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The Otherworld Conquest Method of a Reincarnated Porter Chapter 97 Part 2

「Umm, my name is Lunamilia Tarte Art, and I am a monk in the Holy Church. You helped me a while ago, too. Thank you very much.」

「I am Sei, a Porter. As I said before, in the past, I had my life saved by a priest of the Holy Church. Which means, me being alive today is thanks to the Holy Church. If I can repay the favor with this, it’s a small price to pay. Now then, if you’ll excuse me.」

「U, umm….」

I feel that if I talk with her too much, I will end up getting attached to her, so I quickly cut the conversation short. I am quite hungry due to the backlash of the automatic recovery, so I head to the tavern and order some food. As I am emptying my plate, Lunamilia shows up and argues about something at the counter. Don’t tell me….

「You want me to give you food for free? Please stop with the joke.」

「Right now, I’m in the middle of a monastic journey, you know. Hmm, this is troubling.」

By some chance, I wonder if Lunamilia has been traveling in such a manner all this time.

「Hehehe, hey, girlie. Come over here and pour us a drink. If you do, I won’t mind treating you to some dinner.」

「Yup, yup, we can take care of you in other ways, too, you know. Guhehe.」

She ends up catching the eyes of some ill-natured-looking guys. Well, she looks naïve and cute, after all. Like the thugs from earlier, those guys seem to have little to no aversion to laying their hands on someone from the Holy Church. They probably have few chances to feel the power of the church up close in their daily lives. If you are a noble, you can never make enemies of the Holy Church in this world where there is a powerful worldly grace in the form of sacred magic.

「Oh my, that’s very kind of you. Please take care of me.」

Huh, is she for real? Lunamilia knows not how to doubt others at all. Haa, it can’t be helped, I guess I will take a piece or two off for her.

「Lunamilia-sama. If it is alright with you, would you like to have dinner with me?」

「Ah, Sei-sama. Yes, by all means!」

Lunamilia’s expression brightens up in an instant. She has a really pure, innocent and beautiful smile. It is so pure that I can’t help but worry whether she will be able to survive in this world.

I thought it would get me into a quarrel with the ill-natured-looking men, but they simply click their tongues, chug down their alcohol, and start chatting among themselves. A considerable amount of alcohol seems to have gotten into their system, so they aren’t particularly fixated on Lunamilia.

I take a seat with Lunamilia and begin to eat. Ugh, the moment Lunamilia takes her seat, her ample breasts sway quietly. They may be the biggest I have ever seen. Oops, not good, not good, laying my hand on someone from the Holy Church, who serves God, is as expected a bad idea. It is said that women can sense men’s gazes on them, so I guess it’d be rude of me to stare at them too much. Well, I doubt this naive young lady will ever notice it, though. When the food she ordered arrives, Lunamilia begins to eat with a big, radiant smile on her face. Looking at her table manners, I am convinced. As expected, there must be no mistake that she is from a noble family. There are a lot of things I want to ask her about, but I don’t want to get involved too deeply with her, so I refrain myself from doing so. However, I end up getting a lot of questions from Lunamilia. As expected, I can’t ignore them.

「Are you in the middle of some work, Sei-sama?」

「It’s not work, but I’m on my way to Rotos in the Lincool territory. 」

「Oh my, what a coincidence. In my monastic journey, I am also on my way to Rotos. If it’s alright with you, would you like to go there together?」

Geh, are you for real? I can reach Rotos in a day or two if I run, but who knows how many days it will take if I take a horse-drawn carriage. Still, it is hard to refuse. It can’t be helped, in traveling, a company; in live, sympathy. Let’s teach her common sense little by little along the way.

