"Queen……" (Rhone)
Rhone stared at the Queen and didn't move.
The Queen slowly approached Rhone and hugged her.
"Welcome back" (Queen)
"……Queen" (Rhone)
"I told you that I would ask you more details later, Yuna and Noir. Thank you for bringing Rhone with me." (Queen)
She bowed slightly to us.
"I'm glad I was able to bring her home safely." (Yuna)
"Sure" (Noa)
"I would like to thank you for something." (Queen)
Thank us?
As a former gamer, I almost wanted a rare fairy object.
Fairy's drops, fairy's tears, fairy's... etc.
I suppressed those feelings.
"Well, then, can I come here once in a while?" (Yuna)
The Queen's face stiffened at my words.
"Why is that?" (Queen)
"I just want to talk to you. Also, if you have any rare medicinal herbs, I might want them." (Yuna)
Sleep powder?
Fairy's sleeping powder, looks like it can be used for something.
There might be other similar things out there.
"If we don't create a path for that water, it won't be connected, so you won't be able to move around freely." (Queen)
"Oh, that's okay. There's this movable door." (Yuna)
I took out the bear's transfer gate.
"This feels like a tremendous amount of magical power." (Queen)
The Queen said while looking at the bear's transfer gate.
Can you feel that?
"When I open this door, it's a magic tool that connects you to the other door." (Yuna)
"There's such kind of thing." (Queen)
I explained that, like the water passage, this door could only be opened by me.
"So, I guess it's okay if I keep it outside the Fairy's Forest. If I try to do something bad to a fairy, you can let me get lost in the Lost Forest, put me to sleep, or kill me." (Yuna)
"Yuna-san!" (Noa)
Noa was surprised.
"It's okay because I'm not trying to do anything bad to fairies. I just don't want to cut ties with them." (Yuna)
Because they were fairies.
I had never seen them before.
It would be a waste to break up like this.
"I understand. But there is a condition." (Queen)
"Conditions?" (Yuna)
"We will ask you to make a contract with the fairies. As you know, anyone can see us fairies in this Fairy's Forest. We cannot allow you to act freely in such a place. If you do something malicious to a fairy, you will remain asleep until you die." (Queen)
"Sure" (Yuna)
I would listen to the words of the Queen.
"Yuna-san!" (Noa)
"After all, I don't have any ill will toward fairies. But it's too one-sided. Will you guys promise not to do anything bad to me? Even if something terrible happens to me, it can be malicious."
The Queen looked around.
"They won't do anything terrible, but there are a lot of mischievous kids." (Queen)
The Queen did not deny my words.
"Let's be careful. If something terrible happens to you, just tell me and I'll deal with it." (Queen)
So, don't get angry and do terrible things to fairies?
That might be a compromise for both of us.
In the first place, there was no benefit for the Queen to let me into Fairy's Forest. To put it bluntly, the conditions were good.
"But is that okay? Fairy's Forest is probably a secret." (Yuna)
Rhone didn't even tell Riyan.
"I feel a nostalgic magic from you. I must not cut ties with you. But I also have a position as the queen of the fairies. I have to protect everyone. Therefore, this is the line I can compromise on." (Queen)
A nostalgic magic?
Is it the reason?
But we've never met before.
"So, how do we make a contract?" (Yuna)
"Stand where you are. Others, please stay away from her." (Queen)
Noa and the others left as the queen said.
Noa looked worried.
"It's okay" (Yuna)
When everyone left me, I thought the Queen's body started to glow, and then a magic circle was drawn on the ground.
My body was surrounded by light, and after a while the light disappeared.
"It's over" (Queen)
"Yuna-san!" (Noa)
"Kuu~n" (Both Kuma)
Noa, Kumayuru, and Kumakyu ran up to me.
"Are you okay?" (Noa)
I checked my body.
I didn't feel any discomfort anywhere.
"I'm fine" (Yuna)
"Queen. Please do the same for me." (Noa)
"Noa?" (Yuna)
"I can't do that. Like I said, she's special." (Queen)
"Ugh" (Noa)
"But I will allow you to come with her." (Queen)
"Oh, really?" (Noa)
"However, if you turn your ill will on the fairy, she will be the one to take the punishment in your place." (Queen)
"I……" (Noa)
"Noa isn't the kind of kid who would take ill-will towards fairies." (Yuna)
"Yuna-san... Right! I would never do that." (Noa)
Well, the bear's transfer gate could only be opened by me. Either way, she wouldn't be able to come unless I was with her.
