『Great.』
I could hear the relief in her voice.
「Okay, let’s head back now.」
I cut the call and immediately dashed towards Ruimin at a speed that could net me an Olympic gold medal. Of course, participating in the Olympics while wearing a costume… would make me the laughing stock of the world.
「Yuna-san, you’re amazing.」
When I got back to Ruimin, she seemed almost giddy.
「Still, will I really be able to talk to you even when you’re in the capital?」
「Yes, you just have to follow the same process.」
I was sure as I already knew that it was possible to talk to Fina who was even farther, in Crimonia.
I still had to warn her, though.
「Still, make sure you don’t lose the phone. Without it, there is no way of contacting me.」
「I understand: I will take good care of it.」
Well, I should probably mention this: even if she were to lose it or someone stole it from her, the Bear Phone had recorded her magical energy into it the moment she had first used it. Only she could use it now, so even if other people took it, they could only treat it as an accessory. Thus, it was her personal phone now, so the biggest thing to worry about would just be not being able to contact her if she lost it.
「Anyway, if you have something you want to let Sanya-san know, feel free to call me, and I’ll forward it to her.」
「Okay. Still, this thing is just incredible, letting you to talk to someone so far away…」
She grasped her Bear Phone, clearly now unwilling to part with it.
「Just be careful when using it, alright? If somebody else sees you using the phone, a laughing hell awaits you.」
「Uuu… but won’t it suddenly ring?」
「Well, that’s only if I call you.」
「If it rings, I will quickly go find a secluded place.」
Once my Bear Phone explanation to Ruimin was all finished, we parted ways and I immediately turned my attention the next order of business: I had to move my Bear House. I planned to move it into the rocky mountain where the Sacred Tree resided, and I had already gotten permission from Mumuroot-san to do so. Only a limited amount of people were able to enter that area, so nobody could accidentally stumble upon the Bear House there. Arthur-san was the only one who could pass the barrier and didn’t know about the Bear Gate’s existence, so I decided to have at least have Mumuroot-san tell him about me moving the Bear House inside.
I did have a certain issue, though. I wanted to bring Fina to the Elf Village sometime, but I wasn’t sure how the Sacred Tree’s barrier would react to that. Mumuroot-san had said that the barrier only barred things passing directly through the barrier, so it should most likely be fine. Still, as I wasn’t completely sure, the safe thing to do would be to set up another door outside of the barrier instead of putting Fina into any needless danger.
Upon reaching the Sacred Tree, I found Mumuroot-san, Sanya-san, and Arthur-san in the middle of gathering up the fallen leaves. As there was nobody else who could help them clean up, nothing could be done about the fact that the chief of the village and his relatives were doing a thing commoners do like cleaning leaves.
「Yuna-chan? Are you done talking with Ruimin already?」
「Yup, I’m done. I’m here to set up my house, like I mentioned this morning.」
Looking at the busy elves, I realized that this wasn’t the best time to to place my house down. If there had been a cleaned out corner I would take it, but at this point all I would do was just get in the way of their cleaning.
「Oh, I’m sorry, Yuna-chan. After we were done talking to you, we dragged Father here to help clean up, but we’re not quite done…」
「This is all because of my unreasonable request, so please don’t worry about it. I will just help you pick up leaves.」
「Thank you.」
I proceeded to cast wind magic to create a small tornado, which quickly gathered up the leaves. The way the leaves whirled through the air kind of reminded me of a washing machine. Once the tornado gathered up a considerable amount, I dispersed the magic in a way that left behind a mountain of leaves. I then repeated the process a couple more times before helping others stuff the leaves into jute bags. With the four of us, we were able to make progress quickly and gathered all of the fallen leaves in no time. Taking a look at the Sacred Tree, with the Parasitic Tree gone, it had made a complete recovery. Now, I just had to put down my Bear House, and we would be done here.
「Mumuroot-san, is this spot okay?」
I asked while also glancing at Arthur-san.
「Yes, it should be fine. Also, don’t worry. I have already explained it to him.」
Receiving the permission for the specific spot, I brought out the Bear House without delay. I placed it on the right-hand side of the cave entrance as I judged it to be a good spot that wouldn’t be too exposed to the sun.
I turned around only to see both Mumuroot-san and Arthur-san looking shocked. Well, they had only heard about me bringing out a house, after all, and never saw it in person. As this was the reaction I usually got, I simply ignored them.
Two days later, Sanya-san and I decided it was time to head back to the capital.
We bid our farewells to the villagers, which came to send us off. There was quite a lot of them, and some even came up to me once they realized I was leaving. Since I had let the children play with the Bears, I had become quite popular with them. Many of them looked sad, but there wasn’t much I could do about that.
「Don’t worry. I’ll come again.」
「Really?」
I didn’t lie to them, since I did intend to come back. I simply nodded in response to their question. Once I finished saying goodbye to all the children, Labilata approached.
「Yuna, I will never forget what you’ve done for us. If you ever need help, I will lend you a hand.」
「I’ll come by again, so I might take you up on that offer if something presents itself.」
I sincerely accepted his offer.
「Good. You will always be welcome here.」
「Thank you.」
As I was speaking with Labilata, Sanya-san came up to us.
「Yuna-chan, sorry for making you wait. Oh, you’re here too, Labilata?」
「Yes, I was thanking her for her help.」
「Yuna-chan really did help us out a lot…」
「Don’t worry about it. Because you let me, I was able to come and see the Elf Village, so I’m quite happy with the end result.」