The Otherworld Conquest Method of a Reincarnated Porter Chapter 55 Part 2
「A, are you all right, Sei-kun?」
「I’m all right. Cronin-sama. More importantly, shouldn’t we get on with our work?」
「Y, yes. You’re right.」
I want to quickly store the luggage and leave this place. Any further than this will be a point of no return.
「Now then, Marianne-sama. Which of your belongings will you be taking with you?」
「Hmm, it’s the stuff inside this one and the wardrobe over there, but I haven’t quite put them together yet.」
I see two largish wardrobes. Oioi, she is not ready yet, huh. I want to get away from this place as soon as possible. After all, I will get beaten up even if I don’t say even a single word.
「Marianne-sama, it is about time to depart. You cannot put items that are too big into storage, so may I ask you to take the contents out and get ready as soon as possible?」
「It’s okay, Cronin-sama. If it is only that big, I can put it in my storage.」
「Oh.」
I use magical energy manipulation to enlarge the entrance of the storage and put the two wardrobes into the storage. I want to get out of here as soon as possible.
「Wonderful. Now then, with this, we will be excusing ourselves. When you are ready, please come to the warrior order office, Marianne-sama.」
「Wait!」
Geh, there is still more to this? Give me a break.
「You bastard, you seem to be able to put even large stuff into your storage. Then, can’t you put a bed in too?」
「There is still enough room, so yes, I can.」
「Good, then, follow me.」
I am taken to the guest room and ordered to put the empty bed into my storage. I put it in storage without any problem. How do you like it? I am useful, you know? I can be of use. So please don’t hit me.
「Oh, you’re pretty useful. What’s your name?」
「My name is Sei.」
「I appoint you as my personal attendant during the labyrinth exploration. Also, make sure to put the dressing table and the full-length mirror into your storage, too. Then….」
One after another, additional luggage is put into my storage. The heck is personal attendant? At any rate, she doesn’t seem to hate me, so I guess there is no danger to my life.
After accompanying Marianne for a while, we finish the preparations and head for the labyrinth with about 30 people. The commander is flanked by knights with double-handed swords, shields, and spears. I guess they won’t let the porters carry their weapons, which are crucial in battle.
Then, when we arrive at the front of the labyrinth, we entrust the horses to the ones waiting there and go into the labyrinth. When the knight in the lead shouts something, like Moses, the adventurers make way for us. As we proceed in such a manner, taking breaks in between, we arrive at our destination, a large room on the eleventh stratum, in about six hours. It seems that we will be camping for the night here.
This room is quite large, and there is enough space for this large group of people to camp for the night. The warrior order quickly set up their tents and canopies. They then go into the pond in a group of few people and kill all the monsters there. They are very skilled.
「Cronin-sama, should I participate in the night watch and the like?」
「No, I want you to take care of Marianne-sama. That tent over there is reserved for Marianne-sama, so first ask for her instructions and take out her luggage.」
「Understoo… Ugeh.」
The tent that Cronin the hard worker points to is, how should I say it, about as big as a Mongolian mobile tent. And she is keeping such a huge tent to herself, huh. On a closer look, I see that the other members of the warrior order are sleeping in sleeping bags on the ground, partitioned off by canopies, at a considerable distance from Marianne’s.
First of all, let’s head to her tent and quickly unload her stuff. There is no telling what she will do to me if I am late, after all.
「Marianne-sama, this is Sei, the porter. I have carried your luggage for you.」
「Yes, come in.」
Hmm, talk about spacious. With this much space, a bath and a bed, any expedition would not be tiring.
「Alright, put the bed here, and the wardrobes here. For the dressing table, let’s see….」
One after another, I take her luggage out of my storage. There is still quite a bit of space left over, enough to make me want to sleep in it, too. No, I don’t think I want to sleep in it. No matter how comfortable the environment is, no amount of life will be enough if you are together with this woman.
「Looks like we still have some time. Alright, let’s head out and do some hunting, shall we?」
It looks like Marianne is going out to hunt. Even though she is going to challenge the stratum lord tomorrow, as expected of a battle junkie. Well, the target of her violence is switching from humans to monsters, so maybe this is a good thing for me.
「Follow me. Sei.」
「… yes.」
Why did it turn out like this? I am a porter, you know. But it may be a good opportunity to gauge the strength of Marianne and the other members of the warrior order. Let’s try to appraise them while they are in the middle of a battle.
Taking along four of her elite members, it seems that Marianne is going to hunt in a large room nearby. Cronin the hard worker will stay here to prepare the camp and dinner.
Marianne equips herself with a one-handed sword and shield. It seems that the two-handed sword and spear are to be used against the stratum lord.
There are few adventurers on this stratum, so the number of monsters seems to be quite large. We encounter enemies in the passageway leading to the large room. Three large flying locusts, and four atrocious rats with bluish-purple fur, large fangs, and red eyes. Not only do they attack from above and below, they come in such a number, so as expected, it is tough.
「There is no strategy! Crush each and every one of them!」
Saying so, Marianne jumps into the midst of the enemy. In a panic, the warrior order members around her rush out as well. I hide in the shadows of the warrior order members and appraise them. Appraisal!
Cutter Locust, Rank 13
Giant Fanged Poisonous Rat, Rank 11
Marianne Neurath, Age 19, Level 31
Job: Knight
The other warrior order members are knights, with levels ranging from 26 to 42. Still, for her to reach level 31 at the age of nineteen, that is amazing. Did she spend all her time fighting monsters?
Marianne’s sword and armor shine in dull blue color. Her being able to enhance her weapon and armor at the same time is proof that her proficiency level in material enhancement is pretty high. As she blocks their attacks with her shield, she slaughters her enemies with a single blow. The locusts’ limbs are sharp like razors and must have packed a considerable amount of attack power, but they are unable to pierce her magical energy-imbued mithril alloy shield.
It took some time to finish off the swift rat, but they finished the battle without much danger. One knight was poisoned by the rat’s fangs, but he is being treated with detoxification magic.
「Sei, take out the magic stone.」
「Yes, it’s done already.」
「Oh.」
I didn’t have any turn in the battle, so while they were in the middle of it, I took out the magic stone while appraising them. Well, I was called in for that reason, after all.
Then we arrived at the big room. There are quite a few monsters, but we take our time to defeat them. The water bullets of the frogs on this stratum contain poison. Since high-level knights have a good amount of magical energy and can use healing magic, they are extremely potent in this labyrinth, where it is common to get poisoned. I guess it would serve as a good practice for detoxification magic.
「Phew, that’s it, I guess. Alright, let’s go back.」
When we return to the place we are using as our camp for the night after annihilating all the monsters in the large room, we find that dinner has been prepared. It is soup and steaks made from the frog meat we had hunted in the labyrinth, and bread. It is salty enough and quite tasty.
Since I don’t have to join the night watch, all I have to do next is make my bed near the tent and go to sleep. As long as I show up whenever Marianne calls me, it should be good enough. Today, the physical exhaustion is negligible, but I am drained from mental exhaustion. However, I was able to appeal to Marianne that I am a useful person, so I would give it a passing mark. If I only have to do it for the next few months, I feel like I will be able to endure it somehow.
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