Chapter 216 – Bear-san gets a House
The little girl hiding behind Letobell-san was staring at .
She looked to be about five years old, like Letobell-san had told , and was easily comparable to the children from the orphanage.
And, I couldn’t stress this enough: she looked nothing like Letobell-san.
While Letobell-san had black hair, the little girl’s hair was of a beautiful, silver color.
He hadn’t simply kidnapped her, right? I was beginning to doubt him at this point.
「Bear-san?」
The little girl finally spoke up, looking up at my face.
「Hello, my na is Yuna. And you are?」
I said, crouching down to make it easier to converse.
She acted shy, though, and quickly hid behind Letobell-san again.
「Go on, tell her your na.」
「... Aruka.」
「Aruka? What a cute na.」
Aruka finally ca out from behind Letobell-san and looked at happily then walked over to and hugged .
「So soft.」
Well, it was a costu, after all.
「Why are you here, Bear-san?」
I already introduced myself, so why was she still calling Bear-san?
Well, I wouldn’t ever get angry over sothing like that anymore.
I was a mature adult now, after all.
「Your grandfather asked to co.」
「Grandpa did?」
Aruka looked at Letobell-san.
「Grandpa knows Bear-san?」
「I just t her today so I asked her to co et you straight away, Aruka.」
Looking at Aruka’s face more closely now, I failed to see the resemblance between her and Letobell-san.
If it turned out that they weren’t actually blood related then that would an that this old man was dangerous. Still, based on their conversation, they had to be related, right?
I looked back at Aruka while deciding to ignore the potentially dangerous old man for now.
「I brought a present for you, Aruka.」
I took out volu one of the picture book from the Bear Box and Aruka imdiately smiled, recognizing it.
「It’s the Bear-san’s picture book!」
She took the book from the Bear-san Puppet excitedly.
「I can have it?」
「Yes, it’s a present for you.」
「Thank you.」
Aruka was now smiling from ear to ear, and I needed no more; the book was hers.
I glanced at Letobell-san only to see he was clearly wearing an expression of a winner.
He then whispered to .
『So, what do you think? My granddaughter is adorable, right? It’s my complete victory.』
『Although, the smile is all thanks to my picture book, not your hard work.』
I looked back at Aruka, and seeing her smiling face while she read the book also made feel like I had won completely. She accepted it happily, after all. I would have only considered it a loss if she said she didn’t want it.
『Yes, but Aruka’s smile is still the best, right?』
I had to agree; her smile really made my heart warm up.
Completely focused on our whispers, I suddenly felt a tug on my hand.
I looked down and saw Aruka had grabbed onto my Bear Hand.
「Bear-san, read it.」
She asked while looking up at with big, excited eyes.
I had no reason to refuse, so I took the book from her.
「I’m going to head downstairs for a mont. Can I ask you to take care of Aruka while I’m away?」
I agreed, so Letobell-san left the room, leaving us on our own.
Sohow, we ended up reading the book with sitting down, and Aruka between my legs, so that she could look at the book as I read it to her.
And then, I perford the very embarrassing act of reading out the book I had made myself.
Just as we got to the second volu, the door opened. It wasn’t Letobell-san, however, but rather a woman with silver-colored hair.
「There really is a bear in here, huh.」
「Mother!」
Aruka got up and ran over to the woman, who appeared to be her mother. Unlike Letobell-san, she actually looked like her daugher. Letobell-san was most likely not related to her, but rather the father of Aruka, judging by the stark difference.
Well, this woman could still be his daughter if she had only inherited her mother’s genes.
「Thank you for looking after my daughter. I’m Sefull, by the way.」
「I’m Yuna.」
「Has my daughter made any selfish requests?」
「No, she’s very cute and obedient.」
「That’s good to hear. Oh, is that the picture book?」
Sefull-san said, noticing the book her daughter was holding.
「Bear-san gave it to .」
「That’s great.」
She patted her daughter’s head happily.
「I heard the story from father-in-law. Thank you for giving my daughter your picture book. Soone showed it to her while we were at the capital, and she really liked it but was sad that she couldn’t get a copy of her own. Father-in-law did everything he could but to no avail. He was just about to give up before he found you.」
「Well, I’m glad he did, seeing how happy it made Asuka.」
Well, my job here was done, so it was about ti for to leave. As I stood up, however...
「I’m sorry, we didn’t even serve you tea.」
Sefull-san hurried towards the door.
「It’s okay, I was about to head back anyway.」
「You can stay a bit longer if you would like. Father-in-law would like to thank you as well, so he asked to keep you here a little longer if you wanted to leave.」
I had already gotten to see Aruka’s smile as paynt, so there was no real reason for him to thank .
「He’ll be coming soon, so please have so tea while you wait.」
「He doesn’t really need to thank , though.」
「You’re going ho, Bear-san?」
Aruka asked while grasping my Bear Suit.
There was no way that I could shake off an attack like that.
It was the sa unfair tactic that Princess Flora used. I could only call it cheating.
Knowing I couldn’t run away with this, I obediently accepted the tea.
I still made sure to tell Aruka that I would have to go ho soon and gently made her let go of my suit.
As I sat down on a chair, Aruka quickly climbed onto the chair next to and grabbed onto my costu again. My gentle request didn’t work it seed.
「Huhu, looks like my daughter likes you very much.」
Sefull-san laughed while sitting in front of to sip on a tea of her own.
「It’s because of this outfit of mine.」
「At first I didn’t really understand what Father-in-law was talking about. He told a girl dressed like a bear gave my daughter a bear’s picture book, and that this mystery bear girl was taking care of her at this mont. I was confused, and was still thrown off when I saw you and your bear suit.」
Sefull-san explained and smiled. To hide my embarrassnt, I took the book from Aruka and started to read it again.
