I Became a Porter for a Women-Only Party. 15

Chapter 15 – 15 – The Strongest Muscle Is the Tongue

Lack makes you appreciate what you took for granted. We, who had been abandoned by the warmth of the world for a while, came to praise the warmth of the fireplace like a god.

I think the warmth that melted my cold hands and feet also melted my heart. Friendship is sprouting between different party members who only exchanged first names on the way.

First of all, the ‘Vanir Lily’ party, which is sponsored by the Vanir royal family and is quite famous these days.

And the ‘Countess’s Handgun’ party, who were once pirates but became subordinates to a certain noble countess in exchange for their release.

Even a party of magic tower white magicians whose purpose is to study demons. A sight where people from different origins and backgrounds are talking cordially.

Of course, behind-the-scenes gossip is also included. ‘Aren’t Mitra Paladin bastards unlucky?’

A common enemy forces the rest to stick together. Long live the sun, you fanatics.

Deciding that this was the right time, I offered a secret gift.

The items I pulled out after searching through the luggage with a bit of space compression magic were salted meat, rye cake, and sealed milk.

Even those who were somewhat distant from our all-female party became upset. Our party members patted me on the back, saying I did a good job.

“Are you doing something?”

“Tena caught the treasure.”

···How many days has it been since I went to work? Hasn’t it been less than a week?

It’s so different from when I was under that Adamantone bastard. Is this your job?

Wasn’t the last party where there were only a bunch of bastards a workplace in the sense of body parts?

It’s also time to eat lunch, but it takes a lot of calories to get used to the unfamiliar cold. Everyone must have been so hungry as soon as their stomachs melted in the fire.

The Vanir Lily party member asked, taking the cake off his mustache and bowing stylishly.

“Thank you so much. But how on earth did 10 ladies bring 100 servings? Wasn’t it heavy?”

“It was enough for one person to carry it. We have a porter in our party.”

As Eshen smiled and answered, the atmosphere became somewhat colder.

The eyes of the other party members shaking as if anxious were clear in meaning. ‘How on earth is a porter included in a party with only women?’

A face that makes you think it’s already obvious what the porter is plotting.

I feel unfair. I was the one who fell victim to Tena’s conspiracy while drunk. Eshen had his pubic hair pulled out.

Actually, when I looked at the boat, we were the only party that brought a porter.

The trend at parties these days is to pack each person’s belongings and tie them around, rather than carrying around things with a bad reputation.

I swallowed and raised my hand. While I firmly believe in the performance of the headband artifact.

“It’s me. Me.”

The ‘Countess’s Handgun’ party members, whose hands were shaking as they lit cigarettes, suddenly looked relaxed, as if they had just gotten rid of a toothache.

The young white magic students escaped from the delusions of adolescent boys and returned to reality. Vanir’s Lily party members also scratched the backs of their heads with their hands hovering around the hilt of their swords.

“You must be a woman.”
“Female porters are rare. You’re amazing.”
“We had another ridiculous misunderstanding.”

···These days, we are becoming accustomed to the usefulness of women’s clothing. Am I in the process of becoming a female?

Even if there are many porters who are just living their lives, does it make sense for the group’s image to fall to this level? If you give a shit to a porter, you’re considered a rapist that you can’t deal with.

Of course, there are quite a few porters who got into serious accidents and ended up in jail. Some of the rumors damaging the industry’s reputation are clearly true.

But isn’t that the same for other jobs?

There are crazy thieves who take the party’s public funds and run away, and there are also heroes who betray the world by siding with monsters.

The genre was different, but what was better about those guys than the lustful porters who coveted other people’s women’s asses?

It almost seems like someone was systematically plotting to discredit porters.

What kind of person with so much time would do something so useless?

But that’s not the important issue at this moment. What’s important is Eshen’s promotion.

I took a deep breath and stood up on the chair.

“Everyone, before you eat, let me say something.”

The captain of the handgun party froze. He took a big bite of his cake with his toothless mouth.

“No, no. It doesn’t matter if you’re already holding it. You can listen to it while you eat.”

Many people became happy again.

“Let me start by pointing out an important fact that everyone knows. In the next few days or hours, we will have to deal with an unknown demon. The sulfur smell of a high-class demon, the victim’s screams, and the traces of wings on the brick are clues. That’s all. Of course, I believe that no one will suddenly feel a lump in their throat when they hear such words.”

The combatants stop eating and laugh wildly. At least no one looks scared. Even if it’s because of pride.

This is natural since they are all combatants of at least B rank or higher.

“And I’d like to tell you something a little less important, and probably has nothing to do with you. You may have already heard it, and there are probably more people who don’t care. This time, one of our party members is about to be promoted.”

Eshen, who had been secretly searching my luggage to see if there was any more cake, was startled as he straightened his tail. I tapped Eshen on the shoulder and shouted.

“Yes, I know! I don’t think that I can bribe outstanding heroes and warriors like you with just cake and milk. I’m not asking for your obvious sympathy because everyone has their own story. But fellow warrior party members.”

I paused for a moment and spoke with tears in my eyes.

“For this friend, getting a promotion has been a lifelong dream. It is also the wish of her entire family, whom she no longer has. And due to personal circumstances, this is likely her last chance. Her hometown duties are calling her, and “Once you’ve done your duty, sadly you can’t return to the party. Then the dream will remain a dream.”

There are some differences from the facts, but that’s not important.

“It doesn’t feel like anyone else’s business to me. I also have a dream that I gave up to pay for my younger brother’s living expenses and tuition. One day, a fellow fighter who collapsed in my arms also had a similar dream. He said he wanted to become a baker. In the end, it couldn’t come true. “

Although the soft words are not met with tears or applause, the captain’s hand as he fills his pipe trembles a little. I didn’t miss it.

