just said she would speak up for her.

As a result, You and the little boy who was the first to refute her were locked in a fierce battle, their strength evenly matched, neither able to gain the upper hand, and neither had the energy to pay attention to Jiang Luoluo.

Jiang Luoluo, who had been inexplicably hit twice, felt that this wouldn't do. She couldn't let herself be beaten like this; she had to calm the children down first.

If they don't quiet down, no one can understand what she means.

After a brief moment of mental deliberation, Jiang Luoluo grabbed the little girl who was about to throw another punch, held her wrist, and used the momentum to pull and tug, sending the little girl flying.

They were no longer within the scope of the chaotic battle.

The little girl fell to the ground, and Jiang Luoluo's gentle touch made the little girl's eyes clear instantly—she got up again, abandoned her other targets, and went straight for Jiang Luoluo.

Jiang Luoluo was still not familiar enough with the tribe's style. She thought that by using various means to temporarily separate the children from the melee, she could stop the current chaos.

In reality, her behavior of hitting someone only halfway only makes her a target for those kids, who will constantly challenge her.

She had to use all her strength to subdue all the other children until they dared not lay a hand on her again.

A dozen minutes later, Jiang Luoluo looked at the children scattered on the ground, feeling guilty but unable to control her accusing gaze as she looked at the pomelo on the ground.

Jiang Luoluo never expected that You, who was supposed to be brought for her, would not only fail to help her after seeing her defeat several children, but would instead team up with the little boy she had just fought with to attack her.

In that instant, Jiang Luoluo felt a chilling sense of betrayal... then she realized that this was the first time she had met them, while these children had been friends for a long time.

She beat up all of their friends here, and she expects them to come and help her? That's impossible.

Of course, Yu probably didn't think that much about it; it was just an "instinct" to challenge the strong. If it won, it would become stronger; if it lost, it would wait to win back next time.

"Luo! Amazing!" You said with bright eyes, not minding that Jiang Luoluo had defeated her.

The other children, sprawled on the ground, also chimed in, "Luo is the best!" / "Luo is awesome!"

It was a scene of complete surrender to Jiang Luoluo—it wouldn't affect their ability to challenge Jiang Luoluo again next time.

Jiang Luoluo felt very helpless. Although she was the only one standing among the children, she also had many injuries on her body, all left by these children.

They really went too far. It was only because Jiang Luoluo's consciousness was beyond her physical age and her pain tolerance was higher that she could stand up as if nothing had happened.

Having received no response from Jiang Luoluo, You, who was in the middle, suddenly realized and spoke up, "Oh, right, Luo, you can't speak."

The children, somewhat surprised by Jiang Luoluo's lukewarm reaction, then launched into a new round of cheers, though they had no idea what they were cheering for.

Surrounded by children, Jiang Luoluo, who seemed to have become the "temporary leader" of this small group, had very complicated feelings.

Fortunately, fighting is just one part of the kids' daily routine, rather than taking up all of their interactions.

Jiang Luoluo experienced another round of pretend play and even saw the jam she had traded away.

The children's role-playing games in the tribe are a bit hardcore, as they imitate the hunting stories of a hunting team rather than the plot of pretending to be parents and raising children.

Jiang Luoluo, having just demonstrated outstanding strength, received the "Leader" identity card, while the two children who had shown the weakest strength became the "Beasts," or prey.

The other children were the members of the hunting team.

The children would take out some edible snacks, such as fruits given by the adults at home or sweet wild vegetables that can be eaten raw, and put them on the two children playing the wild animals.

Jiang Luoluo, as the "leader," will lead the other children in the hunting team to hunt down these two "beasts" and find a way to capture them.

If the two children playing the "wild beasts" manage to escape, they will keep the snacks they carry; otherwise, they will become prey for the hunting party and be eaten by the hunting party's children.

This kind of game has no script; it relies entirely on the player's own skill.

"Isn't this still a fight?" Jiang Luoluo thought helplessly.

As Jiang Luoluo had predicted, the two children playing the wild animals were unable to escape the hunting team's pursuit and lost all their snacks.

You brought a handful of snacks to Jiang Luoluo and offered them to her—this was the leader's privilege, allowing her to choose the snacks first.

Jiang Luoluo saw it in there: a piece of jam, about the size of a thumb, wrapped in grass leaves. She wondered which adult was so generous as to give this to a child.

Jiang Luoluo had a lot of jam at home, and she couldn't possibly fight with the children who were eyeing the jam so eagerly, so she only took a handful of small berries that looked like blueberries.

"Luo, what? No, fruit puree?" You asked, blinking her eyes. She had just acted bravely and was recognized as the second choice, so she swallowed hard and took the jam.

Jiang Luolu shook her head, pointing to a handful of fruit in her hand. "What's this?"

"Luo, don't know it? A 'touch-touch fruit'?" You tilted her head and looked at Jiang Luoluo. After receiving Jiang Luoluo's nod in response, she seemed to have finally discovered that she was better than Jiang Luoluo, and she explained it very enthusiastically.

"When you touch a touch-me-not fruit, your teeth explode with a bang."

So in some tribes it's called "Pengpeng Fruit" and others it's called "Bangbang Fruit".

Jiang Luoluo curiously tried it out, putting a tumbleweed in her mouth and gently biting it with her teeth.

With a "pop" sound, Jiang Luoluo felt as if a cotton ball had exploded in her mouth, the texture of which was like whipped foam, with a soft and very faint sweetness.

The taste wasn't great, but it was quite fun.