"Well then, Prim, we're heading home." (Yuna)
"Yuna..." (Prim)
"I'll come see you again." (Yuna)
"Thanks" (Prim)
"You're welcome" (Yuna)
"I’m sorry for getting Noa involved too." (Prim)
"No, I had a valuable experience and it was fun. But when everyone else was having a hard time, I couldn't do anything." (Noa)
"That's not true." (Yuna)
"Yuna-san..." (Noa)
"Noa did what she could. What is Noa's role? It's not to fight. It's to lead us to Rhone. That's something only Noa could do. Fight, that's my role. Prim's role is to convince Rhone. Everyone has a different role." (Yuna)
"......Yuna-san" (Noa)
"So don't say you couldn't do anything." (Yuna)
"……right" (Noa)
"That's right. I know Noa has worked hard. So, thank you too." (Prim)
"Sure!" (Noa)
Noa happily responded to our words.
"So where should I put the door?" (Yuna)
I couldn't place a bear transfer gate arbitrarily. I didn't want to be scolded in a strange place.
"That's right. There's a similar small lake a short distance from here. That place is also far from here. No one comes there, so it might be a good place. Prim, Rhone, show her around. " (Queen)
It looked like I would be working with Prim and Rhone a little more.
"A human child with nostalgic mana. If you need anything, please come again." (Queen)
"Yeah, I'll come." (Yuna)
"Yuna-san, that time I will too." (Noa)
Finally, the Queen and I thanked each other and left.
"Yuna-san, that's great. We were able to put that gate nearby." (Noa)
"Be good at fooling Blitz and the others." (Yuna)
We decided to place the bear's transfer gate as a temporary Fairy's Forest and took Blitz and the others there.
When we returned to bear bus location, Rosa-san got off the bear bus.
"Yuna-chan! You're late." (Rosa)
I walked deep into the Fairy's Forest, talked to the Queen, and then went back to the Bear Bus.
It seemed like quite a while had passed.
"So, how did it go? Did you get permission?" (Blitz)
"It's fine." (Yuna)
"Good~" (Blitz)
"We can go back to Crimonia." (Rosa)
"......" (Glimos)
"Thank you, Yuna." (Ran)
Rosa-san and Ran look happy, and Grimos, who didn't talk much, looked happy too. Blitz also looked relieved.
"However, it won't work if they find out where you are, so I'll have you blindfolded." (Yuna)
I took out a towel from the bear box.
"If that's all you want, I'll do it." (Blitz)
"Ah" ()
"Of course." ()
"......" (Glimos)
With everyone's approval, I wrapped a towel around their eyes.
They shouldn't be able to see now.
But, please be careful.
"Prim, Rhone, please." (Yuna)
"Yeah" (Prim)
"Leave it to me" (Rhone)
I asked the two of them in a low voice.
"Then we're leaving." (Yuna)
When the bear bus started moving, Prim and Rhone fled towards Blitz and the others who were sitting in the back.
And after a while, I could hear their breathing.
"They fell asleep." (Yuna)
I asked the queen for some sleeping powder. Then, I asked Prim and Rhone to spread it to Blitz and the others.
Blitz and the others were blindfolded and probably tired, so they fell asleep with sleeping powder.
The bear bus traveled through the forest, guided by Prim and Rhone, and came to another lake.
It was far away from Fairy's Forest, so it would be difficult to walk there, but if you had Kumayuru and Kumakyu, it was not that far.
"Where should I put it?" (Yuna)
"After all, it's not in the middle of the lake." ()
There was a small island in the middle, just like the lake in the Fairy's Forest.
"It stands out." ()
"No one will come, so it won't be a problem. Besides, if you put it in the middle of the lake, no one would be able to cross it easily." ()
"Indeed" (Yuna)
No one came to this lake deep in the forest to swim.
"But how do we get there? I know Yuna-san can walk on the lake, but are you going to carry each person one by one?" (Noa)
"Noa, if you don’t have a road, just make one." (Yuna)
When I said that, a bridge made of earth magic was created before the lake.
"Yuna-san, you're amazing." (Noa)
"Yuna is insane."
"Really"
Something was being said, but I ignored it and moved on with the bear bus. The bear bus crossed the bridge and came to the small island.
I destroyed the bridge and installed a bear transfer gate.
"This is really the end, isn’t it?" (Noa)
Noa had a somber expression on her face.
"Noa, thank you for your hard work." (Prim)
"It was fun, but I feel lonely." (Noa)
"But, I guess Noa will be busy from now on." (Yuna)
"Why?" (Noa)
"You were away quite a bit, so you had to study..." (Yuna)
She was away from Crimonia for about 10 days.
Cliff might be worried too.
"Uh, right." (Noa)
This was the fate of a noble's daughter.
I wanted her to study hard and become a fine nobleman's daughter.
I didn't want her to become a selfish young lady or a young lady who wasted tax money.
"Then I'll open the door." (Yuna)
I opened the bear's transfer gate.
Author's Note
They returned to Crimonia safely.
All that's left to do is send Noa back to Cliff.