Chapter 93

Chapter 93 – Bear-san Opens Her Eyes

When I opened my eyes, the bears were snuggled up next to me .

What time was it?

I climbed out of the bed and opened the curtains and window .

I could see the sun rising over the sea .

I went to sleep at lunch time, and woke up in the morning . How long had I slept for?

From a rough calculation, it was at least 16 hours .

As expected, with this much sleep, my weariness had disappeared, and my magic power was restored . It was a bit early, but I changed back into the Black Bear and unsummoned my bodyguards .

When I left the room and went to the first floor, I saw Deiga-san leaving the room at the back of the inn .

「Missy, you woke up! Are you feeling okay now?」

「Good morning . I am feeling fine . I was just tired because I overused my magic power . 」

「I see . So, you are okay now . 」

He seemed to be relieved . He was probably worried about me .

「Missy, you really are a great adventurer, huh . Even though you are so cute…」

「You heard of what happened with the Kraken?」

「I asked Atora-san when missy returned to the inn . 」

Well, I came back looking really rough, so it was natural for him to ask .

「So, are you hungry? You haven’t eaten anything since breakfast yesterday, have you?」

I touched my stomach .

It was flat .

I wasn’t talking about my chest! My stomach was flat .

「It seems that I am hungry . 」

「Then I will prepare something right now, so please wait . 」

Deiga-san moved to the kitchen .

「You can take your time . 」

While I was waiting for Deiga-san’s cuisine in a daze, Atora-san entered the inn .

「Yuna, you were awake!?」

「I just woke up . 」

「Do you have any injuries, or any other problems?」

「I’m fine . Because I went to sleep early, I recovered my magic power and am now back to normal . 」

「I was really worried when I saw that you still weren’t awake when nighttime arrived . 」

She looked like she was really worried .

It seemed that I troubled both Deiga-san and Atora-san .

「Still, it’s great that you are okay . 」

While I was talking with Atora-san, Deiga-san came back with a meal .

「Rice? I thought you didn’t have it anymore?」

「The people from the city brought it . 」

「Why?」

「Yesterday was really crazy, you know . A lot of people came and assembled at the inn to thank you, missy . 」

「It was intense, wasn’t it?」

Atora-san nodded at Deiga-san’s words .

「As soon as we returned to the city, the entire town found out that the Kraken had been defeated . When they heard that Yuna had defeated it, and that you were staying at this inn, they all rushed over . 」

I wondered how many people there had been .

I didn’t really want to imagine it though .

「You were tired and asleep though . We couldn’t just wake you up . So, we persuaded them to not make too much noise and go back . But even after that, there were a lot of residents who came, one after the other, from every direction, and it was just terrible . 」

While I was sleeping, something that troublesome happened, huh .

「Then, they all said that they wanted to thank you somehow . So when I said that you loved rice, all of them decided to gather the rest of the rice that they had left, and brought it here . They didn’t have much individually, but when all of it was assembled, we ended up with quite a lot of rice . 」

That made me really happy .

Even though I had killed the Kraken, I didn’t know where the country of Harmony and Peace was . I also didn’t know when the boats would come . Due to that, I had believed that I couldn’t have any more rice for quite some time .

「This makes me really happy, but can I really take it? That’s some of your scarce and precious food, isn’t it?」

「What are you saying? Since you killed the Kraken, the food shortage is not a problem anymore . There’s plenty of food in the sea . 」

Since it was like that, I would accept it gratefully .

Hmm, now that I think about it, did I do something bad for Blitz and the others, who went to buy food from Crimonia?

Well, I thought that they would buy things other than fish, so it should be okay .

「Since the residents came to thank me, that means that everybody knows that I killed the Kraken, doesn’t it?」

「There were people who saw your fight with the Kraken . That’s why the news spread out quickly . 」

There had been people there?

I had not noticed at all .

If the fight had dragged out a little longer, I would have done a strip show in front of them .

Well, that was not the main problem, but still an important one .

In reality, I didn’t want to make a big fuss out of it, just like in the capital, but this time, there seemed to be no choice .

