Due to deal restructure text to speech player is currently unavailable. Will find a solution soon.

Chapter 382

382 Bear-san, Talks to Tirumina-san

I have never gone to Targui ever since I got back to Crimonia . I may be a little worried, so today I will invite Fina to go to Targui .

Early in the morning, I went to Fina’s house and invite her .

[So, it’s only Oneechan today?] Shuri

When I invited Fina to go out, Shuri spoke with a lonely expression . Certainly, I often take Fina with me and have Shuri stay at home . In Shuri’s eyes, it may seem that Fina and I are always going out together .

[I want to go with you too . ] Shuri

Don’t look at me with such sad eyes . If we’re going out on Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear, I’ll invite you to come along . This time I’m thinking of going to the island of Targui using the bear gate . If I bring Shuri with us, she will learn about the bear gate .

Hmmm, what should I do?

[Can’t I?] Shuri

Shuri looks down with a sad expression . Fina gently hugs the sad Shuri .

[Yuna-oneesan, I’ll stay with Shuri today . ] Fina

[Oneechan……] Shuri

I can’t really separate the sisters who are so close to each other . And Shuri did not tell anyone about the last time we went to Targui . Shuri is not a child who breaks her promise . So I made my decision .

[…Okay . Let’s go together with Shuri, but you have to promise me one thing . ] Yuna

[A promise?] Shuri

[Yeah, I have a secret . And I want you to keep that secret from Tirumina-san and Gentz-san . ] Yuna

To prevent her from talking about the bear gate to anyone, I need her to make a promise .

[From mom?] Shuri

[Yeah, keep it a secret to both of your mom and dad . ] Yuna

[Ara, that’s quite an interesting topic you’re discussing . ] Tirumina

[…………] Yuna

From behind, I heard the voice of a person whom I don’t want to hear at this moment . Looking back slowly, I saw Tirumina-san .

[What secret are you keeping from me?] Tirumina

[…………] Yuna

They said humans couldn’t make a voice whenever they were surprised, in my case, that seems to be true .

[Mom, um… this is…] Fina

Fina tried to explain, but she can’t speak clearly and kept stuttering .

[Why is Tirumina-san here? What about work?] Yuna

[Today, I left Liz in charge so I can take care of my house’s garden . Then I noticed that Yuna-chan had come to visit . And while I was listening to your conversation, you mentioned keeping something a secret from me . When I heard it, as a mother I couldn’t just ignore it, so here I am . ] Tirumina

When I thought she went to work on managing the orphanage’s clucker eggs, she was actually in the backyard .

Certainly, as a mother of a little daughter, it is unavoidable to be worried when someone asked her daughter to keep a secret .

[It’s okay to go out with Yuna-chan, but as a parent, I’m worried about the words you spout just now . Even though it’s Yuna-chan, I’m not letting my daughters do bad things . ] Tirumina

As a mother, Tirumina-san asked me with serious eyes .

[We’re not doing anything wrong . ] Yuna

[Then why do you need to keep it a secret from me and Gentz?] Tirumina

[It meant not only to Tirumina-san and Gentz-san but everyone in general . ] Yuna

[I trust Yuna-chan, but can’t you really tell me what that is?] Tirumina

[…………] Yuna

I was thinking of telling Tirumina-san about the bear gate, but she doesn’t give me time to think about it .

[Fina, you’re not doing anything wrong, are you?] Tirumina

[Yes, I wasn’t . ] Fina

[Then you can tell it to me . ] Tirumina

[That is……] Fina

Fina got squeezed by her mother, but she’s keeping her promise to me . Fina looked at me and Tirumina-san alternately, then she looked down .

[Fina…] Tirumina

At this rate, a fissure will be created between the parent and her child .

[Tirumina-san, stop asking Fina . I asked Fina to keep quiet about it because it’s my own secret . So Fina is just keeping her promise with me . ] Yuna

[Yuna-chan’s secret?…] Tirumina

[It’ll be a bit of a problem if people knew about it . ] Yuna

Tirumina-san glances at me and Fina .

[…Haah, I get it . Fina, stop looking like that, mother was wrong . Fina just tried to keep Yuna-san’s secret . ] Tirumina

[Mom……] Fina

Tirumina-san smiled gently and placed her hand on Fina’s head .

[Yuna-chan, it’s not something really bad or dangerous, right?] Tirumina

[I swear it to the bear god . ] Yuna

But I’m a bit reluctant to make Fina keep a secret from Tirumina-san anymore . So, I made up my mind .

[Tirumina-san, will you come to my house?] Yuna

[Yuna-oneesan!?] Fina

Fina was surprised by my sudden announcement . I can’t keep quiet about it anymore . I’m also afraid to make Fina keep lying . Besides, it’ll become difficult for me to invite Fina otherwise .

