Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist? Chapter 109

Tsubaki advanced to the north on a furrowed road.

「I wonder if Vangsan and Marthsan are doing well. Is Bobon-san making a hand pump?」
「Tak.u.mi-sama, you seem very happy.」
「That's right. They're the people who took care of me before I met you guys, after all.」
「Master! Kaede is also excited to meet Marthsan!」
「Oh right, I met Kaede near Bohd Village. But they might not immediately realize it when they see the current you, Kaede.」
「Muu~~!」

Kaede was all sullen, but the Kaede during that time in Bohd village was a monster spider I found from who knows where. The only thing that remained was the leaf pattern on her spider body. Kaede was popular with the wives of Bohd, so their impression of her might be strong.

「You met Papck-dono there, didn't you?」
「Un, the Papeck Company is large now, but I first met him when he came to do his periodic peddling so he wouldn't forget his initial resolution.」

From Bohd village until Volton town was 3 days on a carriage pulled by a normal horse, but it's possible to arrive in 1 day on the carriage pulled by Tsubaki. But the sun is setting so we're stopping to camp for a night before arriving to Bohd Village.
Although I say it's a camp as we take turns keeping watch, we sleep inside the carriage so it's not strictly a camp. “Sleeping on a soft bed ain't camping!” said Lyle-san.

「By the way, Tak.u.mi-sama, how long will we be staying in Bohd Village? We delivered a larger quant.i.ty of products to the Papeck Company in advance though, so a short while will be alright.」

I gave it a little bit of thought when Laeva asked how many days we're staying. Margrave Volton said it would be alright if we relax and take it easy while they were gathering information.

「Maybe around 10 days.」
「In that case, it's okay.」
「…… as distasteful as it is to ask, are Irumsan and everyone terrifyingly rich people?
Your house is a mansion, you own this carriage.」
「……y-yeah, well, I guess I have a lot of money.」
「But Tak.u.mi-sama being a rich person is true. The sum from even just the royalties is nothing to sneeze at.」
「Thought so.」

Sophia confirmed it and, for some reason, glowered at Akane-san.

「Akane-san, we're a B rank party. Even with just the rewards from being adventurers, a mansion of that size is reasonable.」
「……We had almost no freedom since being summoned, so I couldn't trust in Sydnia from the beginning. I tried gathering all kinds of information though, like how Sydnia's organization was shady, and there was nothing about their way of thinking that I could accept………」

I guess a lot of things had piled up in her. I couldn't follow up very well for Akane-san, who looked to be in pain.

「I was just lucky. Norn-sama was overly protective of me, and everyone good to me when I arrived at Bohd Village.」

Akane-san and the others were still senior high school students. How much grief is it to be forcefully separated from one's parents and siblings? I was an unsuccessful salaryman in my 40's whose parents had already pa.s.sed and had no siblings, so I couldn't share that type of grief.
We left early the next morning and reached the vicinity of Bohd village still in the morning.

「Ah!」

Akane-san, who was gazing outside the carriage, looked forward and exclaimed.

「That is Bohd village.」

What came into view was a village within nature. It was Bod village that had greatly expanded compared to when I was there.