Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear

Bear-San, Observing the Knights

After hiding behind a rock, I got off the Swaying Bear and peeked at the knights from behind the rock.

Noa got off Hugging Bear as well, and peeked from under me.

There were about 10 knights, and someone was giving them instructions. I wonder if that was the captain.

“Hey, why are you hiding and watching? They are also humans, right?” (Primme)

Primme, who was flying over my head, asked me.

“We’re all humans, but not all humans get along.” (Yuna)

If every human were friendly, there would be no wars, no conflicts, and no fights.

“Besides, because of Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear, they might attack us.” (Yuna)

“If Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear are attacked, it would be very troublesome.” (Primme)

“People are such troublesome beings.” (Yuna)

Primme agreed with my comment.

But that does not mean we should be hostile to anything and everything.

First, information was necessary.

I observed the Knights fighting the wolves, but they were not dressed like the knights I saw in the royal capital, where Ellelaura-san worked.

“By the way, Noa, have you ever seen Knight’s in those outfits?” (Yuna)

“…No.” (Noa)

I thought she might have seen knights from other countries, since she was the daughter of a noble family, but she had also never seen a similar outfit before.

While we were talking, the knights were defeating wolves one after another.

They seemed to have a certain amount of ability.

To get information about the knights, I used the wind magic I previously used in the Adventurers’ Guild.

[Damn, this is a pain in the neck.]

[Don’t let them get away]

[I know.]

I made it possible to hear the voices of the knights.

“I hear voices.” (Noa)

“Is this voice the voice of those distant humans?” (Primme)

“Yes. Hey, I want to listen to what they have to say, so you two, be quiet.” (Yuna)

When I told them so, they covered their mouths with their hands.

The knights finally defeated the Wolves.

[This is the end.]

[Yeah, but it’s not like we’re going to be making any difference beyond taking down the Wolves.]

[What, you’re saying. We’re the ones who caused the adventurers to…]

[Enough chit-chatting. Go collect the wolves we killed. No, wait…]

A captain-like figure started to look around.

[Captain, is something wrong?]

[There’s a strange magic floating in the air around here…]

The wind magic had been noticed!

[Captain, is it true? To me, it just feels like a nice breeze.]

[Be quiet.]

Was he checking the flow of magic power?

If they were to sense my magic, they would soon discover that I was hiding here.

If they found us, we might get into trouble.

Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear could be returned, but there would be no answers as to why we were hiding behind rocks in the first place, and why I cast wind magic, or why we were even here.

Previously, I changed the direction of the wind so we could eavesdrop on the knights. At the same time, I made sure that our voices would not be heard by the Knights. Although not knowing what the situation with the knights was would make me uneasy, I could not continue eavesdropping on them.

The person who seemed to be the captain looked in the direction of the wind and made a gesture as if confirming something, and then called out to his subordinates. The men started collecting the Wolf carcasses, and when they were done retrieving them, they mounted their horses and moved towards the direction where I redirected the flow of the wind.

“…That was close. Let’s leave before they come back.” (Yuna)

We left the place, riding Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear.

“What were those knights doing? I thought defeating monsters was the job of adventurers.” (Noa)

Noa asked.

Sanya-san and Ellelaura-san mentioned something similar when the golem appeared in the mine.

Basically, defeating monsters was supposed to be the job of the adventurers. Usually, only when the adventurers failed to defeat monsters would the country’s knights and soldiers take action.

I doubt that knights would move just to defeat wolves.

“That is normally the case. If you ask me why the Knights were the ones defeating the wolves, I don’t know. It made me feel rather uncomfortable.” (Yuna)

“Did they happen to run into those monsters?” (Noa)

That was a good probability, but that didn’t seem to be the case.

Why would knights be around this area, was it by chance?

If they did just run into those monsters by chance, they should have a reason for being here. If they were escorting someone, there should have been someone who would look like they were being escorted, but there was no one who fit the description.

“But they were saying that it was their fault, and about the adventurers, and so on.” (Noa)

I didn’t get to hear all of their conversation all the way to the end, but maybe they came here to take down wolves instead of adventurers doing it?

“Hmm, perhaps there are not many adventurers in this place.” (Noa)

That might be a possibility.

“Even so, when that knight started looking around, I was a bit scared that he might find us.” (Yuna)

“I didn’t expect him to notice my magic.” (Yuna)

He mentioned something about sensing the magic in the wind, so I immediately changed the direction of the wind flow.

The knights moved away as I changed the flow of the wind.

“Yuna-san, is it still Magic that allowed us to hear those voices just now?” (Noa)

“Yes, it is. It’s an application of wind magic. I used wind magic to bring their voices to us. But it seemed like they noticed me, so I changed the direction of the wind.” (Yuna)

As pointing out about vibrations and other details would be too complicated, I gave her the simplest explanation.

