「I’m going to Sherry’s place to ask her to make the plushies for Misa now. Did you eat lunch yet?」
I had already eaten some food from the food stands, but if she was hungry…
「I ate it with Noa-sama.」
「Were you fine with that?」
She must have been nervous eating with the nobles again.
「Yes. It was only with Noa-sama, so I wasn’t too nervous.」
She was okay with girls of her age, huh. Even though Noa was a noble, Fina must have felt much more at ease with her, compared to a feudal lord like Cliff. Besides, Noa wasn’t like a daughter of some sort of malicious noble family that often appeared in manga or novels. She was nice to a commoner like Fina.
She did get a bit weird when it came to my Bears, but all in all, she was a good child.
Since we had both eaten already, we decided to go straight to the tailor shop.
Yet, just as we were about to exit the Bear House, the very person who we were going to see was standing right at the doorstep.
Sherry looked a bit strange, though. She was swaying left and right.
「Big Sis Yuna, and even Fina-chan. Are you two going out?」
「We were just about to head to your place, actually.」
「My place?」
Sherry said and let out a small yawn.
「I wanted to ask you for a favor, Sherry. Why did you come here, though? Did you finish the plushies already?」
It had only been one day. Wasn’t that a bit too quick?
「Yes. I made them without even taking time to sleep.」
She said and smiled.
They weren’t something I needed right away, you know. I quietly started pat her head. Why had you worked so hard? Sherry just kept smiling as I petted her head. She had eye bags like a panda…
Could it be that she had gotten those panda eyes because she was making bears?
I shivered at that thought.
「You didn’t really have to rush so much, you know.」
「I know, but I just had too much fun making them.」
She was obviously tired, even though she was trying her best to smile.
Hmm. I could heal her with my magic, but it was probably best to just let her sleep in this case.
「I brought them with me, so would you mind taking a look at them?」
「Before that, I will lend you my bed, so go and catch some sleep.」
I had to get Sherry to get some sleep before I could even consider looking at the plushies.
「Big Sis Yuna, I’m fine.」
She definitely didn’t look fine. Not only was she swaying side to side, she also kept yawning.
「Go to sleep!」
I told her strongly this time.
「I’m happy that you worked so hard to make these for me, but I didn’t want you to sacrifice sleep over them.」
「Big Sis Yuna…」
「So, go get some sleep right now.」
「Okay.」
Sherry obediently said and nodded.
I let Sherry into the Bear House and led her to my room. She fell asleep the moment she got into my bed.
「Good night, Sherry-chan.」
「Why were you trying so hard?」
I said as I petted her head.
I could see that Sherry was having a lot of fun making the plushies and that she was in no way forcing herself to do it, but that didn’t mean she should be sacrificing her sleep over them.
「It’s because everyone wants to be of use to you.」
「Of use to me?」
「You’re a benefactor of everyone at the orphanage.They all respect you and are all happy to be of help to you in any way they can.」
Fina explained to me.
I understood that Sherry wanted to help me, but it still troubled me that she had stayed up all night to make the plushies for me.
Besides, I was no benefactor, nor was I someone to be respected. I just did what I wanted to do.
I had given the children of the orphanage a job just because I had found out about clucker eggs by some chance. I had asked them to help at the shop because we had known it would have been busy and that we had needed more people.