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The Otherworld Conquest Method of a Reincarnated Porter Chapter 131 Part 2

After a quick introduction, Cyrus suggests that he would like to welcome us in Breicork, the capital city of the territory. Lunamilia says that an excessive welcome is not necessary, but he insists. There seems to be some reason for this.

「I don’t mind going to Breicork, but before that, I would like to go to Brint, the birthplace of the saint.」

「Brint, is it…? Err…」

It seems that Cyrus doesn’t know where Brint is. After all, it is just the name of a town that appears in the story, and it is where the saint, who came from a poor family, was born. It may be a small village or town.

Cyrus gives his subordinates eye contact, and someone who knows Brint whispers to Cyrus.

「I see, Brint. Understood. Brint is on the way to Breicork, so let’s spend the night there today.」

With Cyrus and the others leading the way, we arrived in Brint by evening. Brint is a small and neat town, and when we ask the residents, they guide us to the house of the birth of the Saint. The building we are guided to is a very common general store. It has no information board or anything of the sort, either. Well, I guess that’s just how it is in this world where tourism is not very developed. Still, Lunamilia is deeply moved, so I guess it is worth taking the trouble to come to this place. After casually buying something at the general store as a souvenir, we go to the mayor’s house. It seems that we can stay at the mayor’s house tonight. The mayor is flustered by the sudden visit of the eldest son of the Count’s family. They hurriedly prepare dinner for the night, so I provide them with all the monster meat and other things I have in my storage. After the dinner is started and the meal is well underway, Lunamilia questions Cyrus.

「So, Cyrus-sama, is there anything I can help you with? Be it healing, making holy water, or subjugating monsters, as long as you say the words, I will be happy to help you with it.」

「Yes, Lunamilia-sama, I would really appreciate your help. Currently, our territory is suffering from serious damage due to robberies and pillage done by beastfolks, and our northern border, Cresar, is in a state of semi-war.」

「Beastfolks, is it? My sacred magic isn’t very effective against humans, so I’m afraid I can only help with healing and making holy water.」

Lunamilia’s sacred magic is a cheat magic specialized for fighting monsters. It seems that holy light spirit and holy light rain are ineffective against humans. Still, a war against beastfolks, huh? Hmm, somehow, I have nothing but a bad feeling about this.

「If you could help us with healing and making holy water, that would be more than enough. Almost every day, the sick and wounded are brought from Cresar to the territory capital, and the treatment is unable to keep up with it. And as the priests are spending all their time and energy on treating them, they are unable to make holy water, so there’s a concern that this would cause problems in maintaining the public order on the highway and in the countryside.」

「I see. As a monk, I don’t know how much assistance I can provide, but please let me help.」

As usual, Lunamilia readily agrees without giving it much thought. Still, I have tons of questions about the happenings that are taking place in this territory, but since Lunamilia doesn’t seem to have any intention of gathering any more information, I guess I have no choice but to do it myself. Cyrus is in the position of asking Lunamilia for a favor, so even if I, her attendant, were to talk to him, I don’t think he would treat me in a harsh manner.

「Cyrus-sama, you mentioned something about the injured being carried to the territory capital from Cresar, but may I ask why they aren’t being treated there?」

「Ah, yes. Cresar is located near the border with the beast kingdom in the north, and it’s also a place with poor public order. So none of the priests are willing to go there.」

Despite the fact that the grace of God is real in this world, will the bestfolks attack the priests, too? Well, I guess just because you have the priest job doesn’t mean you won’t be attacked unconditionally. More importantly, it seems like things are going in a somewhat bad direction.

「Oh my, in that case, I’ll go there myself. This, too, must be part of my monastic journey. Right, Sei-sama?」

「Huh, yeah, I suppose so.」

Kuh, as expected, it turns out like this. It can be said that Lunamilia’s strength will be reduced to less than half in battles against humans. I guess I’ll have to do my best as her escort.

「Ooh, to think you would be willing to go to Cresar… On behalf of Chanortham, you have my thanks, Lunamilia-dono.」

After that, I ask Cyrus, who is now in a better mood, more questions and gather information. Apparently, they’re not really in a war with the Beast Kingdom. There is a relatively large city of the Beast Kingdom to the north of Cresar, and the majority of the robbers are coming from there. The bestfolks never invade the walls of Cresar, but the journey seems to be very dangerous. In particular, when they are transporting goods to Cresar, it seems that they are often attacked by groups of bestfolks robbers. After being captured, tortured, and having the contents of their storage stolen, porters seem to be killed in a terrible manner, so it seems that the Porter’s Union is uncooperative in transporting goods. Due to that, the goods are transported by horse, but the lines become long and it becomes easier to be attacked. After having a taste of robbing, the bestfolks go unbridled, and more or more victims come from the adventurers and knights, and the treatment is unable to keep up with it. Hmm, from what I’ve heard thus far, even if Lunamilia and I go to Cresar, it’s unclear whether we can improve the situation significantly, but Cyrus, who heard rumors about the Saint, must have come here to cling to his last hope. We’re too far in to turn back now. Lunamilia is also raring to go, so although I don’t know how much we can do, let’s give them a hand.

「Cotton Clouds, a gold-ranked adventurer party active in the royal capital, has also arrived, so with this, the situation will surely turn for the better.」

Cotton Clouds, you say?! If I remember correctly, it should be the party to which Hero Sylphia belongs. I wonder if she remembers my face. We had only spoken once, about two years ago, during the conferring of decorations. Well, I’ve grown a lot in those two years, so even if she does remember me, let’s just play dumb. I’ll insist that I’m just a similar-looking person. For argument’s sake, even if my true identity is revealed, Sylphia is a commoner, and I don’t think she’s the type of woman who would tell the whole world about my true identity, after all.

Feeling a little uneasy, I go to sleep at the mayor’s house that night.