425 Bear-san, Goes Out With Noa Part 2
[So, Yuna-san. Where are the bear-sans?] Noa
Noa, who had been holding Swaying Bear since a while ago, asked me as if she couldnât wait to see them.
If itâs a bear youâre looking for, Noa, youâre already holding one. I wanted to make such a comment, but I stopped myself.
Well, sheâs never seen a bear other than Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear, so I guess sheâs in for a treat.
[I donât know where they are, but Iâll have Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear call them. Swaying Bear, Hugging Bear, please.] Yuna
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After Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear responded, they made a loud > sound.
[Wha- what was that?] Noa
[I asked them to call the bears.] Yuna
My detection skills wonât tell me where the bears are. So we had to call them.
Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear are also bears, after all. They can talk to each other, and they can call each other.
[So, are the bear-sans coming?] Noan/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Noa scurried around to look at the surroundings.
As she was wondering where they were coming from, she saw a couple of bears and their cub emerge from the trees on her right. Two big bears and two cubs.
[Yuna-san, bear-san! Itâs bear-san! Bear-san parent and child!] Noa
Excited, Noa grabbed my arm and shook it.
I know youâre happy, but stop shaking me.
[Yes, I can see them. Donât get too excited and startle the bears.] Yuna
It would be dangerous if the bears were startled and attacked Noa. Theyâre docile bears, but still wild bears.
[I know. Itâs okay. Iâll stroke them gently.] Noa
Sheâs going to pet it.
[Remember, unlike Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear, these are wild bears. So, donât touch them until I say itâs okay.] Yuna
Sheâs about to start running, I have to be careful.
[I, I understand.] Noa
Noaâs face tightened up at my advice.
And when the bear parent and child slowly came to us, the bears (wild, summoned) rubbed their bodies against each other.
Apparently, they hadnât forgotten about us.
Two bear cubs came to me. Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear cub forms are cute. These little bears are cute too. I think theyâve grown up a little since then. After all, the smaller the bear, the cuter it is.
[Yuna-san, can I touch them too?] Noa
While I was stroking the bear cubs, Noa was about to reach out to the bear cubs, but she kept her promise with me and put up with it.
[Swaying Bear, Hugging Bear. Noa is going to touch these kids, so can you tell them theyâre not in danger?] Yuna
I asked Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear, who are on good terms with the parent bears.
Then Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear started talking to the parent bears.
Iâm not sure what theyâre saying, but theyâre having a conversation.
At times like this, I wish I had bear language skills. But if I could hear the true feelings of Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear, I would be scared. I think it would be better if I didnât have any bear language skills.
Then, when the conversation between the bears is over, Swaying Bear comes to Noa. Swaying Bear goes behind Noa and pushes her back.
[Swaying Bear-chan?] Noa
[He said you could touch the bears.] Yuna
[Really?] Noa
Noa was a little scared, but she slowly reached out and touched the bear cub in my arms.
[The texture is different from Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear. The fur is a little stiff.] Noa
[Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear are taking baths, you know. They are different compared to the bears in the wild.] Yuna
Furthermore, whenever I summoned them, they come out in a beautiful state. Theyâre always fluffy and soft.
[But theyâre fluffy.] Noa
Yeah, theyâre fluffy. I also stroke the back of the bear cub.
[And this bear has a cool face.] Noa
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Noaâs words made Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear a little frustrated.
[Iâm sorry. Swaying Bear-chan and Hugging Bear-chan, youâre cuter rather than cool.] Noa
[So, Bear Girl-chan. Is it okay for me to touch them too?] Rem
Rem-san, who had been watching us in silence for a while now, was behind Noa, looking like he wanted to touch the bear cub as well.
[Swaying Bear, Hugging Bear. Rem-san wants to touch them too.] Yuna
This time, Hugging Bear came around behind Rem-san and pushed him back.
[It feels good.] Rem
[Yeah.] Yuna
Rem-san touched the parent bear and the bear cub. Rem-san has a satisfied look.
After all, Rem-san also wanted to touch the bear.
[Thank you for always protecting the bee tree. But please donât do anything too dangerous.] Rem
Although he couldnât understand the bearâs language, Rem-san spoke to the bear gently.
[So the bear-san is the guardian of the bee tree?] Noa
[Yeah, they fought the monsters before.] Rem
But isnât that what theyâre fighting for, to protect their territory?
As for me, if I had to choose between goblins, orcs, and bears, I would support the bears.
[But thereâs no guarantee that the bear will be able to defeat the next monster that appears. If a monster takes up residence, all we have to do is ask the adventurerâs guild. So the bears wonât be overwhelmed.] Rem
[Iâll take care of it when that happens.] Yuna
[Yeah, Iâd feel a lot better if Bear Girl-chan takes care of it.] Rem
I donât want the adventurer and the bears to run into each other and end up fighting.
[Well, itâs not only monsters that are dangerous, though. If the adventurers come to kill the bear, they must run away.] Yuna
Thatâs a possibility. People may be more dangerous than monsters.
[But are there any adventurers in that town whoâll come to subjugate the bear-san?] Noa
Noa looks at me, Swaying Bear, and Hugging Bear, then Rem-san looks at us in response.
