Kuma Short Stories 4 (2/2)

The girl’s name was Misa-sama, and the old man was Gran-sama. They were both nobles, so I became anxious again; Noire-sama was kind, but they might not be. I would have to mind how I spoke and acted; I should be okay as long as I didn’t have to speak before we parted ways.

Yet, my prayers didn’t reach, as it was decided that we would travel to the capital together.

I became even more anxious, but there was no way I could have said that I didn’t want to travel with them. I really hoped they were good people…

Traveling with them brought inconvenience, as we couldn’t use Bear-san House. Big Sis Yuna said she couldn’t use it in front of other people; Noire-sama and I were exceptions.

I felt happy when she said that.

It was unfortunate that we couldn’t use the bath or the beds, but that was how trips should normally be, so I didn’t say anything selfish.

Noire-sama now rode in the carriage with Misa-sama, so I was now the only one riding Swaying Bear. My happiness must have shown on my face, because Noire-sama said,「I will hand over the Bear-san this time, but that is still my reserved seat, okay!?」

I had to be more careful in the future.

Since we had to keep pace with the the carriage, Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear had to walk slowly. Big Sis Yuna seemed a bit irritated by our slow pace then fell asleep on top of Hugging Bear. Oh right, sleeping on Swaying Bear felt really good. He was really fluffy and warm, and when I embraced him, I instantly became sleepy.

As I was embracing Swaying Bear, Noire-sama jealously looked at us from the carriage; I really had to control my facial expressions better. He was so fluffy, though, and my expression was on the brink of loosening up.

The night arrived, and since we couldn’t use the Bear-san House, we had to sleep outside. I thought it would be cold sleeping outside, but I was sleeping with Big Sis Yuna and Hugging Bear, so it was not cold at all. Hugging Bear was really fluffy and warm while Big Sis Yuna was really soft and comfortable; I was really happy.

Noire-sama and Misa-sama were both sleeping with Swaying Bear, and thanks to that, Noire-sama didn’t end up being jealous of me this time.

I spoke with Misa-sama the following day, and learned that she was a kind person, too. We excitedly talked about Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear; Noire-sama seemed to have already told her all about Bear-sans’ greatness. Misa-sama told me that she also came to like Bear-sans when she slept with Swaying Bear.

Big Sis Yuna overheard our conversation and warned us,「If a real bear appears, you shouldn’t approach it, okay?」

I had never seen any Bear-sans other than Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear, but they were normally scary, right? Looking at Big Sis Yuna’s Bear-sans, they didn’t seem to be like that at all; they even allowed us to ride them. They were really gentle and good Bear-sans.

Nothing happened after we encountered the orcs, and another day came to an end safely.

We slept the same way as we did yesterday, but in the middle of the night, I was shaken awake by Marina-san, one of the adventurers who traveled with us.

Had something happened?

Big Sis Yuna, who was supposed to be sleeping next to me, wasn’t there. Marina-san told me that Bandit-sans had appeared and that Big Sis Yuna had went to subjugate them on her own.

Big Sis Yuna told her,「You should let the others sleep,」 but Marina-san couldn’t just do that and decided to wake everyone up. She then asked us to prepare everything we needed so we could leave at any moment.

We all put away our blankets and sorted our luggage, and were prepared to run away at anytime. Marina-san asked Gran-sama what we should do; did that mean she was thinking of abandoning Big Sis Yuna and fleeing?

As Gran-sama thought about what to do, we heard a sound.

As I wondered what the sound was and who made it, Marina-san and the other adventurers took their weapons out.

A big black shadow slowly approached us, and when it got closer, we saw that it was a giant Bear-san dragging a huge cage with Bandit-sans inside.

Big Sis Yuna captured Bandit-sans on her own, it seemed. The fact that she captured them was incredible, but we all hesitated on what we should ask about first: the cage or the giant Bear-san.

Big Sis Yuna simply said,「I made it with a bit of magic.」

She told us that she first captured Bandit-sans with magic, and then used some more magic to make the huge Bear-san; we were all so amazed we couldn’t even say a thing.

I didn’t know a lot about magic, but I thought her doing all that on her own was strange.

While we were all still speechless, Big Sis Yuna said,

「Well then, we should go back to sleep.」

We all had the same thought: 「There is no way I can go back to sleep after this.」

Big Sis Yuna’s suggestion was refused, and we departed in the middle of the night.

There were no problems from then on, and we safely arrived at the capital.

We were all happy, but Bandit-sans were not in that good of a shape.

Bandit-sans were brought to the capital without even being fed once as the others believed that we could have been killed or even worse if it was not for Big Sis Yuna, and they didn’t know what would have happened if Bandit-sans were full of energy because they were well fed, so they told me not to feed or approach them, even though I was feeling sorry for them.

Bandit-sans asked me for food, but I couldn’t give them any since Big Sis Yuna was the one who was carrying all the food, and I wouldn’t be able to give them any even if I wanted to.

Bandit-sans were taken away by the guards at the entrance; they should be fed now, at least.

We got back into Gran-sama’s carriage and entered the capital; I really wondered what sort of place it was.

Author’s note:

This was Fina’s point of view of the trip to the capital.

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