Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear (Chapter 75-260)

Chapter 153

Chapter 153 – Bear-san And The Cake Taste-Test, Part 1

The 『Bear-san’s Relaxing Shop』was closed the next day, so it was the perfect opportunity to have a taste-test there.
Morin-san and Karin-san were already at the shop while Fina went to the orphanage to get the children, and since we didn’t have enough cake for all of them, she would only bring the ones working here.
When I got to the shop, Fina and the children were already there.
There were also some people I hadn’t invited.

「Mylene-san, Elena-san, why are you here?」

Somehow, it seemed as if the two adults had come here with the children…

「Why, you ask…? We saw the children going here, so we talked to them and learned that we could taste your new recipe, Yuna-chan.」

So, they came along because of that, huh.
I looked at Fina, and she seemed troubled.

「Should I have not invited them?」

「No, it’s okay. We need someone to do the poison-test, after all.」

I couldn’t really blame it on Fina.

「Yuna-chan, it isn’t nice to call us your poison testers…」

Mylene-san said, but I ignored her.

「How did you even meet the children? There is nothing between the orphanage and the shop, right?」

「A woman’s intuition.」

「Haa… And Elena-san?」

It would be meaningless to keep talking to such an useless person.

「I saw Fina-chan when I went to get the eggs for the inn. If I’m bothering you, I will head back.」

「You aren’t a bother, Elena-san.」

「When you say it like that, it feels as if I really am bothering you, though.」

Again with the persecution complex…

「Tirumina-san couldn’t come, Fina?」

I had only noticed now that Tirumina-san wasn’t here.
I had wanted her to come too, since if I were to add it to the menu, I had to talk to her about the ingredient costs and selling price, plus some other things.
I really wanted Tirumina-san to take care of all these troublesome things for me…
Well, I could talk to her at a later time, so her not being here now wasn’t a real problem.

「She would be a bit late, she said.」

「Really!?」

「Somehow, that reaction is completely different from the one you had with me…」

「That’s not true at all. I’m happy that you came, Mylene-san. What about your actual job, though?」

「Yuna-chan, you meanie.」

I believed Mylene-san was fundamentally a good person, who did her job well, but she also brought trouble with her many times. She really enjoyed sticking her nose into troublesome things. Seeing her dealing with them was fun, but being dragged into them wasn’t.
Anyway, we all entered the shop and called out to Morin-san and Karin-san.

「What are you guys doing here?」

「I made a new cake called shortcake, so I wanted all of you to try it, if you don’t mind.」

「A new cake? Of course, I want to try it. Your new recipes are always good, Yuna-chan, which is also good for my shop.」

We sat down in the dining area while Morin-san and Karin-san went to retrieve plates, forks, and a few drinks.
The children, Mylene-san, and Elena-san all waited for them happily.
I took time to cut the cakes into slices while Morin-san and Karin-san put them on plates.
I had many different flavors, so I made sure to divide them equally.
「There are many different flavors; I would be happy if you tried them all.」
I said that, but the only thing that was different were the fruits used.
Well, even though it was just the fruits, the taste was completely different.
I proceeded to distribute the cakes to everyone at the table.