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The Otherworld Conquest Method of a Reincarnated Porter Chapter 99

An Impromptu Party

　After about two hours in the carriage, the female magician asks the coachman to stop the carriage.

「I want to pick flowers. Please stop the carriage as soon as possible.」

「I understand. But there are a lot of monsters around here, so please don’t go too far from the highway, okay?」

「Worry not. I may look like this, but I have some understandings on the way to fight monsters.」

「If that’s the case, let’s take a short break then. Everyone, if we happen to encounter any monsters, I would entrust it to you.」

We get off the carriage in the middle of the highway and stretch our legs. A river can be seen flowing nearby. Monsters gather at watering places, so we need to be careful. The female magician walks defenselessly toward the bushes. This is?! I sense a flow of magical energy. She seems to be using some kind of magic.

「Hey, there might be monsters here. Shall I go check if it’s safe?」

「No, thank you. There are no monsters in that bush.」

Apparently, she can use earth or wind magic to check if there are any monsters in places she can’t see. Given the danger, I have heard that magicians who become adventurers are few in number, but having one in the party would surely be useful in many ways. Given that she is heading to Rotos, is she also an adventurer aiming for promotion to the bronze rank? She said she has some understanding on the way to fight monsters, so there is a good chance that she is. There are plenty of safe workplaces in demand for magicians, such as leeches and alchemists, but there sure are eccentric women out there.

「Also….」

「Hm?」

「Don’t talk to me. Pervert.」

「Kuh.」

T, this woman, even though I have taken the trouble to call out to her out of concern for her safety. Damn it, as expected, it seems that no one buys my excuse earlier. Well, fine. What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Maybe I would see that woman again in Rotos, but that would be the last time. I don’t plan to stay in Lincool territory for long. I am sure I will be able to forget this humiliation soon.

「U, umm…」

If there is a God that abandons you, there is a God that picks you up. Zofie calls out to me. That magician is certainly a beauty, but this Zofie is charming and nice. Zofie is a short, blonde-haired Lolita.

「What’s the matter?」

「My name is Zofie. I’m currently unemployed and I’m thinking of becoming an adventurer. Mister, are you also an adventurer heading for Rotos?」

「Yeah, I’m Sei. I am an adventurer as well as a porter. I plan to become a bronze rank adventurer in Rotos.」

「I see. So, Sei, there’s something I’d like to ask you about, but…」

Mmm. I guess it’s not a bad idea to guide the junior as a senior.

「When you do it another man, doesn’t the poop stick on your pee-pee?」

「Kuh.」

She doesn’t really hold prejudice toward me, so it can be said that she is better than that magician. Still, as expected, they see me as that kind of person, huh. Damn it, Zofie doesn’t seem like a bad girl, so let’s clear up the misunderstanding here.

「Ah, no need to worry. I also had a senior that swung that way at my old workplace, after all. The world sure is a big place, isn’t it?」

「Y, you’ve got it wrong. I like girls better….」

「Huh, don’t tell me you’re a bisexual? Choosing one would be a better idea, don’t you think? Ah, please don’t get too close to me. I just remember something.」

「Kuh.」

Damn it, I chose my words badly, and I ended up getting misunderstood even more. Well, whatever, I have Niinya. As long as she likes me, I don’t care if other women hate me. It’s true. Sob.

「Kyaa───!」

Suddenly, I hear the cries of the magician who is picking flowers in the bushes. Told her so, I wonder if she is overconfident in her ability to scout with magic. Zofie, who finds me sickening, is far away, and the nearest person is me. Without hesitation, I take my sword out of the storage, channel magical energy into it, and jump into the bushes.

A large centipede is coming closer from behind the bushes, and the female magician is trying to escape with her panties down and ends up falling over. Into a state of spreading her secret place wide. Her pubic hair is red, the same color as her hair, and although she has kept her superfluous hair neatly trimmed, it has begun to grow back from the shaved area. I wonder if she has not mingled with a man for a while. Well, I prefer a beautiful woman with a little flaw to a beautiful woman who is too perfect.

