Chapter 131

Chapter 131 – Bear-san Goes To The Restaurant With Anzu

After we finished our meal at the orphanage, we all headed to the restaurant they would be working at . Fina and Shuri also went with us, still smiling happily because Terumi-san had praised them .

「Headmistress and Liz-san are really kind people . 」

「The children are obedient and cute, too . 」

「Some of them looked a bit egoistic, but they were all obediently listening to Headmistress, right?」

「You were right, though . Taking care of all these children with only two people seems really difficult . 」

They all gave their impressions of the orphanage .

With what they said, I guessed it should be fine for them to do both jobs .

Nifu-san looked at me, and just as I started to wonder what she wanted, she spoke up .

「Yuna-chan, I wanted to speak with you about this, but would it be possible for me to only work at the orphanage?」

Nifu-san stopped walking and looked at me seriously . We all stopped, too, and when she realized what she had just said, she turned to look at Anzu .

「It’s not like I don’t want to work at the restaurant with you, Anzu-chan . It’s just… you know… taking care of the children…」

Nifu-san was trying her best to explain, and I kind of understood what she wanted to say . She just really wanted to take care of the children . Anzu answered with a smile . Did she understand her feelings, too?

「If Yuna-san is okay with it, I don’t mind, either . 」

Anzu left it to me .

If this was Nifu-san’s choice, I had no problem with her only taking care of the children .

The other six women didn’t complain, either, so there was no problem .

「I don’t mind, but are the others okay with this, too?」

I said that while looking around, and the answers followed soon after .

「I’m okay with it . 」

「Nifu-san was the one whom the children liked the most, after all . 」

「Yeah, fine by me . 」

「I have no problem with it . 」

All of them agreed .

「Thank you, everyone . 」

Nifu-san thanked them happily .

「Yuna-chan, how many people do you need to help at the orphanage?」

Arn-san, the second oldest of the group, asked .

「If it is just to help Headmistress and Liz-san, two people should do, I think . 」

「Then, can I also do the same as Nifu-san?」

Arn-san wanted to work at the orphanage, too .

「If all of you want to work at the orphanage, we could also make rotating shifts……」

I looked around while saying that with a reserved voice .

「I also want to help at the orphanage, but I will leave it to Arn-san . 」

The other four nodded .

「If we all said that we wanted to work at the orphanage, Anzu would be troubled, so I will help at the restaurant . 」

Eshuna, the youngest of the group, said to calm them up a bit .

「I won’t be troubled, just sad . 」

「That’s exactly the same thing . 」

We all laughed .

After everyone agreed to let Nifu-san and Arn-san take care of the children, both of them decided to return to the orphanage without visiting the restaurant .

「Thank you, everyone . I will come and help out at the restaurant when it’s too busy . 」

They started to walk towards the orphanage while we continued to make our way to the restaurant .

From the six people who came, two had decided to work at the orphanage . As long as the other four all decided to work at the restaurant, there shouldn’t be any problems .

On our way to the restaurant, we once again passed by 『Bear-san’s Relaxing Shop』 .

「There are a lot of people, huh . 」

Even though we were still far away, we were able to see the customers, who went in and out of the restaurant .

Checking the time, there should be a lot of people who were just leaving after eating their lunch .

「The girls we saw wearing the Bear Clothes yesterday are working right now, right?」

They seemed to remember the children we saw yesterday . They were now intently staring at『Bear-san’s Relaxing Shop』; it seemed to have piqued their interest .

「Please endure it for today . I will show it to you next time . 」

「Okay . 」

So they said, but their gazes were still on 『Bear-san’s Relaxing Shop』 .

It was no use just staying here and staring at it, so I started walking onwards, and they followed .

We soon arrived at the restaurant where they would be working, and now their gazes were fixated on the ex-mansion in front of them .

「That’s a mansion, right?」

「It was; I remodeled it into a restaurant . 」

Even though we called it a mansion, it was still a small one . It wasn’t even half the size of Cliff’s mansion . It just looked like a mansion, honestly .

When we entered it, we were met by a big open room with nothing inside . Tables would be put up here, but the arrangement had not yet been done .

「There is nothing here, huh . 」

「It’s big, though…」

Well, I did remove most of the inner walls on the first floor and only left the kitchen and the storehouse in the back .

「I will leave it up to you guys to decide the interior design . 」

「We will be the ones to decide it?」

「It will be Anzu’s restaurant, after all . You can arrange it as you wish . After you have made your decision, you can speak to Terumi-san, and she will order what you need . 」

I didn’t know any furniture or carpentry stores, so I left it to them .

