Chapter 371
371 Bear-san Escapes the Island (Day 4)
It was a little difficult, but I was able to defeat the wyverns safely . Their strength was different when I actually fought it compared to the defenseless state of sleeping . I’m glad they were really sleeping at that time . Had I fought those wyverns back then when they were awake, it would have been quite annoying .
I look at the sakura tree, but there’s no wyvern in-sight . Looking towards Targui’s head, there’s no wyvern either . On the contrary, I can’t even see the long neck of Targui .
Even if I used my detection skills to check it, there’s no new monster reaction . Apparently, it’s really over . Then, after collecting the wyverns, all I have to do is pick up the Fina and others .
While I was thinking about taking some rest, Swaying Bear suddenly cried .
[What’s wrong?] Yuna
Swaying Bear is looking at the sea .
That’s not his usual way to signal danger, but I checked my detection skill anyway . However, there’s no monster reaction .
I went to the beach that Swaying Bear was looking at . A pleasant breeze was blowing from the sea . Though looking at the sea makes me feel uncomfortable . Something is strange .
When I look closely, the whirlpools have disappeared and the flow of the sea has changed . The waves seem to be flowing from left to right . It feels like a moving ship .
I opened the bear map . There’s no doubt that the island is moving . Moreover, the speed is gradually increasing . It even feels like it’s gradually sinking . I don’t think it will totally submerge because there is vegetation . Just wishful thinking .
I have to hurry and get back to Fina and the others .
[Swaying Bear, let’s go!] Yuna
But first, there’s something I have to do .
I started to run . Swaying Bear followed . We ran at full speed and arrived at the sakura tree in a few tens of seconds . The petals of the sakura tree changed from pink to white, the mysterious light subsided, and the fantastic sight disappeared . The soap bubbles have also disappeared, and of course, there were no volcrows in-sight . Everything was probably sucked into that hole in the middle .
I set up a bear transfer gate near the sakura tree, which was one of my purposes for coming here . Then, I immediately started running and got back to Kryna-Hark’s stone monument, where I set up the bear house earlier then stored it afterward .
Once again I took the bear house out and set it up in the exact same place .
I left everyone alone for quite a long time . Shuri might be crying . Shia may be anxious . and Fina who knew everything could be in her wit’s end . Everyone must be worried about me .
When I entered the bear house, I headed straight to the room where the bear gate was located . Swaying Bear is behind me . And so, as I opened the door of the bear gate in the room where Fina and the others are…
I’m so sure that everyone was worried about me . But this scene is just………… .
[Oh, my black . Shuri-chan just took it . ] Shia
[Yuna-oneechan said that this game would be boring if you don’t take it seriously . ] Shuri
[That’s right . ] Fina
[But Fina-chan is even better than Shuri-chan . I can’t win at all . ] Shia
[But it’s been a good game . Shia-sama, it’s quick to remember . ] Fina
There were reversi and playing cards on the table, and everyone was having fun playing reversi . No one seems to be worried about me . The three seemed to be playing while I was fighting the wyverns outside . I guess it’s better than being anxious . So I feel like I can’t say anything .
I was fighting against the wyverns . I had a lot of trouble . Of course, these three didn’t know about the wyverns, so it can’t be helped, but somehow I feel sad . Meanwhile, Hugging Bear was the first one to notice me and ran towards me .
[Hugging Bear, I’m home . ] Yuna
Hugging Bear seems to have been worried about me . Hugging Bear is healing my spirit . Of course, Swaying Bear is also healing my spirit .
When I hug Hugging Bear, Fina and the others finally noticed me .
[Yuna-oneesan!] Fina
[Fina, I’m back . Everyone …looks okay . ] Yuna
[Yuna-san, you’re back . I was worried . She said that only Yuna-san can open the door . ] Shia
[Because it’s a safety measure to prevent anyone other than me from opening that door . ] Yuna
That’s a lie though . You can’t open it unless you have the bear puppet .
Shuri hugs me when she comes to me .
[Shuri, I’m home . ] Yuna
[Yuna-oneechan . Welcome home . ] Shuri
I’m petting Shuri’s head . Could it be that she’s worried about me?
[Yuna-oneechan . Any injuries?] Shuri
[No I don’t . ] Yuna
[Is Swaying Bear-chan okay?] Shuri
Ah, Shuri was asking about Swaying Bear . Swaying Bear rubs his face against Shuri to appeal that he’s okay and cried
[I’m sorry I made everyone worried . Was everyone okay here?] Yuna
[We’re okay because we were all just playing games . ] Fina
Fina seems to have worked hard to keep everyone calm .
[Yuna-san, please give me this game . I want to bring it home as a souvenir . ] Shia
[Yeah, I don’t mind . ] Yuna
[Yuna-oneechan, the ice cream, and cake were delicious . ] Shuri
There are half-eaten cakes and cups of ice cream on the table . It seems that they were spending their time relaxing .
But I just want to say a word to them . Have they forgotten the situation outside?
[Yuna-oneesan . Is it okay to go outside?] Fina
[That’s right . Yuna-san . What about the monsters?] Shia
Shia asked as if she just remembered .