“So that’s one way to use wind magic.” (Noa)

“I believe there are infinite ways to use magic. Or rather, I should say, magic power has infinite uses. Magic can become fire, water, earth, wind, it’s a mysterious power.” (Yuna)

I couldn’t help but wonder how magic power could be transformed.

In the game, I used it without thinking, but again, using it in real life, it made me think about how mysterious the power was.

Well, there were many mysterious things in science as well.

“That’s why, Noa, you should try as many things as you can. Since you have enough magical power to use magic.” (Yuna)

“Yes. It also seems fun to do. I’ll think about it with Fina next time.” (Noa)

“Still, I wonder how he can notice my magic power.” (Yuna)

I didn’t put too much magic power in my spell. I simply created a weak breeze and let it carry the voices our way.

“In a way, I can also sense Primme-san’s sister’s magic power. Perhaps it can be perceived in some way.” (Noa)

“I think that’s because Noa has absorbed the handkerchief of Primme’s sister which was made from magic power.” (Yuna)

I doubt she would be able to sense the magic of someone she had never met or been involved with.

“Indeed… and it seems like only one of those knights noticed it.” (Noa)

Noa was right, it was only the captain-like person who noticed my wind magic.

Maybe that captain was the only one who was special.

“Either way, I don’t think it’s a good idea to get involved with them, so it was a good decision to stay away from them.” (Yuna)

I would have liked to get information, but the disadvantages of getting involved with those knights seemed to be higher.

On the other hand, I was still left with many questions to which I could not find the answer.

“Wow, Yuna is really more amazing than I imagined?” (Primme)

“No, not really…” (Yuna)

“Yes, Yuna-san is a fantastic person.” (Noa)

I was about to say, “I’m not really amazing,” but Noa interrupted me and answered.

“So that means it will be okay if we encounter a monster?” (Primme)

“Well, I think we will be okay against relatively weak monsters like wolves.” (Yuna)

“Actually, I was a little worried before. I was afraid that if a monster appeared and attacked Yuna and Noa, it might become dangerous, but when I found out that these bears were summoned beasts and that they could come with us, I was glad. But I didn’t expect Yuna to be so strong.” (Primme)

“You know, Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear are strong as well, so it was not a mistake.” (Noa)

Primme seemed to feel guilty that she was putting us in harm’s way.

She may be a little arrogant, but she seemed to be a kind girl, worrying about her sister and us.

However, it seemed that her sister had a higher priority than us. That was to be expected when it came to family.

After silently moving away from the knights, I asked Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear to stop and let Noa check the direction we needed to go.

After running for a while, we found what seemed to be a town.

Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear stopped running and Noa once more concentrated with her eyes closed.

“I can feel it from the direction of that town.” (Noa)

“Then is my sister in that town?!” (Primme)

Primme was about to jump out of her pouch.

“I don’t know yet. It could be beyond the town.” (Noa)

But I think there was a good chance that Primme’s sister was there.

However, I didn’t want to give her any false hope, just in case her sister wasn’t there.

“It will take some time, but let’s circle around the town.” (Yuna)

That would give us an idea if she was really in the town.

Primme and Noa agreed, so we circled the town.

After going around to confirm, we have verified that Primme’s sister was indeed inside the town.

“That confirms it. My sister is really in this town.” (Primme)

“I know you’re happy. But remember, don’t act so careless.” (Yuna)

“Ugh, I know. I wouldn’t have known that she was in that town if it weren’t for Noa.” (Primme)

If I hadn’t stopped her, she might have rushed towards the town.

“Well then, Primme, for now, hide in Noa’s pouch. Also, when we get close to the town, I will make Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear smaller, and we will walk the rest of the way.” (Yuna)

I doubt we could get inside the town with large bears along with us.

Since we did not know the situation in the town, I let Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear stay in their cub form as guards.

After that, we approached the gate of the town with Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear in their cub form in our arms.

“Noa, please do as we discussed.” (Yuna)

“…Yes.” (Noa)

Noa responded nervously.

After entering the town, if anyone asked us where we came from, we would just tell them that we came from a nearby village.

We couldn’t say that we were from Crimonia. They probably wouldn’t even know where it was. Moreover, we looked like two kids.

Well, not me…

If I was more mature looking, I might have been able to fool them into thinking I was an adventurer or a merchant or something, but neither Noa nor I looked like adults. Moreover, Noa was a blonde girl, so we didn’t really look like sisters, so we made our background setting being from the same village.

“Will we be able to use guild cards or citizen cards?” (Noa)

“I don’t plan to use cards for now.” (Yuna)

There was a lack of information, so I didn’t want to stand out as much as possible.

I wouldn’t mind using my guild card at the Guild since the guild employee would only have to hold it up to a crystal panel. However, it would be troublesome if town residents found out various things about me that were recorded on my card.

That was why this time, we decided to enter as village girls from a nearby village.