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The next day, I headed straight to Mumuroot-sanâs house, and was met by Ruimin waiting at the entrance.
ãYuna-san, Grandpa and Sanya are already waiting for you inside.ã
ãAnd why are you here, Ruimin?ã
ãThey told me that they have something important to talk to you about and that I have to make sure nobody enters the house. They even kicked Grandma out.ã
It seemed like they really made sure that nobody would bother us as we perform the contract.
I headed straight to the usual room, where only Mumuroot-san and Sanya-san were waiting for me.
ãWeâve been waiting for you, Yuna-chan.ã
ãAll the preparations are already complete.ã
There was some kind of green gemstone, possibly a magic stone, in front of Mumuroot-san. It was quite big, similar to the size of the Krakenâs magic stone.
What kind of monster had they defeated to acquire a stone of this size?
Had it been something on the level of a Kraken?
Lost in thought, I sat down in front of Mumuroot-san.
ãThis magic stone contains a magic script within. All you need to do is pour some of your magic power into it and say the contract terms out loud.ã
The process was simpler than I had thought it would be.
I would love to have such a useful magic stone for myself.
Would it be possible if I used a magic stone of my own?
Or, was this some secret art that was passed down by the elves?
ãSo, what is your request Yuna-chan?ã
Initially, I had been planning on telling them about the Bear Gate, but after having a night to think about it, I had come up with something else.
ãI want you to keep quiet about my secrets.ã
ãYour secrets?ã
ãMhm.ã
ãThatâs rather vague...ã
ãWell, I do plan on adding secrets in over time, is that okay?ã
ãYes, that would be okay, as long as the secrets are related to your current ones.ã
Anything was possible in a fantasy world, wasnât it?
I shouldnât really be saying that when I could be called the embodiment of fantasy myself.
ãThe only secret of yours that I know of is your Bear-san Panties.ã
ãThat one is also going to be included, by the way.ã
I said, giving Sanya-san a glare.
ãWait, Yuna-chan, if your request is only related to your secrets, wouldnât it be better to just not tell us?ã
ãI have considered that, but if I donât do something about it now, it will become a problem later on.ã
ãHmm, I guess that could make sense. Anyway, we just canât tell anyone else, right?ã
Well, if they tried to tell anybody, they would fall into laughing hell, so it was up to them.
ãOkay, everything seems to be in order.ã
ãUm, is this okay?ã
I asked, flapping my Bear Puppetâs mouths.
ãIâve never tried this with gloves on, but as long as you can put your magical energy into the stone, there shouldnât be any problems, I think.ã
I placed my Bear Puppets on top of the green magic stone, followed by Mumuroot-san and Sanya-san placing their hands on top of mine.
ãPour in your magic and say the conditions of the contract.ã
I poured in a bit of my magic and stated the conditions.
ãDo not disclose my secrets to anyone else.ã
The magic stone suddenly shone brightly, covering the room in a green light so blinding that it was impossible for us keep our eyes open.
I closed my eyes but managed not to remove my hands from the stone.
In only a moment, the light was gone. Wow, it had surprised me so much that I had almost let go of the stone.
Was the contract complete with this, or was there something else?
ãThat light was amazing.ã
ãI have never seen anything like it. It is said that the brightness represents the importance of the contract, and this contract gave off a light much stronger than any other Iâve seen before. That shows how important your secrets are, young lady.ã
It seemed like Mumuroot-san and Sanya-san hadnât expected for the light to be that strong.
Was this contract really that important, though? They said that the brightness depended on the significance of the contract, but...
Then again, my secrets included me being from another world, information about God, and functionality of my Bear Suit. There were also plenty of other things I didnât plan on sharing.
All of that must have affected the contract, raising its significance.
ãWe completed the contract safely. Now, we need to confirm it works.ã
ãConfirm it really works?ã
ãYoung lady, donât you want to make sure the contract works as intended? I must admit, I am also curious about the laughing part.ã
ãHow do we confirm it, though? Just by having you two talk to each other?ã
ãIf we both know the contents, then it wonât be considered a secret...ã
Mumuroot-san said, shaking his head, and a moment later, we heard some running footsteps.
ãGrandpa! Onee-chan! What was that light just now?ã
Ruimin rushed into the room.
ãI saw a strong light shining through the windows.ã
Ruimin said and looked around restlessly.
It seemed like the light from earlier could be seen from the outside.
ãEverythingâs okay. We just completed a magical contract with the young lady.ã
ãA magical contract with Yuna-san?ã
ãThatâs right. Yuna-chan wanted us not to reveal her secrets to anybody.ã
ãYuna-sanâs secrets...ã
She looked at me like she wanted to know as well.
While I was thinking yesterday, I thought about telling Ruimin some of my secrets. Just to make things easier later on.
ãCome here, Ruimin.ã
Sanya-san called Ruimin over.
ãUm, what is it?ã
ãIâm going to try and tell you one of Yuna-chanâs secrets, so we need you to stay for a bit.ã
ãIt will be an important discussion, so make sure nobody else walks in.ã
ãThat too, but the main reason is to confirm that the contract is working.ã
It looked like Ruimin was going to be used to test out the contract.
Sanya-san leaned towards Ruiminâs ear and started to whisper something.
ãYuna-chanâs secret is that her pa-pa-pant-pan...ã
Sanya-san seemed to be trying to tell Ruimin about my panties, but couldnât even finish the word, and started laughing.
