Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist?

Chapter 447: A Summons to the Royal Capital

Chapter 447: A Summons to the Royal Capital

?Master, a letter from Lord Portfort arrived.?

?From Lord Portfort??

Sebastian in the Volton Mansion handed me a letter from Valkyra Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Lord Simon Portfort, stating that he wanted to have a conference with me. I was a commoner so I couldn’t reject this without a reason, and this was in reality a summons.

Well, Lord Simon and I were close enough to go beyond our statuses of noble and commoner, so the meeting itself wasn’t an issue. However, did the fact that he had gone through the formal process implied that this was a request relating to Valkyra Kingdom?

?Yes. They would like to see you at the royal capital, if possible.?

?……you’re right. That’s what it says.?

When I read the letter Sebastian gave me, after a polite seasonal greeting, he skillfully wrote about wanting to meet at the royal capital.

?Takumi-sama what will you do??

?Hmm, let’s teleport there.?

What Sophia was asking about was if we were going to go by using Tsubaki’s carriage or if we were teleporting there. And I chose to teleport.

Because we were teleporting, the people coming with me were my three wives, Sophia, Maria, and Marnie, and then some. I can take everyone with my magic power, but Akane and Laeva refrained from joining so I wouldn’t have to expend such large amounts magic power just for everyone to go.

?

I teleported to a spot close to the royal capital in a spot that was difficult for people to see, and from there, headed to the royal capital on foot.

?T-this, it is still surprising despite knowing.?

The one muttering was Sebastian who was accompanying us this time.

Sebastian was usually in our Volton Mansion, but because Jeeves who was responsible for the Sanctuary Mansion was still young, Sebastian still had to use the Teleport Gate to go back and forth between the Volton Mansion and the Sanctuary Mansion. That was why he had gotten used to teleporting, but it was his first time teleporting without any sort of magic device.

?Is teleporting with a gate different??

?Yes. ……the gate, if I had to say, does not really feel like “teleporting”.?

?H~mm. Is it like that??

Sure, the basements where the gates are installed were similar, so maybe that’s why it doesn’t feel like teleporting long distances.

We walked a little bit to the highway, and as expected of a road to the royal capital, there were many people and carriages passing by.

?The capital is livelier than before.?

?Oh yeah, Sebastian, you knew the capital in its olden days, don’t you??

?Yes, my years have been adding up futilely, after all.?

?No no, your wisdom and experience are a great help.?

Perhaps the sight of our party wearing adventurer-style clothes plus Sebastian wearing butler clothes travelling to the capital on foot was conspicuous, the people around us were staring.

The combination of a butler and adventurers could only ever appear strange.

Despite being exposed to the questioning stares, we lined up in front of the gate so we could enter.

As expected, Prime Minister Simon didn’t know when we could go to the royal capital, so he couldn’t arrange a carriage for us. If I showed them the letter from Lord Simon, we wouldn’t need to line up on this very long line, but we weren’t in a hurry so we’re leisurely standing in line.

?When was the last time I lined up and walked through those gates? This reminds me of my younger days.?

?Could you pass through even just by yourself, Sebastian??

?It was merely a jest, Master. I would not feel at ease leaving Master and the Madams by yourselves. Please do not worry. I am still young.?

?That’s fine then. Maybe I should prepare a base at the capital soon.?

Sebastian had worked as a butler ever since he was young, so he must have travelled to and fro the royal capital and the city in a carriage with his master. Moreover, it was a high ranking noble house, so I doubt they would have had to wait in a long line. It seems it was before he worked as a butler.

?I do not think we could manage that many bases.?

?She’s right. Right now we have Volton, the Sanctuary, the Sky Island, the Demon Continent, Wedgefort, and if we increase it more, Mabel-san would scold us.?

?Urk.?

I thought it would be convenient to have a base at the Royal Capital, so I said what I thought and failed. Sophia gently rejected it, and Maria said I would be scolded if we increased our bases more than we already have.

?That is the case. Master, would it not be better to increase the your bases after the number of your trustworthy servants increased??

?Y-you’re right. Yeah, let’s do that. I don’t wanna be scolded by Mabel, after all.?

We were chatting to kill time while waiting in the long line, but why do I feel like I’m being scolded for some reason?

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