Bear-san Listening to a Fairy’s Story
“Please, help me.” (Primme)
It was me taking this quest that started this, and if I listened to her more, I would probably end up in some trouble. But, more than that, Noa was with me. If I listened to the Fairy’s problem now, Noa might also get involved, which would become an even bigger problem for me. Sorry, but I think it was better to leave this place before I listened to her.
“I’m sorry, but can we leave this place for now?” (Yuna)
“Wait, why are you trying to leave? Why can’t you just listen to what I have to say?” (Primme)
Primme grabbed my bear suit and tried to keep me from escaping.
“That’s right. The fairy is asking for help.” (Noa)
“I know that, but…” (Yuna)
It was in my nature to want to help someone after hearing what they had to say.
“Yuna-san, it is said that if you grant the fairy’s wish, you will be happy, and conversely, if you fail to grant the fairy’s wish, you will be unhappy.” (Noa)
“That means it’s better if I just don’t listen to her after all.” (Yuna)
If not fulfilling a fairy’s wish made one unhappy, then there was no need to force myself to listen to that wish in the first place, especially since there wasn’t really any problem with my current life.
Different people define happiness in different ways. Some wanted to be rich. Some wanted to be popular with the opposite gender. Some wanted to be a good person. Some wanted to be strong. Some wanted to be smart. But for me, I did not need any of those things.
I enjoy my current life, blessed with the people around me, even though I sometimes get caught up in difficult situations.
Then, there was no need for me to gamble to get more happiness.
If I were to seek more happiness, there would be no end to it.
If I could make a wish come true, I would say, “May the world be at peace,” and play the good guy. No matter how many fairies there were, there was no way they could make such a wish come true.
And since that was the case, it would be better not to listen to the fairy’s request regardless if it would make her unhappy.
“I’m happy with my life now, Noa. If one can be happy by helping fairies, I think I should give this chance to someone who is not happy with their life.” (Yuna)
There must be many people in this world who are unsatisfied with their life and want to be happy. It would be better to have this fairy go to those people anyway.
“Umm, yes, but the fairy is asking for help.” (Noa)
“Well, listening from a while ago, I can tell you that I don’t really have the power to make people happy or unhappy, you know?” (Primme)
Primme said with a proud smile.
Then there was no need to listen to her.
It would only get me in trouble.
But Noa seemed to think differently.
“Then, it’s okay for us to listen to what she has to say, right?” (Noa)
I think it was unfortunate that I got caught up in all the trouble.
“In the first place, isn’t meeting a lovely fairy like me good luck in itself? It would make one happy.” (Primme)
That’s just you saying that yourself, you know?
I had never seen fairies in my original world, and I heard that even in this world, it was not easy to see fairies, so maybe I was indeed lucky. That might be right, but it made me feel uncomfortable to hear it from the being itself saying so.
“Besides, it’s even rarer for people to see our actual form.” (Primme)
It was true that many different people had come to this mansion, but no one was able to see Primme beyond what others could only see as light.
“Please, listen to me. It is hard to find someone who can see me as well as you can. You are the only one.” (Primme)
The fairy stopped in front of me, her joking expression disappeared, and she became serious again.
“Yuna-san…” (Noa)
“Okay, okay. I’ll just listen to what you have to say. And if there’s anything I can do to help, I’ll lend a hand. That is only if I am able to help you.” (Yuna)
“Tha, thank you.” (Primme)
Primme’s smile was as wide as it can be, as if she was satisfied with my response.
If I couldn’t say no anyway, I decided to just listen to what she had to say. Perhaps it might be better to listen at least.
“So, what do you need my help with? Do I have to kill a wolf or a goblin or something?” (Yuna)
That would be easier than fighting ghosts.
“No, I want you to find my sister.” (Primme)
It wasn’t about defeating monsters or ghosts. It was a manhunt.
“My sister said she was going to meet a human, but she never came back.” (Primme)
“A human. So the person can see your sister, then.” (Yuna)
“Yes. That’s what my onee-chan told me. Many times, onee-chan mentioned that she was meeting with a human who came close to the fairy forest. Then, one day, she went out as usual, saying that she was going to see that person again. But then, she never came back, even after some time passed by. That has never happened before. So I think humans may have caught her.” (Primme)
“By the way, have you ever seen that human?” (Yuna)
Primme shook her head.
“I wasn’t even interested. I didn’t think about going to see that person with her because that person wouldn’t have been able to see me anyway.” (Primme)