70 – Negotiation

As the porter’s eyes widened, the hero shouted for joy inside.

‘Just in case, it wasn’t an ordinary item.’

A pendant I accidentally got right before entering the room where the giant scorpion was.

Originally, I would have entrusted the feelings to Talia, but right before showing it, I suddenly had that thought.

Wouldn’t it be nice to give it to a porter?

So I secretly brought it. It seems to be the correct answer.

“How did you do that…”

He can’t take his eyes off the pendant in my hand.

“I found it by accident in the ruins and brought it back. It looked pretty valuable.”

“As expected, warrior! Your eyesight is no joke!”

He likes it.

The corner of his mouth was about to go up with that fact alone, but he struggled to keep his composure.

What I’ve learned from acting together so far is that he’s always hiding something.

There must have been another reason for visiting the ruins this time. What if this pendant is his purpose?

I asked him, hiding my thoughts from the outside.

“Do you know what this is?”

“It’s… That’s it…”

Seeing the way he rolled his eyes here and there, he could guess what he was going to say next.

“It’s an artifact that makes the wearer feel good! What is it… Do you know that it’s an anion? It’s what happens when rain falls on the ground…”

It’s a lie.

I’ve given you some plausible explanations, but you can’t fool my eyes.

For now, I decided to make a joke so that he wouldn’t notice.

“Is that true? It just happened to be good. I always had something like this.”

While saying that, I casually put the pendant around my neck.

“Huh…? Huh huh?”

Then came the visibly embarrassed porter.

“Me, warrior?”

When he urgently asked me, I replied pretending nothing was wrong.

“Why is that?”

“About that pendant. Could you give it to me…?”

His interest turned to greed.

Transfer? At no cost? It can’t be.

At first, I just brought it because I thought he would like it. Seeing his reaction, I became greedy too.

“Hmm… bare mouth?”

Tension stood on his face. Did you think I’d just give it up? I guess the evaluation of me isn’t that bad.

“It’s about the size of an artifact, but I can’t just give it to you.”

“Yes?”

Seeing him taken aback by my words somehow made me feel better.

To enjoy seeing others in trouble.

It’s obviously not right as a hero, but to borrow his usual words… How can you put up with this? It feels like that.

“I don’t have anything to give you right now… How can I not?”

“I’m sorry. I don’t think that will work.”

When he begged me with a pitiful expression on his face, I was about to let him go, but I managed to hold it in.

“Then what can I do?”

Then the porter erased the expression from his face as if it had never happened.

-Wack.

His demeanor changed in an instant, and he turned away from me.

I was a little uneasy, but decided to trust my intuition. He will lie down again

“Then have a good night’s sleep.”

With that said, I turned away from him too.

Let’s pass a little time.

“Hero? Are you sleeping?”

‘Come.’

“…”

I didn’t answer him on purpose and continued pretending to be asleep.

– Cock cock.

Then, this time, the porter boldly tries to make contact. His nervousness was transmitted through the fingers touching his back.

After barely calming down the corner of his mouth trying to ascend, he opened his mouth as if he couldn’t overcome it.

“What’s up?”

“I’ve been thinking about it, and I’ve got something for you.”

What can he do for me?

I asked, thinking only inwardly so as not to show it on my face.

“What is that?”

“Skills. Wouldn’t you like to learn more?”

A skill? Will I be able to spend time alone with him like I did back then?

It was a sweet temptation. But.

“No. I’m satisfied enough now.”

It was a very tempting offer, but I declined.

“…Yes?”

His face was filled with embarrassment, as if he hadn’t expected me to refuse. What do we do? I can’t make it a habit.

“Do you really want this?”

When he took out the pendant once again, it began to sway as it hung on the string, and his pupils also swayed left and right following the pendant.

‘Now.’

Thinking it was the right time, I revealed my inner feelings that I had been hiding until now.

“Then would you please do me a favor… no, three?”

“Three, three? That’s kind of…”

Seeing him talk as if he was in trouble, I felt embarrassed for some reason.

Three countries. This is also a lot of concessions.

“If that’s not the case, I’ll make it happen.”

I didn’t like the way he looked, so I reacted a little sensitively, but I soon regretted it.

‘What if I refuse… ?’

At that time when anxiety sprouted again and I was nervous.

“Did you show it to Thalia?”

Thalia? Why is Thalia’s name mentioned here?

“I was going to ask, but I forgot, so I couldn’t ask.”

“Is that so? I’m glad…”

He let out a sigh of relief and immediately opened his mouth.

“Well, I’ll listen and decide.”

Fortunately, the porter doesn’t refuse.

What should I ask him to do? I want too many things, so I’m going to get rid of it.

