We returned to the mansion and were greeted by Suririna-san, who was quite surprised to see me wearing a uniform.
「Yuna-sama, you look just like a regular student in the uniform.」
It had been a while since somebody last called me normal.
「Still, is it rude of me to think that maybe your bear costume suits you better?」
Yes, it was rude.
I was still just a fifteen-year-old maiden, after all. I didn’t think there were any girls who would be happy to hear they looked good in a Bear Suit.
Yet, even with me complaining as such in my head, I still decided to change back into the Bear Suit the moment I returned to the guest room.
「Yuna-san, you’re going to change?」
「Yeah. I mean, we are not at the festival anymore, are we?」
Since I was back at the mansion, I wanted to change into something I could relax in. Moreover, I couldn’t simply wear the uniform forever, right?
I took off the uniform, retrieved my Bear Suit form the Bear Box, and put it back on.
The softness and warmth that came with it made me loosen up immediately. This was the best outfit to relax in, even though that wasn’t something I should be admitting to myself. No matter how I looked at it, I did indeed feel most comfortable in my Bear Suit.
This outfit made me feel safe, softly wrapping and protecting me from foreign entities.
This was God’s curse for sure…
「The Bear Outfit is nice and all, but I wish you had stayed in the uniform a little while longer.」
I didn’t really mind wearing it that much, but I just couldn’t stay calm in it. Also, I would probably have to wear it tomorrow as well, so Noa shouldn’t be too disappointed. I had promised Shia not to stand out, after all, so I most likely didn’t have any other choice but to wear it again.
I had spent the whole day today wearing a uniform and nobody had called me 「Bear」, pointed at me, mobbed me like those children yesterday, and most importantly, didn’t make fun of me.
Still, for some reason, it had felt as if the boys were gazing at me every now and then. Perhaps I really was getting overly self-conscious after suffering so much due to the Bear Suit.
Those gazes had most likely been directed at Tilia, who had walked next to me most of the time. That must be why it had felt like I had been getting stared at. I had been just an unknown student, while Tilia was the princess of the country. Of course people would look at her.
Yeah, I had just been overly self-conscious, mistaking the glances meant for Tilia to be meant for myself.
After I was finished changing, I noticed the girls were already playing cards with Misa. Gran-san would come get Misa here once he was done, apparently.
「Okay, I have a pair of threes.」
Fina said and placed two cards into the middle.
It looked like they were playing Old Maid.
「I have the Bear-san card. I should be happy that the Bear-san card came to me, but I will lose if I keep it.」
Everybody called the joker ‘Bear-san’. They also called the kings ‘Bear King’, the queens ‘Bear Queen’, and the jacks ‘Bear Knight’.
They weren’t necessarily wrong as the drawings did have Bears on them. Normal cards, however, weren’t called in such a way. Still, I couldn’t find a good way to explain that, so I simply let it continue without correcting them.
After they played for a while, the adventurer Marina came to get Misa.
「Marina, you’re here, too.」
「Yes, I’m here as Gran-sama’s and Misana-sama’s escort. Misana-sama, did you have fun today?」
After Marina greeted us, she turned to Misa to ask about her day.
「Mhm, I had a lot of fun.」
「That’s good to hear. Thank you for taking care of her today, Yuna. We would love to let Misana-sama stay here a little longer, but we have to head back tomorrow.」
Well, that couldn’t be helped, since Gran-san only came to the capital because of his work. Misa already knew this and wasn’t acting selfishly. She obediently went to say goodbye to the other girls.
「Noa-oneesama, when I visit Crimonia next time, please take me around town.」
「Yes, I’ll be waiting. I will bring you to all sorts of places.」
「Fina-chan, Shuri-chan, let’s meet again.」
「Yes. If you happen to come to Crimonia, I’ll bring you around as well.」
「See you soon, Misa-neechan.」
They made a promise to meet her in Crimonia.
「Okay, I will invite you to my shop when you visit.」
「Yes, please. I will definitely come.」
Misa happily agreed before leaving with Marina. Shortly after she left, Shia and Eleanora-san came home.
「Listen to this. His Majesty skipped out on work and went with Flora-sama to the school festival. Can you believe it? Thanks to that, all of his work came to me, and it was awful. I wanted to go to the school festival, too…」
Eleanora-san complained to us over dinner.
The queen had mentioned that the king skipped out on his work, but it seemed like the receiving end hadn’t been the hard-working prince, after all. It had actually been Eleanora-san who took the brunt of it.
When Noa mentioned that we had met him on his outing, Eleanora-san pouted even harder.
I understood how she felt but instead of saying it like Flora was being taken, shouldn’t she put it in a better way, like ‘escort’?
「Anyway… Did you girls have fun at the festival today?」
「Yes, we had a lot of fun. We listened to a concert, and the play after was really moving.」