Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear (Chapter 75-260)

Chapter 223

Chapter 223 – Bear-san Finally Contacts Fina

Labilata was quite perplexed by my Bear House.

「W-what is this?!」

「This is my house.」

「Still, why is it shaped like a bear?」

Most people stopped asking questions after taking a look at my house and outfit. However, Labilata was being quite frank.
I wished I could just not comment on what it looked like, honestly.

「It has the Protection of the Bear.」

Yesterday, I decided to use the same excuse I used with the elf girl to explain for my Bear House. What a useful phrase.

「Protection of the Bear?」

Labilata said, switching his gaze between the house and me. After doing so for a while, he finally seemed convinced and stopped interrogating me. While I was glad that bringing out the Protection of the Bear excuse most of the time ended up being enough to convince people, I still felt weird every time I used it.

「As you can see, it would stand out if I brought it out in the village, so I decided to use this location instead. Not to mention it is quite close to the village.」

From the top of the waterfall, I could even see a bit of the village. If I ran, I could get there in no time.

「True, it does stand out, but that still doesn’t change the fact that it’s dangerous out here.」

While Labilata had accepted my reasoning, he was still against my choice of location.
Hmm, he was only worried about me, and it would be difficult to assure him.
If I didn’t care about how he felt, I would just ignore his opinion. Heck, I could just knock him out and be done with it. Yet, I didn’t want any trouble and wanted the elves to like me, so I couldn’t do that.
After a short silence, I finally got an idea.

「There’s nothing to worry about since I have these two with me.」

I said and summoned Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear, leaving Labilata with a surprised expression.

「Your summons, huh… Are they strong?」

「They’re quite strong, and they will also alert me if any monsters approach us. So, being here won’t really be that dangerous.」

Labilata took another look around and when he turned back to me, I could see his lips curling up into a smile.

「Sanya sure brought home a strange person.」

This was the first time I had seen him smile.

「Okay, feel free to stay out here. Still, I must warn you that it will not be our responsibility if anything were to happen to you.」

Basically, if I were to be attacked, I would have to deal with it myself. Well, I didn’t plan on having elves take responsibility for any damages caused by fighting anyway.

「I’m fine with that. I can handle it on my own.」

Labilata turned his gaze to the village, seemingly assured.

「Oh, that reminds me, I haven’t introduced myself yet. I’m Labilata, and I’m in charge of guarding the barrier. If any monsters appear, please let me know, and we will take care of them.」

I could take care of them myself but nodded in agreement.
At that very moment, Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear lifted their heads and cried out.
Was something wrong? I looked in the direction of their gazes and saw something black in the sky.
Was it moving?
Was it a bird?
Still, if the Bears were reacting to it, it must be a monster, right?
I used my detection magic to check and there was indeed a reaction.
It was monster called a volcrow, a bird-type species larger than eagles.
Not to mention there were ten of them flying towards us at high speeds.