Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear (Chapter 75-260)

Chapter 224

Chapter 224 – Bear-san Learns More About The Sacred Tree

After I ended my call with Fina, I unsummoned the Bears and headed back to the village.
I had to report about where I built my Bear House and also wanted to see if they had found out anything about the Sacred Tree.
When I got to the village, I headed to Sanya-san’s home, where I ran into Ruimin.

「Yuna-san, where did you go?」

Ruimin said, sounding a bit angry.
Why would she be angry, though?

「I told you that I was going to look for a place to set up the Bear House, didn’t I?」

「You did, but I looked for you all around the village and couldn’t find you. I even asked a few people, but nobody saw you.」

Well, I had sneaked out of the village, so…

「There’s no way you walked around the village without anybody noticing you, especially when trying to set up your house! Just where did you go?!」

I hadn’t done anything wrong, but was still getting interrogated for some reason.

「I left the village to look for a good spot.」

「You weren’t in the village?!」

It seemed like Ruimin had thought I was going to set up the Bear House within the village.
Well, I never told anyone that I was setting up the house outside the village.
There was a possibility that someone would try to stop me.

「Where did you build it, then?」

「Next to the upper stream of the river, I guess? I didn’t get official permission from Mumuroot-san yet, though, so I’m not sure if that spot is okay.」

「By the river’s source? Why there of all places…」

「Because the Bear House stands out too much. Besides, it’s closer than you think.」

If I ran from there, I would be able to get here in only a couple of minutes, thanks to my Bear Suit, of course.
I didn’t know how much it would take other people, though.

「By the way, did Sanya-san and the others come back yet?」

Ruimin tilted her head before answering.

「Not yet.」

They hadn’t returned yet, huh.
I really wanted to learn more about the Sacred Tree, though.
The barrier concerned me, so I was a bit disappointed I couldn’t hear more about it.
I guessed would have to wait to get the official permission for the Bear House location and learn more about what was going on. As I was about to head towards Sanya-san’s house to wait for them there, Ruimin noticed her sister at the village entrance.

「Onee-san!」

They came back at a perfect timing.
I was going to go up to chat but stopped in my tracks when I noticed they all wore grim expressions and seemed to be very worn out.
The situation seemed to be worse than we thought.

「What happened?」

Ruimin also noticed something was wrong and began to worry.
Should I even be here, in a situation like this?
I didn’t know if I should butt into their problems when I was just an outsider.
I was also of a different race, so that could be considered needless meddling.
Still, if I didn’t at least ask, I wouldn’t find out where I stood.
If they refused, I wouldn’t probe into it any further, but if they asked me for help, I would be willing to lend a hand if at all possible.

「How bad is it, Sanya-san?」

「Yuna-chan?」

She didn’t even notice me until I spoke up.