Talking about Sanya-san’s work took a long ti, so I ended up being treated to lunch after it. I was served so mushroom soup and vegetable dishes, which were all delicious. The sa dishes were sold in Crimonia, but they weren’t nearly as tasty as these. I wondered if they would sell the ingredients if I asked them. Then, I could make things like mushroom pizza, plus all sorts of different dishes. Still, I didn’t know if the Elf Village would accept my money. Since they ntioned rchants were coming here from ti to ti, I figured it should be possible, but I should probably look into it a bit more first. If they wouldn’t take my money, then I could probably just trade other stuff I had for their ingredients, but to do that I would need the Bear Gate set up.
As for the other thing I thought about during the lunch: I really hadn’t thought my Language Of The Other World skill would be able to translate the elven language. Did this an I would be able to understand the languages of all other races as well? I didn’t know how many foreign languages there were in this world, but the skill sure was useful. On the other hand, I was rather glad it at least didn’t work on monsters and animals. If I understood what they were saying, I wouldn’t be able to subjugate them. If they begged for rcy, I would surely have buckled and let them live.
After we ate lunch, Sanya-san kept chatting for a while, and then we finally left the house. Sanya-san said that she needed to greet so of her acquaintances, and left on my own soon after. Well, since she hadn’t returned ho in ten years, that much seed necessary.
「I’m worried about leaving you alone, so try not to disturb anyone, okay?」
Hadn’t she just told the Village Elder earlier that she believed in ? Also, I never tried to intentionally cause a commotion. It was always sobody else that brought the trouble to , and I couldn’t prevent that from happening, so it wasn’t really my fault. On the other hand, she could at least warn them not to co after .
After Sanya-san left on my own, I simply wandered around the village for a while. It didn’t look like there were any shops around, so I couldn’t even buy any elven products. Well, the people living here looked like they were completely self-sufficient, and would only trade items if necessary, so it appeared that shops were quite unnecessary. I decided to head back to Sanya-san’s house while thinking of a place to put the Bear House. Once I got there, Ruimin and Luca were standing outside, surrounded by so elf children. I had a very bad feeling about this. Once the children noticed , their expressions seed to light up, but it could also just be my imagination.
「Yuna-san...」
Ruimin looked at with a troubled expression.
「Um, Ruimin, what’s going on?」
「Yuna-san, I’m sorry.」
Ruimin took a deep bow before explaining the situation.
Ruimin had been boasting about Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear to Luca (sothing about how nice their fur felt and how cute and kind they were).
Luca had then passed that on to the other children (and sohow the explanation had got blown even more out of proportion).
That left the children desperately wanting to et the Bears, so they had gathered here.
What were these siblings even doing...? Well, while it was indeed better than giving the children a negative image of the bears (like they were dangerous and scary), overpraising them was troubleso, too. Of course the children would want to et my Bears after hearing that, and in no way could I send them away when they were looking at like that. Well, it was probably good to leave a good impression of and my Bears, so I pushed aside the Bear House problem for now and summoned Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear. I would prefer to have the impressions of adult elves improve, but having the children on my side couldn’t hurt. With them on my side, the adults should be less cautious of and could maybe even teach how to make the bracelet or let set up a Bear House here permanently. They may even tell more about the Sacred Tree... Well, that much might be impossible even if they all liked .
As I was summoning the Bears, I gave the children a warning.
「You can’t tease or ss with them. If even one of you does so, I will never summon them for any of you ever again.」
I had no idea how elven children behaved. They could pull on the bears’ fur or maybe even hit them. I would feel bad for Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear if any of that were to happen.
「I’ll keep an eye on them.」
Ruimin offered to look after them, but was interrupted by screams of joy and so of the children hiding behind her as I had just completed summoning my Bears. I wanted to leave Ruimin to deal with supervising the children while they played with my Bears, but for so reason, a few of them ca over to instead.
「Big Sis, why are you dressed like a bear?」
They asked with a childish innocence. Unlike adults, they had no hidden motives behind the question.
「You see, I receive the protection of Bear-san while wearing this outfit.」
I wasn’t really lying.
The Bear Suit was so great that it in a way actually ended up being more like a curse.
「Can I get Bear-san’s protection, too?」
「Hmm, that’s going to be hard. You elves already have the protection of the wind, don’t you?」
「I’d rather have Bear-san’s protection than the wind’s.」
That wasn’t good. If this girl went ho and told her parents, 「I don’t need the wind’s protection, I want the Bear-san’s protection instead,」 I would surely get in a lot of trouble. Their impressions of might even worsen because of that. I hadn’t even accomplished anything in this area yet, and I didn’t want the parents to hate . I had to convince this elf girl to change her mind.
「That’s no good. You see, for elves, it’s very important that the wind protects them. You wouldn’t want to be the only one not protected by the wind when everybody else is, right? Also, if you want to get the protection of Bear-san, you will have to wear an outfit like mine. What would your mother and father think if you ca ho wearing this, huh? Not to ntion you would be the only one in the village wearing it.」
I tried my hardest to convince her, but for so reason, it felt like my HP decreased as I did. I started to feel depressed, having made all those comnts that kind of degraded . Finally, the elf girl said, 「Okay, I’ll do my best to get the wind’s protection, then,」 which really relieved . I really hoped this was worth it, and that the villagers wouldn’t hate for showing my Bears to the children.