[It’s safe outside because there are no more monsters, but the island has begun to move, so we’ll have to leave the island quick . ] Yuna
I told them to leave the room .
[Wait a minute . I’ll clean these up . ] Fina
[It’s okay to do that later . If you do it now, we won’t know where we’ll end up to and we might not be able to return to Mereera . That’s why we have to leave the island right away . ] Yuna
We won’t get lost because I have the bear map . Though, it’s true that we’re in a hurry .
The three hurriedly prepare to leave the room . It seems my words were effective . Then, when we left the room, I closed the door of the bear gate and left the bear house . When I exit the bear house, I closed the bear house’s door and put it away in the bear box .
The three who came out earlier were looking at the sea from the coast .
[It’s true . The island is moving . ] Fina
[Then this island was really Targui . ] Shia
Now that Targui’s head was submerged in the sea, the existence of Targui was ambiguous to the three .
[I’ll explain that later . We’re leaving the island now . Get on Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear!] Yuna
Fina and Shia ride on Swaying Bear, while Shuri and I ride on Swaying Bear . Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear started running and they’re heading to the other side of the island . The sea in front of us is the direction we’re going . It is dangerous to jump out from the front, therefore, we will escape from behind Targui .
Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear are running . On the way, we pa.s.sed by some corpses of wyverns . The island suddenly moved and I immediately forgot to collect those wyverns .
[Wyverns?] Shia
Shia and the others were surprised to see the corpses of the wyverns . There are also kraken corpses, but since they were burned to cinders, there was no identifiable part of the kraken left .
[What happened, Yuna-san?] Shia
[I’ll explain later . Right now we have to focus on escaping from this island . ] Yuna
After reaching the edge of the island, Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear jumped towards the sea . We succeeded in escaping from the island safely .
[The island is leaving . ] Shia
Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear are just standing on the sea as the big island Targui, moves away . It may come back here after a few years .
[Yuna-oneechan . ] Shuri
Shuri anxiously called me .
[Yeah?] Yuna
[How do we get home? I can’t see the land . ] Shuri
You can see Targui and small islands . But almost 360 degrees is the horizon . I can’t see the land where Mereera is .
[Can we go home?] Shuri
[Don’t worry, Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear knows the way properly . ] Yuna
When I said that, Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear cried, and started running on the sea toward Mereera .
[Yuna-san, about the wyverns?] Shia
[I think it’s exactly as you were expecting . The wyverns joined the fray . ] Yuna
[Then, did Yuna defeat the wyverns?] Shia
[I wanted to escape the island safely, and I couldn’t let the wyverns reach Mereera more than volcrows . ] Yuna
[When we were safely playing in that room, Yuna-san was fighting outside for us . Yuna-san was always helping us . ] Shia
[It’s my job to protect you three . ] Yuna
It would be difficult if these three to be there while I was fighting . If it becomes dangerous, I will not hesitate to use the bear gate . I had some leeway this time, so I moved them from the bear house to a hidden room .
[But it’s a shame . I knew the existence of the legendary creature, Targui . But I couldn’t find out anything in the end . ] Shia
[It’s actually better this way . It was written in Kryna-Hark’s book that he didn’t want the existence of Targui to be known . For the time being, we have to protect it like the good people mentioned in Kryna-Hark’s book . So this time you have to keep it a secret . ] Yuna
[U~u, I can’t tell anyone?] Shia
[It could have called Shia if she had a lot of magic . Or because you had the purest mind to talk gently to others . ……] Yuna
(TN: 「シアも魔力が多ければ呼び出せたよ。それとも他人に話すような心の持ち主だったから……」Not really sure about this one but probably good enough . )
[That’s not what I meant . I didn’t say anything . ] Shia
Shia denied it . Of course, she doesn’t want to think of herself as a villain . Well, the contents of that book from that monument are vague .
[Fina and Shuri . Please keep this a secret as well . ] Yuna
[Un . ] Shuri
[Yes, but what are we going to say about what we did during the time we weren’t there at the beach? I think Noa-sama is definitely aware of it by now . ] Fina
That certainly is quite possible . Noa can’t be unaware of us for that long .
[Then, let’s just keep Kryna-Hark, Targui, and the monsters a secret . And say we only explored the nearby islands . ] Yuna
[That . Somehow . ] Fina
[But Yuna-san . How will you explain why you didn’t take Noa?] Shia
[I’ll leave that to you as her sister, Shia . ] Yuna
[I can’t . On the contrary, she’ll think that I played with Yuna-san, Swaying Bear-chan, and Hugging Bear-chan, and she’ll definitely ask about it . That’s why I want you to help me . ] Shia
That’s because you said you wanted to come with me .
But instead of having everyone shut up . I would have to do a lot of thinking . Besides, if I leave it to these three, another problem would pop out .
[I see . I’ll make the excuses, but everyone should keep quiet . ] Yuna
[Yes . ] Fina
[Un . ] Shuri
[I understand . ] Shia
Then, after running on the sea for a while, we can finally see the land .
[I can see the land . ] Shuri
Shuri looks forward as if she’s sailing on Swaying Bear .
Apparently, we were able to return safely .