Chapter 17 – Disillusion

Translator: Eros

Since mother’s condition of having the life of our new family member inside her belly came to light, 4 months had pa.s.sed. But unfortunately, when her pregnancy enters the 7th month, mother suddenly collapses while doing ch.o.r.es in the house and is now hospitalized at the local medical facility.

“Nope…… For today, let me accompany you. Hiroto, daddy will be here helping your mother so you can go out to play you know. Riona-chan and your other friend will be feeling lonely without you won’t they?”

Usually, I would mostly spend all day outside home but fortunately, when mother collapses, I was at home when the accident happened so nothing serious happened to my mother and her pregnancy. Mother was completely pa.s.sed out at that time so she shouldn’t realize that it was I who carry her all the way here. No normal kid could carry a pregnant woman safely like how I do after all.

When we asked the healer at the medical facility about her examination result, he is looking at us with a smile but, that smile is somewhat spiritless, not like his usual cheerful smile from the bottom of his heart.

Mother Remilia occasionally would get sick with the cold from time to time but she would always only says [I’m alright] to me every time I ask her. Father seems to understand how mother feels, she just don’t want to make me feel worried so she won’t say anything.

---- The fact that my current body is still that of a child is making me vexed. And I am not allowed to say that vexed feeling out loud so all I can do is only holding my mother’s hand tightly.

“No, he is similar to you Remilia. Just look at Hiroto now, even at this age, he is already a lot more composed than me”

“Hahaha…… am I just an extra? Well, in front of Hiroto almost every adult would lose their face in term of maturity”

His hand is slightly trembling. I also strongly think that even if I am still a kid, I have to help support my father too.

When mother falls asleep, I told father that I will go out to play for a bit then go out to roam the town.

“Gramps, are you here?”

“Is it done? Or, is it ends up in failure……?”

“Uwaaa...... A-amazing! Gramps, thank you!”

To make the rare metal ingot to upgrade the weapon, first you need to collect the ore then ask for an alchemist help or I can train the trans.m.u.tation skill yourself to purify the ore into an ingot. But those ingot would sometimes appear in the market from the magician city Far Jielin where the alchemist gather together to create an alchemy industry. Those ingots then will reach the capital city as valuable goods. Elena-san who is well known by the merchant in the capital city luckily managed to seize some of the ingots for herself. But well, I can’t just personally go and pay that kind amount of money by myself so I ask Monica-san to pay those ingots for me ---- I really don’t know where to start thanking her for all her help.

“…… Yeah, I know. I’m sorry gramps, to ask for the impossible. But, I……”

The lifespan for a dwarf is around 250 years and grandpa Bardis had used up most of it. When he was young, he was also an adventurer. He had been traveling around the world spreading his heroic tales while also helping his party member maintaining their equipment. And such veteran warrior calls me as a dazzling existence. While I think of it as an honor, I also can’t help but getting my body tightened from the tension.

I take the ax from grandpa Bardis. Even in the game that I play before, Eternal Magia, there were not that many players who have a +7 weapon like this. There was a plan to increase the maximal upgrade rank to +10 but it was still yet to be implemented. Well, after all a +7 weapon is already very rare that it was even called as a divine armament. And for me to acquire such kind of weapon now is because of all the things that I have piled up until now.

Even for just a bit, I want to become even stronger. Even when I fight monster or when I train myself, I always keep my wish to become stronger in my mind. My strong body skill had reached level 70. I also keep on training my other skill continuously so it might not be an exaggeration if I say that I am the strongest person in Mizell town.

I am literally, in real meaning, trying to overcome my limits. The current me now doesn’t even have the qualification to reach that stage yet.

- You have acquired [Doverg small ax +7]

“Yes…… I understand. Grandpa Bardis, I probably won’t come to visit for a while but I will definitely come to visit again later”

After saying that, Grandpa Bardis extend his hand to me. For the dwarf race, offering to shake hand with their dominant hand, which can also be said as their life as an craftsman, is the greatest way to show their affection to others.

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“Hiroto-chan, you don’t need to get worried. Remilia-san should be okay you know”

When I temporary return back to my home, Sarasa-san and Sera-san are coming to look after me. Riona and the other friend also have come visiting my mother a few times, they really are worried about her. And each time they come, mother would always smile like when she is still healthy and tell them her grat.i.tude for visiting.

---- Bit by bit, my worry grows larger. Mother’s expression when she said she is alright getting more and more fleeting as the day pa.s.ses.

“Hiro-chan……”

“Yeah…… but……”

“Sarasa-san…… I am alright. After I done tidying up the house, I will go back to the medical facility to be with my mom”

“…… Hiroto-san, you can act more spoiled in front of us adult you know. We will always welcome you if you want to”

We all want to believe that my mother will safely give birth to her baby and then regain her health again.

I keep make myself belief, just keep believing blindly.

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2 month before the estimated delivery day, mother fall into a coma and won’t wake up.

“If things continues like this, the mother and baby will be in a dangerous state. You need to choose between either Remilia-san or the baby inside her stomach, also, even if we managed to save them, there is a high chance that a serious after-effect would occur”

Father is unable to hold back his emotion and pressing the medical worker. That medical worker is a middle aged man healer with half of his hair is already turned white…… and beside him, is the figure of the familiar midwife. She looks at the dialogue between father and the medical worker with a grave expression.

The medical science in this world doesn’t advance further than the earth’s middle age level. They even don’t know what exactly happened to mother.

If we have the earth’s sophisticated medical science then perhaps, there might still be a way to save my mother and the baby inside her belly without hurting them too much.

“While Remilia-san still had the vitality, there is still something we could do. But either way, it will put a lot of pressure to the mother’s body and I definitely can’t recommend it”

“Ricardo-san, please calm down!”

But father, even if he is nodding to the healer explanation, is already at his limit to retain himself.

Father who walks out from the medical facility found my figure.

“Hiroto, today, let’s go back home. I will come back to mother’s place after but you should get some rest okay”

Be together with mother. When I’m about to say it, father’s expression crumbles.

“…… I understand. Then come back again tomorrow morning…… You can do it right?”

The reason of why he doesn’t bring me together with him now, I could understand it that it pains me.

(Eros: the raw said so. It might be that she is awakened, or Ricardo only wants to talk to the unconscious Remilia)

Father told me to sleep but I just can’t feel sleepy. And after a few hours, I managed to fall asleep for a short while.

When I sleep, I saw mother in my dream. It was like a memory with her from the time I was born until now.

Mother Remilia is always kind. Even if I troubled her, she just brush it off as what a child would normally do and smile at me in the end.

Father Ricardo always seems happy when he sees mother’s smile. And in turn, when I see the two of them happy like that, I will also feel happy.

I thought that this happiness would continue on forever.

I should be able to do something to prevent things going this way. But…

“…… I, have done nothing……”