Chapter 730: Chapter 728

Bear-san and Fina Cleaning

The day after I promised Noa that I would take her somewhere using the Bear Transfer Gate, I set up Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear as my cushions, intending to relax today.

But you could also say that they were just curled up on the floor.

Noa said she would write to Misa to confirm the plans.

Misa was also the daughter of a lord, just like Noa. I think she would not be able to go out as easily, even if she wanted to. So, all things considered, this trip will take place sometime in the future.

Furthermore, there was no dismantling work for Fina today, so it was a day when Fina wouldn’t be visiting my house.

So I decided to relax today.

I was sandwiched between Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear, and I started to relax.

There were no games or comics, but just relaxing without doing anything was also a great moment.

After relaxing for a while, Fina visited my house.

“I told you that there was no dismantling work today, right?” (Yuna)

“Yes, I’m here to help with cleaning.” (Fina)

Fina said something that made no sense.

“Cleaning?” (Yuna)

“Have you been cleaning your house recently?” (Fina)

“…” (Yuna)

I looked away.

I haven’t been cleaning the house recently because I’ve been busy.

But I usually keep things tidy, so it was not a mess. Above all, I have a convenient box called a “bear box” for tidying things away.

But the answer was no, when asked if I’ve done things like mopping the floor.

“That’s why I came to help you clean.” (Fina)

“So, you mean Fina is going to do the cleaning?” (Yuna)

“I will, but Yuna Onee-chan will be doing it with me.” (Fina)

It wasn’t that nice and easy to escape.

“Mother Fina is strict.” (Yuna)

“I’m not your mother!” (Fina)

“Look, Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear, please help me as well.” (Yuna)

I told Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear, who were curled up on the floor.

“”Kuu~n””

Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear raised their bodies and tried to start cleaning.

“You’re betraying me? We promised to relax and unwind together today, remember?” (Yuna)

“Kuu~n.”

“Is that so?” (Fina)

Fina asked Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear to confirm.

“Kuu~n.”

Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear looked at me and Fina alternately with troubled expressions.

Could Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear’s feelings be leaning towards Fina?

“Look, let’s clean up. We have to throw away the trash too. And the weather is nice, so we have to hang out the futons.” (Fina)

Mother Fina pulled my hand.

“Okay, I’ll do it.” (Yuna)

I couldn’t disobey Mother Fina, so I ended up cleaning the room.

If Fina were my birth mother, I would have ignored her and continued to shut myself inside my room, but I was unable to disobey Mother Fina.

I hung out the futon and washed the sheets.

Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear skillfully cleaned the floor, windows and the bathroom, following Fina’s instructions.

It was surreal to see cute little bears cleaning.

Fina cleaned and tidied the area that she had always used.

Even though Fina had already cleaned the place after use, we still cleaned it again.

“Fina, are you a clean freak?” (Yuna)

“Hmm, I don’t think so. When my mother was sick, I was looking after her and Shuri, and I was working to earn money. I only did the minimum amount of cleaning.” (Fina)

“I see.” (Yuna)

I think it was tough for Fina at that time to make a living.

“I think that when we started living with my father, I saw how my mother often scolded him, and I thought that I had to do a good job of cleaning and tidying up.” (Fina)

Oh, that reminds me, when Gentz-san and Tirumina-san got married and started living together, I remember going to Gentz-san’s house to pick up the boxes for the move, and the rooms were a mess.

“My dad is very casual. That’s why my mom often gets angry with him. I think that’s why me and Shuri also started to do our share of cleaning and tidying up.” (Fina)

I guess you could call him a bad example.

And if Fina and Shuri didn’t want Tirumina-san to get angry with them, they had to clean up.

“But my father is meticulous when it comes to looking after his work tools. Even when I was helping out at the Adventurer’s Guild, he would give me many annoying reminders, like making sure I wiped off the blood on my knife properly or not leaving it wet.” (Fina)

“I think that’s just how craftsmen are.” (Yuna)

In any job, if workers don’t treat their tools carefully and well, the tools will betray them.

Some might say that you could just buy a new one if something breaks. But taking good care of what you have was a much better principle to live by.

“But, Father… He’s hopeless at everything else.” (Fina)

Fina said this, but she was still talking happily. What’s more, she didn’t stop cleaning.

And, for the first time in a while, my big spring cleaning was over.

Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear were cleaning the bath and were wet, so I dried them off.

“It’s done.” (Fina)

Now, all that’s left to do is relax.

“Well then, Yuna Onee-chan. Let’s go to the next house.” (Fina)

“Next house?” (Yuna)

What could this adorable girl be talking about?…

“We’re going to use that Gate to go out with Noa-sama, right?” (Fina)

“Well… I promised.” (Yuna)

“So we have to clean up the other houses of Yuna Onee-chan as well. It would be terrible if we took Noa-sama and Misa-sama to a dirty house.” (Fina)

“We haven’t decided on a schedule or a destination yet, right? We can do it after we’ve decided… Besides, they can’t be that dirty.” (Yuna)

…probably.

