Chapter 172 – Bear-san Explores The Town
The door swung open, and Misa’s head peeked inside before she rushed into the room.
「Big Sister Noire!」
「Misa!」
The two of them embraced each other, excited by their reunion.
Misa then looked at us happily.
「Yuna-san and Fina-chan, you two ca as well.」
「Yeah, we did receive an invitation from you, after all.」
How could I tell her that we wanted to refuse when she was smiling like that?
「Misa-sama, I would like to thank you...」
「You don’t have to be so polite.」
Fina tried her best to give a formal greeting, but was interrupted by Misa.
「Everyone who co for grandfather’s party also give their greetings to . I’m tired of them already.」
Being a noble sure seed troubleso.
Luckily, I was just a humble adventurer.
Hmm, looking at Noa, though, being a noble didn’t seem that difficult. Maybe it was just because Misa was having a party.
「Could it be that you ca here to escape from them?」
「Yes. When I heard from shun that Big Sister Noire arrived, I escaped from my room to co here.」
Misa said, with a big smile on her face.
Was it really okay for her to leave her room like that?
「Oh right, Misa. Is it okay for us to take a walk around the town?」
「Hmm, I think it should be. So other guests also went out.」
Well, that made sense. There was no way they could keep us in our rooms until the party. People wouldn’t put up with that.
「Okay then. Fina, want to take a walk around town with ?」
「Yeah, I’d love that.」
「I want to go, too.」
Noa said, raising her hand.
「I don’t think you can just co with us, Noa.」
「Why not?!」
「Don’t you need to get Cliff’s permission first?」
Noa was a noble, after all.
「Fine, I will go and get his permission then!」
Noa said, darting out of the room.
Just a mont later, however, she returned together with Cliff.
「I got his permission!」
That was just too fast, not to ntion that she even brought Cliff back with her. Well, from what shun-san had told us, he had t with Gran-san, and he must have just co back from that.
「Yuna, can you take care of Noa until the party?」
「I don’t mind. What are you going to be doing, though?」
「I have work to do. There are many people I have to et, after all. I also have a few things to discuss with Old Man Gran. And, because of all that, I won’t have much ti to spend with Noa. There’s no way I could make her stay in her room until the day of the party, of course, and I know I won’t have to worry if she’s with you.」
I was rather pleased by the fact that Cliff trusted .
「Noa, I’m letting you go outside, but you must not wander away from Yuna, okay? If you run off and she won’t be able to protect you, I won’t let you go outside again.」
「Thank you very much, Father. I will make sure to stay close to Yuna-san. Even if I have to cling onto her, I won’t leave her side.」
She said and grabbed onto .
I pulled her off of then turned to Misa.
「Okay, we’re going to take a walk around town, so could you please tell Gran-san we said hi?」
I asked her to deliver the ssage for us, so we could head out imdiately.
「I-I want to go, too.」
Misa said.
I would feel bad for her if she couldn’t co with us, but, just like Noa, we couldn’t take her without getting permission first.
If we were to take her along, she needed permission from either Gran-san or her parents.
Her parents? They weren’t dead or anything, right?
If my mory wasn’t failing , they should be alive. When we had t Misa on our way to the capital, she had ntioned sothing about her parents going there ahead of her.
「I don’t mind taking you with us if you get permission from your parents first.」
I would be troubled if they thought I kidnapped her, after all.
「Really?!」
I saw no problem in adding another person or two to our sightseeing group.
Besides, Noa and Misa weren’t the types to wander off on .
I trusted Fina the most, of course, as I knew she wouldn’t do anything that would cause worry.
「Yes, as long as they allow you to go.」
「Okay. I will go ask Father and Mother, then.」
Misa said and darted for the door, just like Noa had. Just as she opened it, though...
「Grandpa!」
「What’s this? So, this is where you’ve been, Misa?」
Gran-san walked into the room.
「Cliff, you’re here as well, huh.」
「I am really sorry for leaving so suddenly.」
Cliff said and bowed apologetically.
「Now, no need to be so formal here.」
「Why did you co here, though, Old Man Gran?」
「I heard that Yuna, who had taken quite good care of back on our way to the capital, just arrived. I figured that I would co and greet her.」
If anything, hadn’t he taken care of by guiding through the capital, sorting out the bandit problem and even helping purchase a plot of land at the capital?
「It’s been a while, right? Young Bear Lady, Fina.」
「Ah, yes. I’m Fina.」
Suddenly hearing her na being ntioned by Gran-san, Fina acted suspiciously.
Also, my na wasn’t ‘Young Bear Lady’.
「Thank you for coming for my granddaughter’s party.」
「I ca because I myself wanted to see Misa as well.」
「I appreciate it.」
He proceeded to thank for saving them from the orcs again, and then....
「Grandpa, can I go for a walk in town with Yuna-san and the others? They said they wouldn’t let go with them if I didn’t get permission.」
「For a walk in town?」
Gran-san looked at .
「If Young Bear Lady goes with you, I see no problem with that.」
He was leaving her to as well?
Well, I didn’t really mind it, and Misa also seed excited to co with us.
After finishing our greetings, the girls and I set out to sightsee the town.
「Yuna-san, where are we going?」
「I don’t really know this town, so I planned on just walking around. Does anybody have a place they want to go?」
I asked them.
「Any place is fine.」
「Wherever you want to go, Big Sis Yuna.」
「I just want to get out of the house.」
Nobody had a specific place in mind, huh.
「Okay, then we’ll just wander around a bit. But, stay close to , okay?」
They all obediently agreed.
As we wandered around, many people stared at us.
A normal girl wearing a Bear Suit and three beautiful young girls.
We were an eye-catching group, indeed.
Wait, all I could hear was ‘bear, bear, and bear’.
It seed like the girls wouldn’t start catching attention till they were a bit older, huh.
Pondering when exactly that would be, I turned to the three of them.
「Want to eat sothing?」
We had eaten lunch not long before going out, but wandering the town might have made them hungry.
「Yes, I do.」
「 too.」
「I wouldn’t mind it.」
They all approved, so I asked Misa where we could find so food stalls.
According to her, just like in Crimonia, quite a few of them were lined up at the plaza.
Food stalls were the quickest way of finding local specialties. I honestly wanted to check out other shops as well, but that might get boring for the girls, so food stalls would have to do.
Just as we were about to reach the plaza, we crossed paths with a few girls and boys dressed in beautiful clothing. They all seed to be older than Fina but younger than . Next to them stood a guard-like person, wearing a black mantle. This didn’t an much coming from , but it was a suspicious-looking figure.
Judging by how the boys and girls were dressed, they should be nobles, right?
When they noticed us, they smirked and looked at . No, wait, they were looking at Misa.
When she saw them looking at her, she hid behind .
Was there sothing wrong? Well, just by looking at them, I could tell that these children had bad attitudes. Their guard had an evil look as well.
Still smirking, the group walked over to us.
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