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The Otherworld Conquest Method of a Reincarnated Porter Chapter 96 Part 2

「Soara, give these to Niinya.」

I put a number of low-grade red, blue, and green potions, plus a dagger, in a small bag. With these, I doubt she would die even if she were to find herself in danger.

「W, what’s with you? Can’t you just give it to her yourself?」

「In my current state, I’m too ashamed to meet Niinya. I’m departing for another journey right this instance. See you later.」

「W, wait a minute!」

「Next time we meet, I’ll make you beg me to embrace you. Soara, be well.」

「Ah, hyan.」

I stroke Soara’s ass and breasts and then leave the inn. My mind, which has been hazy and stormy, is now a little clearer. My immediate goal is to become a man worthy of Niinya by the time she gets a Job and goes on adventures with me.

Now then, having decided on that is fine and all, but now I have to decide where to go and what to do. I head to the Adventurers’ Association to gather information.

The morning rush period has just passed, so the Adventurers’ Association is empty. I call out to Irina, the receptionist who had taken care of me in the past.

「Irina, it’s been a while.」

「Ah, Sei-san, it’s been a long time. Thank you for taking care of me all those times.」

It was me who had been in her care, but Irina is probably referring to the honey I gave her in the past.

「Yeah, likewise, thank you for taking care of me. By the way, I want to ask you for some advice. Do you have any information about a town where I could make some money?」

「Hmm, the one that will allow you to earn the most money will be Adelista in the south, but it has a high fatality rate, I don’t recommend it. If you are a Porter, I suppose Lambert is the most ideal place, as expected. It seems that in the puppet labyrinth, the path leading to the lower stratums of the labyrinth has been found after several decades, and there are not enough porters at all.」

I was the one who found that very path leading to the lower stratums of the labyrinth, but it’s not like I want to brag about it or something, so let’s keep quiet about it. Besides, nothing good will come from having people around me know that I have a large amount of money from getting the reward, after all.

「I’ve already been to Lambert, but it wasn’t quite to my liking, you see. Any other information?」

「Hmm, if you are aiming to raise your rank as an adventurer, I would recommend the territory of Count Lincool or Duke Rainzard, but you are a porter, after all, Sei-san. Err, other than those places….」

「Wait a minute. If I’m aiming to raise my rank as an adventurer, those two places are good? Why is that?」

The Rainzard territory is located east of the royal city of Mairam, and further east is the Lincool territory. Just north of the village of Sakuto in Amberlius is the Lincool territory.

「Yes, the labyrinth of Rotos in Lincool territory is commonly referred to as the Bronze-rank promotion Labyrinth, while the labyrinth in Sentis in Rainzard territory is commonly referred to as the Silver-rank promotion Labyrinth. They are famous for attracting adventurers from all over the kingdom who aim for promotion to the bronze and silver ranks rather than money.」

「Hmm? You can get a promotion in any other territory, too, right? I mean, even Faye had been promoted to bronze rank, hadn’t he?」

Faye, a spearman and a member of Keane the Hunter’s party, with whom I had worked together at Magt, had been promoted to bronze-rank adventurer.

「That may be true, but in Magt and many other territories, we don’t have any specific criteria for promotion to bronze or silver ranks. For bronze rank, we of the Adventurers’ Association will make an overall judgment at our own discretion. When it comes to silver rank, we will accept the promotion after asking for Count Migt’s approval, but in Lincool and Rainzard, the conditions for promotion are set in stone to a certain extent. I don’t know the details, but it seems that you have to form a party and defeat certain monsters.」

I see, that sounds interesting. Even if you are a skilled adventurer, if you have bad rapport with the Adventurers’ Association, you won’t be able to raise your rank, and would need to spend years of time to make them acknowledge you. There are probably a lot of muscle-brain-type adventurers who live on their brawn alone, so if promotion is based solely on your strength to defeat monsters, it would be easy to understand. All right, let’s try going there.

