Kuma Short Stories 1 (1/2)
First Short Story – The Strange Girl Wearing A Bear Suit – Gatekeeper’s Perspective (Commemoration Of The Second Year Anniversary)
Author’s note:
I wrote these three short stories as a commemoration of the second year anniversary of the The Bears Bear a Bare kuuard the town
My job hadthe toatching the entrance of the town, and listening to the townspeople’s troubles at the post
That day, I orking at the entrance and my main task was to h I said that, I only had to check the guild or citizen cards of the people leaving and entering the town, using the crystal plate to see if it turned red or not
If it turned red, it meant that the person was a crih To put it simply, it was an easy job with a lot of spare tih it was easy and free, I still had to do it properly
「Young lady, are you going out of the town?」
A ten-year-old girl wanted to leave the town, so I decided to warn her about the dangers
The adventurers kept the monsters in the nearby forest in check, so it was relatively safe If you went too far, though, you were bound to encounter soather soo too far inside the forest even if you think it is safe, okay!?」
「Okay」
The girl left the toith a little rucksack on her back
After she left, a few people entered, but no one left the town It was a really quiet time of the day
I looked outside the town and saw a black silhouette walking towards irl, ent out not long ago, alking next to it A person wearing strange clothes?
As they approached, I got a better look
A bear?
The identity of the black thing was a girl wearing a bear suit Why would she wear that?
I spoke to the little girl
「Did you find any herbs, young lady?」
「Yes!」
I was a bit worried, but it seeer
I proceeded to ask the girl, earing the bear suit, what her clothes were all about She toldembarrassed
Well, she indeed wore suspicious clothes, but I didn’t sense any danger from her If she didn’t want to talk about it, I wouldn’t force her, as long as she wasn’t a criminal Anyhow, I asked for her identification card The crystal would tell me if she was a criuild card, so I had to check her ical power directly
Well, if she really wasn’t recorded, the plate wouldn’t react
There was no reaction, so I let her enter the town