In the end, I didn’t decide on a place to put the Bear House, so I stayed over in Sanya-san’s room again.
The next morning, Sanya-san and Arthur-san left the house early in the morning to head to the Sacred Tree.
Obviously, I couldn’t tell them I wanted to go with them, so I simply sent them off. I left the house soon after to look for a place for the Bear House. Ruimin and Luca wanted to join , but I politely declined.
I was planning of heading outside the village to find a place for the house. As long as I was within the barrier, it should be safe, and it would be better because the house wouldn’t stand out too much there. If it was just a regular looking house, then I would have been fine having it in the village, but with it having the shape of a bear...
Also, Village Elder Mumuroot-san allowed to build it wherever I wanted as long as I didn’t bother the neighbours, and didn’t specify that it had to be within the village. That was why I ended up deciding to find a place outside the village bounds. As I walked, I did so as stealthily and quickly as I could since I didn’t want any children to notice or I might cause another scene like yesterday. Once I managed to get out of the village unseen, I started to stroll around leisurely. Maybe there were good spots nearby. For now, I simply walked back to where the bridge was and headed upstream. Only then did I notice that I was leaving my Bear Footprints everywhere, which could prove to be problematic. With monsters breaking through the barrier, I decided to use detection magic and imdiately noticed sobody was tailing . Wasn’t the misunderstanding already cleared up? Or, was I being followed for the sake of protection? I could easily outrun the person, but if I did, it would make look suspicious. Hmm, I really didn’t know what to do here.
Since I couldn’t think of an answer, I simply continued my way up the riverside. Along the way, I found a waterfall and jumped up on the cliffside like so sort of a ninja. At the top, I was t by beautiful flowers blooming all around. Oh, I just found a very nice spot. It was a good distance from the village, and being on top of a cliff also made it hard to see. The only problem was the elf who was still following .
I used detection magic again to confirm their exact location. They had also climbed up the cliff and were hiding near a tree, further in. Hmm, what should I do with them? After so worrying, I decided to simply call out to them. If I suddenly took out the Bear House now, the elf might freak out and report sothing weird back to the village.
「Hey, the elf that’s hiding behind that tree over there, can you co out?」
I called out in the direction of the tree, but got no response. Didn’t just calling out like that make look stupid? A person, dressed as a bear, talking to what appeared to be thin air. It was an embarrassing sight, no matter how you looked at it.
「Umm... Hello?」
I tried to call out to them again. I really wanted them to co out.
After a few seconds, the elf finally ca out from behind the tree.
It seed to be the elf from yesterday, Labriatt. Well, all the male elves looked similarly handso to , so I wasn’t sure. Heck, the entire race was just full of pretty people. I hadn’t really seen Labriatt clearly, so his face did seem familiar as he slowly walked towards . His eyebrows were indeed slightly angled as he looked at , so was he maybe mad at ? Labriatt had been quite angry yesterday, so this was probably him.
「When did you notice ?」
When, huh? The mont I used detection magic the first ti, but I couldn’t tell him that. Previously I had told him that my summoned Bears noticed him, but this ti I couldn’t use that excuse. Ugh, I made a mistake. Lately, I had been making a lot of mistakes.
「Just who are you?」
He questioned with suspicion. To such a question, I only had one response.
「I’m an adventurer.」
Not much more I could say.
「Okay, and what exactly are you doing here?」
I must have looked suspicious, wandering around the forest by myself.
「Mumuroot-san gave permission to build a house, so I was looking for a good place.」
「The chief did?」
「Yes. My house is kind of special and would stand out if I built it in the village. That’s why I’m looking for a place out here.」
I answered honestly. I could have lied, but the Village Elder had indeed given permission, so there shouldn’t be any problem. Besides, Labriatt-san and the other elves would notice it eventually and would report to Mumuroot-san.
「I want to build my house here. Would that be okay?」
I asked him just in case. It could be that this place was actually so very important location for the elves. There were beautiful flowers blooming here, after all, making for a beautiful scenery.
「Yeah, there shouldn’t be any problem with that, but do you really want to build it here?」
「Are we still within the barrier?」
「Yes.」
「Then it doesn’t matter whether I build it here or in the village, right?」
「That’s true, but haven’t you heard about what’s happened to the barrier?」
「I know that it’s gotten weaker.」
「That’s right, so monsters have been appearing inside the barrier. I don’t want our guest getting in danger because of it. If you stay in the village, my comrades will be there, so you’ll be safe.」
It turned out he was actually worried about . I felt bad for thinking he doubted my intentions.
「My house has special properties, so I’ll be fine.」
I took out the Bear House from the Bear Box, and placed it right in front of where Labriatt was standing.
「W-what is this?」
「It’s my house. The reason I was looking for a place to put it is because it would stand out too much in the village.」
Author’s Note:
Right now, my image of the Bear House is a house in the shape of a bear sitting down with both legs out, with doors in its soles. The right side is where the rooms are and the left side is taken up by the storage.. I revised it when editing the chapters for volu three, so that it would be easier to understand.
I also added more about the Bear House in the glossary.
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