Bear-san, Gives Fina’s Present, Dezerto City Edition 4
We went around the city and came back to Karina’s house. Mumroot-san had already returned to the house. When I asked him where he had been, he said, “I went to see an old friend”.
I kind of got the idea, so I didn’t pry into it any further.
Then Mumroot-san said he wanted to say hello to Karina’s mother, Ristil-san, so we all went to see her.
There’s a baby in Ristil-san’s room.
A small, adorable baby.
I opened and closed the bear puppet’s mouth in front of the baby. The baby laughed and reached out to me.
“He’s laughing.” (Ruimin)
“Yuna-oneesan, he seems to be looking at you, isn’t he?” (Fina)
Just as Fina said, I feel like he’s looking at me. As I moved around, his eyes followed me.
“As expected, he’s looking at you, Yuna-oneesan.” (Fina)
The baby laughed when the bear puppet’s mouth flapped in front of the baby’s eyes.
When I tried to leave, his expression began to change.
“Ah, I think he’s going to cry.” (Fina)
“Cho~”
I frantically went back and started to cajole him to laugh by flipping the bear puppet’s mouth.
“It seems that he likes you, Yuna-san.” (Ruimin)
I think he liked the bear puppet more than me.
“But if Yuna-san leaves, It’ll be troublesome if he starts crying.” (Ruimin)
“It’s okay. I’ll take care of him.” (Ristil)
Ristil-san says so, but I’d feel sorry if he cried.
However, if he’s reacting to the bears, I have a workaround for that.
I took out a stuffed Swaying Bear from the bear box and placed it in front of the baby, and the baby reacted to the stuffed Swaying Bear.
“He’s looking at Bear-san.” (Ruimin)
I was right. The baby reaches for the stuffed bear with his tinyl hands. The baby looks happy when I hand him the stuffed bear.
And even when I left the room, his interest was glued to the stuffed Swaying Bear, and he no longer cried.
“It looks like he’s going to like bears just as much as I do.” (Karina)
Karina pokes the cheek of the baby who is hugging the bear stuffed animal.
Also, I put a Hugging Bear stuffed animal next to the baby. Because it feels sad to have only one.
Ristil-san looked apologetic, but I had more in stock and gave it as a gift to celebrate the baby’s birth.
We then talked with Ristil-san until it was time for dinner.
She then thanked me for bringing Mumroot-san here.
There’s yellow soup lining up on the table.
Rasa-san made curry.
“It’s a bit spicy, but it’s delicious.” (Ruimin)
Ruimin puts curry on bread and eats it with relish.
“Indeed. In the village, we don’t eat spicy food like this very often, so it’s very exquisite.” (Mumroot)
“I’m glad to hear you say that.” (Balima)
Both Fina and Shuri enjoyed the food, partly because it was a bit less spicy.
“Mumroot-sama, what kind of people were Cyan-sama and Quat-sama?” (Karina)
“I’d like to ask you about that too.” (Ristil)
Karina and Ristil-san ask Mumroot-san.
“Cyan and Quat? Cyan was a dynamic woman. She was good at handling magic. However, she had the personality of poking her nose into anything she was interested in. She was the one who suggested that we attack the pyramid. Quat was always backing her up, partly because he liked her.” (Mumroot)
I guess it’s called blinded by love.
“And we were able to go deep into the labyrinth of the pyramids with such an enthusiastic Cyan at the center.” (Mumroot)
“That’s amazing! To get to the deepest part of that labyrinth without a map or the crystal plate.” (Karina)
“It was Cyan who found the crystal plate. I have fond memories of how everyone panicked when Cyan suddenly touched it, even though there were so many traps around it.” (Mumroot)
Mumroot-san said with a laugh, but it would indeed be a problem if that was a trap.
“So then, Cyan-sama became the administrator of the crystal plate?” (Karina)
“I remember there was a water magic stone. Didn’t you think of taking it home with you?” (Ristil)