Chapter 425 - 425 Bear-san, Goes Out With Noa Part 2 (2/2)
I’m also curious about the image of me in Rem-san’s mind.
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After spending some time with the bears, they cried <ku~u n> and got up to walk towards the bee tree.
Apparently, it’s time to eat.
[Ah, I wish I could go with them.] Noa
[It’s not safe, so we’ll just observe them from a distance.] Yuna
[U~u, I know.] Noa
Noa regretfully sees off the parent bears and cubs.
When the parent bears and cubs come to the bee tree, they began to eat the honey.
Rem-san and Cliff allowed them to eat honey, but if you think about it normally, they’re supposed to be subdued. After all, they’re pests who eat the precious honey.
If there is any talk of subjugating them, it might be a good idea to let them escape to the island of Targui.
As I was watching the bears eating honey, I heard a small <ku~> sound from the side.
Looking to the side, I can see Noa holding her stomach.
[Tha-, that’s not the sound of my stomach!] Noa
Noa blushes a little and denies it.
[I didn’t say anything though.] Yuna
[U ~u~u] Noa
Noa looks embarrassed.
Well, it was lunchtime. So, it’s no wonder she’s hungry.
[Then we’ll have lunch here, too.] Yuna
[We’re having lunch here?] Noa
[Well, we’ve come all this way, and the flowers are beautiful. Besides, there’s something you want to discuss with Rem-san, right?] Yuna
I laid out a carpet-like sheet on the ground from the bear box and took out a basket of bread.
[Rem-san, please sit down and eat.] Yuna
[Is that okay? I appreciate it.] Rem
Rem-san and Noa sat on the sheet.
I prepared small jugs and a cup.
[There’s fruit juice and milk to drink, take what you like.] Yuna
[Thank you very much. I’ll have the milk.] Noa
[I’ll have the juice.] Rem
I poured the drinks as ordered into the two cups.
[Also, you were touching a wild bear, so wipe your hands with this before you pick up the bread.] Yuna
I handed them both wet towels.
It is dangerous to eat bread with hands that have touched a wild bear. Unlike Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear, wild bears don’t take a bath.
[I’m sorry about that.] Rem
[Yuna-san. You’re like Lala.] Noa
They wiped their hands with wet towels and reached for the bread.
[Ah, it’s a bear bread.] Noa
Noa finds bear bread (Kuma pan) in the basket.
I thought Noa would like it, so I brought it.
[Is this the rumored bear-faced bread?] Rem
Rem-san also takes a bear bread.
[Rem-san, you know bout this?] Yuna
[Ah, it was a hot topic among the people working in the store.] Rem
After saying that, Rem-san eats bear bread.
But I wonder what it would be like to eat bear bread while looking at a bear.
I picked up a sandwich instead of a bear bread and ate it.
[Yes, Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear too.] Yuna
I put the sandwich in Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear’s mouth.
[Ah, I wanna do it too.] Noa
Noah also gives bread to Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear.
Then, as we ate our bread, Rem-san’s class began.
[So, you change the flowers accordingly with the seasons?] Noa
[The flowers bloom in different seasons. In winter, bees stop their activities, so we ask them to collect nectar until then. Of course, there are times when they are active and times when they breed, so it’s hard to say for sure, but if there are flowers, they will collect nectar, so as much as possible, I try to keep them blooming.] Rem
[I see.] Noa
Noa listens to Rem-san’s lecture earnestly.
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After Rem-san’s class ended, the bears were done eating and began to move away from the bee tree.
[Ah, the bear-sans are going away.] Noa
The bear family disappears into the forest.
[Don’t chase after them.] Yuna
[I wanted to take that little bear home with me.] Noa
[If you do that, they’ll get angry.] Yuna
[I’m kidding. It’s just a joke. I would never do that. I would never split up a family that was so close. But still, there was a part of me that wanted to take them home.] Noa
Well, bear cubs are cute. But the bigger they get, the scarier they become.
Did they read my mind? Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear are rubbing up against me.
[You two may be big, but you’re not scary.] Yuna
[Bear Girl-chan. Thanks for the food. I’m going to go check on the flowers around the perimeter, so please wait a bit.] Rem
Rem-san stood up.
[I will go too. Yuna-san, is that okay?] Noa
[It’s okay, but don’t get in Rem-san’s way.] Yuna
[Of course, I won’t. I’m just going to see what kind of flowers are blooming.] Noa
Noa went after Rem-san.
As I rest my back on Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear, I decided to wait for Noa and Rem-san with my eyes closed.
From my ears, I could hear Rem-san describing the flowers on the wind, and Noa asking various questions.
It seems that she is listening to Rem-san and studying with him.
It’s nice to get out and relax like this once in a while.
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Author’s Note:
We were able to meet the bears safely.
Noa also seemed to be learning a lot from Rem.