Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear - Chapter 273: Bear-san Watches Students Perform Magic
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Chapter 273: Bear-san Watches Students Perform Magic

Chapter 273 Bear-san Watches Students Perform Magic

Today, s.h.i.+a would be joining us in our stroll around the festival, so we headed for the academy together.

We get to go with Onee-sama today!

Noa exclaimed as she happily walked alongside her sister. If Eleanora-san was here, they would make a complete set. After all, Eleanora-san looked younger than she was, so they would look more like three sisters standing next to each other. n.o.body would think she was actually their mother and near 35 years old.

Once we arrived at the academy, we first headed over to s.h.i.+as stand to say h.e.l.lo. s.h.i.+a took the opportunity to help set up the stand as their friends would only come in the middle of the day.

Okay, well come back by early afternoon.

They hadnt had a chance to look around on the first day, and it had been Cattleyas and Timors turn to look around on the second. It was only today that s.h.i.+a and Marcus got the chance of their own.

You can leave the stall to us, so go and have some fun.

We saw off Marcus together then left the stand with s.h.i.+a as our guide today. We wanted s.h.i.+a to take us to the places she wanted to visit, as we had already had our chance to choose the previous two days.

Where are we going?

I was thinking of going around the food stands first, but soon after Yuna-san came by yesterday, my friends brought over even more refreshments from the stands, so I already got my fill.

It seemed like I hadnt been the only one to think of the refreshments idea.

Unlike me, s.h.i.+a had a lot of friends due to her being friendly and outgoing.

It made sense for her not to crave festival food anymore, and instead, want to visit other attractions.

Its a bit early, but one of the friends who helped out at the stand yesterday is going to have a match against some knights from the castle, and I was thinking of going to watch. Think you would enjoy that?

Naturally, we had no reason to reject the idea, so it was decided that we would go and see the match first.

It wont be much of a match with students fighting the knights, right?

Students versus knights sounded like quite an uneven match.

Its not a serious, all-out match. The students who are partic.i.p.ating are all aiming to become knights in the future, so getting to practice against actual knights from the castle is a great opportunity for them. Think of it more like practice fights. Well, the students want to know how strong they are, so they will most likely try their hardest.

So there were things like that in this world too, huh? It did sound quite interesting. Actually, I would be more interested in fighting the knights myself, but watching other people fight should be quite enjoyable as well.

While you might get bored watching the fight, Yuna-san, there is also a magic presentation beforehand.

There will be magic, Onee-sama?!

Yes, Noa. You said you wanted to see some magic, didnt you?

I did say that. Thank you very much , Onee-sama!

We walked for a bit before reaching an area known as the Number 1 Practice Grounds. It was one of the three training plazas in the academy. I thought about this before, but this campus sure was huge.

Speaking of magic, are you able to use it as well Noa?

I had never seen or heard about her using it before, so maybe she couldnt yet?

I knew s.h.i.+a could use magic, though.

I havent been taught how to use it yet, so no.

Oh, so she wasnt taught it yet.

Do you have to learn magic at the academy?

They do teach it at the academy, but some parents will start to teach their children beforehand.

In this fantasy world, each and every person had a certain amount of magical energy. They used it to activate magic stones and other magic appliances for their daily lives. However, only those who had a lot of magical energy could use magic to perform spells.

Cliff and Eleanora-san dont teach you?

They said they would teach me before I attend the academy, but Im not sure when that will be.

Oh, so thats how it is. Isnt it better to teach someone from a young age, though?

In many reincarnated-into-another-world-as-overpowered-being stories, the main characters would begin learning magic at a very young age after reincarnating and end up being completely overpowered by the time they grew up. They either had an unbelievable amount of magical energy or were simply able to use many different kinds of magic. With such a setting in mind, training magic at a young age should be a good idea, no?

Yuna-san, what are you saying? If you use magic at a young age, it will burden the body to the point where your magical capabilities will be crippled when get older.

Well, I couldnt have used magic in my former world and was only able to use it after coming here, so I didnt know that.

It wasnt written in the beginners book I had bought soon after coming here, either. It had only taught me the basics of using magic, not when it was appropriate to start learning it.

Thats why children shouldnt use magic until theyre at least ten years old. It was usually best to start learning magic when you are ten to twelve years old. To be able to use magic to such an extent at your age is amazing, Yuna-san.

Oh, so that must be why people often made fun of me for being just a brat when I went to the Adventurers Guild. Well, the main reason was still probably my outfit.

This had to also be why the age requirement for the Adventurers Guild was thirteen years old, huh. In that case, there should be no such thing as genius little girls who could use magic in this world. How unfortunate for a fantasy world such as this. I was hoping I could meet some genius children gifted in magic.

Still, I now understood why I had never seen any children use magic before. This also explained why Noa had never once asked me to teach her magic, even though I had thought it wouldnt have been weird for her to do so. It all made sense now.

