Chapter 52

Chapter 52 – Kuma-san Finds An Attacked Carriage .

The next morning, I got out of bed before the sun had risen .

It was still dark outside .

By all rights, it should probably be quite chilly, but I didn’t feel cold, thanks to the Bear Clothes .

When I went downstairs, I found Fina already up and about .

「Good morning, Big Sis Yuna . 」

「Good morning . Where’s Noa?」

「She is still sleeping . I didn’t want to wake her up . 」

「Then, I’ll be preparing breakfast, so please go wake her up . 」

I asked Fina to take care of Noa and began preparing the soup and bread that we had eaten for breakfast yesterday .

A drowsy Noa appeared in the dining room .

「Good morning . 」

「Sleepy . 」

「That’s because you’re usually still sleeping at this time . 」

「After we eat breakfast, we’re heading out, okay?」

Today, I mounted Swaying Bear before we continued towards the Royal Capital .

There was a village along the way to the Royal Capital .

We left after I purchased some fresh vegetables in the village .

On the third day after we left the town:

「Stop for a moment . 」

I made Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear halt .

「What’s wrong?」

「There are people battling against monsters in front of us . 」

「Really?」

I couldn’t see them from here .

The only reason I was sure was due to the Bear’s Skill .

When I defeated the Black Viper, I went up a level . The power of the detection skill also went up, so I could now detect normal people, in addition to dangerous elements like monsters and thieves .

Furthermore, I also became able to differentiate the type and rank of monster .

「How does Noa want to handle this?」

「Me?」

「My job is to be Noa’s bodyguard, which is why I don’t want to go towards dangerous places . Leaving you behind and going ahead is also out of the question . If something dangerous appears while I’m not around, I won’t be able to protect you . 」

「What if you leave the bears to guard us?」

「It’s impossible for them to fight with you two riding on top . 」

「Then, what if we go to a place near the monster attack together with you?」

「If the attacking monsters end up attacking you, it will be problematic for me, as your bodyguard . 」

「Do the people being attacked seem like they can win?」

「Well, even I cannot be sure from here, you know . Although, I can tell when a person or monster dies from the reaction . 」

In other words, do we go out after people have died, or rush in while knowing that it’s dangerous?

「……」

The 10-year-old Noa was seriously troubled .

「That was a joke . Let’s go save them . I’ll scout from afar . If it looks okay, we’ll leave them be, and if it looks dangerous, we’ll save them . However, if they are dangerous monsters, you must run away . Is this okay?」

「Un . 」

I made the bears run .

A carriage came into view .

Some adventurers were around it, fighting orcs .

「One, two, three, four, five, six . 」

There were six orcs .

There were four adventurers .

A magician adventurer had been knocked down by one of the orcs .

A sword-wielding adventurer was fending off another orc next to the carriage .

The remaining two people were surrounded by four orcs a short distance away .

「Swaying Bear, Hugging Bear! Guard these two!」

I asked the bears to guard the two girls .

I lept off of Swaying Bear and started running towards the orcs .

I kicked off the ground and accelerated even more .

A club was swung towards the woman who was knocked down .

This is bad .

Using the magic power gathered in my hand, I released blades of wind towards the orc that was swinging the club at the magician woman .

The orc’s eyes were entirely focused on the woman in front of it . My blades of wind easily sliced through its fat neck and the orc died without noticing me at all .

When I leveled up, did my power increase too?

I ran past the magician and headed toward the adventurer fighting close to the carriage .

If I used wind magic from this position, I would cut the adventurer together with the orc .

I stopped the movement of the orc’s lower body by using earth magic instead .

「What?!」

The swordsman was surprised .

「I’ve sealed his movements, so deal with the rest by yourself somehow!」

After raising my voice, I headed towards the slightly distant location where the four orcs were battling the adventurers .

Wind magic could not be used, just like earlier, since they were fighting while surrounded .

Even if I used earth magic, it was possible that they would still receive an attack from the orcs’ upper halves .

I gathered magic power in my hand .

「Shotgun . 」

I fired a ball of air towards the orcs .

Four shots at the same time .

When they came into contact with the orcs’ bodies, the orcs were blown backwards .

As for the adventurers, who got caught up with the orcs that were being blown away, it could not be helped .

The orcs, which fell down, stood up again .

The adventurers were also going to stand up .

「It’s dangerous, so stay down!」

I shouted out towards the adventurers .

I shot a giant horizontal blade of wind towards the orcs, which had stood up again .

Their bodies were neatly sliced in half, and the orcs fell down .

It’s not my fault that the adventurers who dropped to the ground have been showered in blood!

I approached the adventurers, who had become all bloody from orc blood .

「Are you alright?」

「You are?」

The two who had been surrounded by orcs were also female .

In that case, maybe they were a little pitiful after becoming all bloody from the orc blood .

「Marina!」

The adventurer who had been fighting near the carriage rushed over .

「Are you all right?」

「Eh, I’m alright, since this weird-looking girl helped us . What about you?」

「I, as well as Elle, were also saved by that girl, so we’re okay . 」

「So Elle is safe as well . Let’s talk about a reward another time . Thank you for helping us . 」

「You’re welcome . We only happened to pass by, so you don’t need to worry about it . 」

「I’m the leader of this party, Marina . The guy with the big sword over there is Masurika, and that one is-」

「Euri . 」

The magician I had helped first seemed to be called Elle .

We left the orcs as they were and returned to the carriage .

Along the way, I called out for the bears .

I don’t know if it’s telepathic communication, but I can issue instructions to the bears even if we are separated .

「Elle, are you okay?」

「Eh, I’m okay, though just a little longer and I would have been killed . 」

Maybe it was because she had been caught, but her clothes were torn, and her fair skin could be seen .

Although she was covering them, her large breasts spilled out past her hands .

An enemy!

「Thanks to your assistance, I was able to avoid being killed . Thank you . 」

「You don’t need to worry about it, since it was just a coincidence that I passed by . 」

While we were having such a conversation,

「What is that?!」

The adventurers saw Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear, who had arrived, and readied their swords .

「It’s alright, they are my summoned beasts . 」

「A summoned beast?」

Noa and Fina, who were riding on top of Hugging Bear, rushed over .

「Yuna-san! Are you okay?」

「I’m perfectly fine, you know . 」

「Thank goodness . 」

The two of them dropped down from Hugging Bear and embraced me anxiously .

Both of them were just 10-year-old girls, so it could not be helped .