「Yuna-oneechan has a house here?」
「Yes. It’s a bear-shaped house, just like the one back home.」
「I wanna see it!」
Oh, the Bear House won this one.
「Shuri-chan, you should stay here at my place. I’m planning to serve a lot of different, delicious foods.」
It seemed that Eleanora-san refused to give up that easily and launched a counterattack to entice Shuri to her side.
「Okay, I wanna stay.」
Eleanora-san gave me a smirk as if she won a great battle.
「Then, I guess you’ll have to seperate from Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear.」
「Hugging Bear-chan and Swaying Bear-chan!」
Shuri reacted strongly, again being drawn to my side.
「Yuna-chan, how could you use your bears like that. That’s unfair.」
Wasn’t she the one who began this, baiting Shuri with food? Still, I did feel bad for her with regards to her losing her guests, especially since she went through all the trouble to invite them here.
「I’m just kidding. How about they stay at your place for a bit, then stay at my house afterwards. How does that sound?」
I couldn’t tell if Fina’s heart could handle staying here for the whole duration…
Eleanora-san considered my proposal for a moment.
「I guess that can’t be helped. Okay, I’ll agree to that.」
We shook hands in agreement.
It was a bit late to say this now, but just what kind of match had this been? Fina did look a bit relieved now, so maybe it was a good thing?
「Oh right, before I forget… Mother, I have a request.」
「What is it?」
「I want to show Fina and Shuri around the castle. Can I?」
「The castle?」
「Shuri said she wanted to see the castle, so I want to take her there.」
Noa requested, her voice wavering a bit.
「Okay, you can do that.」
「Really?!」
「Yes. It should be fine as long as Yuna-chan is with you.」
「Yuna-san?」
Everyone looked at me.
「Oh, didn’t you know? Yuna-chan has a permit to enter the castle, so she can enter whenever she wants.」
「That thing isn’t limited to just me?」
I had assumed it would be a problem if I used it to bring someone in.
「It should be alright as long as you don’t bring some strange swordsman or magician inside. If you’re just bringing these cute girls along, there should be no problem. Also, if anything happens while they’re there, it will be your responsibility.」
Obviously, there was a world of difference between bringing along a suspicious magician or swordsman versus a few young girls. I could also agree that if anything happened while my guests were there, it would be my responsibility. That much was common sense. They would be my guests, after all.
「Okay, how about we go there tomorrow, then? I will make sure to get you in.」
「Really?」
「The three of you won’t cause any trouble, right?」
When I said that, Fina looked over at her sister with concern. She had already told Shuri not to cause any trouble, but she was still afraid that her sister might end up doing something inappropriate.
「It’ll be fine.」
I tried to relieve Fina’s concern.
「If you’re worried, I can come along as well.」
「What about your work?」
「I can take a short break. His Great Majesty is there as well.」
After pondering about it for a moment, I realized that it could become problematic if we encountered any nobles who decided to kick up a fuss, so I agreed to Eleanora-san joining us.
「Great, let’s have a welcome party tonight.」
Eleanora-san celebrated our arrival with a feast at her home, and we all stayed there for the night.
After a quick breakfast the following morning, we prepared to head out to the castle.
「I want to go too…」
Shia, who was wearing her uniform, looked at us enviously.