Chapter 174 – Bear-san Talks To Gran-san
When we returned to Gran-san’s mansion, Meshun-san came out to greet us.
「Welcome back. I didn’t expect you to return so quickly.」
「We ran into a bit of trouble.」
Meshun-san stared at me.
It wasn’t my fault, okay.
Well, they had noticed us because of me…
「We ran into an annoying brat called Randall, from the Salbert family. We came back early because of him.」
We had wanted to stroll around for a while longer, but none of us had been in the mood after that encounter.
Meshun-san’s smile disappeared when I mentioned Randall.
「Randall-sama, you say? Did he do something to you?」
「He harassed Misa.」
Meshun-san quickly turned to Misa.
「Misana-sama, did he hurt you?」
「Big Sis Yuna protected me, so I’m okay.」
「I see. Yuna-san, thank you very much for protecting Misana-sama.」
Meshun-san said with a deep bow.
「So, the families really don’t get along, huh?」
「Sadly, yes. Our relationship has been bad for a few years now, but it got even worse recently, especially Randall-sama’s remarks towards Misana-sama.」
「Has nobody complained to their family about his behavior?」
「We have, but it seemed to have had little effect. Before, they always told us things like, ‘We’ll keep a better eye on him,’ or ‘We’ll scold him about it.’ Lately though, they just say that parents shouldn’t involve themselves in their children’s arguments.」
This must have been the difference between how the bully and the bullied looked at the situation, huh.
「In that case, shouldn’t we report it to Gran-san at least?」
「Yes, that might be a good idea. Just talking to the parents isn’t doing much, but Gran-sama might have more luck with it.」
「So, can I speak with him right now?」
「Hmm, since it’s regarding Misana-sama, I think you should be able to. He’s currently having an important discussion with Cliff-sama, however, and he told me not to let anybody near his study.」
It would be best to just go and try to speak to him now, and if he said no, I could just come back later.
I told Misa and the others to head back to their rooms while I went to meet Gran-san.
「We’re going too.」
「I’ll be fine on my own. It’s been a while since the three of you have been together, so why don’t you go play in our room?」
I managed to convince the three of them then headed to Gran-san’s study with Meshun-san.
「Gran-sama and Cliff-sama are in this room.」
「Thank you.」
I knocked on the door and entered when I heard a reply from inside.
「Excuse me.」
「Yuna?」
Cliff and Gran-san both look at me, surprised.
The two of them must have been discussing something, judging by the documents spread out all over the table in front of them.
「Is something wrong?」
「I came to talk to you about Misa. I considered coming later, but this was important enough to come right away.」
「Did something happen to her?」
「We ran into an idiot named Randall, from the Salbert family.」
Their expressions changed when I mentioned his name.
「Was everything okay?」
「No one got hurt, but he did make fun of Misa.」
Though, even verbal abuse was probably quite hurtful to a child like Misa.
「Again…?」
Gran-san muttered, sounding annoyed.
「I only heard a bit about this, but are your relations with the Salbert family really that bad?」
「It’s bad, and has gotten even worse lately. This harassment began a few years ago. It was very minor at first, so nobody really knew who was doing it. That’s why we have been ignoring it until recently, but now, they harass us without even trying to hide it, like Randall bullying Misa openly for instance. I complained to his parents about this, but they just told me not to interfere with mere children’s quarrels.」