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The Otherworld Conquest Method of a Reincarnated Porter Chapter 85 Part 1

Staying Overnight in the Labyrinth

「Good morning, Aisha, Karen.」

「Sei, good morning.」

「Good morning.」

I meet up with the two and head for the labyrinth. Aisha doesn’t seem to notice, but this is the first time Karen has given me a greeting in the morning. Of course, I am intending to have sex with Karen, who has completely given in on the bed and become a captive of pleasure, in the labyrinth as well.

Today, we plan to spend two days and one night exploring the sixth stratum of the labyrinth. When we stand in line in front of the labyrinth, I feel that there are more adventurers than usual. After paying the entrance fee and entering the labyrinth, the path to the stairs is jammed with traffic. Even when we go to the second, third, and fourth stratums, there are definitely more adventurers than usual. We are exploring on the sixth stratum, but a large number of adventurers have gone to the deeper stratums.

「There is a strangely large number of adventurers today, don’t you think?」

「Don’t you know, Sei? The reward for finding the way to the eleventh stratum has been raised from one hundred to one hundred and fifty large gold coins, you see.」

「I didn’t know that.」

「It seems that it was originally thirty large gold coins, but it was raised to fifty, then eighty, then a hundred, and finally to a hundred and fifty. The viscount must be in a great hurry.」

「Viscount Melnard is?」

「Yeah, this town was originally governed by a different lord, but you see… He was replaced due to the sin of being unable to find the way to the eleventh stratum. If they don’t manage to find the way within the 20-year term, they will be replaced by a new lord.」

「I see. Which mean this year is the 20th year since Viscount Melnard was appointed as the lord, huh.」

「Something like that.」

It must be tough. This land produces a large amount of iron and bronze, and the lord’s share must be quite substantial in it. Losing it would probably mean their downfall. The Melnard family is Mireia’s family, so I will definitely find the way to the eleventh stratum.

We make our way through the labyrinth while making a map, defeating puppets, and putting them into storage. What we have to do remains the same, and we manage to defeat five puppets in one day. I choose the place located at the dead end on the map as our campsite for the night and block the passageway with earth magic. Since this labyrinth has a high ceiling, I interfere with the magical energy of the wall instead of the ground and create an earthen door from the wall like a sliding door, making it impossible for other adventurers or puppets to pass through. Just to be sure, I generously sprinkle holy water that I have bought, and make the earthen door double-layered. I don’t think monsters will be able to get close to this place. It consumed a considerable amount of magical energy. I will need a considerable amount of magical energy to heat up the water for bathing, so let’s take a magical energy restorative medicine.

「It sure is amazing. I thought we’d be taking turns acting as night guards, but I think I’d be able to sleep soundly.」

「Yeah, not only have I sprinkled a lot of holy water on the floor, I have even made the door double-layered. There shouldn’t be any problem for the night.」

While Aisha and Karen are cooking dinner, I also build a restroom inside the wall. All that is left is to prepare water for bathing purposes.

「Huh? We can take a bath in the labyrinth? Sigh, when I’m with you, Sei, my perception of labyrinth exploration is slowly getting overturned. This meat looks pretty expensive, too.」

「Yeah, thanks to you, I’m earning a lot of money, after all. Feel free to eat it to your heart’s content.」

This city is flourishing as an iron-producing land, but the drawback is that meat is hard to come by and expensive. There is livestock farming in this world too, but in order to protect the livestock, it is necessary to sprinkle holy water around the entire ranch to ward off monsters, and this is reserved for people belonging to the Holy Church and high-ranking nobles only, and livestock meat is not available to the general public. The meat that the common people eat is all monster meat.

We eat dinner while chatting. Not only is there plenty of meat, there is no need for night guards, the hot water bath is ready for use, and two duckboard beds have been prepared. It can be said that our life here is better than those of the unlucky ones on the above ground.

「Say, why did we lose the way to the eleventh stratum?」

「Ah, about that, you see, the guy we used to form a party with once said that… What was it again, Karen?」

It seems that Aisha is not too interested in the history of the labyrinth. Karen begins to explain.

「The Marquis of Lambert originally governed Astoma directly. Several decades ago, a struggle for the succession to the family broke out, and the siblings began to kill each other, and the knights and adventurers of the city got dragged into it as well. As the conflict continued for decades, the town was devastated, and it became impossible to explore the labyrinth properly. Each of the siblings received support from a different member of the royal family, and the bogged-down conflict continued for many more years, dragging the royal family into it. In the end, even after the succession dispute was settled and it became possible to explore the labyrinth again, most of the knights and adventurers had died or moved to other towns, and during that period of time, everyone who knew the way to the eleventh stratum was gone.」

「I heard that in the past, you could get not only iron and bronze but also red iron, black iron, and even mithril. The Marquis must want to find the way to the eleventh stratum at all costs.」

「I suppose so. It’s also a good tactic to set a twenty-year term for the deputy lord. If they’re unable to find the way, they’ll end up getting replaced, so if one is appointed as the lord, they’ll likely look for it as if their life depends on it. And if the current one fail, they can just leave the task to the next one, after all.」

Come to think of it, Mireia once told me that it had been decided that she would marry into the Lambert family. The talk ended up getting dropped after she got assaulted by bandits, though. There is a possibility that it was a political marriage so that the Melnard family could have their 20-year term extended.

After dinner is over, I warm up the water in the bathtub. The magical energy consumption is crazy intense. I also prepare the duckboard and lewd stool.

「These are soap, shampoo, and conditioner.」

「Shampoo is soap for your hair, right? What is conditioner?」

「I’ll show you how to use them. Now, get naked.」

「Eh~, no way, it’s embarrassing.」

「What are you talking about at this point? Karen, I’ll wash you first.」

「No way, of course Karen won’t want to do it eit….」

「All right.」

「Huh?!」

After taking off her clothes, Karen looks a little embarrassed as she hides her breasts. Just from watching that gesture of hers, I can tell that blood is rushing to the lower half of my body. While we are at it, I take off my clothes too, and then, the sense of liberation of being completely naked in a large space ends up making my meat rod stand up in the blink of an eye. I wonder if I am the only person who ends up getting aroused when they are naked in a space that is not the same as usual, such as a hotel?

「S, Sei. Aren’t you embarrassed?」

「Calm down, Aisha. Karen, sit down on this stool.」

Aisha’s face is bright red since a while ago, while Karen is calm. Maybe Aisha has a surprisingly naive personality.