Chapter 109: It’s been a while, Bohd Village

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Chapter 109: It’s been a while, Bohd Village

Tsubaki advanced to the north on a furrowed road.

「I wonder if Vanga-san and Martha-san are doing well. Is Bobon-san making a hand pump?」

「Takumi-sama, you seem very happy.」

「I am. They’re the people who took care of me before I met you guys, after all.」

「Master! Kaede also excited to meet Martha-san!」

「Oh right, I met Kaede near Bohd Village. But they might not immediately realize it’s you when they see the you now, 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 is the leaf pattern on her spider body. Kaede was popular with the village wives, so their impression of her might be strong.

「You met Papeck-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 to 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 the night before arriving to Bohd Village.

Although I say it’s a camp since 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!” as Lyle-san would say.

「...... it’s an amazing carriage. What’s pulling it isn’t a horse anymore though.」

「It’s my first time seeing a Dragon Horse.」

To Akane-san and Lulu-chan, our carriage and the Dragon Horse Tsubaki seemed to have been surprising.

We searched for a spot to camp in before the sun set completely, then Maria and I started preparing dinner.

「Eh?! Iruma-san will cook?」

「Eh? Is it that surprising?」

Akane-san was surprised, but I’m an artisan, and cooking is also a creation.

「I might not have said this to you, Akane-san, but my primary jobs are Alchemist and Blacksmith, and there are others but they’re also production jobs. Sewing and cooking are about making things, too.」ViiSiit novelbi/n(.)c/(o)m for latest novels

「No, an A rank adventurer with production jobs is strange.」

When Akane-san said so, Lulu-chan nodded in agreement. Is it that strange?

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 this is to ask, are Iruma-san and everyone terrifyingly rich people? Your house is a mansion, you own this carriage, and above all, Sophia-san and the others were bought as slaves, weren’t they?」

「......y-yeah, well, I guess I have a lot of money. I bought Sophia and Maria to be my bodyguard and have someone I could leave the management of the house and other things to, and Laeva is my assistant at alchemy and smithing. Marnie isn’t a slave.」

「But Takumi-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[3]. 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 passed and had no siblings, so I couldn’t share that type of grief.

I think my mental structure changed when I came here to Mildgard in this body. That’s why although I had feelings of aversion, I wasn’t in disarray the first time I killed thieves and bandits. I changed so much from my time in Japan and I was scared of myself, but I adapted surprisingly fast.

In comparison, I think Akane-san is at a level where she has to get physiological counseling if she were in Japan.

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 Bohd village, greatly expanded compared to when I was there.

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Footnotes:

Aging / Curing meat info.Picking flowers – going to the restroom.Author keeps saying SHS, even though he first said they’re enrolled uni students so I guess that’s what they are now. I won’t make footnotes on this anymore.