Chapter 85

Chapter 85 – Bear-san Arrives At Mireera

When I blew away the snow that piled up in front of the cave, we were met with beautiful weather .

The weather was so beautiful, it was as if the snowstorm was just a dream .

It was to the point that it was almost too bright for an ex-hikikomori like me .

I asked the two of them to leave the cave before I put away the Bear House .

When I left the cave, the two were having problems walking on the fresh snow .

「Yuna-chan, what will you do about your house?」

Since we had grown closer during yesterday’s meal, they were now using 『chan』 instead of 『san』 .

It was more comfortable for me this way .

「I made it with magic, so I can put it away with magic as well . 」

「Yuna-chan, you are really a strong adventurer, aren’t you?」

「I am just a normal, rank D adventurer, you know . 」

It was a really dubious phrase, if I had to say so myself .

If there were any other adventurers wearing a Bear suit, going through the snowy mountain alone, and even bringing out a house, I would really want to meet them .

「Then, as I explained yesterday, I will bring out my summoned beasts, so don’t be surprised, okay?」

During the meal yesterday, I told them that I could summon Bears and showed them their cub forms .

Today though, their sizes would be different from yesterday .

「So big…」

「Damon-san, Ranya-san, please ride Swaying Bear, who I introduced to you yesterday . 」

「Is this really the same bear you showed us yesterday?」

Damon-san approached Swaying Bear timidly .

「Is it really okay?」

「If you don’t do anything bad or badmouth him, it will be okay . 」

「Badmouth…the human language…?」

「He understands it . Swaying Bear, squat to let them on . 」

Hearing that, Swaying Bear lowered his body .

Seeing that, Damon-san was at a loss for words .

「This is…Swaying Bear…I am counting on you!」

Damon-san said so and climbed onto Swaying Bear .

Swaying Bear turned his head to Damon-san and nodded .

「Amazing, he really understands human speech . 」

「Ranya-san too, get on . We will depart soon . 」

Ranya-san nodded and positioned herself behind her husband . When the two of them were on, Swaying Bear rose slowly .

Carrying two adults was probably the limit for Swaying Bear .

「You shouldn’t be able to fall, but hold on tight . 」

I hopped on Hugging Bear and we embarked towards the city .

We started off slowly at first, at walking speed, but as they got used to it, we gradually raised the speed .

We were on the snowy mountain so we couldn’t move as fast as we could on the flatlands, but it was still faster than a human’s walking speed .

「The weather on the mountain can change quickly, so we will go a little faster, okay?」

We raised the speed some more and ascended the mountain range .

The Snow Darumas that appeared during this period were easily killed with fire magic .

I thought that the two of them would be okay with Swaying Bear there, but it would be troublesome if they got attacked .

「This is simply…」

「Amazing!」

It seemed that before meeting me, the two of them always hid or changed routes when encountering monsters .

Well, a Snow Daruma couldn’t be killed by normal attacks, so defeating it was impossible for normal people .

After moving for a while, we arrived at the other side of the mountain .

We could see the blue sea spreading out in the distance .

Oh, it’s the sea that I saw in my dreams .

If I descend this snowy mountain, the sea is waiting for me .

The Kraken was waiting there too, though .

If the Kraken hadn’t been there, it would have been the best…

Even though we could see the sea from here, it didn’t mean that it was close .

We could see it, but how far was it?

It should be around the same distance as going down from the top of Mount Fuji, I think?

Of course, a hikikomori like me had never gone to the top of Mount Fuji . Even if I tried, I didn’t think I would be able to reach the top with the strength of a hikikomori .

The bears descended the mountain .

The two who were on Swaying Bear were somewhat noisy since a while ago .

They were saying something like “Stop!” or “Too fast!” or “We will die!” .

Well, we were going down the mountain, so there was nothing we could do about it .

Was this how it felt to ride the roller coaster I saw on TV? I couldn’t really tell, because I never rode one .

Some hours passed and we arrived at the base of the mountain .

「Are the two of you alright?」

「Yes, somehow . 」

「I…I’m fine . 」

The two stopped screaming midway and did their best to hold on to Swaying Bear .

「Still, thinking about how much time it took us to climb this mountain, it makes me sad . 」

After descending the mountain, around halfway to the city, we climbed down from the bears and started walking .

The reason was that I didn’t want to cause an uproar .

At dusk, we finally arrived at the city .

「We really returned in just one day . 」

The two were muttering something like “What was the point of our hardships…”

As we arrived near the town, we felt a salty breeze blowing .

We could feel that we were coming closer to the sea . I say this, but even in Japan, I never went to the sea .

Still, I went there in the game .

It was a sea packed with monsters, though…

As we approached the city, we saw the city guards standing by the gates .

「Damon, you are back!」

「Yeah, this missy saved us from near death . 」

The city guard turned to look at me .

「Huh? A bear?」

「I am the adventurer Yuna . 」

I brought out my guild card .

「Rank D…」

He seemed surprised that a little girl like me was already a rank D adventurer .

I probably seemed to be rank E at best .

「Damon, finally . Did you manage to reach Crimonia?」

Damon-san shook his head .

「We ran out of strength midway . 」

「I see . Still, it’s great that you two were saved . Bear missy, thank you . 」

「I found them on my way here, so don’t worry about it . 」

「I see . I believe you have heard about the city’s current situation from Damon, but I welcome you nonetheless . 」

He said, before letting us enter the city .

