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The Otherworld Conquest Method of a Reincarnated Porter Chapter 87 Part 1

First Love

「Sei, you seem kind of happy today.」

Getting into the middle of August, the heat is getting harsh, but this country has low humidity, so it is relatively easy to handle. Today is my fifth date with Mireia, and we are eating shaved ice across from each other at a cafe. The ice is made with magic, and the shaved ice is covered with lots of sweet and sour fruit juice. I prefer it to the shaved ice of my previous life, which was colored with artificial sweeteners.

「You can tell, Mireia? Lend me your ear for a sec.」

It would be troubling if the other customers were to hear what I will be saying, so I lean forward and bring my face close to Mireia’s, who is sitting across from me at the table, and then she, too, brings her face closer to match me. Seeing Mireia up close, my heart can’t help but skip a beat, and she, too, flushes with embarrassment.

「Ah, err, you see, listen well and don’t be surprised, okay? I may have found my path to the eleventh stratum of the Puppet Labyrinth.」

「Huh, no way, Sei, is that true?!」

The other guests end up turning their gazes toward Mireia, who is so surprised that she raises her voice, and she hurriedly covers her mouth with her left hand. So cute.

「I can’t say for certain yet, but I think the probability is high. What do you think, Mireia? How about we dive into the labyrinth together starting tomorrow? Let’s look for the path to the eleventh stratum together.」

「If, if it’s true, it would be an incredible thing, Sei. Finding the way to the eleventh stratum is the long-cherished wish of the Melnard family, after all.」

「Alright, it’s settled then.」

「Ah, but I have to hunt giant purple spiders, otherwise….」

「There’s no longer any giant purple spider in the forest of death, is there? Even when we went there the other day, we didn’t manage to find even a single one, after all. For you, which one do you think is more important, hunting giant purple spiders or looking for the path to the eleventh stratum?」

「Well, looking for the path to the eleventh stratum, of course. It is the long-cherished wish of not only the Melnard and Lambert families, but also the royal family, after all.」

If they could find the path to the eleventh stratum, that would mean they would be able to produce a large amount of red iron, black, iron, and mithril from a dungeon within their border, which would greatly enrich the entire country. And they should be able to recoup the reward money of one hundred and fifty large gold coins in no time at all.

We leave the cafe and stroll around the town. We walk side by side while chatting about trivial things, our hands occasionally touching each other’s. I am seized by the desire to hold her hand. I wonder if she will get mad if I do. Ah, this feeling, this emotion. It is exactly the adolescent feeling I experienced in my previous life a long time ago. It is like first love. I have been reincarnated, so I guess this is my second first love. Up until now, I have gotten to know a lot of women, but I have always had sexual relations with them to relieve my sexual desires. I have only seen women as sexual objects, but it seems that Mireia is the first woman to make me have such feelings for her. Of course, I would like to have sex with her as well, but, well, even if I can’t, I guess it would not be a bad idea to go on with my journey while continuously holding onto these feelings.

However, I wonder if this feeling is genuine? Maybe I am merely sympathizing with Mireia’s situation. Thinking about this, I get a little tired of walking, so I look for a place to rest and sit down.

「Say, why are you hunting giant purple spiders all by yourself, Mireia?」

I wonder if I have pried into her private matters a little too deeply, Mireia looks down with a pained look on her face and begins to speak.

「Ah, you see, with me marrying into the Lambert family, it had been decided that my father’s term of office as the lord would be extended by five years. However, because of me, the talk ended up getting scrapped. Then I was ordered by my father to subjugate the giant purple spiders in the forest of death. If not for the giant purple spiders, we would have had free access to all those high quality medicinal herbs, after all.」

「By ordered to subjugate the giant purple spiders, you mean all by yourself, Mireia?」

「Yes, in short, umm, just from being alive, I would bring disgrace to the family, so they pretty much told me to fight and die for the honor of the family. However, for some reason or another, I keep defeating the giant purple spiders, which should have been impossible for me to defeat, so I think my father and elder brother are perplexed by it.」

I see, I finally understand why Mireia has been hunting giant purple spiders all by herself. Still, even if they are a noble family, do they really have to go as far as trying to send their daughter to her death just because she was once raped? I think they could have just settled it with giving her to a subordinate knight or an established merchant, but… I wonder if since her marrying into the Lambert family was a matter of such great importance to the Melnard family, her father, who was disappointed in her, had tried to send her to her death out of anger. Perhaps he simply thought that she was a disgrace to the family, and it would be troubling if she stayed alive. There is also the possibility that the Lambert family was outraged at the cancellation of the marriage.

