Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear (Chapter 75-260)

Chapter 109

Eleanora Pushes A Request Onto Bear-san

「Yuna-chan, I also have a request for you.」

Eleanora-san suddenly spoke up after the talk about the picture books was finished.

「What is it?」

「Yuna-chan, you’re free, right?」

Eleanora-san asked with a smile that seemed to carry a hidden meaning behind it.
It wouldn’t be a normal request when she asked me with such a smile.
Saying that I was free straight to my face, there was a limit to how rude could she be.
That left me with only one response.

「Sorry, I’m busy.」

「It’s not good to lie like this. Cliff complained to me that you seemed to be totally free, you know.」

「I’m an adventurer, so I have to work, I own a shop, and also help the orphanage, so…」

「Oh, is that so? Could you show me your guild card then, so I can see which requests you did? I also heard that you let other people manage the shop and the orphanage, but…」

「……」

Only Cliff could give her all of that information.
A married couple should be talking about their own daughters, not me…

「So, about this request…」

「I didn’t accept it, though…」

Even though I knew it was futile, I tried to resist.

「Can you at least listen? Yuna-chan, I would like you to escort some academy students.」

「Escort some students?」

「The students will undergo practical training soon. I say practical training, but it really isn’t anything major. They just go to a nearby village and back.」

「That’s all?」

I thought it would be a pain, since it was Eleanora-san’s request, but it ended up being something simple.

「Yes, that’s all. I want you to escort them. I tried requesting help from the Adventurer’s Guild, but due to certain circumstances, I wasn’t able to assemble the adventurers. All of the students are from respectable families, so I need their guards to be strong.」

「Then don’t make them do something that puts them in danger…」

「Only the best students will participate, so they know some self defense. Yuna-chan, I need you to be there, just in case something bad happens.」

「They don’t have any experience. This practical training is for them to learn about the dangers outside, to not make rash decisions, and the importance of guards.」

The king explained Eleanora-san’s words.

「They need to learn all the difficulties that the trip offers, the management of the horses, the terrible camping at night, the fear of monsters, the trust in comrades, and the reliance on the guards. They undergo this practical training to learn at least a bit about those things.」

「I understand that, but that job is under the academy’s jurisdiction, right? Why is Eleanora-san assembling adventurers?」

「Ah, that’s because I’m doing some odd jobs for the academy.」

Again with the odd jobs. She said something about doing odd jobs for the castle a while back as well. Just who was she, really?

「I get what you’re saying, but you still have a few days left to find someone, right? It doesn’t really have to be me…」