Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear (Chapter 75-260)

Chapter 220

Chapter 220 – Bear-san Reaffirms That Elves Are Indeed A Long-Lived Race, Part 2

「So, is the barrier okay or not?」

Sanya-san asked about the barrier, which had been the reason she returned home in the first place.

「Monsters break through occasionally, but other than that, it seems to be working just fine.」

「Even so, that means the barrier has indeed gotten weaker.」

「Yes. It all started a couple of years ago if I recall correctly. Out of nowhere, monsters started to break through the barrier. At first it was just one of two of them, but lately more and more of them keep waltzing in. That’s why Father-in-law decided to have Ruimin find you, so that we could try to fix it.」

When I had first heard that the barrier had gotten weaker, I had thought it was something serious, but it turned out that it wasn’t really an urgent situation. In that case, I should be able to explore the village in peace.

「So I take it no real damage has been done yet?」

「Yes, everything’s fine. Arthur and a few others are taking turns guarding the area. We did forbid the children from going out too far, though.」

Talia-san said while also throwing a glance at Luca. It made sense for children not to be allowed to wander around with monsters about. I still recalled how Fina had gotten into danger while looking for medicinal herbs on her own in a forest full of monsters. Children weren’t able to protect themselves, so they had to be kept where it was safe.

「We should still hurry and fix the barrier as soon as possible. When exactly are we planning on doing it?」

「We’ll have to ask Father-in-law tomorrow. I haven’t heard all the details myself yet.」

Was the barrier really something that could be fixed so easily? In games and manga, protective barriers usually took a lot of effort to make and fix, but based on what I had heard so far, that didn’t seem to be the case here. Was it only the matter of having three blood-related people performing the ritual? I hoped they would allow me to observe the ritual, even though I didn’t know anything about the barrer or the magic used. Since I had come all this way, I really wanted to see it. Well, they had told me that it was a secret ritual passed down in their family, so maybe I couldn’t even be there to see it.

「Oh, this reminds me. Yuna-chan, right? Thank you for helping out my daughters」

「Oh no, it was nothing.」

「No no, without you, Yuna-chan, we wouldn’t have been able to make it home as quickly, and the ride wouldn’t have been as pleasant, either.」

「That’s right, Yuna-san’s Bear-sans are really fast.」

「You’re talking about those summoned bears, right?」

From the corner of my eye I noticed that Luca, clearly lost on what we were talking about, tugged on Ruimin’s clothes and asked her about it.

「When Labilata’s report came in, we didn’t understand what it meant. It just said that Sanya and Ruimin were riding bears back to the village. Father-in-law and I were so confused.」

It made sense for any normal person to be puzzled by it. Well, at least it looked like the elf who had stalked us had given his report like promised.

「And imagine our surprise when we saw Yuna-chan and the bears. There really were bears. But I was relieved to see you two riding the bears. To think that they were Yuna-chan’s summoned beasts…」