Poropo was nervous about this tour considering how many nobles would be a part of the small trip - delinquents might try to do something which would either ruin the tour, get someone hurt, or both! Delinquents understandably wanted to harass the money and power hungry nobles, but the old woman needed the nobles' patronage as well. There was a conflict of interest for the monk, but he needed more money in order to help more people rather than not taking the job at all. And besides, if Poropo did not take the job then someone else certainly would. "So, where are the nobles I am to help escort and keep safe during the tour?" The monk looked around for nobles.
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