Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist?

It shouldn’t have been that long since Etoile, Haruka, and Flora were born, yet there was a massive amount of gifts that arrived from the Papeck Company. Moreover, Papeck-san himself came as a bonus.

Sylph notified me of this.

「Takumi, the usual old merchant is coming closer with a line of carriages.」

「The usual old merchant, do you mean Papeck-san? I wonder why he’s coming by with a number of carriages at this time?」

We regularly sell products wholesale to the Papeck Company. But most of the time, those deliveries were sent to their Volton store or the Royal Capital store.

Additionally, we sell small quantities of Sanctuary-made wine and whiskey to Papeck-san when he comes by, but I can’t think of any reason why he would come with a line of carriages.

The population in the Sanctuary had increased, but it was able to be self sufficient. It didn’t need to import large amounts of produce from outside. Eggs and dairy products like cheese were the exception, but that was about it.

I’ve also been informed by Sylph that there were some old folk are escorting the caravan. They were with me when I came to Volton for the very first time, and I had been under their care multiple times. Heath-san, Lyle-san, and Bogah-san of the 『Lion’s Fang』 were coming.

「Takumi, without even thinking about it too much, aren’t those congratulatory gifts? You were the reason why their store became huge. If you have a child, then isn’t it a given that he would send one or two gifts?」

「Wait, but there’s a line of carriages, you know? There’s no way those are all gifts…… right?」

Different from the usual, Heath-san and the high rank adventurer party 『Lion’s Fang』 were even hired as escorts, could it be because they were carrying a large amount of gifts?

Haha, no way…… did someone already tell Papeck-san that my children were born?

「Shouldn’t you go out and meet them?」

「Right. There might be a problem if we let this parade of carriages in with Papeck-san.」

「Bring Kaede and Titan with you.」

「I’ll do that then.」

As of late, the Volton – Wedgefort – Sanctuary route has a low rate of monster encounters and was a relatively safe route, but because it was a line of carriages of the Papeck Company, they must have hired adventurers other than the 『Lion’s Fang』 . That being the case, it wasn’t an option to take in everyone at the Dejima.

There were also employees of the company working as coachmen and porters. It was unreasonable to have them all pass through the gate.

Sylph and the Great Spirits screen for people who can pass through and people who will be rejected entry into the Sanctuary. I feel sorry for the people who have to remain outside the gate.

Normally, it would only be Papeck-san, his agent, coachman, and a couple of other people, so they would be allowed through to the Dejima. Essentially, security is left to golems, so they can’t handle a large number of people.

When I went to the first gate into the Sanctuary with Kaede, Titan, and Sylph, Papeck-san was the only person that Sylph let through.

「Ohh! Takumi-sama, you came to meet me personally?」

「IT’s been a long time, Papeck-san.」

「Takumi-sama, it seems your child has been born. Felicitations. Today, I’ve come bearing a token of congratulations.」

「I appreciate you coming all the way here yourself with these lines of carriages.」

「Takumi, I’ll take all the carriages through the barrier, so let’s have the golems carry the cargo to the warehouse.」

While Papeck-san and I were exchanging greetings, Sylph said she was accepting the gifts.

「Oh yeah. Papeck-san, we’ll receive your luggage here. My apologies, but aside from you, one coachman, as well as the members of the 『Lion’s Fang』, the Sanctuary is……」

「Of course. Everyone will head back to Wedgefort with exception to us.」

Papeck-san instructed all but one carriage, its driver, and the members of the 『Lion’s Fang』 to make their way back.

The cargo of the carriages that numbered in the tens were unloaded by the golems.

The mountain of goods were, thankfully enough, clothing and underwear for the residents of the Sanctuary. And the chickens and cheese that I wanted.

「Ooh, chickens. These can’t go into storage, please send these to the mansion instead.」

「Master, pudding, I want pudding.」

「Yeah, Kaede, I know you like pudding so I’ll make a huge one just for you.」

「Yaaaay!」

In the Sanctuary, eggs were precious, so I couldn’t use them for desserts that much.

The number of chickens increased, so from now on, I might be able to use eggs for more dishes and desserts.

I ordered the golem to handle that specific crate separately.

「Papeck-san, these are all things I wanted. Thank you.」

「Ha ha ha, we’ve been trading for many years. Takumi-sama, I know what would make you happy.」

Lyle-san seemed to be itching to talk to me, but Heath-san and Bogah-san were glaring at him, so he gave up and went back to helping unload the cargo.

Well, I plan to invite them over to the mansion later, so we can leave it for then.

I asked Titan to bring Heath-san and others to my home later, and Papeck-san and I headed there first.

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