My mouth moved after thinking for a long time.

“Well, I don’t really want anything right now. I’ll tell you later when I think of it.”

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It might be better to erase the debt forever than to tell it now.

“…That’s good.”

The porter’s troubles were not as long as mine.

– Sweep.

As I held out the pendant to him, his hand gradually moved closer.

On the verge of falling completely into his hands.

“Mr. Porter.”

“…Can you give me this first and then tell me?”

I sang it one last time because I wanted to make fun of it.

“A promise. You must keep it.”

For some reason, I feel like I can sleep happily tonight.

***

“Porter, wake up.”

“Ummm…”

I woke up rubbing my sleepy eyes and saw the hero waking me up.

Just like a bully.

Yesterday, in the process of exchanging pendants, the blood was too great. I thought I could eat it raw.

Awesome.

I looked at the warrior and strained my eyes.

“Why do you look at me like that? It’s kind of like that.”

At those words, I immediately let go of my eyes.

Right now, the other side has three of my weaknesses.

Unable to contain his grief, he let out a deep sigh.

To think that the hero, who should have been innocent, offered such an unfair deal.

There is no such thing as a single worker. Who did you learn from?

“I’ll take this beforehand, so come out on time.”

As the warrior went out, he took the preserved food in his backpack.

Now it behaves like a bedroom in my own house, right?

When the warrior left and I was left alone, I let out a sigh that I had only sighed inwardly.

“Haa…”

But that’s only for a while. I smiled spontaneously as I felt the weight in my pocket.

“Still, it’s a shame because the hero took this.”

It was quite a bit of blood loss, but seeing the Dispel item in my hand made me feel better.

“If you have this, you can bounce, but what does a promise have to do with it?”

The pendant glistened in the morning sunlight that came in through the opening that the warrior had left open.

It was as if he was encouraging me to leave right now.

‘What is the world’s best?’

It was a really happy worry.

Now that I think I can float at any time as long as I can see the angle, I feel like I’m about to fly away.

‘As long as I can catch the boss mobs in the ruins without Reina, I don’t really need me.’

They were party members who had not been noticed until a while ago, but when the cave escape rope was in hand, their evaluation naturally rose.

‘Looks like it’s time to start planning an escape.’

After tidying up the tent comfortably while humming her hum, let’s head to the place where they gathered.

“Porter. Didn’t something happen last night?”

Talia asks about my current situation in the morning. Her eyes are on me, but she occasionally glances at the warrior.

“Sure. No big deal.”

“Is that so? I’m glad then.”

She said that and looked away from me.

‘For now, I have to act normally and not arouse unnecessary suspicion.’

Especially for that mesgaki, no matter what happens, don’t get caught. On the day you get caught….

-Isn’t it dispel? What were you trying to do with it? Answer porter.

-What do you mean by that? I didn’t even know it was such a thing….

– Yes? Then I must have misunderstood. I thought you were going to nullify my spell and run away again. What is it?

-….

-I’ll keep this because I don’t want that to happen.

Gulp.

No. Such a misfortune should never happen.

Acting calm, I took out the preserved food that was being heated in the water and sat down.

“The porter.”

Stop.

It was a simple call to me, but it was enough to make my heart flutter.

What is it? Have you already been caught? I put it in my pocket, so I wouldn’t know it at all when I saw it from the outside, right?

“…What’s going on?”

I waited for her answer with a lot of tension.

“Anyway, isn’t three meals a day too harsh?”

Talia complains about side dishes in the morning.

What was that? To scare people.

“I can’t help it. I can’t even hunt right now.”

When I turned my head, the rest were eating without much complaint.

“Chii…”

At a loss for words, she finally took her preserves to her mouth.

Contrary to her words, she eats deliciously.

There’s no way the kid who used to eat soup without the head until I joined had complained about the preservation food given to him three times in a row.

That is. That’s what I mean by going hunting. Do you know that I can be fooled?

But next time I’ll catch something to feed it. Because dissatisfaction with me is likely to lead to interest soon.

After the meal, we immediately set out on our way to our next destination.

“Brother. Are you all right today?”

“Yes, saintess. No problem.”

I’m in such a good mood that I’m going to wear a mask. What should I do?

“Unlike yesterday, you seem to be in a good mood.”

“Is that the way Reina-san sees it?”

Did my poker face break without me knowing? I should be more careful.

Back then when we were walking around chatting like that.

“Hey. You guys over there.”

A rude voice came from somewhere.

I turned my head towards the place where the voice came from.

“When you say nice things, it’ll be good for you to give away everything you have.”

Who can see it, the thieves were roaring and blocking our way.

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