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The Otherworld Conquest Method of a Reincarnated Porter Chapter 97 Part 1

Lunamilia Tarte Art

　As I enter the town and look for an inn, I see a girl being wooed by three men. She has light pink hair, which is unusual even in this world, and is dressed in what looks like a priest’s uniform. She is probably in her mid-teens. Her face is both beautiful and cute, and she looks like an idol who has not yet lost her childishness. She carries a large travel bag in her right hand and a reddish-bronze bat-like object in her left hand. Is she a traveler?

「C’mon isn’t it fine? Let’s have some fun.」

「We’ll take you to a nice place.」

「Yup, yup, if you come with us, we’ll tell you all about this town.」

Talk about cheap pick-up line. What kind of woman would go with such shady guys in this day and age?

「Oh my, that’s very kind of you. Being new to this town, I don’t know anything about it, so I’m at a loss here. Please teach me everything you know. I’ll be in your care.」

The pink-haired woman shows no sign of suspicion and follows the men to the back alley. If I were to ignore her and let things pass just like this, I might get concerned and regret it later. It’s a pain, but I guess I’ll try to follow them. I owe a debt of gratitude to the Holy Church for saving my life through the sacred magic of their priest when I was mortally wounded by the strong-armed baboon. In this world, where worldly graces from the gods are real, I think it would be the right survival strategy to create an obligation of gratitude from a priest.

「Alright, it’s inside this house.」

「Oh my, what’s in this house?」

「You’ll have to come inside to find out. Now, come on in.」

「Hehehe.」

The three men lead the girl inside a run-down house on the outskirts of town. Still, that girl, no matter how you slice it, isn’t she a bit too careless? From her ignorance of the ways of the world and her manner of speech, I think she is a daughter from a noble family, but I’m also curious about the fact that is traveling alone while carrying a large bag. Is she a daughter from a fallen noble family who has suddenly been thrown into the world? No, perhaps, it is a badger game in which she is pretending to be a weak girl.

「Kyaa, what are you doing?」

「So noisy, just be quiet!」

「Hey, hold her hands!」

「Hehehe, what an incredibly fine woman we’ve got here.」

Sure enough, I can hear the sound of the woman being attacked from inside the run-down house.  From their appearances, the three men are just thugs, and I can tell they are small fry without the need to appraise them. That is because they do not have the aura of a strong person at all. It is not impossible that they are hiding their strength, but would a strong person form a group to bring a woman into such a house, and try to assault her?

Just in case, let’s quickly put this face to an end without letting my guard down. I kick down the door of the house and go in. The four people struggling with each other are shifting their gazes in this direction with a blank look on their face, wondering what has happened. On a closer look, I notice that two of the men trying to hold the woman down have blood coming out of their noses, and one of them has fallen on his backside. It seems that faced with desperate resistance from the woman, they are unable to hold her down successfully. As I thought, being someone from a noble family, the woman must have a high-ranked Job and is fairly strong.

「W, who the heck are you, you bastard?!」

When I close the distance between us with instant step and unleash my fists at the faces of the two men, they are completely unable to react at all and end up getting sent flying into the wall. This feeling, as expected, these guys seem to be low-level small fry. When I kick the guy who is lying on his backside in the jaw, all three of them pass out. They don’t seem to be dead.

「Are you all right, miss?」

That is quite the pretentious line, but I can’t think of anything else to say. It doesn’t look like the girl has been violated. Who in the world is she, I wonder? To satisfy my curiosity, let’s try to appraise her. Appraisal.

Lunamilia Tarte Art, Age 15, Level 20

Job: Monk

Looking at the fact that she has a family name, it seems there is no mistake that she is a daughter from a noble family, as expected. She is so ignorant of the world that she would readily follow strangers to such a place, so she must have been raised with great care. And since she has reached level 20 at the age of 15, there is a huge chance that she has been power leveled through the power of her family, and is believed to have acquired the necessary physical strength. There is a huge chance that she wouldn’t lose against the three men sprawling here. How is Monk, her job, any different from Priest?

「Y, yes I am fine. Thank you very much for saving me. I didn’t expect them to be such ill-natured people.」

Being frank is fine and all, but that means she really didn’t suspect them at all, huh. I am worried about her future, but this is the extent of what I can do for her.

「You mustn’t trust someone you don’t know too much. Now then, if you’ll excuse me.」

「Ah, please wait.」

I leave the house, ignoring the voice of the woman who is calling out to me. There seems to be no mistake that she is from a noble family, and since there is a possibility that my true identity will get exposed, I have no intention of involving myself with her too deeply. Besides, I am on my way to Lincool territory, so if I hear any more of her personal story, I feel that I would feel sorry for her and get dragged into troublesome matters. She is unnaturally traveling alone in a place like this, so obviously, without any shadow of doubt, she has some kind of circumstances. I return to the street, find an inn with a tavern, and check in. In my room, I use bubble wash and evaporate magic on myself, and then lie on the bed for a while. As I get hungry and go downstairs to go to the bar, I find that pink-haired woman at the reception desk. They seem to be arguing about something.

「That’s troubling, dear guest.」

「I’m in the middle of a monastic journey, you see. If you like, I can treat your injuries free of charge.」

「Hmm, even if you say so….」

Haa, I don’t know what is going on here, but leaving it alone will leave a bad aftertaste on me. It is only for today anyway, so let’s poke our head into it. If I manage to help this girl, perhaps God will see me in a better light, after all.

「Um, is something the matter?」

「Yes, um, ah?! You’re the one from back then….」

「This young lady wants me to let her stay at the inn for free, you see.」

「That’s only natural. I’m in the middle of a monastic journey, after all.」

「A monastic journey, huh? I heard it was common in my grandfather’s time, but you don’t hear about it much these days, after all. It would be troublesome if the church bears a grudge against us, so… Haa, fine. You will have to stay in a shared room for six, but is that all right?」

「Oh my, thank you very much. God bless you.」

It seems that the situation is settled without me having to step in. Still, a shared room for six? Wouldn’t it be tough for this well-raised, beautiful young lady to share a room with broke commoners? There is a possibility that the large bag in her hand contains items of considerable value, and the naive young lady could easily be deceived and swindled. Looking at the pure expression on this young, unsuspecting monk’s face, I feel like I can’t leave her alone. I wonder if this is how it feels when an old man becomes a sugar daddy.

「Ah, do you have a minute? I’ll pay for it, so please show her to a private room.」

「Oh my…」

「Are you sure? That would be a great help for us, though.」

「A long time ago, I had my life saved by a priest from the Holy Church, after all. This, too, is probably what you call God’s guidance.」

I pay the innkeeper a large silver coin and let the girl check in. She seems to be in the middle of a monastic journey or something, so I doubt I will ever see her again. If I were to let things be just that, it would probably weigh on my mind in the night. With this, I should be able to sleep soundly tonight without any worries. Maybe even God will see me in a better light, you know? I wonder if he would give me one additional skill or something.