When we passed through the gate of Sakura's mansion, Noa and Misa looked surprised.
"It's fundamentally different from our country's home." (Misa)
"It feels like nature is inside the house." (Noa)
"Hehe, I’m glad to hear you say that." (Sakura)
We headed to the front door, took off our shoes, and entered the building.
"You can see wood everywhere."
"It's like art."
"That's an exaggeration." (Sakura)
"No such thing"
"I just want to take it home like this."
"Absolutely, you can’t take it home with you." (Yuna)
It might fit in a bear box though.
Maybe it would break the moment I took it out.
Of course, unlike the bear house, it's not made to be carried around. First of all, you need a foundation.
We walked along the breezeway.
Noa, Misa, and Fina and Shuri also sigh while admiring the scenery that spread out in the garden.
"It's completely different from the garden at my house. My garden is gorgeous, but this one has a calmer feel."
"There are large and small stones of various shapes placed in the garden."
"Even though it's just placed in a normal place, it feels indescribable."
"In our country, we don't use stones like this."
"Is that so?" (Sakura)
"Yes, we do sometimes place beautifully carved stones."
It was true that in Noa's mansion and the castle in the royal capital, there were no naturally formed stones like in the Land of Harmoni. It was common to see processed stones.
Sakura looked happy as Noa and Misa praised the garden.
"This is guest room, so please take your time and relax." (Sakura)
You were taken to a Japanese-style room. As I was about to sit down, Shinobu grabbed a cushion stacked in the corner and placed it in front of the table in the middle of the room.
"Please sit on the cushion." (Shinobu)
"Thank you very much"
Everyone sat down on the cushions and looked out at the garden again.
"Why? It's very calming."
"It's not like the flowers are blooming."
There were many flowers blooming in the flower beds in the garden of Noa and Misa's house. I think it's beautiful in its own way.
However, this garden has a different kind of beauty.
"I made some tea." (Shinobu)
While we were looking at the garden, Shinobu made us some tea.
"Thank you very much."
"When you ate the dumplings, you were drinking normally, is there tea at your place too?" (Shinobu)
"Yes. There is a restaurant in the town where I live that serves dishes made with ingredients from this country. We can drink there." (Noa)
At Anzu's store, if you ordered a rice ball, you would be served green tea.
By the way, I also had it because there were times when I wanted to drink it.
"It's rare in my town, but I've had it before. It's different from black tea, but it was very delicious." (Misa)
Misa said and took a sip of tea.
"In that case, that's good." (Sakura)
"If your stomach is okay, I have some rice crackers. Would you like to eat them?" (Shinobu)
We came to Sakura's house to rest because she was full, but Shinobu still tried to feed us.
"Well, if only for a little bit."
"Me too"
"Eat~~" (Shuri)
Three people except Fina offered.
There's no one to stop it.
I had no choice but to stop this.
"No, you won't be able to eat dinner." (Yuna)
Also, eating too much was not good for your health.
"Yes, I understand"
All three of them looked disappointed, but they agreed.
"Too bad. There were all kinds of rice crackers." (Shinobu)
"You can eat it tomorrow." (Sakura)
While we were relaxing, Kagari-san came.
There was a woman around 20 years old behind her.
"I heard you came back, so I came and found you all over the place." (Kagari)
Well, since I came here to rest, I think it's okay to be lazy.
"Kagari-sama, who are these people?"
The woman behind Kagari-san asked.
"That girl dressed as a bear is a friend of concubine." (Kagari)
Kagari-san introduced myself while looking at me, then turned to Fina and the others.
"The others are the bear's friends." (Kagari)
The woman's face changed into a surprised expression.
"Kagari-sama…did you have a friend here!?" (Suzuran)
"That's rude. Even concubine has friends." (Kagari)
"However, you are quite young for a friend of Kagari-sama." (Suzuran)
If you knew what Kagari-san really looked like, you might look young.
However, since Kagari-san looked younger now, the conversation might seem meaningless to Noa and the others.
The woman looked at us again.
"My name is Suzuran. I am taking care of Kagari-sama." (Suzuran)
Is she the rumored Suzuran-san?
I had heard the name many times.
"My name is Yuna. I don't know if I can say I'm Kagari-san's friend, but she has helped me many times." (Yuna)
"Stop flattering me. The you helped concubine more." (Kagari)
"That's not true. If it wasn't for Kagari-san, things would have been difficult." (Yuna)
The same went for the big snake. Kagari-san was also there and helped me with the slime issue.
Also, the fact that she lived in that mansion was a big help.
"You know something about Kagari-sama that I don’t know." (Suzuran)
"That's right. Kagari-san knows something about Yuna-san that I don't know." (Noa)
For some reason, Suzuran-san and Noa seemed to be able to understand each other, as they were nodding warmly.
"I don't know any more." (Misa)
"I don’t know either." (Shuri)
Misa and Shuri say that.
