Chapter 58

Chapter 58 – Bear-san Constructs a Bear House in the Royal Capital

When we arrived at the barracks, the gate guard who had been there when I turned over the bandit group was waiting .

He was supposed to be the vice-commander of his company or something, if I wasn’t mistaken .

I had forgotten his name .

「I apologize for any inconveniences I’ve caused by calling you here today . 」

The vice-commander lowered his head towards Gran-san and Eleanora-san .

「So, why did you call us here?」

「We’ve confirmed the location of the Zamon group of thieves’ hideout, as well as their exact numbers . Their hideout seems to be located in a cavern in the mountains west of here . There are 20 remaining members, and there seems to be several captured women there . 」

「In that case, you ought to immediately head out and rescue them!」

「Yes, but there seems to be a bit of an issue . 」

「An issue?」

「A great number of people have gathered in the Royal Capital due to the birth festival . The soldiers and guards are dealing with them, so there are no spare soldiers . 」

「Wouldn’t it be fine if you just put out a request at the Adventurer’s Guild?」

「About that, since Gran-san has said as such, umm, was it Yuna-san?」

He was looking at me, so I nodded .

「Yuna-san’s permission is necessary . 」

「Mine?」

「Ah, is it about the right of ownership for the thieves’ possessions?」

Gran-san said, as if he had just remembered it .

For the sake of my own understanding, an explanation please!

「Yes, that’s right . Yuna-san already captured 50 of the 70 people from the Zamon band of thieves . However, their hideout has not been suppressed . Normally, when thieves are defeated, they cannot be stripped for materials, unlike monsters . Thus, there would be no merit for adventurers to defeat them, which is why there is the right to obtain the weapons, tools, and armors the thieves are carrying . That also includes the treasure gathered by the thieves . 」

「In other words, if a request is placed, then the treasure that the adventurers discover would become theirs?」

「Yes, but this time, Yuna-san captured the group of bandits by herself, and we were able to obtain the information because of that . Due to that, we cannot send out a request to the Adventurer’s Guild by ourselves . Even if we decided to send out a request, we could not do it without Yuna-san’s permission, especially if you have not decided on an amount of reward money . 」

「How troublesome . 」

「Well, that can’t be helped, right? Even though this is information we obtained on our own, other people might consider it to be stealing . There is no issue if the young lady goes on the thief extermination herself though . 」

「Troublesome . 」

「Big Sis Yuna… 」

Fina looked at me with a stunned expression .

Please don’t look at me with such eyes .

Troublesome things are still troublesome .

It would be better if it were just killing them, but there were also people to protect, so I couldn’t use the bears, and it would also take a lot of time .

There were no other words to describe it but troublesome .

「In that case, shall I gather soldiers from my side?」

「Eleanora-sama?」

Eleanora, who had been listening without a word, suddenly made a suggestion .

「Is that alright?」

「It’s fine . The soldiers will gain some actual combat experience, and there are probably people who are tired of just guard duty as well . 」

「But in that case, the defense will…」

「It’s fine, it’s fine . For that, I can just make some adjustments to the paperwork . 」

「I understand . In that case, Eleanora-sama, we will be looking forward to your success . 」

「Like this, Yuna-chan is also fine with it, right?」

「I don’t really understand it, but please do . 」

「If the soldiers go on the subjugation, the right to the treasures will be shared with Yuna-chan . Well, you’ll only receive a little bit, though . I’ll need to dispatch the soldiers at once, so I’ll be going, okay?」

「Yes . Thank you very much . 」

「It’s fine, you know . Then, I’ll see you again tonight . 」

Eleanora-san left the barracks .

「Also, Yuna-san, please collect the stuff here . 」

When I looked, the dirty swords and armors from before, along with other miscellaneous items, were lined up .

「These are the belongings of the thieves that Yuna-san caught . As I said before, the stuff here now belongs to Yuna-san . 」

Erm, but each and every one of them was filthy, though .

I really didn’t have any need for such foul things .

「Can I ask you to dispose of it all?」

That’s right, I tried asking first .