「Hiiiiiiii!」

As the magician looks at the centipede from the ground, probably because she was in the middle of picking flowers, she releases the rest of her urine with a splash. I wonder if it is because her body tenses up or because she is incontinent. Or perhaps she is simply not good with centipedes. Appraisal!

Red-headed Giant Centipede, Rank 25

Scarlett Adrainard, Age 17, Level 19

Job: Magician

I jump over Scarlett, who is still spreading her legs wide on the ground, and swing my magical energy-filled sword down at the centipede’s red head. The sword cuts in fairly deep, but because of its sheer size, it doesn’t inflict a fatal wound. Even so, the centipede arches back grandly in agony.

「I’ll leave her to you!」

At that moment, Zofie comes over at high speed and cuts at the centipede’s belly deep with her shortsword. It is hard to reach a large monster’s vital points with a shortsword, so unless she uses poison, an assassin, who has low strength, seems to have bad compatibility against it. Zofie’s quick attack inflicts countless wounds on the centipede’s outer shells, but it doesn’t seem to be very effective.

「Whoa?!」

Perhaps annoyed by Zofie’s attack, the centipede suddenly curls its body and hurls itself toward her. Zofie apparently does not have much combat experience. Zofie fails to dodge the attack and gets blown away.

「Are you okay, Zofie?」

「I, I’m fine. I was just surprised.」

The person in question says she is fine, but Zofie is bleeding from the abdomen, probably from being hit by the sharp legs of the centipedes. Fortunately, there is a monk, Lunamilia, in the carriage. If we heal it with sacred magic, I don’t think it would turn into a serious problem.

「Sei-sama~」

Lunamilia arrives just in time. Let’s have her take care of Zofie….

「Hyaa───!」

Lunamilia comes running while channeling magical energy into her metal rod, which I believe to be made of red iron alloy. And then, using that momentum, she throws a powerful swing at the centipede’s abdomen. The centipede’s entire body shakes with a dull sound. It packs tremendous might. However, it seems to have made the centipede set its target on Lunamilia. The red head and its fangs come at Lunamilia.

Instant step. I move to Lunamilia’s side and swing down my sword at the centipede’s head for the second time, managing to deflect the attack by a hair’s breadth. The centipede is flailing around in agony. Now its head has been completely crushed, so all that is left is to keep our distance and carefully finish it off.

「Sei-sama, as I thought, you are….」

What manner of misunderstanding is she having now? Making a somewhat unsettling remark, Lunamilia looks at me like a maiden in love. Right now, we’re in the middle of a battle, after all.

After that, *bam, bam, bam* Lunamilia launches follow up swings into the Centipede’s huge body. I guess I can just let her handle it on her own now. As the three adventurers boarding the carriage jump into the fray as well, the battle is pretty much settled. When I check on Zofie, who has suffered an attack from the centipede, I find her sitting against a tree, her face pale. When I move closer and appraise her, I find that she is weakly poisoned. Let’s take a look at how you treat someone with sacred magic. Lunamilia is… in the middle of chasing after the centipede. Well, I guess me treating Zofie and making her indebted to me isn’t a bad idea, either.

「Zofie, it looks like you’ve been poisoned. I can use healing magic, so I’ll cure you.」

「Ugh, I’ve been thinking that I am feeling quite unwell, but this is poison, huh. Please do.」

I put my hand on the wound on Zofie’s stomach and use healing magic to interfere with Zofie’s body and expel the poison. Then I close up the wound and that’s it.

「How is it, Zofie?」

「Huh?! Amazing. I feel much better now. Umm, about the payment….」

「Even if it’s only temporarily, we fought a monster as a party, after all. And it’s not a good thing to take money from your comrades.」

Alright, that’s quite the pretentious line, but with this, Zofie will probably see me in a slightly better light. I won’t let her call me a pervert anymore.

「I suppose so. Ah, the centipede is still alive.」

She readily puts my care for her behind us. It, it’s not like I want her to thank me or anything, okay? It’s true. At any rate, let’s quickly finish the centipede off and get back to the carriage.

「Get out of the way!」

At that moment, Scarlett weaves a frightening amount of magical energy and shouts with a face full of rage. Apparently, she intends to unleash an offensive magic. The centipede is literally at death’s door already, though.

