Chapter 191

Chapter 191 – Bear-san Presents the Bear Plushies

Since everybody had finished their cakes, it was time to hand over the plushies .

Still, unlike the cake, there was a possibility that Misa wouldn’t like them .

Even if she did, she might act all grown-up and say something like, 『A plushie? I’m too old for things like that . 』

It was a bit late to consider this now, but 10 was a delicate age .

Although there were people who liked plushies even after becoming adults, there were also some children who didn’t like them even while young .

「Misa, can I ask you something? Do you like plushies?」

「Plushies…? Yes, I like them . I take good care of the dog plushie my mother bought for me . 」

As soon as she said she liked them, Fina and I felt a sense of relief .

「Okay, there’s one more present we would like to give you . 」

「You have more?!」

I took out the plushies from the Bear Box and handed the Swaying Bear plushie to Fina while holding onto the Hugging Bear plushie myself . This way, it would look like we were both giving Misa a plushie .

As soon as I took out the plushies, however, somebody else chimed in .

「Wha-what-what are those!? Those plushies!?」「

Noa cried out .

「They’re plushies of Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear . 」

Noa jumped out of her seat and approached us, her gaze locked onto the Hugging Bear plushie in my arms .

「They’re so cute . They look just like the real thing . Yuna-san, please give them to me!」

「I can’t do that . They’re Misa’s presents . 」

「Oh, no… Can’t I have one of them at least?」

Noa looked back and forth between the plushies .

「No . It’s not right to split them up, and they are both meant for Misa . 」

I would feel bad for separating Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear even if it was only their plushies we were talking about here .

「Why is it not my birthday today?!」

How could I even respond to something like that? If she wanted to complain, she should go to her parents .

Noa fell to her knees, looking depressed .

「Uuu, I really want the Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear plushies . 」

Noa looked really sad .

「Um, do you want them that badly?」

「Yes, I really, really want them…」

She lifted up her face and appealed to me .

「Okay, how about I make another set for you later?」

「R-really?!」

Noa got energetic again .

「Yes, so please hold yourself back for today . 」

Well, I wasn’t the one making them, Sherry was . Besides, I already knew Noa would want them, so I had already asked Sherry to make a set for her .

Hmm, how many sets would she have ready by the time we returned to Crimonia?

Well, I knew Noa would want them, but I hadn’t thought she would react to them so strongly .

「Okay . I’m sorry for being selfish . However, it’s a promise, right?」

Noa apologized obediently while also reinforcing our promise .

Fina and I then finally approached Misa, with Noa watching us jealously . I had promised her that I would give her a set of her own, so could she stop looking at us like that?

「You can go first . 」

I said and gestured Fina to give her plushie first .

「Misa-sama, happy birthday . Even though it was just a little bit, I helped make these . 」

Fina presented the Swaying Bear plushie, and Misa happily took it in her arms .

「Thank you very much . They’re so cute . Can I really have them?」

「Of course, they’re your birthday present, after all . I’m glad you like them . 」

「I’m glad that you accepted them without getting embarrassed . I was worried that you were going to say that you only liked plushies when you were younger . 」

「We wouldn’t have given them to you if that was the case . 」

「I could have gotten them, then…」

Noa pitched in disappointedly .

「Well then, please accept the Hugging Bear plushie as well . I would feel bad if we were to split them up, so I would be happy if you took care of both of them well . 」

I said and presented her with the Hugging Bear plushie .

As I already said, it would be unfair to the real Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear if one was picked over the other .

Even with her small body, Misa managed to hug both plushies tightly while Noa continued to stare at her jealously .

She couldn’t hold it back even for this one day, huh .

「I will take care of them well . Thank you very much!」

Misa said and gave off the brightest smile I had seen from her all day long .

「Misa, you received such cute plushies . How nice!」

「Yes, they’re really nice . 」

Misa’s mother smiled at her daughter .

「Oh, but now that I got these Bear-san plushies, I can’t ask you for the favor I wanted you to do for me . 」

Misa suddenly said, her hands still occupied with holding the plushies .

「What did you want to ask me to do?」

「You see, I wanted to see Swaying Bear-chan and Hugging Bear-chan again . I was going to ask you to bring them out . 」

「You were just going to ask me that?」

「Yes…」

「Why didn’t you say so earlier?」

I summoned Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear in their cub form .

「W-what is this?! Swaying Bear-chan and Hugging Bear-chan are small like the plushies!」

「We made the plushies match their size . 」

Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear approached Misa, who scooped them up into a hug while still holding onto the plushies, so she was embracing four bears at once .

「Misa, that’s unfair!」

Noa couldn’t hold back any longer and joined the hugging circle, meaning that the Bears were now all sandwiched between Misa and Noa .

Soon after, the two of them began playing with the Bears together .

Misa’s mother looked at them with a smile then turned to Fina and me .

「Yuna-san, Fina-san, thank you very much for all you did today . It’s been a while since I saw my daughter this happy . Misa has been looking forward to seeing you two again ever since she sent out your invitations . 」

I was glad that we came to the party, too .

