Chapter 172

Chapter 172 – Bear-san Explores The Town

The door swung open, and Misa’s head peeked inside before she rushed into the room .

「Big Sister Noire!」

「Misa!」

The two of them embraced each other, excited by their reunion .

Misa then looked at us happily .

「Yuna-san and Fina-chan, you two came as well . 」

「Yeah, we did receive an invitation from you, after all . 」

How could I tell her that we wanted to refuse when she was smiling like that?

「Misa-sama, I would like to thank you…」

「You don’t have to be so polite . 」

Fina tried her best to give a formal greeting, but was interrupted by Misa .

「Everyone who come for grandfather’s party also give their greetings to me . I’m tired of them already . 」

Being a noble sure seemed troublesome .

Luckily, I was just a humble adventurer .

Hmm, looking at Noa, though, being a noble didn’t seem that difficult . Maybe it was just because Misa was having a party .

「Could it be that you came here to escape from them?」

「Yes . When I heard from Meshun that Big Sister Noire arrived, I escaped from my room to come here . 」

Misa said, with a big smile on her face .

Was it really okay for her to leave her room like that?

「Oh right, Misa . Is it okay for us to take a walk around the town?」

「Hmm, I think it should be . Some other guests also went out . 」

Well, that made sense . There was no way they could keep us in our rooms until the party . People wouldn’t put up with that .

「Okay then . Fina, want to take a walk around town with me?」

「Yeah, I’d love that . 」

「I want to go, too . 」

Noa said, raising her hand .

「I don’t think you can just come with us, Noa . 」

「Why not?!」

「Don’t you need to get Cliff’s permission first?」

Noa was a noble, after all .

「Fine, I will go and get his permission then!」

Noa said, darting out of the room .

Just a moment later, however, she returned together with Cliff .

「I got his permission!」

That was just too fast, not to mention that she even brought Cliff back with her . Well, from what Meshun-san had told us, he had met with Gran-san, and he must have just come back from that .

「Yuna, can you take care of Noa until the party?」

「I don’t mind . What are you going to be doing, though?」

「I have work to do . There are many people I have to meet, after all . I also have a few things to discuss with Old Man Gran . And, because of all that, I won’t have much time to spend with Noa . There’s no way I could make her stay in her room until the day of the party, of course, and I know I won’t have to worry if she’s with you . 」

I was rather pleased by the fact that Cliff trusted me .

「Noa, I’m letting you go outside, but you must not wander away from Yuna, okay? If you run off and she won’t be able to protect you, I won’t let you go outside again . 」

「Thank you very much, Father . I will make sure to stay close to Yuna-san . Even if I have to cling onto her, I won’t leave her side . 」

She said and grabbed onto me .

I pulled her off of me then turned to Misa .

「Okay, we’re going to take a walk around town, so could you please tell Gran-san we said hi?」

I asked her to deliver the message for us, so we could head out immediately .

「I-I want to go, too . 」

Misa said .

I would feel bad for her if she couldn’t come with us, but, just like Noa, we couldn’t take her without getting permission first .

If we were to take her along, she needed permission from either Gran-san or her parents .

Her parents? They weren’t dead or anything, right?

If my memory wasn’t failing me, they should be alive . When we had met Misa on our way to the capital, she had mentioned something about her parents going there ahead of her .

「I don’t mind taking you with us if you get permission from your parents first . 」

I would be troubled if they thought I kidnapped her, after all .

「Really?!」

I saw no problem in adding another person or two to our sightseeing group .

Besides, Noa and Misa weren’t the types to wander off on me .

I trusted Fina the most, of course, as I knew she wouldn’t do anything that would cause me worry .

「Yes, as long as they allow you to go . 」

「Okay . I will go ask Father and Mother, then . 」

Misa said and darted for the door, just like Noa had . Just as she opened it, though…

「Grandpa!」

「What’s this? So, this is where you’ve been, Misa?」

Gran-san walked into the room .

「Cliff, you’re here as well, huh . 」

「I am really sorry for leaving so suddenly . 」

Cliff said and bowed apologetically .

「Now, no need to be so formal here . 」

「Why did you come here, though, Old Man Gran?」

「I heard that Yuna, who had taken quite good care of me back on our way to the capital, just arrived . I figured that I would come and greet her . 」

If anything, hadn’t he taken care of me by guiding me through the capital, sorting out the bandit problem and even helping me purchase a plot of land at the capital?

「It’s been a while, right? Young Bear Lady, Fina . 」

「Ah, yes . I’m Fina . 」

Suddenly hearing her name being mentioned by Gran-san, Fina acted suspiciously .

Also, my name wasn’t ‘Young Bear Lady’ .

「Thank you for coming for my granddaughter’s party . 」

「I came because I myself wanted to see Misa as well . 」

「I appreciate it . 」

He proceeded to thank me for saving them from the orcs again, and then… .

「Grandpa, can I go for a walk in town with Yuna-san and the others? They said they wouldn’t let me go with them if I didn’t get permission . 」

「For a walk in town?」

Gran-san looked at me .

「If Young Bear Lady goes with you, I see no problem with that . 」

He was leaving her to me as well?

Well, I didn’t really mind it, and Misa also seemed excited to come with us .

After finishing our greetings, the girls and I set out to sightsee the town .

「Yuna-san, where are we going?」

「I don’t really know this town, so I planned on just walking around . Does anybody have a place they want to go?」

I asked them .

「Any place is fine . 」

「Wherever you want to go, Big Sis Yuna . 」

「I just want to get out of the house . 」

Nobody had a specific place in mind, huh .

「Okay, then we’ll just wander around a bit . But, stay close to me, okay?」

They all obediently agreed .

As we wandered around, many people stared at us .

A normal girl wearing a Bear Suit and three beautiful young girls .

We were an eye-catching group, indeed .

Wait, all I could hear was ‘bear, bear, and bear’ .

It seemed like the girls wouldn’t start catching attention till they were a bit older, huh .

Pondering when exactly that would be, I turned to the three of them .

「Want to eat something?」

We had eaten lunch not long before going out, but wandering the town might have made them hungry .

「Yes, I do . 」

「Me too . 」

「I wouldn’t mind it . 」

They all approved, so I asked Misa where we could find some food stalls .

According to her, just like in Crimonia, quite a few of them were lined up at the plaza .

Food stalls were the quickest way of finding local specialties . I honestly wanted to check out other shops as well, but that might get boring for the girls, so food stalls would have to do .

Just as we were about to reach the plaza, we crossed paths with a few girls and boys dressed in beautiful clothing . They all seemed to be older than Fina but younger than me . Next to them stood a guard-like person, wearing a black mantle . This didn’t mean much coming from me, but it was a suspicious-looking figure .

Judging by how the boys and girls were dressed, they should be nobles, right?

When they noticed us, they smirked and looked at me . No, wait, they were looking at Misa .

When she saw them looking at her, she hid behind me .

Was there something wrong? Well, just by looking at them, I could tell that these children had bad attitudes . Their guard had an evil look as well .

Still smirking, the group walked over to us .