As soon as Lunamilia and the adventurers move away from the centipede, Scarlett’s magic, wand raised, bursts forth.

「Great Flame Vortex!」

Flames appear around the centipede, spinning and forming a vortex. The temperature is incredible. The heat wave reaches even us here. It must be a magic that is effective against large monsters, as when the flames disappear a few moments later, all that is left behind is a charred centipede. It was a complete overkill.

「Haa, haa, wheeze, wheeze.」

Scarlett looks totally exhausted. It seems that she has unleashed her maximum firepower that she can only muster up once at a time. I wonder if magicians are more effective against high-ranking monsters like the labyrinth lord than against small fry. With this much firepower, maybe she would have been able to finish it off with a single blow from the get go. However, it takes time to weave magical energy, and if the enemy were the type that moves quickly, there is a good chance that the magic would not hit it.

Leaving the contemplation at that, we take the magic stone out of the centipede and return to the carriage. A seventh-grade magic stone is worth two large silver coins. On the way back to the carriage, Scarlett calls out to me in a quiet voice.

「You saw it, didn’t you?」

「What are you talking about? I was too preoccupied with the centipede, so I have no idea what you’re talking about.」

「I see….」

The truth is, I clearly saw Scarlett’s petal, her growing superfluous hair, and even her urinating scene, but as a man among men, I should keep my mouth shut about it. I mustn’t make a woman lose face. Even if it is a woman that misunderstands me as a pervert.

「Well, you seem to be a pervert who has no interest in women, after all.」

「Kuh.」

This woman, even though I am trying to be a gentleman here. Damn it, should I just let it all out? Everything that I saw!

「You mustn’t say that. Sei-sama charged towards the monster without regard for his own safety, you know.」

「That’s right. If not for Sei-san, who knows what would have become of you now, Miss. Magician.」

「T, that, may be true but….」

Ooh, God has not abandoned me after all. Scarlett seems to have a fair amount of experience in fighting monsters, so I’d like to learn a little more about how to carry yourself as a magician working as an adventurer from her. I guess there’s no harm in closing the distance between us. Maybe we would even form a party at Rotos, so let’s get to know each other a little better and get some information out of her.

「Let me introduce myself again. I’m Sei, a porter. I plan to also work as an adventurer in Rotos. Lunamilia?」

「Yes, Sei-sama. I am a monk of the Holy Church, the name is Lunamilia. Right now, I am in the middle of a monastic journey, and I am thinking about challenging the labyrinth in Rotos.」

「A monastic journey is a journey to defeat monsters, raise your level, and change your job to a priest, right? Err, Zofie is….」

「Yes, I’m Zofie. My job is assassin. I used to work for a fairly large trading company, but they seemed to do something bad and ended up getting crushed. I lost my job, so I’m thinking of becoming an adventurer in Rotos.」

Alright, I have succeeded in creating a flow where we introduce ourselves. With this, Scarlett wouldn’t be able to remain silent either. Done introducing ourselves, we turn to Scarlett.

「I am Scarlett, and as you can see, I am a magician. I graduated from the Royal Academy of Magic with excellent grades. Truthfully speaking, I was swamped with work offers from various places, but due to various reasons, I am thinking about trying to become an adventurer. I also want to raise my level and change jobs to Mage, after all.」

I don’t know the requirements for changing jobs, but if she is aiming to become a mage, does she intend to work as an adventurer pretty seriously? There are so many things I don’t know. I guess it would be a good idea to learn a lot of things in Rotos.

Our self-introductions are very effective, and we strike up a conversation in the carriage. Nice, very nice. Is this what a harem party is like? For some reason, Lunamilia, who is beautiful and cute with big breasts, harbors goodwill toward me, perhaps due to her naivete, while Scarlett and Zofie think I’m a pervert and keep a certain distance from me. It is not like everyone is harboring goodwill toward me one-sidedly, but it feels realistic, which is nice. While I am thinking about such a thing, we seem to have arrived at the town. This town is the last inn town along the way to Rotos.