Chapter 31

Bear-san Goes To See Fina’s Sick Mother

Today is a holiday .

Like Fina, I’m also taking the day off .

A lot of things were established during this one month .

First of all, when a skill levels up, it is learned automatically .

Right now, I have learned six skills .

Different World’s Spoken Language:

Can understand a different world’s language . (If I didn’t have this, it’d be bad . ) Different World’s Written Language:

Can read and write the letters of a different world . (I can work in the guild because I have this . ) Bear’s Dimensional Box:

Can store inanimate objects . (Experiment result: infinite size) Bear’s Eyes of Observation:

Can see the effects of items and weapons . (Well, you can normally do this in a typical game . ) Bear’s Sense of Danger Perception:

Can discover the location of dangerous monsters and thieves . (It’s convenient to know the locations of monsters, yeah . ) Bear’s Map:

Creates a map of previously visited locations . (It’s a basic mapping system from RPGs . )

Magic was categorized separately from skills .

There seemed to be certain rules for magic in this world .

I had to make a personal effort to learn magic .

However, in my situation, I was able to learn magic much more easily, thanks to the Bear .

In reality, when I inserted magic power into the Bear, the Bear would activate the magic for me .

For that reason, if I didn’t have the Bear, I wouldn’t be able to use magic .

In this world, the power of magic relies on the creativity of the mental image used .

Knowledge, imagination, that sort of thing .

For example, if I used the image of a gas burner when using fire magic, a flame that was capable of melting iron would come out .

It’s likely that even if I showed this magic to the inhabitants of this world, they wouldn’t be able to activate this magic, because they wouldn’t know about gas burners .

As for ice, it was impossible for them to use an image of stopping the movement of water molecules .

That was why, when people in this world wanted to create ice, they would use ice magic .

Not to mention, the incident when Fina collapsed .

Wound healing magic was also influenced by an image .

When I imagined the wound closing up, I was able to seal the wound .

I had not verified it yet but, in the case of healing severe wounds, I would probably be able to heal it if I imagined blood vessels connecting together .

Moreover, the fever-lowering magic .

If this were in a game, it would be categorized as a status-ailment curing magic .

Erasing the germs, or poisons, inside the body seems possible .

While I was thinking about things like this world’s skill system, the doorway became rather noisy .

There was a barrier covering the Bear House .

When the Bear House was built, it automatically activated .

It was set so that people I had not authorized could not enter the barrier .

Unapproved people were absolutely unable to enter the house .

Currently, the only person who could enter the Bear House was Fina .

I thought of going down to the first floor, but the moment I opened the door and stepped out into the hallway, Fina came flying in .

「Big sis Yuna!」

Somehow, her appearance was strange .

Fina’s body was trembling as she hugged me .

「What’s wrong?」

I separated from Fina and lifted her head to look at her face .

Her eyes were red from crying .

「B-Big sis Yuna, m-my mother has…!」

「Calm down first . 」

「My mother was in pain, and…even though she drank medicine…it was no good…I went to see Uncle Gentz, but…he went out to look for medicine and hasn’t come back…I-I, what should I do?」

It seemed like her mother’s condition was dangerous .

「Un, I understand, so can you guide me to your house?」

There was a possibility that the status ailment curing magic could be used to treat her mother .

I headed to Fina’s house together with her .

It was a small house, with three people living in it .

After entering the house, we went to the room Fina’s mother was lying in .

The woman lying in the bed seemed to be suffering from pain .

A small girl was crying next to the bed, and Gentz-san was standing next to her .

「Fina . Bear missy, you’re also here . 」

「Uncle Gentz, what about the medicine?」

「Sorry . 」

Gentz-san muttered one word and looked down at the ground .

Fina’s mother, while suffering, reached out her hand with as much strength as she could muster and stroked her daughter’s head feebly .

「Gentz…if…something…happens…to me…my daughters…please…」

「What are you doing?! Saying things like that!」

「I…sure gave you…a lot of…trouble…the medicine…and Fina…」

Fina’s mother talked while enduring her pain .

「Thank you…」

「Don’t worry about that! If you sleep, you’ll get better, so don’t talk any more!」

「Shuri, Fina, come here, let me see your faces one last time . 」

「「Mom!」」

The two girls rushed over to their mother’s bed .

「I’m sorry that I couldn’t give you anything . And, thank you, Shuri, Fina . 」

Although both of them were trying their best to smile, their smiles seemed strained .

「Gentz, please look after the two of them . 」

「I get it, so don’t say any more . Looking after these two will be troublesome for me, so you just rest and recover from your illness . 」

「Gentz, thank you . 」

She closed her eyes as she endured the pain, apparently having reached her limit .

Poof, poof .

