「The singing princess’ song was really amazing and beautiful.」
「Thanks to Tilia-sama bringing us with her, we got to watch all of it from a special area reserved for royalty.」
The three of them told Eleanora-san about their favorite parts. Fina had finally gotten used to Eleanora-san in these past couple of days. At first, she was still very nervous, but now, she could speak normally.
Well, Eleanora-san was a kind person, so it was easy to get comfortable around her. Occasionally, she did say and do some unbelievable things, but looking past that, she was a really nice person as a whole.
「I see… I’m glad the two of you had fun. Noa, you must have had more fun than you would by yourself, right?」
「Yes, Mother. I’m very grateful that you invited the two of them to the festival.」
True, if Fina and Shuri weren’t here, it would have been just Noa and me. The programs were way more fun when enjoyed as a group. It was great that Fina had managed to make new friends. If it had been my old self, I would have rather gone alone, but now I preferred to go with these girls, whom I loved dearly.
Thinking about it like this, I really had to thank Eleanora-san for inviting the two of them along.
「By the way, how did it go on your end, Shia?」
「Thanks to the bear statue Yuna-san made for us and the help Tilia-sama gave us, customers kept coming, and we sold quite a bit.」
Shia proceeded to explain to Eleanora-san about how the Bear statue and Tilia had brought in so many customers that it had become a huge problem to deal with the crowd.
「Fufu, of course that would happen. When Tilia-sama calls for people, they are sure to gather.」
「I didn’t think it would be that many, though.」
Yeah, even when we had just been walking around with Tilia, the people’s gazes had more often than not been attracted to us.
「Mother, do you have to work tomorrow as well?」
「I will be going to the academy with His Majesty tomorrow, so we may be able to meet up.」
So, the king would be visiting the academy tomorrow, huh. I should prepare myself for him to approach us. If he told me that I looked weird in my outfit again, I would be sad for sure. Also, the royal family would surely stand out a lot, especially if the king acted lovingly towards Flora-sama in front of everybody.
「Well, everyone seems to be having fun, so I’m not that distraught over not meeting with you today.」
We had checked out many attractions, ate plenty of delicious foods, and even visited a theatre. We had most certainly had a lot of fun.
「Yes, but even with all the attractions, I think that the most shocking thing today was seeing Yuna-san in a uniform. She looked so cute in it.」
Noa suddenly blurted out.
Just what was she saying?
「Uniform?」
「Yes, Yuna-san wore Onee-sama’s uniform today during the festival. Her usual Bear-san costume is nice and all, but the uniform suited her quite well, too.」
「Shia said my Bear Outfit stood out too much and made me change clothes…」
Well, thanks to the uniform, nobody had pointed at me or called me a Bear, so I couldn’t really complain.
「The people passing by were all still looking at Yuna-san, though.」
「They were looking at Tilia because she’s a princess, no?」
I had felt some glances on us, but I was pretty sure they were meant for Tilia, not me. There was no reason to look at me when I wasn’t wearing my Bear Suit, after all.
「I think some of them were looking at Tilia-sama as well, but I’m almost certain most were focused on you.」
Noa said and looked at Fina and Shuri to see if they agreed with her.
「There’s no way that’s true.」
I objected and also looked at them. There was just no reason for people to look at me.
「Um, I think they were looking at both of you.」
「But why would they look at me? Tilia is a princess, so of course they would look at her. If I’m not wearing my Bear Suit, what reason do people have to even pay attention to me? 」
「It’s probably because you are pretty, Yuna-onechan.」
「Fina, you sure know how to flatter people already. You don’t have to do it with me, though. They were probably looking at me like because they were curious about the student walking together with a princess.」
I had been wearing a uniform, after all. If they had been looking at me, they had probably thought something like「Who’s that student walking together with Tilia-sama?」
Still, why did both Fina and Noa look surprised when I said that, clearly not knowing how to respond?
「Yuna-chan in a uniform, huh? I wish I could see that.」
「I will be wearing it tomorrow as well, so you can see it then.」
「Really? In that case, I will be looking forward to it.」
I was only going to wear the uniform during the time I was at the academy, so I didn’t really have to tell her that, but it was likely she would see me in it anyway.
The next day came around, and I put on the uniform I had borrowed from Shia again so that we could go to the academy. Since Shia had taught me how to put it on yesterday, I could change without any problem now. Once I was done, I didn’t forget to put on the Bear Hands and Feet, of course.
Still, not having my Bear Suit on made me nervous.
Without it, I couldn’t take attacks easily. The defense power of the suit was so high that I could even withstand attacks from the Black Viper. Hence, I didn’t feel completely safe with only my feet and gloves on, but at least I could use magic, swing a sword, and summon my Bears. Still, there should be no danger at the school festival, so I just had to stay out of trouble for the duration of it.
「I had also thought this when I saw you wear a dress, but clothes really do change people, don’t they?」
Eleanora-san gave her opinion of me wearing a uniform.
Basically, she was saying that ‘clothes made a person’, right?
「You can’t beat my daughters, though.」
Noa and Shia were both cute, so I wished she didn’t compare me to them.
Eleanora-san, satisfied for having seen me wearing the uniform, headed off towards the castle after reminding us that she would be attending the festival with the king later in the day. I very much hoped we wouldn’t run into them…
Author’s Note:
She managed to change back into her Bear Suit only to go back to the uniform again…
Next chapter will be the third day of the school festival.