Chapter 117

The Bears Bear a Bare Kuma – Chapter 117 Bear-san Departs For The Practice Training

They all introduced themselves .

Long-hair-kun was Timor .

Short-hair-kun was Marcus .

Blond drill was Cattleya .

Eleanora-san’s daughter was Shia .

After those simple greetings, we headed to the carriage waiting for us outside .

We parted ways with the professor and Eleanora-san here .

This meant that, from the moment we left the classroom, the practice training began .

I was walking behind the group when Shia slowed down to walk next to me .

「Yuna-san, it’s been a while . 」

「Yes . We haven’t seen each other since the birthday party, right?」

「My mother told me that you came to the capital a few times . She said something about bringing delicious food every time . 」

「I brought those for Princess Flora, but somehow, each time I brought them, Eleanora-san popped out from nowhere, and ate with us, that’s all . 」

「My mother’s information network is incredible, after all . 」

More than incredible, it was such an impossible riddle that she could become one of the seven wonders of the world .

「I didn’t know that you would be our escort . 」

「Eleanora-san told me you would be in the group when I accepted, though . 」

「Mother knew, but kept it a secret, huh . 」

She puffed her cheeks and pouted, annoyed by the fact .

It was cute when such a beautiful girl did it, huh .

Even if I did the same…… I should stop thinking about this .

After I finished talking with Shia, we exited the academy and went to the backyard .

Why did we come here? Was it possibly the thing that often happened in schools? You know, like being beaten up, threatened or robbed?

I thought that, but I seemed to be wrong .

There was a carriage there . Also, horses .

So, it was a place like that…

「I knew it, we were the last ones!」

Marcus said while looking around .

「The last ones?」

「There are more groups like ours, but they are going to different locations . Marcus is competing with the other boys on who will come back first . 」

「It’s just foolish . 」

Cattleya seemed annoyed by the boys’ behavior .

I agreed with her .

「What are you guys doing? We should hurry and go!」

Marcus, who was already at the carriage, shouted .

It was a roofed carriage . With this, we won’t get wet even if it rained, huh?

Two horses were harnessed to the carriage . I thought that they would be enough to pull it .

When I was passing the coach to enter the carriage, Marcus called out to me .

「I don’t know why you came with us, but at least don’t drag us down!」

「That’s right . Please don’t drop our score by dragging us down . 」

Marcus and Timor said, as if making a fool out of me .

I wanted to go home . If Shia wasn’t here, I would have gone home without a doubt .

「Guys, you are being rude to Yuna-san . She is our escort, so you have to speak to her politely . 」

「I can’t be polite to a bear! Also, we aren’t so weak to need protection from a girl younger than us!」

「I can’t believe she is a C rank adventurer . This must be some sort of a test for us . 」

「You sure? If it is, does that mean we have to protect this girl?」

「It’s possible . 」

「So troublesome . Shia, Cattleya, you should take care of this strange girl . You are all girls, right?」

「You are saying a really selfish thing, you…」

When Cattleya tried to complain, Shia interrupted her .

「I don’t mind . I will take care of Yuna-san . 」

「Shia-san?」

「You said it . Now that you’ve said it, you have to look after her properly . We won’t, after all . 」

The boys smiled, happy that they pushed the nuisance on others, and went to the coach .

Shia was also smiling, but I was sure that the reason they were smiling was different .

「Yuna-san, we should board the carriage too . 」

Shia took my hand, and we climbed into the carriage at the back .

The wheat flour bags, that were to be transported to the village, were already in the carriage .

「I don’t mind taking care of Bear-san, but are you really okay with this, Shia-san?」

「Are you also fine with this Cattleya-san? I can take care of her by myself, you know?」

Hmm, normally, I should be the one taking care of the them, right?

「I don’t mind since taking care of a little girl is a lady’s duty . 」

「Cattleya-san, thank you . 」

「You don’t have to worry . Then, Bear-san, if you have any problems, please tell us, okay?」

That meant Cattleya-san didn’t trust me to be her guard, right? Or even more, she didn’t even think of me as a guard, did she?

「I will be in your care . 」

Was all I could say .

「More importantly, didn’t they have a better carriage?」

Cattleya-san grumbled while looking around the carriage’s interior .

「There is no helping it, Cattleya-san . It’s a carriage to transport things, after all . 」

「I understand that, but I still feel depressed, knowing I will have to stay in this carriage for the next few days . 」

I totally agreed with her .

When I traveled, I did so wrapped in first-class fur while riding on a bear . I also slept in the Bear House, but I couldn’t use either this time around .