「By the way, where is Letobell-san?」
「He’s downstairs doing so work right now, but I think he should get here pretty soon. Sorry for making you wait.」
After I finished rereading the picture book, Letobell-san finally returned.
「Sorry for taking so long.」
「All right, I’ll be going, then.」
I tried to use my chance to escape.
「Please wait, I haven’t expressed my gratitude yet.」
「I already received my paynt, so it’s fine.」
Our deal had completed the mont Aruka smiled for .
Letobell-san just shook his head at my response, though.
「No, that just won’t do. Could you please let give you sothing to show gratitude?」
Even if he said that... I really had no intentions on taking money for it.
「I really don’t need anything. We had a deal, right? Picture book for Aruka’s smile. I had received generous amounts of those, so it’s more than enough.」
I said and gently patted Aruka’s head, who looked up at and smiled again.
「Yes, I do understand that you don’t need the money. However, it just doesn’t sit right with to give you nothing. If there’s anything you want, within the limits of my power, I will give it to you.」
I was still troubled, but since he offered it like that, I could actually think of sothing I would love to have.
「Okay, can I ask you sothing, then?」
「Of course.」
「Would it be possible for to buy a house in this city?」
To use the Bear Transfer Gate to get to this city, I needed a house to put it in.
I recalled needing a recomndation letter to purchase a plot of land in the capital, so I hoped he could do sa for here. That way, he could help out, and we would both be happy.
「Do you plan to start living in this city?」
「Not really, but I do have a reason for wanting one.」
Obviously I couldn’t tell him about my Bear Transfer Gate.
This city was quite far from my previously traveled zones, so a gate here would be great.
「I see, in that case, as long as you have the money and sothing to prove your status, you should have no problem buying it.」
「Don’t I need a reference letter or anything of the sort?」
「Not particularly. The price of the house will differ on the location, though.」
In other words, it would be fine as long as I had the money. Which I did.
「That ans I can just head to the Comrce Guild and chose a location, right?」
「You’re seriously about this, aren’t you?」
「Yep.」
「Well, I must warn you that for a child like you even a small house most likely won’t co cheap.」
「There’s no need to worry about that.」
I had plenty of money from my forr world, not to ntion all the inco from the shop and the tunnel. Hmm, I hadn’t ever checked how much I had been getting, but I was told that it was quite a reasonable sum.
「Father-in-law, why don’t you just sell her that house cheaply?」
「Oh, you an that house. It’s quite far from the center, though.」
Further listening to their conversation I learned that they owned a small house sowhere on the edge of the city. They took it over a few years ago, but found no use for it, and because nobody was interested in buying it, it ended up just sitting there.
I had no problem with that if I could set up my Bear Transfer Gate there.
I also wouldn’t have to buy a plot of land and suddenly pop out a Bear House there, so I wouldn’t draw attention to myself that way.
Not to ntion that it would be troubleso to go to the Comrce Guild to purchase a house, especially with all the paperwork that went with it. Also, with all the commotion I would cause just by going to the guild, having Letobell-san directly sell a house was definitely a better idea.
「If you’re willing to sell it to cheaply, it would be of great help.」
「Okay then, let take you there, and we can decide on the price if you are still interested after seeing it.」
Letobell-san got up from his seat, so I tried to follow him, but Aruka still hadn’t let go.
「Aruka, I’m sorry but I have to go now.」
「Bear-san...」
She looked really sad.
「I’ll co again, don’t worry.」
「Really?」
「She really likes you, Yuna-chan. Aruka is quite shy, so it’s rare for her to get so attached.」
I was happy to hear that, but it also troubled to see her sad.
Luckily, I had just obtained sothing that could easily soothe any child; I took out a set of bear plushies from the Bear Box.
「Bear-sans!」
Aruka cried out when she saw them and loosened her grip on .
「My, how cute. They are Bear-san plushies.」
「Not only did you draw picture books, you even made plushies?」
「Please don’t try to copy them, okay?」
「I wouldn’t do sothing like that.」
「Aruka, just think of them as .」
「You’re giving them to ?」
「That’s right, so take good care of them, okay?」
Aruka finally let go of so she could hug the plushies.
「I’ll co again.」
「Okay!」
Letobell-san would sell a house, so I could co here anyti by just using my Bear Gate.
I parted from Aruka, who still looked at with a sad expression even while hugging the plushies, and headed out, where a carriage was already prepared for us.
I noticed that Rodis-san would be driving us again. I was sure he would say sothing to complain, but surprisingly, he stayed quiet.
The carriage set out, and quickly turned off the main road. After a while, it stopped outside a small, cute looking house with a red roof.
「This is it. What do you think of it?」
It was away from the main road, so not many people passed by; it was a great location for .
「Hmm, I see no problems with it. How much would you like for it?」
Letobell-san whispered sothing to Rodis-san, who took out a piece of paper.
「I don’t need your money; I’m giving you the house.」
「Master?!」
Letobell-san shushed him and proceeded to explain.
「You gave the picture book to my granddaughter and then even presented her with plushies. I think this should be an appropriate return gift.」
「I don’t think that the value of what I gave to your granddaughter and this house are equal at all, though.」
「That’s not for you to decide. I couldn’t get my hands on that picture book, no matter what I did. So, it was quite priceless to . That’s why please don’t worry and accept it.」
Letobell-san handed the piece of paper he had gotten from Rodis-san; it appeared to be the deed to the house.
「Please, take it.」
「Thank you...」
I was a bit concerned with how this turned out, but I thanked him anyway and reluctantly accepted the deed to the house.
Author’s Note:
She got a (TL note: normal) house!
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