The difficulties of traveling, the management of the horses, the terribleness of camping at night, the fear of monsters, the trust in comrades, the reliance on the guards, and many other things. I was sure fighting monsters was one of them.
I finally understood that my role was to protect them from dangers while they were learning about them, and how difficult my job really was.
I wanted to complain to Eleanora-san when we returned to the capital.
「I didn’t think goblins would really be here.」
Timor looked at the goblin corpses.
「I thought so too.」
「But with this, it is now proven that the Bear-san can detect monsters.」
Shia said happily.
「I still can’t believe it, though.」
They were all looking at the bears, who were sitting at my sides. The Bears noticed their gazes and looked back at them while tilting their heads.
「Isn’t it just a coincidence?」
Marcus said. He still didn’t believe it?
I looked at the Bears beside me. Yep, I wouldn’t believe it either. They looked like normal bear cubs, after all. Even though I knew this was a different world, I still wouldn’t believe it.
Someone spoke up in my stead, though.
「Bear-sans have no reason to lie, right?!」
「That’s right!」
Shia and Cattleya confronted Marcus and glared at him.
Marcus stepped back one, two steps.
Shia and Cattleya moved forward one, two steps.
「The bears proved it, right?」
「Even if they found the goblins by chance, could you guess the distance and the number of monsters, relying just on your luck, Marcus?」
Cattleya was saying some impossible things.
The girls advanced one more step.
「I get it, so stop being angry, okay?」
「It’s good if you understand.」
The two were satisfied and backed off.
「But summoned beasts, huh. It’s my first time seeing one.」
Timor stared at the bears.
I was sure that if he had glasses, the action of pushing them up on his nose would suit him.
Well, if he did it in front of me, I would probably break his glasses, though.
「Yuna-san, right? How strong are these summoned beasts?」
「I won’t tell you. I told you about the goblins just because Shia believed me.」
「Yuna-san……」
Shia seemed happy.
「You’re right. I’m sorry for asking something strange.」
Timor apologised obediently.
He was polite?
The students then proceeded to dismantle the goblins since, more monsters would come if we didn’t dispose of the corpses. They properly dismantled the goblins. Did they learn how to do it in one of their classes?
「We won’t have any problems with this practice training since we have these bears, though.」
Cattleya came back to the carriage after dismantling the corpse, and sat on the driver seat while embracing Swaying Bear.
I casually passed over the reins to her. Cattleya took them, not paying it any mind.
Perfect, I could be at ease now.
「I’m sorry to say this, but from now on I won’t say anything if it’s just goblins, you know.」
「Ara, is that so?」
「It wouldn’t be a practice training if I did. I now know you can at least kill the goblins. I will tell you if any dangerous monsters approach, though.」
「But, if you do that, there would be no meaning to this training, right?」
Shia butted in.
「I mean, if it’s only goblins, we can kill them, and if you told us when stronger monsters approached, the training would be pointless.」
「Then, should I not rely on Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear’s powers?」
I brought the Bears back to Bear Hands.
「They really disappeared.」
Cattleya seemed a little sad when the bear she was embracing disappeared.
「I won’t use the Bears’ powers anymore, so you should be aware of your surroundings from now on, okay?」
I wouldn’t use the Bears, but I would still use the detection magic.
I would be troubled if they died because of a sudden attack, after all.
「We are perfectly okay even without the bears. We would have defeated the goblins even if you didn’t tell us!」
Marcus shouted.
I didn’t think he should be this proud for being able to kill just one goblin, though…
They all boarded the carriage, and we once again embarked towards the village.
Shia and Cattleya asked me to summon the bears again, but I refused.
This was a moment when I had to be firm.
Still, when they were sleeping, I secretly summoned my bears, so they could look around for any dangers.
During our travel to the village, the only encounter were the goblins again.
Only two appeared this time as well, so the students were able to deal with them on their own.
Unlike the last time, they killed them smoothly. They learned fast, huh.
Soon enough, we reached our destination.
Author’s note:
The book now has a more elaborate description.
I would appreciate if the people interested would check it out.