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The Otherworld Conquest Method of a Reincarnated Porter Chapter 142

A brief Farewell

「You must be the fake Saint, Lunamilia Tarte Art.」

「…..」

Fake saint?! It’s such a sudden turn of events it leaves me at a loss for words. Still, for him to come at us with such a belligerent attitude on our very first meeting, who the hell does this guy think he is? There’s clearly some kind of misunderstanding here, but preparing for the worst, I get ready to jump into action. The air becomes tense and menacing. Judging from their equipment, they’re probably high-level knights, but I can hardly feel the aura of powerhouse from them. In this territory, I have faced off against the highly skilled members of Cotton Clouds and beastfolk bandit band, but I don’t feel anything from these guys. It’s just that, their menacing look alone is first rate. I circulate my magical energy and activate Appraisal on all of them. Appraisal!

No one except the elderly man repels my Appraisal. They all have surnames and their jobs are knight and magic knight. They are mostly in their twenties and thirties in age, and generally between twenty and thirty in level.

「Hmm, you there, did you do something?」

Most of them, including the guy that is threatening Lunamilia, don’t seem to notice that they’ve been appraised by me. The unbelievable lack of combat experience given their jobs and how high their levels are, and the unbalanced first-class equipment. Donning the equipment bought for them by their parents, they must have had some kind of power leveling done. A haughty attitude that knows no bounds despite their lack of abilities. They totally smell like the third prince of some country who got raped by a beastfolk after acting all cocky.

「Lunamilia Tarte Art. For you to pretend to be a saint even though you’re just a monk, that’s a grave sin tantamount to rebellion against God. If the occasion demands it, I might have to cut you down!」

「Stop it, Othniel…」

Ugh, this guy, the elderly knight admonishes him, but he goes and puts his hand on the hilt of the sword hanging from his waist. Don’t tell me, surely he’s not going to draw his sword… I circulate my magical energy and get ready to use instant movement. The moment this cocky man, who doesn’t even know his place, draws his sword from its sheath, I close in on him with instant movement and give him an uppercut to the jaw with a fist filled with magical energy. I take it easy on him, but he can’t react at all and ends up getting blown away with a dull thud. A number of teeth also seem to have fallen off. No, this is self-defense, alright? I’m a porter, a non-combatant job, and I’m barehanded, while he’s a knight and he drew his sword. For better or worse, Lunamilia is of noble birth, after all.

「Ugh, gaba, gah…」

「Are you okay, Othniel?」

The young knights around him are looking after the knight called Othniel, who is bleeding from his mouth and writhing in agony. To my surprise, they seem to be giving him a mid-grade red potion. Are they for real? For them to use a potion that costs nearly one large gold coin to buy after only getting punched once. Just how rich are these guys? Even though he’s a knight, is he unable to use healing magic?

「Y, you vashard, how dare you…」

Othniel’s jaw wound has healed completely, but he’s lost a few teeth, so it seems like he’s unable to speak properly. You need a high-grade potion to heal missing body parts, so his teeth haven’t been restored.

Othniel and the others all draw their swords and keep me in check. For ten knights to draw their swords and confront a single porter, don’t they find it embarrassing? Maybe they think I’m a pugilist.

Normally, if I were to take on this many people, I’d lure them into the forest and aim to crush them one by one, but I can’t imagine myself losing at all. After all, even though these guys are ten in number, they don’t even surround me, and are just pointing their swords at me in the same place. Rather than them not intending to fight seriously, I think it’s more of them not knowing how to fight. The only person I need to be wary of, the elderly knight, sighs and looks on from the sidelines with a look of resignation. Now then, what should I do? As they are knights from another country, it’s difficult to deal with them. Even for them, it should be a bad idea to cause bloodshed in another country, but these guys are like shitty young masters who were raised in a pampered manner, and grew into adults as they were. I don’t think we can expect them to think deeply before they act.

「For you to point your swords at God… at Sei-sama, unforgivable. You deserve to die ten thousand deaths.」

Geh, Lunamilia behind me starts to circulate her magical energy. This is bad, sacred magic should be less effective against humans, but the current Lunamilia is capable of using superhuman-class magic. I have to settle this peacefully somehow.

「Hey, you guys, put away your swords. We’ll listen to what you have to say, so…」

「Hmph, looks like you’re getting cold feet. But it’s too late now. You will have to pay for baring your teeth toward us, the knight order of the Holy Kingdom. We’ll send you to the other side, along with that fake saint.」

Damn it, do I have no choice but to do it? Let’s knock them out one by one with my boxing skill. I want to stop Lunamilia, who is getting ready to unleash her magic, but I can’t afford to show my back to these guys who all have the job of knight and have their swords drawn. Their swords are made of mithril of fairly high purity, so I can’t afford to get hit by their attacks.

「Stop it, you fools! Have you forgotten the mission you have been given?」

「Please stay quiet, Commander. Don’t you find it frustrating to simply be on the receiving end of things? Well, maybe it’s a bit much to ask for knightly pride from the Commander, who comes from a commoner background, though.」

「…..」

Apparently, this elderly knight, who is called the commander, is from a commoner background and is unable to lead these guys, who seem to be from a high-ranking nobility background. I think it’s not because he lacks leadership capabilities, but simply because these guys look down on him and won’t listen to what he says. Knights who come from high-ranking noble families from another country, huh. How should I deal with them? While I’m thinking about this, Lunamilia’s magical energy begins to swell. I thought that as expected, if they were exposed to this much magical energy, they would shut up, but it seems they don’t have magical energy perception skill, and don’t seem to notice Lunamilia’s abnormal flow of magical energy.

After a while, a divine aura emanates from Lunamilia. Not good, this is bad. I thought that she would use evil warding arrow or something, but a magic that’s comparable, no, even greater than the superhuman magic she used on the demonic dragon is coming. Even so, the magic activation is too fast.