「I understand. If you’re alright with me, it would be my pleasure to go there with you.」

「Oh my, it makes me happy. This must be God’s guidance, too.」

「Also, as you can see, I’m a commoner. There is no need to add -sama to my name.」

「That’s unacceptable. I’m very much indebted to you, Sei-sama, and I may be a burden to you from here on, too, so….」

「I see. By the way, what is this monastic journey?」

「Yes, those who have been granted with the job of Monk by God travel around the world, treating people and exterminating monsters. The goal is to raise their level and change their job from Monk to Priest.」

I see, so Monk is the basic job and Priest is the superior job. I guess the goal of the monastic journey is to raise their level and change jobs, with treating people as a bonus. Come to think of it, I once read a similar fairy tale in the library of Amberlius, didn’t I? If memory serves right, it was a tale about the saint who traveled around the world, treating the poor, exterminating monsters that ravaged villages, exploring labyrinths, and punishing corrupt lords in her younger days. The saint was faced with one difficulty after another, but each time a man would show up to aid her. In the end, it was revealed that the man was an apostle of God that was sent to guide the saint; something like that.

「It seems that monastic journeys are a rarity these days. Are there some kinds of reasons for this?」

「Yes, the Holy Church gathers those who have been granted with the job of Priest in the Holy Kingdom from all over the world and help them raise their level to 20 in the Labyrinth of the Dead. Since it is generally necessary to reach the level of 40 to change jobs to Priest, it was common for those who wanted to become Priests to go on a monastic journey. Recently, however, it has become the norm for families with enough financial power or lords who wish to invite priests to their domains to have knights or adventurers escort them while they raise their level, so this practice has fallen into disuse.」

True enough, if you are a lord, having a high-level priest in your domain would give you peace of mind. By means of high-proficiency sacred magic, you can get treatment anytime you need it, so the possibility of dying would be greatly reduced. That priest who treated me in the Sakuto village might have also been power-leveled while being escorted by the Knights of Amberlius.

「In that case, why are you on a monastic journey, Lunamilia-sama?」

「Yes, I grew up reading a book called The Saints’ Monastic Tale since I was a child, so I suppose it has some influence on me. Also, my parent’s house is in the countryside, deep in the mountains, and we are not very wealthy, so we can’t afford to hire adventurers to escort me.」

The Saint’s Monastic Tale is probably the title of the book that I read. Her parent house seems to be a country lord, and it seems that her ignorance of the world is due to the fact that she grew up in the countryside until she came of age.

「So, are you going to Rotos, by any chance, to become an adventurer?」

「I don’t intend to become an adventurer, but like the saint in the story, I would like to form a party and challenge the labyrinth. I am lacking in strength on my own, so I thought that the labyrinth of Rotos, where many adventurers gather, would be easier to explore. By any chance, do you have the same goal, Sei-sama?」

「Yes, I do. I’m also….」

Hold on a minute. It might be a good idea to not get too close with her. If I form a party with her without even knowing what she is capable of, it would get me in nothing but trouble. She has the air of a gentle girl, very much unlike someone capable of fighting. She was holding a metal bat-like red-iron alloy metal rod, so I wonder if she beats monsters with that. However, if she is a user of sacred magic, she should be able to use powerful healing magic, so I guess it would be a good idea to form a connection with her.

「… more or less an adventurer, but my job is Porter. I also plan to do Porter work at Rotos. It would be nice if I have the opportunity to work with you, too, Lunamilia-sama.」

Without making commitments about forming a party together, we enjoy our meal and conversation. After the meal, I return to my room, clean myself up with bubble wash magic, then lie down on the bed. Lunamilia is in the next room. On the bed, as I can’t help but recall the way her ample breasts sway, I end up getting horny. It’s not like I am a big-breast person or anything, but when I see big breasts, I can’t help but get drawn to them. It must be something instinctive. No, it’s true, okay? I‘m not a big-breast person. Though, it’s not like I’m a small-breast person, either. As long as they have healthy, toned bodies, I don’t really care about the size of their breasts. It is just that I can’t really control the movements of my gaze.

「Ugh, this is…?!」

While my right brain and left brain are having a conversation about my own sexuality in my head for a while, I sense a flow of divine magical energy at Lunamilia’s room next door. It seems that she is using sacred magic. Is it some kind of bedtime ritual? It seems that a level 20 monk can use a certain level of sacred magic. I feel bad since it feels like I am taking advantage of her, but if I were to suffer an injury that leaves behind a side-effect, I might have to trouble her with treating me with sacred magic, so let’s maintain the connection at least. With these thoughts in mind, in part because I am tired from the journey, I go to sleep soundly that day.