「What are you planning on doing now, Yuna-chan?」

「It’s already late today, so in order to be in shape tomorrow, I will just go to sleep . I would be saved if you introduce me to an inn . 」

「An inn, huh . It is possible that you won’t be able to get a meal, you know . 」

「It’s okay . I have my own food after all . 」

「But, Yuna-chan, you don’t have to go to an inn, you can just come to our house . 」

「Hmm… I will pass . You didn’t see your family in a long time, right? You don’t have to mind me . 」

「But you gave us so much food . 」

Yesterday, I gave them an item bag packed with 3 wolves, wheat flour and vegetables .

The two of them went to buy things from Crimonia without an item bag…

Surely they decided to go together because they didn’t have one .

Still, saying that they would climb the mountain while carrying food, I could only think of them as reckless .

That proved the extent to which they had their backs against a wall .

「If you want to thank me, you can just guide me through the city . 」

「Thank you . If you have something you want to see, just tell us . We will show you around tomorrow . 」

Even after walking around a little, I noticed no liveliness .

There was next to zero pedestrian traffic .

Even in the big plaza, there was almost nobody to be seen .

Well, it was good for me, because it reduced the number of gazes on me .

「Normally, there are a lot of stalls around here . 」

Ranya-san said, looking sad .

「Because of the Kraken, we can’t fish anymore . 」

「And the Commerce Guild is monopolizing the spots by the shore, right?」

「Yeah . Even in these circumstances, they are just thinking about making money . 」

Well, my image of the Commerce Guild was something like that, though .

They would say something like “Are we making any profit?”, while rubbing their hands .

「Damon!」

A voice called to Damon from behind us .

When we looked back, a man around Damon-san’s age was approaching us .

「Juremo…」

「When did you return?」

「Just now . 」

「I see . I was really shocked when I heard that you would climb the mountain to go to Crimonia . 」

「We had nearly no food left after all . 」

「I apologize for that . 」

The man apologized when he heard Damon-san’s words .

「It’s not your fault, Juremo . Yuna, this is Juremo, who is working at the Commerce Guild . 」

「The corrupted one?」

「He is on the good side . 」

「The good side, that’s not a good way to put it, isn’t it?」

「Even so, you are better than your comrades . 」

「Maybe, but you didn’t introduce this girl in strange clothing yet . 」

「She is the adventurer Yuna . She is our saviour . She saved us on the snowy mountain when we collapsed . 」

「You had such a difficult time . Thank you for saving Damon . 」

He thanked me .

「So, did you procure food?」

「Yuna shared the food she had on her . 」

「I see . An adventurer just arrived to kill the bandits, so you will be able go through the coastal road with him, somehow . 」

「That’s impossible . In the end, he will flee . 」

「He is a rank C adventurer, so he won’t do something like fleeing . 」

「If he is a rank C, then… . 」

「The only problem would be if he accepted a request from someone who wants to leave the town . 」

Were rank C adventurers strong?

Even if he couldn’t kill the Kraken, it would be nice if he defeated the bandits .

A bit later, we arrived at a crossroad and parted ways with Juremo .

「Yuna-chan, here is the inn . 」

Unexpectedly, there was a big inn .

「It’s because there were a lot of people who came here from other cities by boat to buy fish . There are no people coming now, so I am sure that there will be open rooms . 」

「Thanks . Then, I count on you tomorrow . 」

I parted with the two of them and entered the inn .

After entering, I saw a tanned macho sitting at the counter .

As I stepped inside, I locked eyes with the macho .

「Muscle?」

「Bear?」

The two of us uttered the characteristic of the other .

「I want to stay here . 」

「Oh, sorry . I didn’t think a client would come, so…How many people?」

「I am alone, though . 」

「Bear missy, you can’t say such lies . You couldn’t have come all the way here alone . There is a Kraken in the sea and bandits on the coastal road . The fact that there is no way to come to this city alone safely, is something well known by the people living here . 」

「Well, I came through the mountain range after all . 」

「And that is even harder to believe . Coming through the impregnable mountain range…」

「I don’t care if you don’t believe me, I just want to stay here . 」

「There are a lot of free rooms . But I can’t make food . 」

「I don’t need it . Uncle, do you have something to eat for yourself?」

「Yeah, it’s an inn after all . I have some preserved food . But, I have to divide it amongst the people I know . It may be bad to say this, but I do not have enough food to share with a stranger . If you give me ingredients though, I can make it for you . 」

I had the bread I asked Morin-san to bake and other things to eat, but it would be troublesome if he continued to look at me with a dull expression, so I decided to give him the ingredients .

I took out wolves, vegetables, and flour from the Bear Box .

「Then, make it with this, please . 」

「This much!?」

The muscled uncle looked at the ingredients that appeared before him with surprise .

「Well, I don’t know how long I will be staying here, so if it isn’t enough, just say so . 」

「Okay, understood . Then, I will do the preparations for the meal immediately . Honestly, I really wanted to make you a delicious fish meal, though . 」

「I am Yuna . 」

「Yeah, nice to meet you, Bear missy . 」

Why didn’t he use my name even though I told it to him?

It seemed that the equation 『Me = Bear missy』 would spread to the world if it continued this way .

Well, compared to that, 『Me = Bear girl』 was already the equation in Crimonia .