Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear (Chapter 75-260)

Short Story 4

Fourth Short Story – Going To The Capital – Fina’s Perspective (Commemoration Of The Fifth Volume Release)

Author’s note:
This one is to commemorate the 5th volume release.

It had been decided that I would be going to the capital with Big Sis Yuna; it was my first time going there. I was a bit anxious but was also looking forward to it. Yet, those feelings soon changed due to a terrible pressure.
I was told that the one who would be coming to the capital with us was none other than the Daughter-san of the Feudal Lord of this town, Noire-sama.
The moment Big Sis Yuna told me, I was assaulted by fear.
Would I be killed if I was impolite? If I had known that Noire-sama would be coming with us, I would have refused from the start. Even though Big Sis Yuna said she was a good girl, I was really worried.
We were now heading to the Feudal Lord-sama’s mansion. I wanted to return to my house, but I couldn’t simply run away.
Still, even though I would feel bad for Big Sis Yuna, I would return home immediately if Noire-sama said that she didn’t want to go with me.

As we approached the Feudal Lord-sama’s house, I was able to see a girl with beautiful blonde hair from far away; it was Noire-sama. She was waiting in front of the door, letting out an imposing aura.
Was she angry because I was here?
When we got closer, it became clear that she was indeed incredibly angry as she was looking at me with burning eyes.
I’m really sorry; I will go back now, so please forgive me.
I hid behind Big Sis Yuna, who asked Noire-sama why she was angry. It was because I was here, of course! Or so I thought, but I seemed to be wrong; Noire-sama was really looking forward to going to the capital, so she had waited for us for a really long time.
I thought that it wasn’t Big Sis Yuna’s fault, though.
Big Sis Yuna asked Noire-sama for permission for me to come with them. After Noire-sama fixedly looked at me for a while, she accepted, then pointed her hand at me and declared something that surprised me.

「I won’t hand over the Bear-san!」

It seemed that she wanted to monopolize Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear, yet Big Sis Yuna asked the two of us to ride the Bear-san together. Noire-sama pointed her finger at me again.

「I won’t give up the front!」

Ugh, she was so scary.
Without me daring to oppose her, it was decided that Noire-sama would ride in the front of Swaying Bear, and I would ride in the back.
I tried talking to Noire-sama, and found out she actually was really kind. She didn’t look down on me even though she knew that I was just a commoner. We were getting along really well, talking about the Bear-sans. She happily told me about her round trip with the bears around her mansion and that she slept with Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear afterwards.
I was really worried about how it would go at first, but I now thought that it would be a really fun trip.
Yet, it didn’t feel like a trip at all since we didn’t sleep outdoors.
Thanks to Big Sis Yuna’s Bear-san house, we were able to sleep safely inside warm beds. The food was also warm, like it had just been made. The most incredible thing, though, was that we were able to take baths. Being able to take baths during a trip, what sort of Noble-samas were we? Did such luxurious trips even exist, elsewhere?
I heard a lot about trips from adventurers at the Adventurer’s Guild, but they never mentioned a comfortable trip like this. They only ate simple food and had to keep guard at night. It was impossible to take baths, of course, and they didn’t sleep in comfortable beds.
Yet, we didn’t have to keep watch at night, and we slept in warm beds; Big Sis Yuna was really amazing.
During the day, monsters didn’t attack us thanks to Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear, so we were traveling completely safe. If I mentioned this to adventurers, they would be jealous for sure.

Somewhere in the middle of this fun journey, Big Sis Yuna stopped the Bear-sans and said there were people being attacked by monsters in front of us. I couldn’t see them, but since Big Sis Yuna was the one saying it, I was sure it was true.
Big Sis Yuna asked Noire-sama what we should do; should we abandon them, or should we save them?
If we were to go and save them, we would be exposed to danger, and it seemed Big Sis Yuna was worried about that.
Noire-sama and Big Sis Yuna talked it over and decided to save them.
Big Sis Yuna then started to run really fast, while we stayed on Swaying Bear and slowly moved forwards to see what was happening. From far away, I saw a carriage and a monster that looked somewhat like a big man near it.
It was an orc; a monster stronger than a goblin, a monster that should be hard to defeat…
or not.
When Big Sis Yuna approached the carriage, the orc collapsed. Big Sis Yuna… What did you do to make him collapse so easily?