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The Otherworld Conquest Method of a Reincarnated Porter Chapter 82 Part 2

「Sei, are you sure? If you want it, I don’t mind buying it for you, you know?」

「Nah, I just negotiated with him because it was a little unusual. It’s not something I want no matter what, after all.」

I thought of giving it to Mireia as a present if I could buy it cheaply, but as expected, our relationship is not so close that I would buy her a necklace worth four small gold coins on our first date.

As we are discussing whether it is time to go home since it is almost evening already, we are suddenly approached by a group of three men.

「Hey, bro, can you lend us some money?」

「Hehehe.」

They are extortioners. Considering the security and common sense of this world, the fact that they are not robbers shows that this town is on the better side.

「I don’t have any money, begone.」

「Fweet, stop acting cool just because you’re in front of your woman.」

「Yup, yup, as long as you give us a few small silver coins, you won’t have to go through embarrassing experience, you know?」

「Oioi, this girl is pretty cute, isn’t she? … Ugh, she’s got a sword. She’s an adventurer, huh.」

The men flinch for a moment when they see the sword on Mireia’s waist. When I appraise them, I find that they are single-digit level warriors and swordsmen. They are all 15 years old.

「You lots, get lost!」

Mireia becomes more emotional than expected and grips the hilt of her sword, getting ready to draw it. Looking closely, her hands are shaking. From the point of view of Mireia, who fights against giant pulper spiders every day, these guys are probably as good as small fries, but I wonder if it brought back the memory of being assaulted by bandits. I see no composure on her face.

「Oioi, you wanna go at it? It’s three against two, you know?」

「Hehehe, hey, that girl is really cute.」

「What to do? For the time being, shall we get the man?」

Pulling out their daggers, the men evolve from being extortioners to muggers. What should I do? In the labyrinth, I would kill them without fail, but we are in the town. Not only is there the possibility that they still have some other comrades, I don’t want to get involved in troublesome things, but… although you can’t call it a gentle method, let’s lecture them for a bit.

「Mirei… calm down. In times like this, you have to let the man act cool.」

I almost said Mireia’s real name. The viscount daughter has come to play at this town incognito, so we have to hide her true identity. I gently hold down Mireia’s right hand, which is trembling as it grips the hilt of her sword, from above.

「Sei….」

「Heh~, Mirei-chan, huh? What a cute name. Rather than such a guy, come and play with us.」

「Yup, yup, we’re aiming to become knights in the future, you see.」

「If you want, we can also go into the dungeon with you. We’ll even help you raise your level, after all.」

「Haa, to think you guys would become knights, looks like this world is beyond saving. Go home and take another look at your faces and abilities. What makes you guys think you are suitable to be with my woman.」

「What did you say?!」

One of them thrusts his dagger forward toward me. He is probably trying to intimidate me. I would like to believe that they have enough sense to know that, as expected, it is not a good idea to cause a bloodshed in the street. I instantly grab the right wrist of the man holding the dagger with my right hand and snap the fingers holding the hilt with my left hand to the opposite side. Four of his fingers bend with a nasty snapping sound, and the man falls to his knees.

「Uwaaaag, my fingers, my fingers!」

「With that, you won’t be able to hold a sword for a while.」

They are petty people that would stop as low as committing extortion. I doubt they have enough money to buy low-grade red potions.

Then the remaining two swing their daggers at me. So slow. But I guess they are guilty of attempted murder. Dodging the daggers, I throw an uppercut at the jaw of the first one, shattering his jaw and causing several teeth to pop out. I think he won’t be able to eat for a while. I wonder if there is liquid food in this world.

The last one runs toward Mireia. I wonder if he is intending to take her hostage. No, that girl is much stronger than me, though.

Looking at Mireia’s composure-less expression, perhaps she would end up killing him. As expected, I can’t let a girl commit murder during a date. I catch up to the man with instant step and give him a pretty serious kick to his instep. Maybe I put too much strength into it. The instep of the man that I kicked ended up getting crushed and the ground caved in. He must have suffered a shattering fracture. He is rolling around and fainting in agony.

「Guaaaaaa, it hurts, it hurts!」

「My fingers are… damn it.」

「Nghh, nghh.」

I approach the man with the most minor wound, the one with broken fingers.

「Hii, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, so….」

「Oi, the only reason you guys are getting away with only this much is because I feel you’re still young and have room for improvement. If you learn something from this, make sure to lead an earnest life. You get it?」

「I get it, I get it, I’m sorry, okay?」

「Do you really get it? Well, fine, just go and take these guys out of here already.」

After making sure the men are gone, we leave for home, too. Let’s take a coach on the way back.

「Sei, you were very cool back there.」

「O, ooh. It makes me a little embarrassed.」

「Especially the part when you said my woman.」

「Ah, no, that was, subconsciously….」

「Hahaha, I know. Now, let’s go home, shall we?」

As we are heading back to the gate to go back to Astoma, Mireia asks me to wait for a moment and runs off somewhere, so I wait for a while. Well, I guess a lady has a lot of business to take care of. After waiting for a while, Mireia comes running with ragged breath.

「Sei, huff, huff, this is my thanks for keeping me company all day.」

Saying that, Mireia hands me the necklace of radiant yellowstone, which I had bargained for at the stall.

「Are you sure? It must have cost a lot, no?」

「Fufufu, it became much cheaper when I negotiated. No need to hold back, just take it.」

Even though that old man said he would never go any lower than that, he has a soft spot for young women, huh. No, maybe Mireia is just saying it was cheaper so that I wouldn’t fuss over it. It was actually something I wanted to buy for Mireia, but I decide to accept her goodwill. When I put the necklace around my neck and infuse some magical energy into it, it shines.

「It sure is beautiful, isn’t it, Sei?」

「Yeah, so beautiful. Thank you, Mireia. I’ll treasure it.」

We decide to head home. We can go home on foot too, but we find a coach at the perfect timing, so we decide to take it. The coach is quite comfortable, and when I lean against Mireia, I end up dozing off, but we make it back to Astoma without her saying anything in particular. We have dinner in a private room at the usual restaurant, discuss tomorrow’s giant purple spider hunt, and then part ways.

「I had so much fun today, Mireia. Shall I walk you home?」

「Fufufu. I had fun too. Well then, see you tomorrow.」

Through this entire day, I feel like Mireia has lost some of her gloominess and gets to smile more often. I don’t feel like embracing a woman, so I go back to the inn and start making medicines. I hardly used any magical energy this entire day, so I have plenty of it left. Not only have I gathered quite a lot of ingredients, the prep work for making medicines is done, so all that is left is the mixing.

I boil and squeeze out the extract essence of the dried propagating magic moss, and then extract the medicinal components of the roots of golden-rooted ginseng and Manpuku grass. When I crush the sixth-grade magic stone taken from the giant purple spider and mix it, the magical energy recovery medicine is done. When I appraise it, I find that the efficacy is low-mid. Aiza’s appraisal showed the efficacy in numerical figures, but mine can only do this much. It is just that, since the grade of the magic stone I used was high, I think the medical efficacy is higher than before. I continue to make medicines until I run out of magical energy and then go to sleep.