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Chapter 568: A distance where the soup doesn’t get cold
Who would have thought that Dante-san was even thinking of retiring and immigrating to the Sanctuary.
According to Sylph, Darphy-kun had already returned to the Sylphide territory to do the work as the Lord’s representative.
Apparently, Dante had already decided on retirement during the carriage ride home, and the moment he returned to his territory, he told Darphy about the change of heads and began making preparations to return to the Sanctuary.
「It seems the Yggurle Kingdom’s Prime Minister had already taken care of it.」
「What do you mean?」
Sylph said that Dante’s retirement and migration to the Sanctuary was influenced by Yggurle Kingdom’s Prime Minister Balza.
「Sophia’s younger brother was sent back to the territory to act as the proxy of its Lord. In short, Forselty, the Knight Commander, and Balza have said that they wanted Dante to retire and be by Etoile’s side. They had even prepared the documents for a smooth transfer of authority.」
「Why are King Yggurle and Prime Minister Balza meddling with Dante-san’s retirement?」
I hate to say it, but House Sylphide was a Chevalier at the border. I thought it wasn’t a matter that needed the meddling of a nation’s king and prime minister.
「What are you talking about? Isn’t it to increase the amount of connections they have with you? You are a special individual to Yggurle Kingdom. To the Elves who revere Spirits, they would want every connection that they could have with you, the Keeper of the Sanctuary.」「Which means, Dante-san decided to come back.」
「Didn’t I say that at the very start?」
Damn it, they won’t even let me escape reality.
「My apologies, Takumi-sama.」
「No, it’s not your fault, wait no, it’s not that I don’t want Dante-san to come.」
「Of course you wouldn’t want that, right~」
Sophia apologized profusely. Even though I hurriedly corrected her saying that it’s not that I didn’t like Dante-san, Freesia-san, who must have finally put Etoile to sleep and returned, made things more complicated with what she said.
「Wait, Freesia-san, I don’t dislike you either. He is Sophia’s father, I want to get along with him too.」
「Fufu, it’s suffocating living under the same roof though, no?」
「That’s right…… wait, that’s not the case.」
Freesia-san accurately described how I felt.
I wouldn’t necessarily say that I dislike living under the same roof as my in-laws, but it was a bit stressful living with someone who I have to be mindful of.
Then suddenly, I had a thought. Why was I thinking that we should live in the same house? We don’t necessarily have to live under the same roof. If they live in the Sanctuary, they can meet Etoile anytime, then wouldn’t it be better to prepare a house for Dante-san and Freesia-san? Thinking so, I immediately proposed building a house for them to Freesia-san.
「Freesia-san, I’m thinking of building a house for you and Dante-san, but is there anything you want?」
「Oh my, I am fine staying here.」
「W-well, there’s a lot of people here, and Dante-san might not feel all that comfortable with that.」
「Hmmm, that is true. That man is surprisingly shy, so he may need his own private space.」n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
「That’s right! That way, I think Dante-san wouldn’t stress as much either.」
Okay! Things seem to be going well.
「If you have any requests, I will do my best to grant them for you.」
「……let’s see. Firstly, the two of us do not need servants, so a small house is fine. I think a living room with just enough space to not feel cramped would be nice. The same for the dining room and kitchen as well. I want a bathroom but it does not have to be huge. If I want to take a bath in a huge bathroom then I will come here. Ah, and, two separate bedrooms for Dante and myself.」 �
After pondering over it for a while, Freesia-san told me her wishes.
「Of course I will comply with your requests, but two individual bedrooms?」
「Oh you~ Takumi-kun, how old do you think Dante and I are? We’re nearly at that age where we just want to relax and sleep by ourselves.」
「I-is that so? That aside, will you really not be hiring any servants or maids? You had some servants in your mansion in your land, will the two of you be fine on your own?」
My instincts were telling me that it would be best not to listen too deeply about their bedroom matters, so I asked about something else I was curious about.
With their peerage, Dante-san and Freesia-san must have lived a life being served all the time. Wil they really be alright with cooking and cleaning?
「About that. If it’s simple then I am alright with cooking, but I will basically be coming over to your house to eat, but cleaning and laundry would be an undertaking. I wonder if we should hire someone……」
「……so you will basically eat here.」
「Oh my, is that not allowed?」
「No, of course that would be no problem.」
Let’s endure mealtimes. Now that I think about it, Madam Elizabeth is freeloading even now, and Madam Lumia frequently visits during mealtimes as well, so no point complaining now.
Okay, then they’ll be at a distance where the soup doesn’t get cold[1 This means that they live not too far, yet not too close. A distance just right.]. Yep, let’s think of it like that.
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