As Lunamilia’s divine aura begins to overflow, as expected, the knights seem to notice her abnormal state, and they stare at her in shock, at a loss for words. Ugh, I can’t stop my body from shaking and palpating due to the intense killing intent and fear of death. This is bad, I absolutely have to prevent this magic from being activated, no matter what.

「Divine Eradicating….」

「Stop it, Luna!」

「Please wait, Lunamilia-dono!」

The elderly knight and I use instant step to get in front of Lunamilia and stop her from activating the magic. Holy cow, what kind of magic is that?

「Sei-sama….」

「It’s okay, Luna. Look, these guys no longer the will to fight.」

As Lunamilia stops casting her magic, her magical energy and divine aura begin to disappear. It looks like the worst has been averted. The knights are stunned and unable to stand up due to fear, so it should be okay to leave them alone. Lunamilia’s magic just now, the moment I heard the word 「Divine」, it reminded me of the power of the god I met during my reincarnation. I must not make an enemy of Lunamilia, never.

I look at the elderly knight who tried to stop Lunamilia next to me. I’m impressed that he was able to move even as he got exposed to that divine aura, but not only is sweat trickling down his entire face, he has a desperate look.

「Phew, now then, Commander-san. Can you tell us your side of the story?」

「M, mm.」

After calming down, the Commander tells me their purpose. After hearing rumors about the sacred magic, Heavenly Judgement, that Lunamilia used in Astoma, Lambert’s territory, they came here to verify its authenticity on the Pope’s order. Heavenly Judgement is a sacred magic that only the Pope can use, and is said to be used in trials before God to expose false testimony and to increase the prestige of the Pope and the Holy Church. They believed that the outrageous rumor that a young girl who had just become a monk had used it was without a doubt false information, but it was a major job for the knight order of the Holy Kingdom, who usually have nothing to do, and they seemed to get overly enthusiastic.

In the villages they stopped by on the way here, Lunamilia was revered as a saint, so it seems that the purpose of their journey ended up changing to condemning the fake saint halfway through it.

「Still, don’t the knights of the Holy Kingdom train on a regular basis? No matter how you look at it, those guys’ fighting abilities are too poor, don’t you think? Can they make it as knights with that level of abilities?」

「Mm. After all, the Holy Kingdom has had no hostile nations or powers for the past few thousand years. We also sprinkle a large amount of holy water throughout the country, so there are no high-ranked monsters either. As for the Undead Labyrinth, the middle stratums and beyond are simply too dangerous, so no one go that far, in other words, there is neither a purpose nor a need to become stronger.」

In this world where God’s grace is a real deal, there is no power that can stand up to the Holy Church. This is because jobs and skills are given by God. And since there are no enemies, there is no need to get stronger. As a result, there are probably nothing but cocky young master knights in the country.

「So, what are you going to do now?」

「Mm, the divine aura I can sense from Lunamilia-dono, and then the magic from earlier. The rumors are all true, and it is no wonder she is revered as a saint. By order of the Pope, it is my mission to escort Lunamilia-dono to the Holy Kingdom.」

Huh? Don’t joke with me. I’ll take Lunamilia to the Holy Kingdom, so you guys aren’t necessary. There’s no way in hell I’d let Lunamilia travel with those kinds of guys.

「I see, then let’s get going. To the Holy Kingdom. Sei-sama, it looks like we have to say goodbye here.」

「Huh, huh?」

Huh, are you serious? What’s going on here? She’s parting ways with me and heading to the Holy Kingdom with these guys? What manner of change of heart has she gone through?

「Sei-sama, let’s meet again in the Holy Kingdom someday. I will finish all the preparations by then.」

「Huh, y, yeah.」

Preparation? As I’m wondering what she means by that, a squeaking sound pops out from the area around Lunamilia’s womb. By preparation, is it the preparation to carry my child? At the tender age of 16, Lunamilia has just changed jobs to Priest. She is supposed to devote herself to the Holy Kingdom for the rest of her life, so is it even possible for her to get pregnant and give birth? Maybe she has some kind of idea.

Lunamilia and the knights begin to get ready to depart.

「Tch, you fake saint. I’ll definitely expose your true identity on the way. I’ve memorized your face, after all.」

「Fufufu, divine punishment will surely befall heretics that go against God’s will.」

Othniel curses at me and Lunamilia. What an idiot. Putting me aside, to think he would make an enemy of Lunamilia, you can say that’s an act that shows no fear, even of God. For him to be able to say such a line even after being exposed to Lunamilia’s divine aura, talk about reckless, or rather, I guess he’s just an idiot. It’s highly doubtful that he will be able to make it to the Holy Kingdom in one piece.

They take Lunamilia with them and head for the Holy Kingdom. Due to this instantaneous, sudden development, our plans have been thrown far away off the course. Now then, what should I do?

「Maybe I should check out the Demonic Dragon Mountain range. Going to the elven country doesn’t like a bad idea either.」

I turn my horse around and set off further east.

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Sei (Kars Amberlius), Age 15, Level 72

Job: Porter

Skills: Fast Learning, Appraisal 4, Automatic Recovery 7, Storage 7, Magical Energy Manipulation 7, Magical Energy Perception 5, Body Manipulation 7, Body Enhancement 7, Material Enhancement 6, The Arts of Lovemaking, Instant Step 5, Instant Movement 4, Throwing 4, Intimidation 2, Swordsmanship 6, Spearmanship 6, Boxing 3, Presence Concealment 3, Presence Detection 4, Fire Magic 3, Wind Magic 3, Earth Magic 2, Water Magic 3, Light Magic 3, Shadow Magic 3, Healing Magic 4