In adventure business occupations such as warrior parties, there are many people who have left their friends and family behind in their hometown. There are many people who have experienced the death of a business partner. There are people who do not want to risk their lives for money.

A commonality discovered while assisting many parties. They gave up so much to gain.

The life of a fighter and adventurer is bitter. And those who share the bitterness, empathize more easily.

“Please do me a favor. My friend has the fighting power to tear apart a troll by himself. If the opportunity arises for our party member ‘Eshen’ to help you, I hope you will trust him and entrust him with your burden. The party alliance supervisor who just went to the bathroom “You don’t have to give up your outstanding performance. There’s no need to spread the word about your achievements.”

It’s an obvious lie. I wish there would be more rumors.

“I would appreciate it if you would just give me the opportunity to stand side by side with you and fight.”

I nodded my thanks and got down from the chair again.

The once friendly atmosphere was filled with silence. Eshen’s face turned bright red and he wanted to hide in a mouse hole.

I pretended to be embarrassed and glanced sideways at the other party. And I counted the numbers in my head.

Three. Two. One.

“Okay. Okay. So you’re asking me to help you after all?”

I knew it.

The captain of the ‘Countess’s Handgun’ party frowned and smiled.

“But like you said, with just bread?”

“It is an honor to meet you, Captain Tomko, Liberator of the West Sea.”

‘Liberator of the West Sea’. A smile twitches on Captain Tomko’s lips.

I thought you would like it if I said that. After all, you too are a ‘hero’.

“As I said, we are not begging for a chance. However, if you are grateful to us for helping us, we must repay you accordingly. How can we repay our debt to you, Captain?”

It starts with the assumption that help will be given, and then subtly ends as if it has already been promised.

This speech method is used only once today. If you use it twice, you will look proficient, which will only increase your vigilance.

“Isn’t it obvious? There are several of our children who are about to be promoted. If we help, you will also help. It is an implicit mutual aid between capable parties.”

“Okay.”

“Don’t say you don’t have the ability to help. I’m saying this because I know how good the girls in your party are on dangerous missions. Not long ago, some scary bitch killed a Salamander in a fire? A few days ago, who else killed a troll with their bare hands? – Oh, yeah. Didn’t I just say that? You were right here.”

Captain Tomko pointed to Eshen. Eshen giggled and waved at the grumpy captain.

“As a porter, it is not something I can give a definitive answer to. However, I will definitely suggest this to the hero in charge of our party. I believe our hero will make a wise decision considering Captain Tomko’s reputation.”

Tomko nodded his head with a smile on his face.

“If our girls set a trap and corner him, we will allow you to cut off his head.”

I had every intention of helping from the beginning, but I pretended to be calculating. It’s like a tiger imitating a snake.

And then, Vanir’s Lily Party.

The gentleman leader of the lily party sighed and said, as if he couldn’t not say a word when a pirate came out.

“Honestly, I don’t like requests like that. If you had offered me money instead of food, I would have left without listening to the end.”

The only way to leave is on the upper floor of the building. Because it’s fucking cold outside.

“But I don’t think your intentions are impure if you’re not asking me to give up the credit or just asking you not to hold me back. I can grant you that much. And one more thing.”

Beur Redin played with his mustache in annoyance.

“I heard a very dirty story from the other side of your country. I heard that among Mithra’s paladins, there is one who is about to be promoted to a special level. And I heard that he started a fight with your party first. Is that true?”

The pirates’ faces become grim. An expression of indignation, ‘I can’t believe something like that happened.’

Public disputes are public between parties, but at the same time, they are taboos that become sensitive when made public.

Foul rules and the spirit of partnership exist together in any field.

“It’s true, but I won’t ask you to take sides because of that.”

“I have no intention of taking sides. However, it seemed like they were intentionally trying to overwhelm us by using up our stamina earlier, but honestly, their intentions don’t look good. If Mithra’s paladins try to focus on the competition any further than that, it will be for the sake of all of us. Your safety will be at risk. From now on, if you are threatened by Paladin, I will protect your safety with the honor of the lily.”

Done.

Eshen’s contribution is great. He tolerated it well, as I asked.

If we had shown ourselves to be keeping each other in check without justification, Beurdin would not have been on our side.

“Thank you very much for your words, Hero of the Lily, Beaurdin.”

“It’s only natural as a Vanir gentleman.”

The warrior with the lily crest tugged harder on his mustache and looked embarrassed.

“What are you thankful for? I received such great help.”

But I was happy inside. After being told not to disturb others, are you going to stop others from interfering? That would be a huge help.

The calm atmosphere soon became noisy again. Only then did our party members ask with wide eyes.

“I thought my heart was coming out. Why are you calling me me?”

“And you did it, but why are the results so good? Did you know it would turn out like this?”

“I was just appealing to sincerity. It wasn’t something I couldn’t say, right?”

On the outside, I smiled humbly and pretended to gloss over it, but the truth was, I knew it all.

I tried it with a thorough knowledge of the tendencies of the two parties and the two heroes.

Lily’s party leader, Hero Bourdain, is a crazy man who rescued his former lover’s daughter from enemy lines with only 10 men.

Captain Tomko, who also possesses the Hero trait and is the party leader, is a crazy person who committed a mutiny by attacking the captain’s ship because he whipped slaves when he was a sailor.

It is obvious from the fact that the hero himself has come to this city on the outskirts where mission compensation is not much, and to catch high-level monsters.

I can think of one of two reasons. Unless you’re aiming for a promotion like Eshen, it’s just a sense of duty.

‘If I don’t do it, who will?’ Those who always think like that.

I sipped my milk and smiled.

“After all, the warriors on the front lines are romantics.”