「I knew that I would be the one to deal with it . 」

Terumi-san sighed .

I glossed it over by laughing while Anzu looked apologetic about it, and the other three were all making conflicted expressions .

「If you have any cooking utensils you need, just tell me, okay?」

「I brought some things I already used at home just in case, but I don’t have enough for everyone, so getting some more would help a lot . 」

「Unfortunately, I don’t really know much about cookware, so we should go and buy it together . 」

Terumi-san said .

We proceeded to discuss all the basic details about the restaurant and decided what each of them would be doing .

As for today, Anzu and Terumi-san would go shopping while the other four would be guided around the town by Fina and Shuri . It would be inconvenient if they didn’t at least know the basic locations in the town .

The real work would begin tomorrow, with arranging the interior of the restaurant and deciding on the menu .

「This should be all for now, I think?」

「You’re right . We have discussed everything we need for now . 」

I confirmed .

Terumi-san also seemed content, so there shouldn’t be anything we forgot .

「Well then, we should separate into two groups and go our separate ways . 」

The moment when we were about to leave… the door burst open .

「Wait a minute!」

「Mylene-san!?」

「It’s been a while, Anzu-chan . 」

When Mylene-san entered the restaurant, she greeted Anzu and approached us .

「Yuna-chan, Terumi-san, isn’t there something you forgot?」

No, no, no, before saying that, why were you here?

Did you listen in on our conversation?

Where were you hiding?

I didn’t even know where to start .

「Why are you here, Mylene-san? Did you listen in on our conversation?」

For now, I decided to ask what was bothering me the most .

I looked at Anzu and the other women, who were asking Anzu, “Who is this?” .

「You ask me why I’m here? It’s because I did my best to finish my job and rush over . Also, I overheard your conversation through the gap of the door . 」

I had the impression that I should retort some more, but decided to ignore it .

「So, why did you rush here?」

「I overheard that Anzu-chan had arrived, you see . That, of course, meant that she would work at Yuna-chan’s place . 」

「Haa, yeah, you’re right . 」

「And, since she would be working here, you will all need something, right?」

「We just talked it over right now . 」

「Yuna-chan, you forgot something really important . 」

「Something important?」

「The uniform . U・N・I・F・O・R・M . Will it be Bear Clothes as expected?」

As I was wondering what she was talking about, she brought out this trivial stuff .

「I haven’t decided yet . Also, those uniforms were something you decided on your own . 」

I said that, but the people in town all believe I was the one who had decided upon the Bear Uniform used at『Bear-san’s relaxing shop』 .

Well, if you didn’t know about what had really happened, it was normal to think it had been my idea since I owned the shop .

「A normal uniform would be just fine, wouldn’t it?」

「A normal uniform is no good! Without the Bear Uniform, you can’t call it Yuna-chan’s restaurant anymore!」

I looked around for support .

Terumi-san was laughing while Anzu knew that Mylene-san was the guild master of the Commerce Guild, so she was panicking, and the others had no idea what to say .

「Does that mean that you want them to wear Bear Clothes?」

Hearing me mention Bear clothes, Anzu and the women all looked surprised .

「That’s a little… You know? Their ages are……」

Mylene-san murmured after looking at them .

It wasn’t really the polite thing to say, but I agreed with her .

「What about using bear embroidered aprons and hats? The hat would be in the place of the maid headband . 」

The only thing that came to my mind was a toque; I already got a bad feeling just thinking about it .

「Hmm, I will leave it to Anzu . 」

「Yuna-san!」

I decided to flee, while, being left with the decision, Anzu was looking left and right, not knowing what to do . The other women were also showing complicated expressions .

Before them was the woman who reestablished Mireera’s Commerce Guild; they knew she did many things to help them, like arranging food and preparing the tunnel .

How could they refuse such a person when she was right in front of them?

I wouldn’t be able to do it, and that was probably partly the reason why the uniform at 『Bear-san’s Relaxing Shop』turned out to be Bear Clothes . I guess, I just had to let it happen, and what happened, happened .

Author’s note:

Without being able to stop it, the apron will inevitably have Bear embroidery, and they will wear Bear Hats .

New illustrations have been put on the PASH! blog, now visible to the public; Iexplained it in detail on my activity report . For those who are interested, I would be really happy if you checked it out .