Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear (Chapter 261-???)

Chapter 262

Chapter 262 – Bear-san Enjoys the School Festival, Part 1

After visiting Shia’s stand, we ended up going around the school festival with Tilia.
Everybody introduced themselves before we started our tour. Technically, Noa and Tilia already knew each other but had actually never spoken before.
Fina very nervously introduced herself, while Shuri was simply going「It’s a princess…」. Fina quickly scolded her to introduce herself properly. Tilia laughed and patted Shuri’s head, not perturbed at all.

「Well then, are there any places you want to visit? Or, do you want to eat something first?」

I wasn’t particularly hungry.

「Girls, are you hungry?」

「I’m not hungry, so we can go to other places first.」

「I’m fine with that, too.」

「Me too, I’m not hungry.」

Nobody was hungry yet, so it was decided that Tilia would bring us around first.
Thanks to the mood of the school festival, everybody we passed by smiled at me. They would often utter 「A bear?」or 「It’s Bear-san!」, but they didn’t try to surround me.
On the other hand, quite a few groups of students noticed Tilia was with us and approached to greet her. They would then look at me and ask「Why are you with a bear?」
As Tilia guided us away from one of the groups, she spoke to me.

「I’m so happy to finally meet the rumored Bear-san. Many people in the castle have met you, but most of them don’t know what kind of person you actually are. I heard from Mother that you are 『an adorable Bear-san』while my sister told me that 『Bear-san is very kind.』Also, when I asked father, he simply said 『She’s a bear.』」

Well, I never liked to talk about myself, and I was sure the king would keep his promise about not revealing that I had defeated the ten-thousand-monster army.

「Still, why do you wear this bear outfit? Isn’t it hot?」

She suddenly sprang the question on me.
Luckily, I already had an answer prepared for it.

「Um, I receive the Protection of the Bear with this.」

「Protection of the Bear? Does such a thing exist?」

Tilia looked at me suspiciously.
Well, I wasn’t exactly lying, since if I took off my Bear Suit, I would lose all of the powers it granted me, including heat and cold resistances. Likewise, if I took off my Bear Puppets, I wouldn’t be able to summon my Bears, cast any magic, or even be able to lift a heavy sword. I would simply be unable to fight at all. Also, I wouldn’t have access to my item bag anymore, which was a very important tool to me. Not to mention that, without my Bear Shoes, I wouldn’t be able to run quickly nor jump far.
Really, without the protection of the Bear, I couldn’t do anything.

I could hear Shuri and Noa discussing「I want the Bear-san’s protection, too,」on the side. I wanted to warn them that they would need to wear the Bear Suit to receive its protections, but when I thought about it, I realized those two would be more than happy to, which was a very scary prospect.

「You wear this outfit for protection, huh. Well, it’s fine since it suits you, and you’re really cute in it. I think the boys would be too embarrassed to wear something like that, though.」

No, I was a girl and had also been very embarrassed wearing it. It was just that I had given up caring at this point.

「Ah, talking about bears… Could you please show me your summoned bears next time? They should look just like Flora’s plushies, right?」