[If thereâs a request at adventurerâs guild, they might come to subjugate the bears, but I donât think anyone would come to take down a bear thatâs not rampaging.] Rem
Iâm afraid of hearing what heâs going to say and I donât think my heart can take it, so I didnât listen to him.
[But I donât think any adventurer who knows Yuna-san would mess with a bear.] Noa
[Youâre right.] Rem
Rem-san nodded to Noaâs words.
After all this time, I wonder what the other adventurers think of me. I donât think they have a very good image of me after all.
Before that, why is Rem-san nodding?
Iâm also curious about the image of me in Rem-sanâs mind.
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After spending some time with the bears, they cried and got up to walk towards the bee tree.
Apparently, itâs time to eat.
[Ah, I wish I could go with them.] Noa
[Itâs not safe, so weâll just observe them from a distance.] Yuna
[U~u, I know.] Noa
Noa regretfully sees off the parent bears and cubs.
When the parent bears and cubs come to the bee tree, they began to eat the honey.
Rem-san and Cliff allowed them to eat honey, but if you think about it normally, theyâre supposed to be subdued. After all, theyâre pests who eat the precious honey.
If there is any talk of subjugating them, it might be a good idea to let them escape to the island of Targui.
As I was watching the bears eating honey, I heard a small sound from the side.
Looking to the side, I can see Noa holding her stomach.
[Tha-, thatâs not the sound of my stomach!] Noa
Noa blushes a little and denies it.
[I didnât say anything though.] Yuna
[U ~u~u] Noa
Noa looks embarrassed.
Well, it was lunchtime. So, itâs no wonder sheâs hungry.
[Then weâll have lunch here, too.] Yuna
[Weâre having lunch here?] Noa
[Well, weâve come all this way, and the flowers are beautiful. Besides, thereâs something you want to discuss with Rem-san, right?] Yuna
I laid out a carpet-like sheet on the ground from the bear box and took out a basket of bread.
[Rem-san, please sit down and eat.] Yuna
[Is that okay? I appreciate it.] Rem
Rem-san and Noa sat on the sheet.
I prepared small jugs and a cup.
[Thereâs fruit juice and milk to drink, take what you like.] Yuna
[Thank you very much. Iâll have the milk.] Noa
[Iâll have the juice.] Rem
I poured the drinks as ordered into the two cups.
[Also, you were touching a wild bear, so wipe your hands with this before you pick up the bread.] Yuna
I handed them both wet towels.
It is dangerous to eat bread with hands that have touched a wild bear. Unlike Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear, wild bears donât take a bath.
[Iâm sorry about that.] Rem
[Yuna-san. Youâre like Lala.] Noa
They wiped their hands with wet towels and reached for the bread.
[Ah, itâs a bear bread.] Noa
Noa finds bear bread (Kuma pan) in the basket.
I thought Noa would like it, so I brought it.
[Is this the rumored bear-faced bread?] Rem
Rem-san also takes a bear bread.
[Rem-san, you know bout this?] Yuna
[Ah, it was a hot topic among the people working in the store.] Rem
After saying that, Rem-san eats bear bread.
But I wonder what it would be like to eat bear bread while looking at a bear.
I picked up a sandwich instead of a bear bread and ate it.
[Yes, Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear too.] Yuna
I put the sandwich in Swaying Bear and Hugging Bearâs mouth.
[Ah, I wanna do it too.] Noa
Noah also gives bread to Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear.
Then, as we ate our bread, Rem-sanâs class began.
[So, you change the flowers accordingly with the seasons?] Noa
[The flowers bloom in different seasons. In winter, bees stop their activities, so we ask them to collect nectar until then. Of course, there are times when they are active and times when they breed, so itâs hard to say for sure, but if there are flowers, they will collect nectar, so as much as possible, I try to keep them blooming.] Rem
[I see.] Noa
Noa listens to Rem-sanâs lecture earnestly.
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After Rem-sanâs class ended, the bears were done eating and began to move away from the bee tree.
[Ah, the bear-sans are going away.] Noa
The bear family disappears into the forest.
[Donât chase after them.] Yuna
[I wanted to take that little bear home with me.] Noa
[If you do that, theyâll get angry.] Yuna
[Iâm kidding. Itâs just a joke. I would never do that. I would never split up a family that was so close. But still, there was a part of me that wanted to take them home.] Noa
Well, bear cubs are cute. But the bigger they get, the scarier they become.
Did they read my mind? Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear are rubbing up against me.
[You two may be big, but youâre not scary.] Yuna
[Bear Girl-chan. Thanks for the food. Iâm going to go check on the flowers around the perimeter, so please wait a bit.] Rem
Rem-san stood up.
[I will go too. Yuna-san, is that okay?] Noa
[Itâs okay, but donât get in Rem-sanâs way.] Yuna
[Of course, I wonât. Iâm just going to see what kind of flowers are blooming.] Noa
Noa went after Rem-san.
As I rest my back on Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear, I decided to wait for Noa and Rem-san with my eyes closed.
From my ears, I could hear Rem-san describing the flowers on the wind, and Noa asking various questions.
It seems that she is listening to Rem-san and studying with him.
Itâs nice to get out and relax like this once in a while.
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Authorâs Note:
We were able to meet the bears safely.
Noa also seemed to be learning a lot from Rem.
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