Chapter 28

Chapter 28 – Bear-san Goes To The Lord’s House

It was the afternoon of the day after I received the request, and I was standing a slight distance from the Lord’s mansion .

It seemed like I would be noticed by the soldier standing at the front gate if I went any closer .

I had a hunch that I would be interrogated if I was found .

Even though the gate soldier for the lord’s mansion didn’t do anything, he gave me such a feeling .

It was an unavoidable hassle .

I gave up and walked towards the gate .

Even when the gate guard caught sight of me, his line of sight remained fixed straight ahead and did not waver .

He was still looking straight ahead when I arrived .

Somehow, it was an unpleasant gaze .

「What business do you have?」

「I am Yuna, the adventurer . I was called here by the Lord . 」

「Were you…」

He looked at me as if he was licking me all over .

「I’ve heard about your situation . For confirmation, please hand over your guild card . 」

Unexpectedly, it seemed like the gate guard was well-informed about me .

With this setting, I thought there would be trouble .

Well, at least the Lord wasn’t an idiot who would invite me and forget to inform the gate guard, huh .

After the guard finished confirming the guild card, I was led to the front door of the mansion .

When I arrived at the door, a maid-san in her early 20s took over .

This was the first time I had seen a maid here .

She was wearing a black maid uniform .

As expected, they exist, huh .

If a maid lover saw this, they would rejoice, right?

I thought it was cute but, unfortunately, I don’t have that attribute .

Maid-san walked silently through the mansion, stopped in front of a door, and knocked .

「Cliff-sama, I’ve brought the adventurer, Yuna-san . 」

A voice from within called out, “Come in . ”

「Pardon me . 」

Maid-san opened the door and urged me to enter the room .

After I obediently entered the room, the door was closed behind me .

Maid-san didn’t come in .

The room was wide and contained a large desk, a large table, and a sofa .

The room seemed like an office .

The inhabitant of the room was a man in his late thirties, sitting in front of the large desk .

「I’m sorry, but please feel free to sit on the sofa over there . 」

I obediently sat .

「You really do look like a bear . 」

The man came over and sat on the opposite end of the sofa .

As he looked at me, an amused smile appeared on the man’s face .

As expected, he was a shitty noble after all .

「If you called me just to make a mockery of me, I’m going home . 」

「No, I’m sorry . 」

「So what do you want?」

「It’s true that I also wanted to meet with you, but my daughter was the one who wanted to meet you . 」

「Your daughter?」

「Ah, I think she saw you in town once and she wanted to see you again, no matter what . In addition to that, she gets really happy when I talk about your achievements in the reports . 」

Which is why we need a Protection of Personal Information Act!

「So you called me for your daughter’s sake?」

「While that’s half of it . The other half is because I wanted to see the bear girl from the town rumors . 」

Am I a bear from the zoo?

Knock, knock .

Someone was knocking on the door .

「I have brought Noire-sama . 」

「Come in . 」

A girl around Fina’s age came in through the door .

It was a blonde-haired girl .

「Daddy, is it really true that Bear-san has come?」

The girl’s eyes lit up when she saw me .

「It’s Bear-san! My name is Noire, but please feel free to call me Noa . 」

「My name is Yuna, you know . Instead of Bear-san, can you call me by my name?」

「Yes, I understand . Yuna-san, right?」

「So then, what should I do here?」

「Will you be my daughter’s companion? I’ll pay the request fee, of course . 」

Noa pulled on my hand and took me away .

「Where are we going?」

「My room!」

Judging from the conversation, I had been taken to Noa’s room .

「Um, would it be alright if I hugged you?」

She asked me shyly .

「It’s fine, but-」

「Thank you very much!」

Noa came and hugged me .

I also embraced the golden-haired girl .

It’s possible that, since Fina is fine too, I might have a younger sister lover attribute .

「You’re so soft, and you smell nice too . 」

I rubbed her head in reply .

「I’ve seen you once in town before . 」

Yeah, I heard about that .

「Although I was far away, it was a super cute appearance, so you easily caught my attention . When I talked with my daddy, I was told all kinds of stories about Bear-san, I mean Yuna-san, many times . 」

I patted her head .

After that, we talked about many things .

I told stories about defeating the goblins, the wolves, the Goblin King, and the Tiger Wolves .

「So then, I have a favor to ask of Yuna-san . 」

「A favor?」

「Umm, won’t you show me your summoned beasts?」

「Summoned beasts?」

「Yes! When I heard about the summoned beasts from my daddy, I wanted to see them . 」

「It’s fine, but not in this room . Also, we need to get permission from your father . 」

It would be troublesome if I became a criminal because I summoned them on the grounds of the Lord’s mansion .

「In that case, let’s get daddy’s permission and go outside . 」

I was pulled out of the room by my hand .

We left Noa’s room and headed towards her father’s, or Cliff’s, room .

Noa opened the door and entered without even knocking .

「Noa, haven’t I always told you to knock on the door before entering?」

「I’m sorry, daddy . I have something I want to ask . 」

「What is it?」

「May I have permission to see Yuna-san’s summoned beasts?」

「Summoned beasts? Ah, the rumored bears, huh . Isn’t it dangerous?」

He asked me, who was standing behind Noa .

「They won’t do anything, so it will be safe . 」

「I see, then it’s fine . 」

「Is it okay? If I wanted to kill you, you’d die, you know?」

「But you won’t do such a thing . 」

「So you trust me, huh . 」

「I looked into many things before calling you . A kind Bear-san who will do many things for a young girl’s sake . 」

Cliff laughed brightly .

However, I noticed a brief killing intent in that smile .

As I thought, a noble’s character is naturally bad .

「Even if I’m nice to young girls, it doesn’t mean that I’ll be nice to you . 」

「Even so, I’m the Lord here . I’ve seen many kinds of people, so I can tell just by looking . 」

「You do know that I’m wearing a hood, right?」

My hood has been on since I first met Cliff, so my real face hasn’t been seen .

In hindsight, it was probably quite rude .

「More or less . Will you take off your hood and show me your face? From what I heard, you don’t take off your hood, even when asked . 」

I don’t remove the hood?

There was that kind of rumor going around?

I’m just hiding my face because wearing the bear dress is simply embarrassing .

I took off the hood and showed my face .

「Y-y-you…」

「Yuna-san is a beautiful person! So pretty . 」

「I-is that so, thanks . 」

I thanked Noa and patted her head .

Although it was flattery, it made me happy .

Still, I put the hood back on, since it was embarrassing .

「What a waste . 」

Cliff was saying something, but since we had received permission, we immediately headed out to the mansion’s garden .

For some reason, the Lord, and even the maid, started following along behind us .

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The Lord’s family structure hasn’t been decided yet .

Well, it’s fine even if I write it out later, right?