Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear

Chapter 741

chapter 741

bear-san listening to old stories with everyone

“thank you.” (suzuran)

suzuran looked at my drawing happily.

“i will treasure it forever.” (suzuran)

“it’s a cheap treasure, isn’t it?” (kagali)

well, it wasn’t painted by a top-notch artist. an amateur did it. it was no surprise to me if it was considered cheap.

i did not think my drawings had any value either.

“kagali-sama, what are you talking about? there is no painting as valuable as this one.” (sakura)

sakura said as she looked at the painting of kagali

“yeah. yuna drew it so well.” (suzuran)

“i believe yuna-sama’s painting deserves to be designated a national treasure and housed in the royal treasury.” (sakura)

please don’t do that.

although i would be sad if they abandoned my painting, it was also true that my painting wasn’t worth putting into a national treasure.

i wouldn’t want my painting to be locked away in a treasure room forever.

it would be worse than having a picture i drew as a child framed and displayed.

“all right, don’t be angry. it was not like i didn’t like it, i was just embarrassed to be told that a painting drawn of myself would be treated as a treasure by someone.” (kagali)

so she was just behaving as a tsundere?

kagali-san, you have too many sides to keep hidden from the world.

she looks like a little girl, but in reality, she is an adult, making her look like a girl with an old soul. her true identity was that of a fox that had lived for hundreds of years. now, add the tsundere attribute to the mix. she would be a very popular character if this were a manga or anime world.

“are you thinking of something strange?” (kagali)

let’s not forget she also possessed a keen intuition.

for now, i responded deceptively, “no, i’m not thinking about anything,” and smiled.

then i drew a picture of sakura in misa’s clothes, though not together with the others.

sakura looked happy.

by the time i finished painting sakura in misa’s clothes, i looked outside and saw that the sun was setting.

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“dinner is ready!” (shinobu)

shinobu called out, timing it just right.

“kagali-sama, please wake up.” (suzuran)

“what, is it morning already?” (kagali)

“no, it’s not. it’s time for dinner.” (suzuran)

as i started to draw sakura in misa’s clothes, kagali-san yawned and fell asleep before i knew it.

kagali-san was sleeping on a cushion as a pillow. suzuran covered her with a large towel so she wouldn’t catch a cold.

we returned to the first room we had been shown.

we each sat down on a cushion, and then our meals were served.

perhaps they had prepared the meal as soon as i finished painting.

“so, shinobu, when should we go to the castle?” (sakura)

sakura asked while we ate.

suzuran was not here at the moment.

kagali-san kept suzuran-san away from us because she knew that if suzuran-san were here, it would be difficult for us to discuss something that should not be mentioned in front of her.

kagali-san also seemed to be taking care of us in her own way.

“i was told that we could visit first thing tomorrow morning.” (shinobu)

“that early?” (sakura)

sakura was surprised.

some parts of the story were not told.

they were about sakura’s prophetic dream, as well as things about kagali-san, and mumroot-san.

there was no need to talk about them, which was fine with me, too.

i stopped thinking, looked around, and noticed that noa and the others were looking at me.

“yuna-san, you are always helping people somewhere.” (noa)

“no, i’m not always helping people.” (yuna)

i was not such a good person that i would help anyone and everyone.

if i had been consistently helping people, as noa suggested, i would have been traveling with the bear equipment god gave me, assisting those in need across different locations, rather than lazing around.

but i enjoyed my spare time and relaxed.

“yuna-san, please don’t underestimate my yuna-san information.” (noa)

what was this ‘yuna-san information’?

“yuna-san saved a village by defeating the black viper. saved the royal capital by defeating 10,000 monsters. defeated a kraken and saved mileela. in shirin, she rescued misa by beating up the salvado family. and even defeated a black tiger.” (noa)

“yes, that’s right. she also saved me and my grandfather from being attacked by monsters, and she saved many people who were being threatened by the salvado family.” (misa)

and even misa joined in.

“and many other things, too.” (noa)

i wonder what it was about.

the latest information that noa had in her knowledge base was our recent event, which involved the fairies. also, there was a possibility that the events in the desert had been reported to cliff and were passed to noa from ellelaura-san. i doubt that they would know about the events with elves, though.

there was also the matter of the town at the lake.

if you ask me, i think i have been helping people everywhere i go.

but it was not like i was trying to save them all. it just happened as things progressed.

and with black viper, it was because i wanted to see the black viper. the 10,000 monsters were there on the way to pick up cliff, so i just beat them, and aiding the town of mileela was because i wanted to procure rice, miso, and soy sauce. in the case with the black tiger, i was there simply because i was hired to protect shia and the other students, and it was only obvious to me to raid the salvado family, after they hit noa and fina and then kidnapped misa. i still had enough heart to at least help when there were troubles in front of me.

of course, i couldn’t have done it if i didn’t have the strength. i have bear equipment that god gave me.

“and what else does fina know?” (noa)

noa turned to fina.

“well, yuna onee-chan saved me from being attacked by wolves.” (fina)

“also, she saved my mom.” (shuri)

even shuri joined the conversation.

“yuna onee-chan is always protecting people.” (misa)

“hmm, yuna-sama helps many people, not just in the land of wa.” (sakura)

i wanted to deny it, but what noa and the others said was technically true.

“a black viper, a black tiger, and 10,000 monsters...?” (shinobu)

“truly, you are doing outrageous things.” (kagali)

“i think i just caught a glimpse of yuna’s strength. i want to know the secret of how she became so strong.” (shinobu)

the secret of my strength?

it was the bear equipment and the combat experience i gained in the game.

without my bear equipment, i would not be able to execute the combat maneuvers that i learnt from playing the game.

without the combat experience i gained in the game, i would have been too scared to fight monsters.

so without one or the other, i would not have been able to become strong.

after we finished eating and talking, we took off our japanese clothes to take a bath.

noa and the others were reluctant to remove their clothes, but sakura told them, “if you want to put them on at any time, just let us know,” they finally changed their clothes.

when we went to bed at night, we decided that we would like to wear the yukata that sakura was wearing, so sakura smiled and prepared a yukata for all of us.

me?

i slept in my white bear outfit because i was everyone’s bodyguard.

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