T/N: Hi, sorry to make you all worried. I have exams soon, but I will try my best to ensure that chapters are released on time. Thanks for reading.
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Bear-san Celebrates with Fina Part 2
Zeref-san and Shaila entered the kitchen, and we took our seats.
“Zeref-san is really the head chef of the palace, right?” (Tirumina)
Tirumina-san asked, as if to confirm.
“Yes, he is the one in charge of cooking for His Majesty the King and the royal family.” (Ellelaura)
“How could such a person cook for Fina’s celebration?” (Tirumina)
“As I said before, Zeref is indebted to Yuna-chan, and Fina-chan met him at Misana’s birthday party, and you gave him a tour when we went to Crimonia. So he likes Fina-chan as well.” (Ellelaura)
That being said, Fina was also acquainted with Zeref-san.
“That’s going to further increase my daughter’s interaction with high ranking people she wouldn’t normally be associated with.” (Tirumina)
Tirumina-san looked a little uneasy.
“I’m sorry.” (Fina)
“It’s nothing to apologize for. I was just thinking that normally, Fina could never have gotten involved with Noire-sama, Misana-sama, Ellelaura-sama, Cliff-sama, or even Zeref-san. So I was just a little overwhelmed by it.” (Tirumina)
The other parties were all people in the higher social ranks.
From a mother’s point of view, she might be right to be worried.
“Mom… I’ll make sure we don’t get in trouble.” (Fina)
“Oh dear, don’t say such things and don’t distance yourself from Noa and Misana. You’ll only make them sad if you do that.” (Tirumina)
“Yes. If you two don’t mind, I would like to remain friends.” (Ellelaura)
“I’m sure the two of them will be happy to hear that.” (Shia)
In manga and novels, normally the stories would portray that it would be difficult for a noble and a commoner to become friends. But this world was neither a manga nor a novel, and I hoped the three of them would remain friends forever.
“Right. You should treasure your friends. The friends you make as a child are important. They will be your friends for life.” (Tirumina)
“Yeah, okay.” (Fina)
Friends… childhood friends, my heart hurts. You could grow up without them, just like I did. I didn’t miss not having any at all. Really…
“By the way, Yuna-chan, I heard you came to the castle today.” (Ellelaura) 𝘭𝑖𝑏𝘳ℯ𝑎𝑑.𝒸ℴ𝘮
Ellelaura-san asked as I was feeling emotionally damaged.
“Sanya-san informed me that the King wanted to see me about the monsters, so I went there.” (Yuna)
“Just as I expected, it was about the matter with the event.” (Ellelaura)
She had an inkling of what it was about.
“Surprisingly, you didn’t show up, Ellelaura-san.” (Yuna)
When I went to the castle, there was usually a high probability that Ellelaura-san would show up.
Mainly to get the food I brought.
“That’s because I’ve been out and about for the past two days, ski… I mean inspecting that event.” (Ellelaura)
She almost said ‘skipping’ just now.
I knew it. She was skipping work in the name of inspection.
“So I had a bunch of work that needed to be taken care of.” (Ellelaura)
But I think it was great to see that she properly took care of her own work, instead of forcing it on someone else.
“Can you also tell us why the King invited you, Yuna-chan?” (Tirumina)
Tirumina-san, who was listening to the conversation, asked me.
I simply explained the reason for which the King had summoned me.
“Magic Stones. It’s true that a magic stone of such a big monster is not so easy to get.” (Tirumina)
“So, as I mentioned before, he simply told me that if I wanted to get rid of Scorpion materials in the future, I should sell it to the King, though I did forget about it at some point in the past.” (Yuna)
“Yuna-chan…” (Tirumina)
Tirumina-san looked at me in disbelief.
“Well, and following the conversation, he simply asked where I was planning to use the Magic Stone.” (Yuna)
“Eh, is it really alright? The King, he wanted the Magic Stone, right? And you turned him down.” (Tirumina)
Tirumina-san looked a little worried.
“Don’t worry, he only asked me to sell it to him when I required money so he could secure it, and he is not forcing me to sell it to him because he wants it.” (Yuna)
“No, no matter how you say it, it sounds like they want you to sell the Magic Stones only to them. Could it be that soldiers and knights will suddenly come to Yuna-chan’s house and Yuna-chan will be arrested?” (Tirumina)
She had quite the imagination.