She kept trying to continue talking but ended up laughing even harder.
It got to the point where she was gasping for breath as between laughs, rolling around on the floor, with tears in her eyes.
Every time she started to say ãpaãanother fit of laughter would come over her, so it kind of felt like she was laughing at the fact that I was wearing Bear Panties
Just based on how it looked, she could have been thinking about that and couldnât stop laughing.
In any case, Sanya-san appeared to be suffering despite just laughing.
Was this maybe even worse than just suffering in pain?
She continued laughing for a few minutes straight before it finally subdued.
ãHah, haaa. Gran-grandpa! This contract is worse than a regular one!ã
While visibly out of breath, Sanya-san complained to Mumuroot-san.
ãThereâs nothing we can do about it. It is as it is.ã
Mumuroot-sanâs face stiffened up after seeing Sanya-sanâs condition. He probably didnât realize that the consequences of breaking this contract would be so harsh.
ãOkay, your turn to test it, Grandpa.ã
Sanya-san gave off an evil smile while handing a pen and a piece of paper to Mumuroot-san.
ãYouâre making your grandfather do something like this?ã
ãNo, no, no. Grandpa just needs to make sure the contract is working properly, right?ã
Sanya-san said, holding the pen and paper in right front of his face.
Mumuroot-san couldnât refuse now. He took the pen and paper from Sanya-san, and began writing. He was probably going to write something about my Bear-san Panties, wasnât he?
As Mumuroot-san began to write, he got down a few characters before his hand started shaking. A few characters later, he stopped writing, let go of the pen, crumpled up the paper, and then started going through the same punishment as Sanya-san.
Sanya-san began laughing at him, while Ruimin looked concerned.
Hmm, this idea of mine might have been to terrible.
I shouldnât have suggested something I had gotten off the top of my head.
After a few minutes, Mumuroot-san stopped laughing, sat back down onto his chair as if nothing had happened.
ãAhem, the contract has been bound without problem.ã
He cleared his throat once and looked at us.
ãI will never say anything about Yuna-chanâs secrets.ã
After watching Mumuroot-san go through the same thing, Sanya-san understood what she must have looked like when she had been laughing, and strongly vowed to never do so ever again.
Surely they didnât want others to see them in this state.
I would have hated it, too.
ãThanks for helping us test it out, Ruimin. You can head back now.ã
Mumuroot-san tried to make Ruimin leave.
ãWait, if itâs possible, I want to include Ruimin in the contract as well.ã
Ruimin was shocked by what I said.
ãMe too?ã
Ruimin looked reluctant, especially after seeing what happened to the other two.
Well, anyone would be reluctant after seeing that.
ãWhy? Are the two of us not enough?ã
ãHmm, While thereâs nothing wrong with just the two of you knowing, I think it would be better to let Ruimin know as well.ã
ãWhy so?ã
ãBecause the Sacred Tree was in trouble, Ruimin had to suffer quite a bit to get to Sanya-san at the capital. I have a solution for that.ã
There was that certain incident that had happened as well. When I had first met her, she was so hungry she passed out.
ãWhat sort of a solution?ã
ãIf something bad happens in the Elf Village again, there is a way for her to contact me immediately.ã
I thought about giving Ruimin a Bear Phone.
With that, she could contact me anytime she wanted.
I could also order the materials and ingredients from the Elf Village through her and even have her gather them for me.
If I could use the Bear Gate to travel to and from the village, all I had to do was place an order and then come pick up the order a few days later, so that the villagers wouldnât get too suspicious of me.
That way, the other elves wouldnât notice anything weird.
ãThere was such a method, huh...ã
ãAnd, if you warn me, I can easily forward it to Sanya-san as well.ã
ãYouâre going to let me in on it as well?ã
ãYup, because I know how much pain Ruimin went through just to get to the Capital.ã
ãRuimin, what do you think of this?ã
Everyone looked at Ruimin.
ãIf you tell me, I can easily contact Onee-chan?ã
ãThatâs right, but you would have to go through me first.ã
Ruimin thought about it then nodded.
ãOkay, please let me in on the contract, too.ã
ãAre you sure? If you talk about it to anybody else, what happened to us earlier will happen to you too, you know.ã
ãOnee-chan, thatâs no issue at all. Yuna-san is sharing her secrets with us for the sake of the village. I would never trample over her feelings like that, so I wonât have to suffer laughing like that.ã
Ruimin told Sanya-san with a serious look.
ãOkay, it should be fine then.ã
I apologized to Ruimin in my mind. It wasnât for some cool reason like that.
I only wanted to be able to contact her whenever I wanted food supplies or any other materials.
Ruimin was looking at me with such respect, so I had to keep that thought hidden away, deep down in my heart, even though that innocent look was hurting the core of my soul.
Ruimin then proceeded to bind the magic contract with me without knowing the real truth. Again the room filled with light, quickly finishing the process.
ãWell then, Yuna-chan, what is your request?ã
ãI want to set this thing up, so I need permission to build a permanent Bear House in an inconspicuous place a distance away from the village.ã
I said and brought out the Bear Gate.
ãYuna-chan! What is that?!ã
ãThis is a transportation door. If you go through this, you can immediately get to my house in the capital.ã
ãThereâs no way such a thing is possible!ã
To prove it, I simply opened the door.
Authorâs Notes:
I want a magic stone that can create contracts myself. lol