I just hadn’t expected to be stuck in a dress .

「Please stay good friends with my daughter . 」

「We will . 」

We replied .

「Yuna-chan, I’m happy you’re making the plushies for my daughter as well, but are there none being made for Princess Flora?」

Eleanora-san asked me while watching Noa play with the Bears .

「They aren’t done yet but are in the making . 」

「Huhu, that’s good . If Princess Flora saw them and found out she wasn’t getting any of her own, who knows what might have happened . 」

To begin with, I only made these plushies because I was giving them to Princess Flora . So, of course she was getting her own set .

It was just that the order of who I gave them to first got kind of mixed up .

「I’m glad that you’ve given Misa something so nice . Perhaps I should have invited you to my party as well, Yuna . Maybe I would have gotten something nice, too . 」

「Gran-san, you also want to get plushies?」

「No, no . I just wanted a surprise of some sort, wouldn’t mind if it was just food . I was curious what kind of present you would give me . 」

A present for Gran-san?

I couldn’t think of anything that would make someone his age happy .

Maybe some shoulder-massage tickets? No, no, I wasn’t his grandchild .

What about some antiques, or a rare weapon? His Majesty liked those .

Well, I guessed that nobles liked gemstones, but I, unfortunately, didn’t have any .

I couldn’t think of anything a noble such as Gran-san would like .

Wait… I might have this one thing he would like .

「Gran-san, would you be okay with receiving a decoration?」

「A decoration?」

「Yeah, something cool you can put out by the entrance or at some other place that stands out . 」

「Hoho . You are going to give me a present like that?」

「Well, I can . I don’t need it, so let me know if you want to keep it or not before I head home . 」

I walked to an open spot and took out an Iron Golem from my Bear Box .

Yup, I picked a tough-looking one .

「Kya!!」

「What is that?!」

「It’s a golem!」

「Yuna, what do you think you’re doing?!」

When I took out the golem, everybody freaked out .

Some people knocked over their chairs and tried to run away while the others screamed in fright . Some of them even fell on their backs .

Why was everyone freaking out like this?

「Gran-san, don’t you think it would be cool to decorate your place with this?」

I said and knocked on the Iron Golem, but it made no sound as I had my Bear Hands on .

「Yuna, isn’t it dangerous?」

Gran-san asked cautiously .

「What is?」

「Well, that’s an Iron Golem, right?」

「Yeah…?」

Wasn’t it obvious just by looking at it? Maybe it was his first time seeing one; it had been my first time seeing them when I had done the subjugation request, too .

Still, I felt like we weren’t on the same page .

As I tilted my head thinking what the problem was, Fina came over and explained why everybody was so scared .

「Big Sis Yuna, everybody thinks that the golem will move . 」

Ah, I got it now . That was why everybody was so shocked when I had brought it out .

Because Fina explained it to me, I now knew what to say .

「This golem won’t move, so you don’t have to worry about it attacking you . 」

「Really?」

Everybody was suspicious, so I knocked on it a few more times to prove it .

「Yuna-chan, could this golem be from back then?」

「Mother, what do you mean by back then?」

Eleanora-san clearly meant the time I had gone to the mine for the golem subjugation .

「So, you subjugated this Iron Golem, huh . It’s my first time seeing one in such pristine condition, though . 」

Gran-san said and approached the Iron Golem .

What had Gazar-san told me again? When subjugating it, it sometimes ended up motionless after receiving a lot of damage . In my case, I had just destroyed the magic stone inside using Lightning Magic, which rendered it immobile .

「So, how about putting it at the entrance, Gran-san? It would look amazing, right?」

Gran-san and I began discussing where to put it .

「It would stand out indeed, but it would also spook the guests who come here . 」

「You don’t want it, then?」

I really thought it would make a good present, though .

「I will take it if you don’t want it, but are you sure? I think that such an Iron Golem would fetch a good price . Even just the metal is worth quite a lot . 」

「I’m good . I’ve got lots of them . 」

I took out a couple more Iron Golems from my Bear Box . I had no use for them at the moment anyway .

Cliff clutched his head in his hands while Gran-san and Eleanora-san began laughing in shock .

Misa and Noa, seeing the golems for the first time, came over to take a closer look .

The two of them were still holding onto Swaying Bear, Hugging Bear, and their plushie counterparts .

Everybody else, including Zelef-san and Botts-san, just watched from a distance .

Well, it made sense for people to be afraid of Iron Golems .

When I had shown the Iron Golems to the two blacksmiths, they didn’t freak out this badly and didn’t really seem to be that afraid at all . Hmm, maybe I should be more careful when I bring them out next time .

「I knew you lacked some common sense, but I didn’t think it was this bad . 」

「I knew it already . 」

「Me, too . 」

Gran-san acknowledged my lack of common sense while Cliff and Eleanora-san agreed with him . Even Zelef-san nodded .

Wait, wasn’t this a bit strange?

Aside from the Bear Suit, I was a pretty normal girl . I looked at the three girls, hoping they would back me up, yet none of them argued against what Gran-san said .

How could this be?!