Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist?

Chapter 532: Granny is going to the Sanctuary

In the Sylphid mansion, Freesia was unpacking her personal chest.

「Hm hm, la la la~」

「H-hey Freesia. Freesia! Can you hear me!?」

Dante looked bewildered as he spoke to Freesia who was hummed as she took her belongings out of her chest.

「Oi! Cut it out!」

「Jeez! Dante! Quiet down, will you!」

「W-wat, Freesia, I-I was just wondering why you were packing your clothes.」

The moment Freesia responded in displeasure to Dante’s unintentional yelling, he seemed to have wilted, losing all energy.

「If I don’t pack my things then I wouldn’t be able to go to Sophia, now could I?」

「Wait, Freesia, calm down. Sylph-sama said that Sophia is pregnant. It’s still a long ways off before she gives birth.」

「I’m well aware of that. I am still a mother of two. I will go and take cake of Sophia from here on.」

「No, wouldn’t she be fine until she gives birth to the child.」

The moment Dante uttered those words, he saw the apparition of a demon behind Freesia.

「Hiik!」

「…… now that I think about it, when I had Sophia, and when I had Darphy, you were not by my side, were you?」

「W-well, a-at that time I was busy with the Chivalric Order at the Capital……」

「It was a month for Sophia, and in Darphy’s case, it was half a year when he could hold his head up, wasn’t it?」

Freesia’s icy gaze pierced into Dante. Even after many decades have passed, she still remembered it like it was yesterday.

「No, wait, Freesia. If you go to Sophia, what am I supposed to do? We can’t leave the territory attended for a long period of time.」

「Oh, naturally only I will go. You will be fine even without me.」

Even if Dante tried stopping her, Freesia turned a deaf ear to him.

「Why do you have to go all the way to the Sanctuary? Even though it had gotten safer recently, you never know when you will encounter monsters.」

「Fufu, I have a carriage prepared. And of course, escorts.」

「Since when……」

Dante was at a loss for words at Freesia’s great planning. However, this was not the time to yield, so he collected himself.

「What about the cost of the carriage and escorts?」

「Oh, I will take it out of my pocket money.」

「Eh?」

「Were you unaware? I have the money that my family had given me when I married you, as well as the money I saved from when I was single. 」

「Wha!?」

House Sylphide’s financial situation wasn’t prospering. Especially since they had been landless nobles, they had gone through a series of hardships when they gained land. It was for that reason that Dante thought that he had caused Freesia and Darphy much suffering.

Although Dante was stunned, he timidly asked Freesia about her savings.

「……by the way, how much have you saved up?」

「Fufu, there are things in this world that are better left unknown.」

「…………」

Dante fell to his knees and hung his head.

「T-then how many days will you be gone?」

Composing himself somewhat, he quickly raised his head and asked when she would be back.

「My, isn’t it obvious? I won’t return until she gives birth.」

「Wa-wait a minute, Freesia. Sophia’s due date is still more than half a year from now, isn’t it?!」

「Fufu, I won’t come home immediately after she gives birth, either. After all, caring for a newborn baby is difficult. I imagine Sophia would be thankful if, I, her mother, help her out.」

「No, can’t you leave the care of the child to its mother, Sophia? Iruma-dono’s mansion has servants too, so you don’t have to stay there, Freesia.」

Just as Dante finished his sentence, the smile on Freesia’s face as she packed her belongings cheerfully had disappeared.

「Oh yes. You were of absolutely no help when I was raising both Darphy and Sophia, weren’t you?」

「N-no, that was the wet nurse and your job, no?」

「It may be possible for high ranking nobles, but do you think a poor Chevalier House is able to hire a wet nurse and maids specialized in caring for children?」

「E-eh, was that the case?」

Grasping that Freesia was truly angered, sweat ran down his forehead.

As he was thinking of how to appease her, Freesia pointed towards the door.

「You are being a nuisance so could you leave the room?」

「Wa-, F-Freesia……………yes..」

Dante judged that it was impossible for him to get Freesia back into a good mood and obediently left the room.

Watching him leave, Freesia sighed deeply, composing herself and resumed packing.

A large number of suitcases were piled up, filled to the brim with clothes from spring to winter.

It seemed like she had no intention of returning for a long time.

If she sees her grandchild’s face, would she really come back………?

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