It would be impossible to say that it was an S rank adventurer who had killed it .

「They all agreed that they won’t cause any problems, but what are you so afraid of?」

「I just think that it will become really troublesome if the fact that I killed the Kraken spreads…」

「You don’t have to worry about that . It won’t spread to places outside this city . Other cities and towns don’t really interact much with this city anyway, so there aren’t a lot of people who know about the Kraken . And even if they heard about it, they wouldn’t believe that it was a 15 year old girl wearing a bear suit who killed it all by herself . Even I wouldn’t believe such a story if I only heard it . 」

She was right . Nobody would believe that I had killed the Kraken alone .

It was more important to ask if anyone could even kill the Kraken by themselves?

I hadn’t really seen any strong people around here .

I really want to meet an rank S adventurer one day .

「I will try asking them to keep quiet about it . However, you shouldn’t count on it . 」

Just thinking about it wouldn’t solve anything .

I could only pray that the rumors wouldn’t spread .

With the Kraken subjugated, I should just be happy that I would now be able to procure rice and soy sauce .

After eating my fill of the rice that the citizens had collected, Atora-san and I went outside for a morning walk . Even though it was still early in the morning, there were a lot of people outside .

They were all smiling, and conversations were blooming everywhere .

When they saw us leaving the inn, some older women approached us .

「You are the missy who killed the Kraken, aren’t you?」

「Such a cute girl killed that monster, huh . 」

「Thank you very much . My husband went out to sea early in the morning . That was also thanks to you, missy . 」

「Mine set sail as well . He had a really gloomy face before, but after he saw the dead Kraken, he came back crying . 」

「In order to show our gratitude, we are going to have a seafood festival . So please, come and participate . 」

「The men were making a real fuss yesterday, but you just collapsed and fell asleep after saving the city, right?」

「Atora said that you would be okay come the next day . That’s why the men departed early this morning, to procure some fresh fish and make a really delicious meal . 」

「We will make really delicious food, so please join us for the festival . 」

While the aunties were saying whatever they wanted, I decided to take my leave .

As we were walking through the city, many words of thanks flew my way .

If it continued like that, we probably wouldn’t be able to run away, so we left the city and returned to the cliff where I had fought the Kraken .

Atora-san told me that, because the sea was boiling, people weren’t able to approach the Kraken .

When we arrived at the cliff, we saw rising steam, as if we were at a spa town .

「It is becoming more bearable . 」

When we approached the cliff, we noticed an elderly man looking at the sea .

「Kuro-san . 」

「Miss Atora, huh . 」

「Kuro-san, why are you here?」

「I thought that if I stayed here, I would be able to meet the one who killed the monster, you know . 」

「What about fishing, though?」

「I left that task to the young’uns . I have to say my thanks to the person who did this . So, the one who killed it, is it the missy in the Bear Suit behind you?」

「Yeah, she’s the one . 」

The grandpa, Kuro-san, approached me .

「I heard the story, but to think that it really was such a little girl . I am the person in charge of the fishing industry in this city . Thank you for saving our city and the sea . 」

The grandpa bowed .

『Telling a grandpa like this that the reason I had done it was for rice would be just…』

「The fact that the boats can set sail is thanks to you as well, missy . 」

The grandpa looked at the sea, gazing at the boats on it .

『For the soy sauce…』

「I thought that no one would be able to kill this monster . It’s a monster that even the army might not be able to defeat . The people of this city don’t understand what an incredible thing you did . 」

「……」

『This situation makes it impossible to reveal the real reason I did my best . 』

「You don’t have to mind it that much . I just had a way to defeat it, that’s all . 」

Those were the only words that I could think of .

「I see . If there’s something that causes you trouble in this city, just come and tell me . For you, Missy, I will do anything . 」

「So, Yuna, what do you plan on doing with the Kraken?」

Atora-san asked me while looking at the Kraken that was floating in the sea .

「Is it possible to eat the Kraken?」

「Now that I think about it, it is . 」

「What about the worm?」

「I heard that it’s a delicacy . 」

That strange thing was a high quality ingredient?