「Mireia, you see, if we manage to find the path to the eleventh stratum, what do you say about going on an adventure with me? We’ll leave the Lambert territory and travel to various labyrinths. That should be fine, right?」

「Huh, leave Lambert territory? Err, that is, umm, something I have never thought about.」

The duty of a woman from a noble family is to give birth to a child in the family she marries into. The other options in life must have never even crossed her mind.

「We’re a party, aren’t we? Let’s go on an adventure in places where no one knows you, Mireia.」

「Places where no one knows me, huh. That might be a good idea. Ah, but no can do. I have to hunt the giant purple spiders. My father’s long-cherished wish is to find the path to the eleventh stratum of the labyrinth and to exterminate the giant purple spider, you see. That’s why, umm….」

「It’s simply impossible to exterminate them, don’t you think? It’s unknown how monsters are born, after all. There are a lot of monsters that have reproductive organs, you know? Taking that into account, it’s clear that they are popping up naturally from somewhere. The only way to truly exterminate them is by sprinkling holy water on those places.」

「That’s no good, I suppose. If we sprinkle holy water, the concentration of magical energy will go down and we will no longer be able to get high quality medicinal herbs, after all.」

「It’s fine if you don’t want to give me your answer now. First of all, let’s dive into the labyrinth together starting tomorrow in order to look for the path to the eleventh stratum.」

「Y, yes. I guess so. Got it.」

If we manage to find the path to the eleventh stratum of the labyrinth, no, even if we don’t manage to, I plan to take Mireia out of this town, even by force. It is painful to watch her having to pull her hat over her face all the time to avoid being found out by those who know her, even though she is a beauty. I, the heir to a count’s family, have discarded my family. Mireia should be able to do it as well.

Moreover, with Mireia’s strength, it should be possible for her to conquer the labyrinths around the country. Eventually, we will take Niinya in and form a party of three. We may or may not get joined by other members as well.

As we are walking around the town, we suddenly encounter a strong evening shower. Even as we get wet, we look for a place to shelter from the rain and take a rest under the eaves of a small inn. I thought it would stop soon, but after a while, a rumbling sound can be heard as it grows into a heavy rain. What a pickle, I don’t think we will be able to make it back to Astoma by the end of the day.

「Mireia, will you be in trouble if we don’t make it back to Astoma by the end of the day?」

「No, I live alone, so it’s fine even we stay at an inn.」

When I look at Mireia, I notice that her underwear is showing through her dress, which is a little wet from the rain. Ugh, not good. If I were to ogle at her seen-through underwear, not to mention get a boner, here, perhaps it will end up giving her trauma for real. I close my eyes and use body manipulation to suppress the surge of excitement.

「Sei?」

「Everything is okay. There just happens to be an inn behind us. Let’s stay here for the night.」

I can dry her wet clothes with Evaporate magic, but to do so, I will have to focus on Mireia’s clothes, which would inevitably make me get a boner, so I decide against it. As we try to enter the inn, we put our hands on the door handle at the same time, touching each other. In an instant, I lock eyes with Mieria, and my eyes end up getting drawn to her see-through clothes. It is only when Mireia notices my gaze and turns her eyes to her own chest that she notices that her bra is seen-through. 「Ah!」 Letting out a cry, Mireia hides her breasts with both hands. The look of embarrassment on her face as she does so is very irresistible and cute. Caught off guard, I can feel that heat is rising in the lower half of my body. Crap, crap. I adjust the position of my penis in a natural manner so that she doesn’t notice. Mireia’s face is turning bright red, so she may have noticed my boner. I take a dry towel out from my storage and hand it to Mireia. We wipe the water off our respective bodies and enter the inn.

「Ahem, alright, let’s go in.」

「Y, yes.」

No, no, no, this isn’t a love hotel, alright? I calm my mind and head to the inn’s reception desk, feeling good as my penis, which is fully erect and pointing upward in my pants, rubs against the fabric as I walk.