「Yuna-san, you won’t use Bear-sans?」

Shia whispered .

「Eleanora-san prohibited them . 」

「Why?」

「She said that I can’t use them, since they would scare the horses if I brought them out . 」

Well, that might depend on the horses; Gran-san’s and guild master’s horses were perfectly fine, so I didn’t believe it would have really been a problem .

「Too bad then . Noa kept bragging about them, so I thought that it would have been great if I were also be able to ride Bear-sans . 」

「Monsters don’t approach when those children are present, so I don’t think this could have been considered a training . 」

「You’re right . I will have to give up this time . 」

「Give up what?」

「Cattleya-san, were you listening?」

「No, I only heard you say,『I will have to give up . 』with a sad face . 」

「It isn’t anything important, so you don’t have to worry about it . 」

「You sure? If it is something I can help you with, don’t hesitate to tell me, okay?」

「Thank you, Cattleya-san . 」

「No problem . 」

Cattleya-san took out a cushion from her item bag and sat on it .

She was well-prepared, huh .

「Yuna-san, you may use my cushion if you want . 」

Shia offered me her cushion . She seemed to only have one . Did she want to give me her only cushion?

「No need . I have my own, after all . 」

I took a cushion out of the Bear Box . The cushion had a bear embroidered onto it .

One of the children from the orphanage made it for me to thank me for taking care of them .

It was a cherished item, so I had put it in the Bear Box .

I silently thanked the child who made it, and sat on the cushion .

「We will depart now!」

Marcus shouted to us inside the carriage .

「Okay!」

「We are ready to go . 」

The two girls answered, and the carriage started to move .

We moved through the capital and then passed the front gates .

「We will drive for now, but we will switch at noon!」

The carriage slowly advanced towards the village we were headed to .

「Yuna-san, is Noa doing well?」

「She is . She takes any chance she gets to escape the mansion and come to my shop, after all . 」

「I heard that you made a thriving shop from Father the other day . I’m really jealous of Noa . 」

「Ara, Bear-san, you are managing a shop? Aren’t you an adventurer?」

「I‘m an adventurer . I just built the shop, and someone else is managing it . 」

「Ara, are you rich?」

「Well, money is the only thing I have, after all . 」

「Father said that the food there was delicious . I really want to return to Crimonia soon . 」

Shia said . Did she miss Crimonia?

「You will have to wait until the holidays . 」

「Why won’t the holidays come sooner?」

「Shia-san, please take me with you when you leave, okay?」

It looked like Shia and Cattleya had a good relationship .

Cattleya didn’t seem to believe that I was a C rank adventurer, but I still thought she was a good person . If it was like this, I thought that I would be able to bear with these few days of travel .

While I was lost in my thoughts, the carriage moved onward without a problem .

From time to time, I looked around using detection magic, but everything was peaceful .

If I had to complain about something, it would be that the carriage was shaking too much . If I didn’t have my cushion, my butt would probably be hurting by now . Well, thanks to the Bear Clothes, it might have not, but I should still be thankful to that child from the orphanage . It might be good to buy a souvenir when I come back to the capital .

Some time had passed, and we took a break to eat lunch and give the horses time to rest . The students all took out bread or other easy to make things from their item bag .

Such a sad meal .

In my Bear Box, I had a lot of prepared meals that were still hot .

Still, as one would expect, I couldn’t just bring out a steaming meal, so I decided to eat one of the sandwiches Morin-san made for me .

Egg sandwich, cheese sandwich, vegetable sandwich, potato-salad sandwich, meat sandwich… I had a lot of different ones .

As expected from Morin-san; it seemed delicious .

「Yuna-san, it looks delicious . 」

Shia was looking at my sandwich .

「Want one?」

「Can I really have one?」

「Yes . I have a lot of them, after all . Ermm, Cattleya, was it? Do you want one as well?」

Cattleya was enviously looking my way, so I asked her too .

「Is it really okay?」

「Yeah . 」

I gave a sandwich to both of them .

「Delicious!」

「It is better than the food our chef makes . 」

「It’s made by an excellent baker, after all . 」

I was happy as if I was the one being praised .

While we were happily eating our sandwiches, Marcus was looking at us from afar . When he saw that I had noticed him, he looked away .

We finished our break, and it was the girls’ turn to drive . As one would expect, I wasn’t fat enough to be forced to stay with the boys inside the carriage, so Shia, Katrea, and I were all on the coach seat .

The carriage continued to move towards our destination .

We were still close to the capital, so we didn’t encounter any monsters, and now, the first night approached .