I wouldn’t want eat it even if I was paid to, though…

「I will give it to the city then . 」

「You sure? It’s worth a fortune, you know . 」

「If it can be of use to the city, it’s okay . There are people who had their boats destroyed by it, aren’t there?」

「Are you really sure about this? This will help us a lot . 」

「If you really want to give me something in return, just present me with a good plot of land in the city . 」

「Yuna, you will live in the city?」

I shook my head .

「I will just make it my holiday villa . And I want to come back here with my acquaintances once it’s warmer . 」

「If you want to swim, I recommend this city’s shores . 」

Speaking of which, what sort of clothing did the people in this world swim in?

Did they wear swimsuits?

I didn’t think that the people of this world would swim naked…or at least, I hoped they didn’t .

「Anyways, bringing this Kraken back it to the city would be impossible because of its size . Disassembling it on the sea is also impossible . 」

(ED: The author removed some text where they mention making a swimsuit out of the Kraken, so the transition is somewhat sudden . )

「Just wait a little . 」

I used earth magic to make a stairway down the cliff, all the way to where the Kraken was .

I descended the stairs and removed the water that was within the boundaries of the Bear Wall using Water Magic .

After I finished, only the boiled Kraken and worm were left on the seabed .

When I got down to the seabed, I put both of them inside the Bear Box and proceeded to return to the top of the cliff .

「I really don’t want people to know about this item bag, so please don’t talk about it . 」

「Understood . Now that the water is gone, it really is a beautiful spectacle . 」

With the water gone, we could now see the bears that formed the earth wall, towering over the surroundings .

「I will make them disappear now . 」

「Wait a minute . 」

Grandpa Kuro stopped me .

「Couldn’t you leave it like this?」

「Why?」

「So that we won’t forget about what happened here . People are beings who forget things after time passes, including the fact that a Kraken appeared, and that missy saved us . It’s so we do not forget about the people who disappeared into the sea . 」

Honestly, I didn’t want to leave any traces behind and wanted to make it disappear, but when this grandpa said that much, I couldn’t do it .

I accepted the grandpa’s request .

「So, where do you want to dismantle it?」

「Let’s see . It should be fine doing it on the nearby beach, right?」

「You’re right . If someone asks how we transported it, we will just say that it was thanks to Yuna’s magic, and everyone will acknowledge it . 」

I pulled out the Kraken and the worm onto the sandy beach near the cliff .

They were boiled really nicely .

「Using the seawater here, we can wash out the filth, so this will do . The ones who went out to sea should be coming back soon . I will call them . 」

「I will also go and call the guild employees who know how to dismantle . 」

I put the nervous grandpa on Swaying Bear, and returned to the city .

I didn’t know how much time it would take for him to go back if he were to walk there alone .

「Missy, you made me experience a great thing at this age . I really didn’t think that I would ever ride on a bear . I will go to the harbor then . 」

「And I will head to the Adventurer’s Guild . 」

The two of them went in their respective directions .

When I was thinking about what to do now that I was left alone, Ranya-san approached me .

「Hello, Ranya-san . 」

「Hello, Yuna-chan . Thank you so much for killing the Kraken . 」

「I just did it for myself . 」

「We were saved by Yuna-chan so many times . On the mountain, the food shortage, the bandits, and even the Kraken . Oh right, speaking of which, what will you do about the Kraken? I went to see it yesterday, but you won’t leave it like that, right?」

「Just now, the fisherman grandpa, Kuro-san, went to the harbor to fetch people to dismantle it . Atora-san went to the Adventurer’s Guild to assemble more people as well . 」

「You will dismantle it?」

「We moved it to the sandy beach, so when it’s dismantled, I plan on giving it to the citizens to eat . 」

The worm was just a supplement .

I wouldn’t eat it though .

「Then I have to go as well . Since Kuro-san went to the harbor, I will assemble the women . Yuna-chan, we will see each other soon . 」

Ranya-san walked away .