“Yuna Onee-chan is always busy. We’ll have to do it when you have time.” (Fina)

Mother Fina nodded with a smile.

It was precisely because I was always busy that I wanted to relax.

But Fina didn’t seem to have any intention of backing down.

I gave up and moved to the Royal Capital’s Bear House with Fina, Swaying Bear, and Hugging Bear.

As Fina said, the Bear House in the royal capital hadn’t been cleaned in a long time, so there was a thick layer of dust on the shelves and other places.

“I can tell that you haven’t been cleaning this place.” (Fina)

I couldn’t argue with that.

I decided to follow Mother Fina obediently and do the cleaning.

And I opened the window to let in some fresh air. Then, using my wind magic, I swept the dust outside and started to clean.

When I brought out the dust cloth, Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear started wiping the floor as if they were used to doing it.

I left the floor and bath cleaning to Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear, and Fina and I cleaned the places that Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear couldn’t reach.

There was also dust on the table.

I wiped the table, chairs and empty shelves with a wet cloth.

Fina cleaned the tall windows despite her petite body.

I hung the laundry, such as sheets, to dry in Crimonia, as there was a possibility that people in the royal capital would find out that I had arrived.

Because we didn’t use it much, cleaning the Bear House in the royal capital was relatively quick.

“I’m so tired~.” (Yuna)

Even though I had my bear equipment with me, I didn’t know why I was so tired.

“Well then, Yuna Onee-chan. Next, let’s go to Mileela.” (Fina)

Fina said something terrible.

“Are we still doing this?” (Yuna)

“Yeah, it’s starting to become fun.” (Fina)

Mother Fina said with a smile.

I, Swaying Bear, and Hugging Bear could not disobey Fina, so we moved to Mileela.

The Bear House in Mileela was the biggest.

It was four stories high, after all.

“Well, let’s start from the top then.” (Fina)

There was a large bath on the fourth floor.

It was not being used, so it was not dirty.

But under Mother Fina’s instructions, we started cleaning.

We also cleaned the stairs from the 4th floor down to the lower floors.

The third floor was my room and a guest room.

The second floor was a large room where the children from the orphanage could stay.

I opened the curtains and the windows to let in some fresh air.

It felt like a different world.

Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear used their big bodies to clean the floor.

The first floor was used as a kitchen, a small storage room, and a dining room.

There was dust on the table.

We carefully wiped it off.

“Fina will make a wonderful mother.” (Yuna)

“Really? As a mother?” (Fina)

“Yes, you seem like you’d be able to discipline your child properly. And you can cook too.” (Yuna)

“I don’t know if I can, but if the child was like Yuna Onee-chan, she might listen to me.” (Fina)

“I’m hungry, Mother Fina. Can we have some food?” (Yuna)

“We’ll have dinner after we’ve finished cleaning up.” (Fina)

“Mother Fina is strict.” (Yuna)

Fina and I both let out a giggle.

Joking aside, we got down to serious cleaning.

Cleaning was a chore, but it felt good when it was done.

It was obvious that it was better to be clean then dirty.

From now on, it might be a good idea to clean up when I have time.

And we successfully finished cleaning the Bear House in Mileela Town.

Now that we’ve finished cleaning the Bear House in Mileela Town, we moved on to the one in the Dwarven Town, unable to stop Fina’s desire to clean.

Of course, we had a meal.

The house in the Dwarven Town was not a Bear House. It was a very ordinary old house.

It had been a while since we’d been to Dwarven Town, so there was a lot of dust. And it was dirtier than the houses in the other towns.

However, the house in Dwarven Town was only purchased for the purpose of installing the Bear Transfer Gate, so there was no need to wash the bedsheets or anything. So we just did a quick sweep, cleaned the shelves, and cleaned the windows.

By now, we were so used to doing this that we divided up the work and cleaned the house. Fina did the sweeping, Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear wiped the floor, and I did the window cleaning.

It took a little bit of time to finish cleaning the house in the Dwarven Town.

“Fina, it’s late, so is that all for today?” (Yuna)

“Yes, we’ll do the rest tomorrow.” (Fina)

“Are we really going to do everything?” (Yuna)

“I think that everything will be fine in the Land of Harmony because Kagali-san is there, but I wonder if Kagali-san cleans?” (Fina)

…I wonder why. All I could picture was sake barrels lying around the room.

“Kagali-san said that there was someone who comes to look after her from time to time, so it’ll be okay, I think?” (Yuna)

I would rather not do the cleaning if I could help it.

And it was such a big house.

I think I’d only clean the rooms I use, but Fina would probably insist on cleaning everything.

I managed to avoid cleaning the house in the Land of Harmony, but I had to clean the house in the other towns.

“I’m not going to take Noa everywhere.” (Yuna)

I tried to put up a futile resistance.

“Even if we don’t go there, we still have to clean.” (Fina)

Her sound argument soundly defeated me.

It would be a while before I could relax and take it easy.

Also, how many other Bear Houses did I have again?

I stopped thinking.

I, Swaying Bear, and Hugging Bear worked hard to finish cleaning the other houses as well.

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