I clapped my hands in an attempt to get everyone to calm down, but even though my Bear Hands smacked together, no sound came out .

「For starters, the three of you, please calm down . 」

「Big sis?」

「I don’t know if I can do anything, but I’ll take a look, so let me through . 」

Fina tugged on her younger sister’s hand and moved away from the bed .

The sister cried and held onto Fina .

Meanwhile, I stood next to the bed and examined Fina’s mother .

She was a young woman who had yet to reach her late twenties .

However, her body had lost weight and was wasting away .

She probably wasn’t eating very much .

「Please hold on a little longer . 」

I placed both of my hands on top of the dying mother’s body .

I inserted magic power into the Bear with both hands .

I tried to use an image of eradicating the malignant virus from her entire body .

「Cure . 」

A light covered the mother’s body, and she gradually lost the pained expression on her face .

Her breathing also started to calm down .

It seems like a success .

Though, she still seemed considerably weakened .

「Heal . 」

I chanted a different magic .

Her physical strength recovered .

Fina’s mother slowly opened her eyes .

Then, she got up from the bed as if nothing had happened .

「…There’s no pain . 」

「「Mom!」」

The two daughters rushed over to their mother .

「Looks like I succeeded somehow . 」

「Miss, what did you do? It was as if you were a priestess from the heavens . No, never mind that, miss, thank you . 」

Gentz-san’s eyes slightly teared up as he grabbed onto my Bear Hands while thanking me profusely .

「Big sis Yuna, thank you . 」

「Um, thank you very much . You’re the person who cured my illness, right?」

「I did it because Fina was crying . Even so, you should rest a while longer . I don’t know if you’ve completely recovered, and your physical strength might have decreased from lying down for so long . 」

「How should I return my gratitude for saving my life? As you can see, I don’t have anything valuable to pay you back with . 」

「Wait a minute, I’ll do it . Miss, I can’t do it immediately, but I will definitely repay you for this favor . That’s why, please don’t do anything to this mother and her children!」

Somehow, I feel like I became a villain .

I cured your illness, so pay me money! If you can’t pay, I’m taking your daughter away!

…and with that sort of feeling, I would kidnap the daughter; that’s the feeling I had .

If there was a lolicon protagonist,

『Uhehehe, if you can’t pay, don’t you still have two cute daughters?』

Would that line be said, I wonder .

That’s why, I have to clear up this misunderstanding .

「I don’t particularly need money or anything . I only wanted to protect Fina’s smile . 」

After I said that, I patted Fina’s head .

Oh, I said a really good line just now .

Fina was moved by my words and came over to hug me .

Somehow, I feel a little guilty…

「But, in that case-」

「That’s right, if there’s anything that I can do, please say it!」

「Once I’ve recovered, I’ll do anything!」

Anything!

She said it . Anything, that is .

「In that case, I have a favor for the two of you, one that you cannot decline . 」

「……」

「……」

An unpleasant atmosphere filled the room .

They glanced at Fina and her little sister .

「Fina, please go with your sister to buy some delicious food, as well as something nutritious for your mother to eat . 」

I took out money from the Bear Box and gave it to Fina .

「But…」

「It’s okay, mother is fine now, so go on ahead . 」

「Un, I understand . Let’s go, Shuri . 」

Fina took her sister’s hand and left the house .

After sending the two of them off, I once again looked at Gentz-san and Fina’s mother .

「What are you going to make us do?」

「It’s simple . Both of you, please get married . 」

「…ha?」

「…eh?」

Both of them were stunned and had their mouths wide open .

「I know that Gentz-san loves Fina’s mother . 」

「Y-You…」

「There’s no point in denying it, even Fina knows about it . Besides, since Fina’s mother trusts Gentz-san enough to entrust her children to you, she probably doesn’t dislike you . 」

「…That’s-」

「Also, it’s not good to increase the children’s hardships, right? Gentz-san is a guild staff member, so your income is stable, and it would be difficult for these three females to live peacefully forever . 」

「But…」

「Gentz-san, do you hate Fina’s mother? Is it unacceptable that Fina’s mother married those children’s father first?」

「That’s…」

Gentz-san swallowed loudly .

Then, he looked towards Fina’s mother .

「Tirumina, p-please marry me! I-I’ve loved you from a long time ago! It’s disrespectful to Roy, but I really love you!」

「…Thank you . 」

I tried to quietly step out of the room and leave the house .

Let’s leave it to the two of them .

「Where are you going?」

But, there was an old guy who betrayed those feelings of mine .

「I’m going home, since the current situation is a family issue . 」

「Is that so, erm, thank you . 」

「Be sure to look after Fina and the others carefully . 」

「Ah, leave it to me . 」

「If the mother’s condition worsens again, call me . 」

Leaving Fina’s house behind me, I returned to the Bear House .