「In that case, I’ll deal with it all and make arrangements for the money received from selling them . Will sending it to Eleanora-sama’s house be alright?」

Oh, it looked like there would be proceeds after disposing of everything .

How kind .

As I was looking over the thieves’ belongings once more, something caught my eye .

「What’s that?」

I pointed at a drawstring bag .

「This? It’s probably an item bag . 」

This was an item bag .

Was it an item like the Bear Box?

If I wasn’t mistaken, the amount that could be placed inside the bag wasn’t normal .

「Among these, which one has the most capacity?」

「For that, it is probably this one . Since the head of the Zamon thief corps was carrying it, it has a large capacity . 」

I received the item bag .

It was roughly the size of a handbag .

The other item bags looked similar .

The smallest one there could even fit in a pants pocket .

「In the end, can I have the thieves’ item bags?」

All of the item bags were handed over to me .

Altogether, there were approximately thirty .

I received them gratefully, and put them away in the Bear Box .

With that, my business was finished, and I thanked Gran-san, who had come along .

「Gran-san, thank you very much . 」

「No, we don’t mind at all, you know . If young miss hadn’t caught them all, we probably would have died . 」

Gran-san seemed to have some business after this, so we parted ways here .

After separating from Gran-san, Fina and I headed to the land I bought from the Commerce Guild .

Although I knew the location, thanks to the map of the Royal Capital that I had purchased earlier, the Royal Capital was still way too large .

Inside the Royal Capital, there were carriages that looked like buses running back and forth .

I wasn’t in a hurry, so we took our time to look around while heading to the purchased property .

「Fina, are you okay? Aren’t you tired?」

「Yes, I’m okay, but there sure is an amazing amount of people here . 」

「You’re right . Should I say, as expected of the Royal Capital? Since there are many people here because of the birthday festival . 」

「Big Sis Yuna, can I hold your hand to avoid getting lost?」

「My hand…」

I look at the Bear puppet .

「Is this good enough?」

I held Fina’s hand in its mouth .

「Yes, thank you very much . 」

Fina made a happy expression .

We arrived at the purchased plot of land .

「This is the correct place, right?」

I glanced around and compared the map with our surroundings .

「Yes, probably . 」

「Isn’t this rather large?」

「It’s really big . 」

The land indicated by the map was large .

The area was over four times the size of the land back in town, where I built the Bear House .

In other words, big enough to hold four Bear Houses .

When I glanced at the neighboring houses, they were quite far away .

For the sake of confirmation, I checked the names on the houses on both sides .

「It’s correct, it seems . 」

「Yes . 」

「Big Sis Yuna, did you really buy this wide piece of land?」

「Looks like it . 」

For the time being, I took out the Bear House that I had made to use in the Royal Capital .

「It’s small, huh . 」

「Yes . 」

The house that I had prepared was the same size as the Bear House in town .

It stood alone on a piece of land that was more than four times larger than it .

The size of the land and the size of the house didn’t match .

The sense of incongruity was too much .

In addition, because it was located near the upper-class district, the surrounding houses were also large .

Well, before that, a house that looked like a bear already felt out of place .

Even if it bothered me now, there was nothing I could do about it, so I didn’t worry about it and entered the Bear House .

「The inside is the same, isn’t it?」

「More or less . If it’s different, I can’t calm down, you see . 」

Thanks to the Bear Shoes, I wasn’t tired, but Fina, who had been walking around, should be tired, so I brought out some fruit juice while we rested .

「What are we going to do after this?」

「Is Fina not tired?」

「I’m just a little tired . 」

「In that case, shall we at least head back to Noa’s house first? Since we must let them know that we will be staying in this house . 」

「Yes, it would be good if Noire-sama doesn’t get angry . 」

「We did slip away quietly after all . However, she was sleeping, so it couldn’t be helped, you know . 」

We decided to go to Noa’s house after we finished drinking the fruit juice .

The next day, the neighboring residents would be surprised by the Bear House that suddenly appeared .