Chapter 234 – Bear-san Returns in Triumph (2/2)
Finally, I was told that Ruimin was able to activate a stone monument and pass through the barrier to the Sacred Tree, which meant that they didn’t need to have Sanya-san return to the village every time they wanted to check it out.
「Anyway, the barrier seemed to be be functioning normally again. This is all thanks to you, young lady, so let me express my gratitude.」
Mumuroot-san said and bowed deeply to me.
「Well, normal other than the fact that Yuna-chan can also enter through the barrier guarding the Sacred Tree.」
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Sanya-san pointed out one of the changes to the barrier. Sadly, I couldn’t tell them the real reason I was able to do so and simply ignored her comment.
「By the way, there is one thing I want to confirm with you, young lady.」
「Which is?」
「Are you really sure that we should keep quiet about the fact that you are the one who saved the village? If so, we were considering making a stone statue of you to put next to the Sacred-」
「No thank you!」
I rejected the idea before Mumuroot-san could even finish his sentence.
I really didn’t want to be worshiped by the elves. I already had enough of that in Mireera.
I had asked them to not spread the word too much, but from what I had seen it wasn’t too perfect.
「You saved the elves, so the least we should do is build you a statue so that future generations of our bloodline don’t forget what you had done.」
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「If you make something like that, I will smash it immediately.」
「… If you’re that insistent then I have no other choice but to give up on the idea.」
Seeing how serious I was, Mumuroot-san reluctantly backed down, seemingly very disappointed.
Sanya-san was just laughing to the side. She could have said something to him!
Since they were elves, I was sure that they would keep something like that for a thousand, no, maybe even ten thousand years. I had to prevent that from happening at any cost.
「In that case, we would like to at least give you something for all that you have done, Yuna-chan. Is there anything that you want?」
Finally! I had been waiting for those words.
Okay, first I wanted to permanently set up a Bear House here. Then, I wanted to learn how to make the elven bracelets. Oh, I also wanted some leaves from the Sacred Tree. Maybe the branches too, there might be something I could make out of them.
Some elvish food wouldn’t be a bad idea either. This was a perfect place to get my hands on some good mushrooms.
I had already confirmed that their mushrooms were similar to matsutake, which were often used in high-class meals back in my former world.
I would love to have some Japanese-style soups and cooked rice seasoned with them. They might also be good if I grilled them over a charcoal fire as well.
Was there anything else I wanted?
Well, first I had to ask about the Bear House, but the problem was still how the Bear Gate functioned.
The capital was quite far away, so if I kept going back and forth too often, they would definitely get suspicious.
Was there anything I could do about that? Should I even ask for the Bear House or not?
If I ended up not using the Bear Gate, then there would be no point in even having a Bear House here.
Mumumumu…
「What is it that you are worried about, Yuna-chan? If it’s something we can do for you, you can tell us.」
「There’s something I want to ask permission for, but if news of it spreads, it would be a problem for me.」
「What is it?」
「Young lady, you saved our village, so we would never try to displease you. I can even perform a magic contract with you if you so wish.」
「A magic contract?」
「We elves use it when we swear upon something or if we are tied down by a secret.」
「When we perform a magic contract, those bound by the contract cannot go against it.」
That sounded a bit scary to be honest.
「What happens if you go against it?」
「In the worst case scenario you die, but in general, you just feel pain trying to talk about the contract or are unable to say anything about it. The same thing happens if you try to write it out instead as well.」
Wasn’t that just a curse, then?
That was way too dangerous…
「Isn’t it dangerous?」
「Not really. You are fine as long as you don’t talk about it.」
「Yes, it is practically the same as not being able to say something you don’t know about. So you just have to act like you don’t know about it.」
I didn’t want anyone to suffer or even die, though.
Well, that was only if they tried to mention anything about it, but judging by Sanya-san’s personality, she could accidently tell somebody if not for the contract…
Just yesterday, she had admitted in front of everybody that she had seen my Bear-san Panties. If I was going to tell her about the Bear Gate, there was no other choice but to put her under that contract.
「Is it possible to change the punishment to something that doesn’t make you suffer?」
「And what would that be?」
「… Maybe like, you can’t stop laughing?」
I thought about it for a bit and answered.
Laughing would be better than being in pain, right?
「You really are a devil, Yuna-chan.」
「Eh? Why?」
「So, you want us to laugh ourselves to death?」
「Yeah, especially you, you meanie.」
I told her responded jokingly.
「Yeah. Fuck you especially. You can go die in a hole and see if I care!」
I could only imagine what she would say.
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「It’s not impossible, but are you sure?」
「Being unable to stop laughing is better than suffering, is it not?」
「Forcing someone to laugh seems kind of harsh too, though.」
Still, it would be better to suffer by laughing too hard than to just be in pain.
Either way, I wanted the person who might tell others about my Bear-san Panties to laugh and suffer!
Like Mumuroot-san had said, she just had to keep quiet about it.
「Okay, if you insist, we can prepare it for tomorrow.」
「You can do it that quickly?」
「It’s not very difficult to do. We just have to change the mentality part of it.」
「Also, is it enough if you do it with just the two of us?」
Hmm, the two of them should be sufficient.
「Yeah, I think that should be fine. The two of you can then just skillfully fool the others.」
When it came to using the Bear Gate to come, Mumuroot-san should be able to give a simple false explanation.
When using it to get to the capital, telling Sanya-san should also be more than enough.
「With how secretive you are, I’m now very curious about your request, Yuna-chan.」
Well, she would have to wait until tomorrow to hear it.