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Author’s Note:
I finished writing early.
I wrote over 10,000,000 characters at this point!
Since the students had decided to make cotton candy at the festival, they just had to practice it.
Once I felt they got the hang of it, it was time for me to head off. I still had to give the picture book to Princess Flora, after all.
「Alright everyone, make sure you practice everyday until the festival.」
「Yuna-san, please !wait」
Just as I was about to walk through the door, Shia pulled on my arm and stopped me.
「?Huh What is ?it」
「Um, if I were to request you as an escort, through the Adventurer’s Guild of course, how much would that ?cost」
「An ?escort」
Wasn’t the price something the client had to ?decide Or, could a request really be done like ?this
If I remembered correctly, escort jobs had a minimum fee set by the Adventurer’s Guild, and the price could increase from there depending on the job and the escort. If the client wanted someone of a higher rank, they would have to increase the compensation accordingly.
「Shia, is there somewhere you want to ?go」
「No, that’s not it. If you’re planning on coming to the school festival, I want you to bring Noa with you. She will probably be enrolled in the academy once she is old enough, and she also mentioned to me last year that she wanted to go see it but wasn’t allowed to go on her own. As you come to the capital quite often, I hoped you could bring her with you.」
True, I did come to the capital quite frequently; it was almost like just taking a walk to me. That was all thanks to the Bear Gate, though.
「Also, you have your bears too, so I can relax if I know that you’ll be with her.」
Basically, she wanted me to bring Noa to the capital and stay by her side for the duration of the festival.
Since Shia didn’t know about my Bear Gate, she probably assumed that I came to the capital via Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear. I couldn’t blame her for having that assumption as it was indeed most logical without knowledge of the Bear Gate.
「In any case, I have a bit of money saved up, so I was wondering if you would be willing…」
What a good girl she was.
With such a motive, there was no way I would demand any compensation. I was against the idea of taking money from Shia in the first place. Not to mention, I didn’t know what the rate for bodyguards were and couldn’t remember how much I was paid the last time I had escorted them, either.
「In that case, I’ll pay for it in full, no matter the price.」
「?Mother」
Eleanora-san approved of Shia’s request but decided to bear the costs on her own.
Well, I would feel much less guilty taking money from Eleanora-san than from Shia.
「Yuna-chan, if you are coming to the school festival, can you please bring Noa with ?you I will pay for all the escort fees. Oh, and could you also bring Fina-chan and Shuri-chan as ?well」
「Fina and Shuri ?too」
「When I came to visit your shop the other day, Fina-chan provided us with very good hospitality, so I want to repay her. However, if you only brought her, then I’d feel bad for Shuri-chan since she’d be left behind. I would like to thank them both by inviting them to stay at our home for the duration of the festival.」
Shuri would indeed stay at home by herself if I only brought Fina but she wouldn’t complain too much. She would most likely only say that it was unfair that only Fina got to do things but would otherwise obediently wait at home.
However, would those two sisters accept Eleanora-san’s ?invitation
I think Shuri would be happy just knowing she could go to the capital, but Fina… Well, Fina had grown up now, so she should be okay with staying at a noble’s home.
「Still, taking care of all three of them might be too much…」
Eleanora-san pondered.
If I used the Bear Gate, there would be no problem, but of course, I couldn’t tell her that.
Besides, since I would be bringing Noa and Shuri as well, I couldn’t use the Bear Gate unless I told them about it first.
While I didn’t think those two would purposely reveal my secrets, I still believed that less people knew about it the better. It was possible that one of them would accidentally leak it out, after all.
Noa especially seemed the type who might sleep talk and say something like:「Yuna-san, your Bear-san Gate is amazing, mumble mumble.」
Well, at least if it was sleep talking, I could claim she was just saying random stuff.
「Will you be able to to do ?it」
「With how big Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear are, two people can easily ride on one of them at a time, so there’s no problem with that. We’ll also be able to run away if monsters or bandits attack us with how quick my Bears are.」
I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if my Bears could even outrun a dragon.
Well, as much as I wanted to see a dragon at least once in my life, I didn’t think I would be meeting one anytime soon, especially on the way between Crimonia and the capital.
「Also, with how strong you and your bears are, we can be much more at ease than if we put them in care of a regular adventurer.」
Based on how the conversation was going, it seemed to be more or less decided that I was bringing them along. Still, the problem wasn’t really taking them with me; it was picking the means of travel.
「So, can I ask you to take care of the three of ?them」
「I don’t mind, but what if Cliff refuses to let Noa ?go Should I just bring Fina and Shuri ?then」
「I don’t mind if you only brought Fina-chan and Shuri-chan along as I still want to thank the two. I don’t think Cliff will refuse, while knowing that you will be escorting them.」
Still, on the off chance Noa couldn’t receive Cliff’s permission, she would have to give up on going.