「I think I’ll head to Rotos in the Lincool territory.」

「In that case, if you take the highway from Amberlius to the Royal Capital and turn right on the way, you will be in Rainzard. And if you go further ahead, you will be in Lincool. Not only are there many people who take this highway, there are signs, so you can get there without getting lost.」

The highway connecting Amberlius and Mairam, the royal capital, huh. Taking into account the possibility of meeting someone who knows my true identity, I would like to avoid it.

「It would be shorter to go west from Neurath, no?」

「A high-ranked monster that even the Knight Order has trouble dealing with has appeared on the area west of Neurath and south of Lincool, so I wouldn’t recommend it.」

Come to think of it, I heard that the strong-armed baboon I defeated in Sakuto village originally appeared in the Lincool territory. If such a high-ranking monster is going rampant there, I guess it would be better to go through Amberlius, even if there is some risk of having my true identity exposed.

I give Irina my thanks and then prepare for my journey. All my daily necessities are stored in my storage, so I do some grocery shopping, including rock salt and meat. Just as I am about to leave Magt, I meet Yuina on the street. Yuina is wearing a dress and a cardigan that appear to be brand new, telling me how blessed she is financially. When I first met her, she was quiet and had a nervous look on her face, but now she has a composed, calm adult look on her face.

「Sei-san, are you going out?」

「Yeah, I’m going away from Magt for a while again.」

「No way, even though you just got back… Sei-san, you see, I think I’m going to be taken into a big merchant family as a concubine. It’s all thanks to you, Sei-san. If I hadn’t met you, who knows what would have become of me now…」

Yuina had been assaulted and severely wounded by Zuma until she was on the verge of death and had developed a phobia of men, but she is now completely fine. Yuina says it was thanks to me, but truthfully speaking, Niinya and Soara have probably given her more help than me.

「Sei-san, take care.」

Once she goes to the big merchant house, we probably won’t be able to see each other as casually as we used to. Even so, it seems that Yuina has managed to find happiness, so I can’t ask for anything better. After hugging Yuna for a while, I bid my farewell and leave Magt.

After leaving Magt, I start to run toward the opposite side of the road I came from before. It is still before noon, so I should be able to pass through Amberlius city and reach the highway to the royal capital in one go. Not only is stamina much higher than before, my proficiency level in automatic recovery is high. As I run smoothly while taking breaks every now and then, I see three knights approaching on horseback in the distance. This is already Amberlius territory, so there should be some knights who know my face. I stop running, put on my hat deep and give way. The knights pass by me without incident. At that exact moment.

「Hey, you there.」

Just when I am feeling relieved that I have passed by the knights, the last knight on horseback turns around and calls out to me. Not good, I doubt he suspects that I am Kars Amberlius, but if he sees my face, there is a risk that he would find out. As a commoner, it would be disrespectful for me not to take off my hat in front of a knight. I guess I should pose as an uneducated commoner and deal with this situation with my hat on here. God forbid, but I doubt he would take the trouble of ordering a commoner walking down the highway to take off his hat. No, but they might be in the middle of looking for someone. Screw it, just thinking about it would get me nowhere.

「Y, yes. How can I help you, Sir Knight?」

「For you to walk alone on the highway without carrying a weapon or a bag, how careless of you. Are you a Porter?」

「Yes, sir. I am on my way carrying some goods to Amberlius from Magt. I have heard that few monsters appear on this highway, moreover, I have confidence in my ability to run away, so I have not hired an escort.」

「Hmm, true enough, since we’ve been slaying the monsters along the highway as soon as we find them, you probably won’t encounter many of them. But there are times when bandits show up, after all.」

Not good, are they in the middle of a mission to clean up bandits? Maybe he would order me to show him my face.

「Be sure to keep an eye out.」

「Y, yes, sir.」

With that, the knights leave. Phew, freed from tension, I feel relieved and sweats break out from my whole body. It seems that they didn’t believe that a lone young male porter would be a bandit, as expected.

I start running again, pass through Amberlius without entering the city, and arrive at an inn town along the highway in the evening. Let’s spend the night here today. There are probably patrol knights in the inn town too, so I can’t let my guard down here, either. Let’s keep the hat on deep.