Chapter 354: 354 Bear-san, Goes Around for Greetings Part 1 (Day 3)

354 Bear-san, Goes Around for Greetings Part 1 (Day 3)

Credits to:

Philip, valiant

When I woke up in the morning, my body screamed in pain.

It hurts when I raise my arm and it hurts when I bend my leg. Its full-blown muscle pain. I rubbed my legs and arms in the bath yesterday, but it seems that it didnt work. Its funny, I shouldnt have played enough to get a sunburn yesterday, but I have muscle aches all over my body. When I move my body, I get severe pain in various places. I cant walk as it is.

When I asked Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear for help, they anxiously cried

and snuggled up to me. But even if they come to me, the muscle pain didnt go away. I picked up my bear puppets that were on my pillow

and wore it.

After I put it on, I used healing magic on the part where my muscles are aching. The pain gradually relieved. It doesnt hurt anymore when I bend my arms and legs.

Thanks to the bear magic!

Thats how the morning of the third day went.

The children ate breakfast then went to the harbor to ride the boat. I waved my hand and saw off the children. Everyone, including Noas group. The director said she wants to stay in the bear house, but she was taken by the children.

Only me, Fina, and Shuri are left in the bear house.

[Is it really okay for the both of you not to go with them?] Yuna

[Yes, Im going with Yuna-oneechan.] Shuri

[Dont you want to get on the boat, Shuri?] Yuna

[Yeah, I wanted to ride the boat. But I also want to see Dega-ojichan.] Shuri

After what happened yesterday, I decided to go around to greet everyone in Mereera. Of course, that includes Dega-san. Upon hearing me say it, Fina and Shuri said they wanted to go with me.

[Also, we already got on the boat when we came here before.] Fina

Thats why I took Fina and Shuri to Dega-sans inn. Anzu said I dont need to say h.e.l.lo, but thats not the case. Greetings are necessary because I am taking care of his daughter.

We walk leisurely from the bear house. I did not return Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear to the bear puppets.

When we arrived at the inn and went inside, his muscles welcomes us.

[Welcome. Un? Bear girl?] Dega

[Dega-san, its been a long time.] Yuna

When I gave my greetings, Fina and Shuri bowed down and said h.e.l.lo as well.

[Oh, you all look lovely today. I was very surprised because Anzu suddenly came back yesterday.] Dega

[Did you receive a letter?] Yuna

[I got the letter, but it didnt say anything about her coming back. She thought I would be worried if she wrote it. I just didnt expect for Anzu to come back to town so quickly.] Dega

By the way, did she mentioned that?

[When I heard that she was there, I thought Id go to your house, but Im too busy.] Dega

[As expected, youre getting a lot of customers now, didnt you?] Yuna

[Yeah, but when I told Anzu to come back here, she refused. She told me,

.] Dega

[Thats not good. Ill be in trouble if Anzu doesnt return with us.] Yuna

[No good. If you take Anzu-oneechan, we wont be able to eat delicious food.] Shuri

I quickly tried to stop Shuri, but even Fina nodded a little

Dega-san put his big hand on top of Shuris head.

[Half of it was just a joke. Rest a.s.sured that Im not going to take Anzu back.] Dega

[Really?] Shuri

But half of it was serious.

[Ive heard that Anzu was happily doing her own thing. If she had a hard time and was crying, Ill take her back.] Dega

[Isnt more appropriate to say that she shouldnt come back until shes a full-fledged chef?] Yuna

[I cant say that to my cute daughter! If that is my son, Ill kick his a.s.s and take him back.] Dega

Apparently, fathers in every world are sweet to their daughters.

[But dont tell her that I said that because its embarra.s.sing.] Dega

Even though the muscle dad looks embarra.s.sed, it doesnt have a

MOE

factor, so stop making that face.

[But Anzu seems to be doing alright, so Im relieved.] Dega

It seems that Dega-san heard everything about Anzus shop from the guests staying at the inn. The

seems to be famous as it is. He also heard it from the people who travel from Mereera to Crimonia and back.

Apparently, Dega-sans information about Anzu only came from rumors and gossips.

[Keep it a secret to Anzu.] Dega

But doesnt that mean that Dega-sans information is also flowing to Anzu?

Well, its good that information flows to each other. They dont have to worry.

Then we talked about how Anzu is doing in Crimonia and then, we went to the next place.

[Are we going to Atora-san next?] Fina

[Atora-oneechan?] Shuri

[Last time, she was very angry when I didnt show my face to her.] Yuna

In the first place, I dont know the reason as to why she got angry just because I didnt show up to her.

Perhaps thinking that I didnt have to see her since I didnt have any business with her is the result of my long life in solitude.

(TC: My ancestors are smiling at me, imperial. Can you say the same?

)

Normally, do I just say h.e.l.lo?

Thats why we went to the Adventurers Guild to meet Atora-san.

When I entered the Adventurers Guild, I got gazed at for the first time in a while.

[Why is there a bear here?] Adventurer1

[Dont you know? The bear lady is on a trip with her store employees.] Adventurer2

[Why do you know that?] Adventurer1

Thats right. Why do you know that?

