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The Otherworld Conquest Method of a Reincarnated Porter Chapter 135

Practice with Nakulus

「Goods transportation request, for me?」

The day after we arrived in Cresar, I am approached by Ottilie and the Viscount’s subordinates about transporting goods. At this time of year, transporting goods by carriage takes time due to the snow, which is one of the reasons why they are attacked by beastfolk bandits. If they have the goods stored in my storage as they transport them, the journey will take one night and two days, which will speed up the transport of goods. To be honest, if I were to travel by myself, I could reach the territory capital of Breicork in one day. It would end up taking one night and two days since we have to take the escorts’ convenience into account, but well, here in Cresar, I have nothing to do, which gives me a lot of time to spare, so I don’t mind accepting it. In the end, I decide to accept the request to carry the goods, and several members of Cotton Clouds will serve as escorts. The reward isn’t bad either, so I have no objections. After telling Lunamilia that I will be leaving for Breicork tomorrow, we decide to look around Cresar for the day.

Lunamilia can only use wide area healing magic twice a day, so it seems that they decided to do it in the morning and evening. As we walk through the town, many people revere Lunamilia as a saint. Lunamilia is accompanied by a woman who acts as her escort and guide, so with her as our guide, we climb up to the outer wall of Cresar and listen to her explanation. There is a large town in the distance, but that is the town of the Beast Kingdom, and it seems that the bandits are coming from there. Basically, the beastfolks split into two groups: those who openly come to Cresar for one-on-one duels, and bandit bands that target transported goods. It seems that there are many cases where the one-on-one duel is carried out until one of them dies. In the town of beastfolks, we can see a huge tower. The town of beastfolks is quite far away, and at a glance it looks like an ordinary tower, but compared to other buildings, its width and length are off the charts. It is a building of extraordinary size considering the architectural technology of this world. I wonder if the architectural technology of the beastfolks exceeds that of the Kingdom of Estorias. Let’s try asking her about it.

「I wonder what that tower is for.」

「Ah, that’s a labyrinth.」

「Labyrinth? Are there tower labyrinths?」

「Yes, there should be a number of them in the Kingdom of Estorias, too.」

That sounds interesting. I don’t have any particular plans after my journey with Lunamilia comes to an end, so I guess it won’t be a bad idea to go around and check out the tower-shaped labyrinths in various places. After that, we look around the town, but there’s nothing worth mentioning. It’s not that big of a town, and it doesn’t have any kind of industry. I wonder if they don’t trade with the Beast Kingdom. As expected, it’s a boring town. I guess I’d be better off moving around transporting goods than staying here.

Lunamilia and the guide head to the church to get ready to cast the evening healing magic, so I decide to go back to the mansion, but along the way, I spot Nakulus. I have nothing to do anyway, so let’s call out to him.

「Hey, Nakule.」

「Oh, it’s you, Sei.」

「Where are you going?」

「I’m going to do some boxing practice to kill time. How’s it, Sei, care to join me?」

Boxing, huh, that sounds interesting. I come with Nakulus and head to a vacant lot on the outskirts of town. Nakulus is warming up by shadow boxing with light footwork. I have the fast learning skill, so as I perfectly copy Nakulus’ movements by watching and imitating, I manage to acquire the boxing skill in no time at all. Well, my proficiency level is only 1, so I probably won’t be able to use it in combat.

「Oh, Sei, you’ve got some nice moves there. We’ll stop before it actually hits, so c’mon, keep me company for a bit. As expected, fighting against the air isn’t quite as fulfilling, you see.」

I face Nakulus and get into a boxing stance. In any case, if I watch and memorize Nakulus’ movements, and then find an opportunity to practice on my own, I think I’ll be able to use them fairly well.

「Ugh.」

Nakulus closes in on me with instant step, throws a hook at me, stops it just before it hits, and then retreats to the rear right away. Incredible, I couldn’t react at all. Well, if you were to fight someone with a sword and your fists, you’ll probably be cut down in an instant if you can’t move like that. In any case, I decide to match Nakulus’ movements, using my footwork to move my legs and hips while keeping my boxing skill in mind. That’s because I think the evasive maneuvers of boxing can probably be used in swordsmanship, too. Even so, Nakulus, who is superior to me, continues to throw punches, which stop just before they hit, at my body one after another. Although the punches stop just before they hit, they blow wind over and if I were to get hit squarely by it, I don’t think I’d get out of it scot-free. If it was a serious fight, I would probably be beaten to a pulp, but even so, I think my movements using boxing techniques are serving as good practice for Nakulus.

Nakulus is concentrating his magical energy on his lower body. I see, in boxing, what’s important is probably the movement of the lower body rather than the attack. As it allows you to shift from dodging to attacking in an instant. Still, what’s this strange feeling? Nakulus takes some distance and concentrates his magical energy on his lower body… No, this, is he channeling his magical energy into the ground? On a closer look, there are several places around Nakulus where the ground is slightly raised. Is this earth magic?

