Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear (Chapter 75-260)

Chapter 121

Bear-san Departs To Subjugate The Goblins

After listening to the village chief’s request, we went to the rooms they had prepared for us.
The boys’ and girls’ rooms were separate, of course.
We were all in the girls’ room, having a meeting about tomorrow’s goblin extermination.
We sat in a circle on a soft carpet that was spread out on the floor.

「So, we should discuss how to find and defeat the goblins. From what the village chief told us, it seems that they don’t move as a single group. The villagers mostly saw only one goblin at a time and never more than three at once.」

Timor asked for ideas for tomorrow’s subjugation.

「In that case, isn’t this a good time to rely on the Bear-san’s strength? This subjugation is not a part of the practice training, after all.」

Cattleya looked towards me.
Hmm, was it really so?
“An excursion is an excursion until you return home,” was something that was often said…
Wouldn’t everything before going back be a part of the practice training?
Or was this a special case?

「I agree. The situation is different than normal. It will be dangerous. We can defeat one or two goblins at a time, but it will be difficult if there are more. We can defeat the goblins safely with the bears’ detection ability, though.」

Timor and Cattleya went with the idea of relying on me.
Marcus, who got us in situation in the first place, spoke up.

「Could you please lend the bears’ abilities to us?」

Marcus asked me with a polite bow.

「Can I ask you just one thing first? Why did you accept this request? You could have left it to the adventurers, right? I really don’t think you had to force yourself to do it.」

This wasn’t a job for students who just had to deliver wheat flour.
Also, the goblin subjugation had nothing to do with the practice training, so there was no need to put themselves in danger.

「I aim to become like my father and uphold his policies.」

「Like your father?」

「When there are people who are in need of help, help them. It’s better to regret helping them than to regret not doing so. Still, don’t do what you can’t do. You need to put in a lot of effort to improve on the things you can’t do so that you can do them next time.」

「Marcus’s father is the captain of the second knight order.」

Shia, who sat beside me, whispered to me.
Didn’t that mean he was someone incredible?
Well, I didn’t really know the ranks of the official positions.
Still, if he was a captain, he should be someone important, right?

「That’s why, since the village is troubled, I will help.」

「But, he told you to not do what you can’t do, right?」

「We can do it; I just have to rely on my comrades and your bears. That is something I grew to understand from the two battles during our journey.」

So, he thought that if we picked off goblins one by one using my detection magic, they would be able to handle it?

「Still, you don’t really have to put yourselves in danger, you know. It’s not like any serious damage had been done, and the villagers just have to wait a few more days for an adventurer to arrive.」

「And what if they were attacked during that period? It’s not really a problem for men, but the goblins could attack woman and children who can’t defend themselves, you know!」