Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear (Chapter 75-260)

Chapter 259

Chapter 259 – Bear-san Plays with Noa’s Hair

A few days had passed since we had arrived at the Capital.
Everyday, we would take Shuri around the Capital to sightsee many different places. We had even visited Sanya-san and Gazar-san.
I had also brought the girls to my Bear House, and we had cleaned it together then played with the Bears in the yard.
We had busied ourselves well, and in no time, the day of the festival arrived.

「Well then, I have to go and get ready. When the festival starts, please come straight to the academy. I will meet you at the entrance, so please don’t go running off before I come and get you.」

「Onee-sama, you’ve told me that several times already…」

「Oh, also, did you get the money? If you forget it, you won’t be able to buy anything.」

「Mother gave me some, so I’ll be fine.」

Actually, Noa hadn’t been the only one who received money from Eleanora-san. Both Fina and Shuri had also gotten an allowance. Fina had been reluctant and wanted to refuse at first but, with Eleanora-san’s unwavering insistence, eventually gave up and accepted it.
Eleanora-san had tried to give me money as well, but I told her she had already paid me for my escort services and had managed to refuse.

「Also, also…」

Shia kept pacing back and forth, trying to think if there was something else she should remind Noa about.

「Onee-sama, I will be fine! Please hurry up and go, so you aren’t late.」

　Noa scolded her older sister, who should have already left a while ago.

「Ugh, fine. Yuna-san, please take care of the girls.」

「I will. Good luck with your stand.」

「Thank you. Okay, I’m heading off now!」

Shia ran out of the room with her skirt fluttering behind her.

「Geez. Onee-sama thinks I’m still a child.」

「Well, you still are, aren’t you?」

Now that Shia finally left for school, the room suddenly fell quiet.
We still had some time before we had to leave, so what should we spend it on?

「Oh, that’s right. Come here, Noa.」

「What is it?」

She trotted over to me slowly.

「Sit down on the chair.」

Noa did as I asked, so I moved behind her back, took out a comb from the Bear Box, and started to go through her long, golden hair.

「W-what are you doing?」

Noa asked, a bit startled.

「Well, Cliff asked me to make sure weird, evil bugs don’t get close to you at the festival.」

「You really believe what Father said?」

「Don’t you believe him, Noa?」

「I’m not sure. Still, I don’t think anyone is going to approach me unless it’s at a party.」

While I understood Noa’s point of view to some extent, my only knowledge of nobles came from fantasy stories. Here, I wasn’t sure how or where people would approach Noa.
It was possible that some male noble might come up to us at the festival and ask to look around the place together. If he was only around ten years old, I didn’t think anything bad would happen, but if an older person showed up… When it came to noble marriages, it should be fairly common for there to be an age gap, and putting the two together…