[Is it okay? I do want to know about Yuna-chan’s secret, but you can’t tell it to others, right?] Tirumina

[Thinking about the future, it’s better to let Tirumina-san know about it . Also, I’m reluctant to keep asking Fina to keep it a secret and I was planning to tell Shuri anyway, but please keep it a secret to others . I’m begging you . ] Yuna

[If my lifesaver, Yuna-chan, asks me, then I’ll keep quiet about it . But is that really okay?] Tirumina

[It’s okay, just keep it a secret . ] Yuna

[I understand . I swear to the bear god not to tell anyone . ] Tirumina

Tirumina-san jokingly says and her smile was sparkly .

I went back to the Bear House with Tirumina-san, Fina, and Shuri .

[But do we need to go to Yuna-chan’s house?] Tirumina

[It’ll be faster if I just show it and I don’t think you’ll believe it even if tell you anyway . ] Yuna

[Now I’m getting nervous about that thing . You have too many secrets about you, Yuna-chan . So I’m worried about what you’re going to tell me . ] Tirumina

Do I have that many secrets?

Family, place of origin, bear costume, strength, money, cooking recipes, healing magic, summoned bears, bear phones, well now that I think about it I am full of secrets . Until now, I have not been asked thoroughly, but it may have been that Tirumina-san was just anxious .

When I arrive at the bear house with Tirumina-san, Fina, and Shuri, we entered the room where the bear gate was located .

[It’s a big door, but the door has a shape of a bear . So what’s with this room?] Tirumina

[Well then, Tirumina-san . Where do you think this door is connected if I open it?] Yuna

[Where? The next room, isn’t it?] Tirumina

Tirumina-san gives an answer using common-sense . No one would think that the end of this door leads to Mereera or the royal capital .

[This door is a magical tool that connects to the places where the same door is located, and I can use this door to go far away places . ] Yuna

In my explanation, Tirumina-san looks at Fina once and then looks back at me with a serious expression .

[…She’s not kidding . ] Fina

I nodded .

[I thought Yuna-chan was a really mysterious girl, but she’s even more mysterious than I imagined . So where is this door connected?] Tirumina

[I installed one in every place I’ve been to . Like the royal capital or Mereera . Would you like to go somewhere?] Yuna

[Then, Mereera please . ] Tirumina

I opened the door while imagining the town of Mereera . Beyond the door was the room next to my room inside the Bear Building in Mereera . We moved to the next room and opened the window . The view of the blue sea spreads beyond the window .

It’s the sea where we played during the employee trip .

[It’s the sea~!] Shuri

Shuri shouted while looking at the sea from the window .

[I never thought that you were lying, and now that I actually experienced it, I couldn’t find the words to say . Moreover, Fina knew about this . ] Tirumina

[Yeah, I’m sorry . ] Fina

[Don’t be mad, because I’m the one who asked her to keep quiet about this . ] Yuna

[I’m not mad . I’m actually glad she kept her promise with Yuna-chan . I’ll scold her if she told your secrets to the others . ] Tirumina

Tirumina-san strokes Fina’s head .

[Mom……] Fina

Fina smiles brightly at Tirumina-san . Even families have their own secrets . But I don’t want the relationship between Fina and Tirumina-san to worsen because of me .

[But I feel like she chose Yuna-chan over her mother, so I’m a little sad . I wonder if this is the beginning of my daughter’s growth and separation from her parents . ] Tirumina

[U~u ~ Mom . ] Fina

Fina got embarrassed .

[But I’m pretty convinced by this because sometimes she answered vaguely when I asked Fina,] Tirumina

[Because I can’t say we went to the royal capital . ] Fina

It seems that Fina had a lot of trouble . But with this, Fina and Tirumina-san no longer have any disputes . From now on, Fina can talk to Tirumina-san a lot of things without telling a lie .

Then, I took everyone to the royal capital . And the first one to let her voice out was Tirumina-san .

[The house in the royal capital is also a bear, huh . ] Tirumina

Tirumina-san looks at the bear house in the royal capital . Bear houses are built in Crimonia, Mereera, the royal capital, the elf village, Targui, and many other places . That’s because I went to many places .

[Mom, you can see the castle . ] Fina

In the direction where Fina was pointing, we can see the castle where the king lives .

[I can’t take any more of this . I can’t tell anyone about this . Fina and Shuri, you can’t tell this to anyone . Keep your promise with Yuna-chan . ] Tirumina

[Even Dad?] Shuri

Shuri asks . That’s right . There was Gentz-san . I didn’t forget him . Although I sometimes forget about his existence .

[I want you to keep it a secret . ] Yuna

[Yeah . Let’s keep this a secret between girls . ] Tirumina

[Okay . ] Fina

[Un, girls!] Shuri

It helps, but I don’t know . Is it because I feel pity for Gentz-san?

Then we went back to Crimonia after visiting the royal capital .

And on their way home .

[As expected, looking like a bear really stands out . ] Tirumina

She told me with a calm voice .