[I saw the leaflet about the stores holiday. Ive confirmed it. Im a regular customer of that bakery and cafeteria.] Adventurer2

An adventurer declares proudly.

But did the leaflet mention the reason for the holidays?

I dont remember much about the details. However, its possible that Anzu and the children informed them normally. Even so, Im not saying they shouldnt talk about why were taking a break from the store.

And as Im wandering around, a male guild employee noticed me.

Etto,

Im sure this person is.

[Yuna-san. Its been a long time.] Sei

[Se, Sei-san, yeah, its been a long time.] Yuna

Dangerous, dangerous. His name didnt pop out for a moment there.

However, Sei-san responded with a smile, whether he noticed it or pretended not to notice it.

[Is Atora-san here? I thought Id say h.e.l.lo since Im here in Mereera.] Yuna

[Yes, shes here. Please head to the back room.] Sei

With Sei-sans guidance, we head to the back room where Atora-san is.

The other guild staff was bowing. I dont need that. Thats why we hurried into the room.

[What? If its work, turn it in the afternoon.] Atora

Atora-san said to us while facing down.

[Thats not it, Guildmaster. Yuna-san came.] Sei

[Yuna is here?] Atora

When Sei-san answered, Atora-san, who was doing some paperwork at the desk, looked up.

[Yuna! And also Fina and Shuri!] Atora

[Atora-san, its been a while.] Yuna

Atora-san is still dressed with a lot of exposed parts. She can do it because she is confident in her body. I would definitely not be able to wear that.

[Did you just come into town?] Atora

Apparently, Atora-san didnt know I was here.

Sei-san said,

and left the room.

[Im here since yesterday. And so, I came because the last time, you were complaining when I didnt come to say h.e.l.lo right away.] Yuna

[I wasnt complaining about it. I just felt bad when Yuna, who took care of me didnt show up.] Atora

Thats why this time, Im showing up like this.

[So whats up? Did you come here to play with Fina and Shuri again?] Atora

I briefly explained why we came here.

[So its an employee trip with children. Yuna still does strange things.] Atora

Was it really that strange?

Well, even if the others think its weird, I just do what I want to do. Im not bothering others. Yes, the moment I thought so, Tirumina-sans face came to my mind. I shook my head from side to side and shook off Tirumina-san from my head.

Tirumina-san should be enjoying this trip as well, so there should be no problem.

And today, she went on a boat ride with the children. Tirumina-san was asking how to catch seafood. As I have said. Shes definitely enjoying it.

[Even so, it looks like youre busy.] Yuna

[Well, the security of the town was also given to me. So Im a little busier than usual.] Atora

[Youre also doing that?] Yuna

[The newly appointed mayor said that he couldnt attend to everything. There used to be a small amount of guards, but now there are more of them than ever. When they dont have enough people, they turn to the adventurers and hire them, so as the one who manages adventurers, if Im in charge of security management too, it saves a lot of trouble. Besides, I can ask the adventurers to deal with matters guards cant handle, and I get the information about nearby monsters faster, so theres a lot of merit in that. The only downside is that Im even busier now, though.] Atora

Atora-san said so with a laugh, but her expression says otherwise.

[And now that there arent enough people, I have to help as much as I can.] Atora

The workforce is increasing, but so is the amount of work.

[By the way, Atora-san, Ive been meaning to ask you. The area around my house, why hasnt it been cleared yet?] Yuna

The trees around my house remained uncut. The path was paved with cobblestones and surrounded by forests on the left and right, and there was a Bear House on the way. To describe the current situation, my Bear House looks like a temple or a shrine.

[

, are ne

] Atora

Atora-san slowly diverts her gaze from me.

[They said to leave that as it is.] Atora

[Why?] Yuna

[Because, since you built such a huge bear structure, no one can build a building nearby. n.o.body wants to build around it, since the atmosphere is preventing people to build anything near it, so it remained as it is. ] Atora

In other words, its because of the bear house.

[It wouldnt stand out if there were trees surrounding it.] Atora

Certainly, it will not be noticed immediately. However, on the contrary, it stood out because thats the only place with forest and that beautifully paved pathway. If you pa.s.s in front of that pathway, you can see the bears face whether you like it or not.

Should I hide it by raising the wall?

[Yuna, if you really dont like it, I can tell the townspeople that Yuna said so.] Atora

This person is just throwing everything out to others because it was a ha.s.sle.

Its too troublesome for me as well. Im not going to clear the forest around my house until I persuade the residents.

[Everyone is grateful to Yuna, theyre not giving you a hateful atmosphere. So its not hara.s.sment. Please understand that.] Atora

I can see that by looking at the fishermen yesterday. I saw their desire to thank me and their actions to avoid bothering me.

They really dont have to worry about the Kraken subjugation and the tunnel creation.

The Kraken subjugation was for rice, soy sauce, and miso. The tunnel was just to secure the distribution of seafood and to get Anzu. So I dont really care about anything else.

However, I couldnt tell the truth anymore, so I had no choice but to accept the current situation.

Authors Note:

Yuna and others have taken different actions.