「Nakulus, are you using earth magic?」

「Yeah, I’m not that good at either earth magic or magical energy manipulation, but by raising and hardening the ground so that it’s easier to step on, I can increase the speed of my instant step, you see.」

I see, so that’s how it is. Back then, when Ottilie unleashed an attack with terrifying speed and step on the snow, she used earth magic, huh. She used earth magic to raise and solidify the earth enough to withstand a strong step at the soles of her feet with pinpoint accuracy. Alright, I think I can do it too. Even if it’s limited to the first attack only, it will allow for a high-speed attack.

「Alright, Sei, to finish up, I want to do body manipulation practice. Slash at me with your sword.」

Body manipulation practice? What on earth does that mean? While wondering about it, I take out a wooden sword from my storage and hold it at the ready. As expected, a sword has an overwhelming advantage over a fist, so if I’m not careful, I’ll end up hurting him, after all.

「Why a wooden sword? A real sword would be much more thrilling, though. Well, whatever, bring it on.」

I can pretty much read Nakulus’ movements. If I use a real sword, there’s a chance that I would slip up, after all. Using body enhancement, I swing my sword at high speed, focusing on speed rather than power. What?! Nakulus’ performs a wonderful dodge, faster than his movements thus far, so fast that I feel like I can even see an afterimage. Oioi, is it possible for humans to do such movements? Rather than following the attack with his eyes and dodging, it’s more like he’s reading it ahead. I wonder if he has some kind of innate skill. I’m surprised, but I continue swinging my sword at him, and a while later, I take a step back and put my sword away. Nakulus is sweating and breathing heavily, but from the looks of it, it seems that he’s quite exhausted from the exchange just now. I wonder if he used some kind of skill, as expected.

「Phew── Sei, that was good practice. How was it? I hope you can keep me company again when you have the time. With you, I can make good progress in my practice.」

「Sure, I also would like to try using some of the boxing moves with my sword, after all. More importantly, what was that last move? Was that a boxing technique, too?」

「Ah, that one, I simply increased the reaction speed of my brain with body manipulation skill. However, it’s incredibly draining. Fatigue will catch up to you in one go, so I can’t use it too much.」

I see, using body manipulation to enhance the brain. The only time I use body manipulation is when I increase my sexual arousal as I smell a woman’s pheromones, or delay my ejaculation in order to enjoy sex longer, but you can use it in such a manner, too, huh. No, that’s probably the proper way to use it. I have automatic recovery skill, which also recovers fatigue little by little, so if I use it well, perhaps it will allow me to do high level movements throughout the day.

After working up a sweat, we finish our practice and start walking towards the mansion. If I learn and train in his way of using earth magic and body manipulation, it’ll probably come in handy in my future adventures. I learned a lot from them, so you could say getting involved with Cotton Clouds is a fortunate thing for me. Let’s start practicing tomorrow. As we are heading to the mansion, we see Laura on the way, so we meet up with her and start walking again. Tch, she’s as unsociable as ever.

「Ah, I have some business to take care of, so feel free to go back first. I’ll be back by dinner.」

「「…..」」

Nakulus runs off somewhere. Kuh, to think I’d end up walking alone with Laura. I don’t have anything to talk about with this chick, but I decide to go with the flow and head to the mansion side by side with her. How awkward. I glance at Laura for a moment. She’s grumpy, but well, she has a well-featured face. It’d be nice if she could be a little more friendly. My eyes can’t help but get drawn to Laura’s chest. Gulp, I wonder if I’ll be able to see those rocket boobs again tonight. Geh, my eyes meet Laura’s. Kuh, I wonder if from that, she finds out that I was staring at her chest. It’s said that women are sensitive to men’s gazes on their chests, after all. Damn it, I guess I’ve gone and done it now. Still shrouded in an awkward atmosphere, we arrive in front of the mansion.

「Ah—, h, hey. What are you two doing, getting along so well?」

With sharp eyes, Sylphia spots us and runs over to us. That Sylphia, I wonder if she doesn’t like the idea of Laura and I getting along well. No, it’s not like we’re getting along well or anything. I don’t think it’s something to be so concerned about, though.

「You two, as expected…」

「Sylphia, what manner of misunderstanding are you having there? I just happened to meet Laura there.」

「That’s right, why on earth would I get along with Sei?」

「How fishy. You’re even calling each other by your first names. It wasn’t like that until yesterday, no?」

Ugh, now that she mentions it, that’s right. No, it’s not like I’m conscious of it or anything. Kuh, being told as much and questioned about my relationship with Laura by Sylphia ends up making me conscious of it instead. Even after that, we’re persistently questioned about what we’ve been doing, which continues until Nakulus returns to the mansion to give his testimony.

After dinner, I take a bath, and after getting my sexual desire heightened by the sight of the naked women, I visit Lunamilia’s room and shoot it all out in one go. To prevent Lunamilia’s cries of orgasm from leaking out, I ejaculate into her mouth once, and after she loses consciousness, I ejaculate into her anus three times, and then fall asleep.