“Ugh, it’s no big deal. Yuna beat me!” (Shinobu)
Shinobu was depressed.
Oh, what a hassle.
I left the depressed Shinobu alone.
“Yuna Onee-chan, how did you do it?” (Fina)
“Yes, well. The trick is to throw the stone horizontally to the river.” (Yuna)
“Shinobu-san was throwing the stone the same way, so we did the same, but we couldn’t do it.” (Fina)
“Then you will need the right type of stone.” (Yuna)
“Right type of stone?”
I looked at the pebbles lying on the ground.
I picked up one of them.
“A flat stone like this is good.” (Yuna)
I showed her the stone I picked up.
“And if you throw this stone so that it is parallel to the surface of the water as much as possible…” (Yuna)
I threw it again towards the river.
The pebble bounced several times.
“It bounced.” (Noa)
“I didn’t account for the shape of the pebble.” (Misa)
“Yes, me neither.” (Shuri)
“Shinobu, why didn’t you mention that, right?” (Sakura)
Sakura glared at Shinobu with disdain.
“I don’t want you to look at me like that. I just wanted everyone to praise me.” (Shinobu)
“If you had told us properly, we would have praised you.” (Sakura)
“Ugh.” (Shinobu)
While Shinobu was drooping, Noa and the others started searching for the right stone.
After each of them found a suitable stone, they started throwing.
“I did it!” (Ruimin)
“It bounced three times!” (Noa)
“It bounced five times.” (Misa)
“Ugh, it bounced twice.” (Shuri)
Ruimin, Noa, Misa, and Shuri threw first, then Fina and Sakura.
“One, two, three, four, five, six…” (Sakura)
“That was six times.” (Fina)
Fina and Sakura’s stones bounced the same number of times.
“One more time.” (Noa)
“Me too.” (Misa)
Noa and the others started looking for suitable stones to try again and threw them into the river again and again.
Then we played in the river and looked at the waterfall. Each time, Noa and the others cheered.
Maybe the daughters of noble families did not have much outdoor experience.
Even Fina and Shuri never went deep into the forest, so I didn’t think they had seen waterfalls before.
By the way, this time we were not attacked by Volgarras and it was peaceful.
After playing in the elf village, we decided to return to the Land of Wa.
On the way there, we retrieved Kagali-san and cancelled Sakura’s Contract Magic.
“Well then, Mumroot, we’ll be back again.” (Kagali)
“Yeah, come back anytime.” (Mumroot)
We returned to the Land of Wa.
Ruimin was with us this time as she wanted to stay with us a little longer.
At everyone’s request, I summoned regular-sized Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear, and everyone slept around them.
Since they were to be separated tomorrow, everyone stayed up late into the night chatting happily.
Shuri was the first to fall asleep, and the room grew quiet.
She was probably tired from the river trip.
I went to the window and looked out.
It was quiet.
The lake was beautiful.
“Why aren’t you sleeping?” (Kagali)
“What about Kagali-san?” (Yuna)
Kagali-san came up next to me.
“I just wanted to thank you. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Mumroot, and it’s been fun.” (Kagali)
It made me a little happy to be thanked by Kagali-san.
“Then I’m glad.” (Yuna)
“Maybe next time we can stay for a few days.” (Kagali)
“If you do so, please think of an excuse you could use to fool Suzuran-san with before you go on a trip.” (Shinobu)
Shinobu came into the conversation between Kagali-san and me.
“If Kagali-sama is not here when Suzuran-san arrives, she will be worried.” (Shinobu)
“She worries about me a little too much.” (Kagali)
“That’s how much she cares about Kagali-sama.” (Shinobu)
“Well, if you can cover it up, give me a call. Please let me know and I’ll make a move as well.” (Yuna)
The three adults, Kagali-san in the form of a little girl, me dressed as a bear, and Shinobu dressed as a ninja, talked for a while and then went to bed.
…Yeah, adults.
By the way, I did not remove Shinobu’s Contract Magic.
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