Still, I wondered why it was bad for children to use magic. Hmm, it wasnt like that could be explained using science; it was magic, after all.

Even if I could use magic, I have no idea how much magical energy I have.

It was written in the beginners book that people who didnt have enough magical energy couldnt effectively use magic, so I hoped she did have enough.

Dont worry. Father, Mother, and I can all use magic, so Im sure you will be able as well, Noa.

s.h.i.+a tried to make Noa feel better. I did recall seeing Eleanora-san use magic during Misas kidnapping case, but had no idea Cliff could use it, too.

Was the amount of magic energy inherited, then?

I recalled hearing about how Tirumina-san had been an adventurer in the past, so did that mean she could use magic?

Fina, can Tirumina-san use magic?

Yes, I heard that she can use it a little bit.

Then, maybe you and Shuri can both use magic as well.

I wasnt sure if I wanted for them to be able to use magic, though.

If they could use it, I would be troubled if they suddenly told me that they wanted to become adventurers. I didnt want for them to go for such a dangerous occupation, and I was sure Fina didnt want her little sister to do something like that, either. Still, Fina was doing a lot of dismantling work for the Adventurers Guild, so she was already pretty close to becoming an adventurer If any of them told me that they wanted to become an adventurer, I would get Tirumina-san and Gentz-san to stop them.

I patted Finas head.

Yuna-oneechan?

Fina tilted her head in surprise at my sudden patting.

Its nothing.

I smiled back at her, making her even more bewildered.

Thinking about Fina and Shuris future, I looked over the plaza and saw two students chanting magic against the targets. A fireball and earth bullet flew from their hands, burning and breaking their targets respectively.

People who cant use magic dont get to see it in action very often, so this program is quite popular.

Perhaps they were taking into account the dangerous aspect of it, but neither of them was using particularly powerful magic. Well, it was also possible they couldnt use it.

I want to be able to use magic soon, too.

You cant until you get permission from Father and Mother.

I know. I want to be able to use magic like you, Onee-sama, so I wont do it until its safe.

Next came two students who used wind and water magic respectively, so things got more exciting. Of course, neither used ice magic. Maybe it was too difficult for them, after all?

As we continued to watch them peacefully, there was suddenly a commotion quite close to us.

Whats going on?

We looked at where the noise was coming from, and saw that the king was on his promised walk. Next to him was Tilia in her school uniform, and two knights protecting them.

I had looked around for Flora-sama and the queen, but I didnt see them. Had they not come to the festival today?

?!

Mother?

Both Noa and I noticed Eleanora-san walking just behind the king. Eleanora-san smiled and waved at us.

The girls all waved back, which seemed to make her very happy.

What a coincidence.

Are you escorting His Majesty?

I guess we could say that. His Majesty wanted to witness the students strength personally. Well, he honestly doesnt need to come to the school festival to check something like that, and we just used it as an excuse for him to be able to get out of the castle.

Using it as an excuse to sightsee, huh?

Sometimes this king had me worried Well, even though his personality was a bit of a problem, at least his son was a serious person, so the next king should be fine. Still, being the son of a father like him must be tough I felt bad for the prince, I really did.

Hmm, thinking about it like this, it actually wasnt my fault that the king came to see me every time I was at the castle, right? It was all due to his easy-going personality.

How could he have managed to raise such a responsible son? That must be one of the seven mysteries of the capital.

So, what are you girls doing here?

One of my friends is aiming to become a knight, so we came here to support and cheer.

My, that sounds quite fun

Eleanora-san looked at s.h.i.+a with suspicion.

Mother, I think youre misunderstanding something. The friend Im talking about is a girl.

Oh, is that so?

Eleanora-san looked a bit disappointed.

Well, both male and female students had helped her at the stand, so when she said that one of her friends wanted to be a knight, I also naturally a.s.sumed she had been talking about a boy.

By the way, is Marcus not going to be a knight? If I remember correctly, his father is one, no?

Marcus also gave off the impression of wanting to join his fathers footsteps.

Marcus had a hard time deciding on whether to join the practice program or not, but in the end, he chose to help us make cotton candy instead.

Should he really be doing that?

Well, he said he was okay skipping it since he can practice with knights anytime by simply asking his dad.

Well, he could always just practice against his father, couldnt he?

If he found out that His Majesty came here, though, I think he would regret not joining the practice. You dont get many chances to have His Majesty witness your skills, after all.

Yeah, a king didnt get many chances to see how his subjects were doing, and that included the students of the academy. It could be comparable to a chance to leave an impression on a CEO of my former world.

It was said that an employee would have a hard time succeeding in their career if they couldnt even get their superior to remember them.

Hmm, didnt that mean that getting the royal family to remember me (as a Bear), made me somewhat amazing?

Then again, with such a royal family, it didnt really make me overly happy that they remembered me

Authors Note:

I know its a bit late, but we finally got to talk about the possibility of Noa and Fina using magic.

I wonder what they will be capable of in the future. lol