Immediately, everyone's eyes turned to Fina.
"I-I don't know everything about Yuna-onee-chan either." (Fina)
"Yes, but Fina is the one who knows Yuna-san the most." (Noa)
"Always, you're the only one who goes out with Yuna-nee-chan." (Shuri)
Shuri delivered the finishing blow.
But here I would send a rescue boat.
"It's not like I'm always with Fina. You see, I went with Noa to cheer on Shia at her school's social gathering, and when I went out the other day, I was with Noa, and Fina wasn't there." (Yuna)
"Yuna-nee-sama and Noa… Is that so, Noa-nee-sama?" (Misa)
Misa's eyes now turned to Noa.
"Um, uh, I did go out with Yuna-san." (Noa)
"I'm jealous of Noa-chan and Fina-chan. I heard that Shuri-chan was also taken to that island." (Misa)
Misa was a little hesitant because she had never been taken anywhere.
"It's not like I made you an outcast. When I was at school, I was rooting for you, and the other day it was an emergency situation. But this time, I made sure to invite Misa out." (Noa)
"Yes, but" (Misa)
Unusually, Noa was in a panic and trying to calm Misa down.
"Hehe, Yuna-sama is popular." (Sakura)
Sakura said with a smile.
"Yuna will probably get stabbed to death someday." (Shinobu)
Shinobu said with a serious face.
What kind of nonsense is she talking about? There's no way Fina and the others would do something like that.
"Hehe, you're the girl dressed up as a bear that's been talked about." (Suzuran)
Suzuran-san talked with a smile.
"Do you know me?" (Yuna)
"Yes, I have heard the rumors for a while. Sakura-sama took me to her house earlier, and Kagari-sama also told me a little bit." (Suzuran)
I looked at Kagari-san.
"...Just a little." (Kagari)
"Please continue to be Kagari-sama’s friend." (Suzuran)
Suzuran-san said with a slightly serious face.
Maybe she's one of the few people who knew about Kagari-san.
"Yeah, unless you don't like Kagari-san." (Suzuran)
"You can come visit me anytime. So, weren't you guys going to take a look around the castle town?" (Kagari)
"So, we were looking at a lot of things, and everyone noticed some unusual food, so we ended up eating a little too much, and we decided to take a break…"
"Also, we're all going to wear Sakura-sama's clothes." (Shinobu)
Shinobu added to Sakura's words.
"What clothes?"
"Yes, Noa and Misa said they would like to wear clothes from our country." (Sakura)
Kagari-san let out a slight sigh after hearing the story.
"Well, if that's the case, Suzuran should help as well. Sakura and Shinobu would be hard on their own." (Kagari)
"I owe Kagari-sama's care."
"I don't need any care here." (Kagari)
After being told that, Suzuran-san decided to help Noa and the others changed their clothes.
"Well then, it looks like your stomach is fine now. Let's go to my room and get changed." (Sakura)
We moved to Sakura's room.
Sakura entered the room and took out clothes from the chest of drawers, while Shinobu and Suzuran-san brought in tsudzura baskets from elsewhere.
Meanwhile, Noa and Misa were looking around the room.
Then, Noa noticed something placed on the chest of drawers.
"What is that?" (Noa)
Noa approached the chest of drawers and took a hard look at what's on top of the chest of drawers.
"Oh, that's what Yuna-sama drew for us last time when Fina-chan and Shuri-chan came." (Sakura)
What Noa was looking at was a picture of Sakura I had drawn in a gorgeous frame.
"Sakura and..." (Noa)
The picture showed another girl next to Sakura.
That's Luimin the elf.
"The girl next to me is a friend from a faraway place." (Sakura)
"Faraway place……" (Noa)
"But Yuna-san drew this picture for me, so I don't feel lonely. This picture is my treasure." (Sakura)
I was glad that people valued it so much, but it's embarrassing.
When Noa said, "I guess so," she made an indescribable expression.
And the clothes were ready.
Japanese clothes were lined up on the tatami.
"Do you have a favorite color or pattern?" (Sakura)
Everyone looked at the clothes.
"Everything is beautiful." (Noa)
"These are the clothes I wore before!" (Shuri)
"These are the clothes I wore." (Fina)
Shuri and Fina pointed to the red kimono.
I remembered they both wearing red kimonos, and I remembered them very well.
"Are Fina and Shuri going to wear those too?" (Sakura)
"Is it okay?" (Fina)
Fina looked happy.
I watched in silence, but it seemed like Fina wanted to try it on too.
"If that's the case, then Yuna has to wear it too." (Shinobu)
Shinobu said that.
"No, I..." (Yuna)
I tried to run away, but someone grabbed my body.
"Yuna-san should wear it too." (Noa)
"I want to wear it with Yuna-onee-sama." (Misa)
"Yuna-neechan" (Shuri)
Noa, Misa, and Shuri are grabbing my bear suit.
"Fina…" (Yuna)
I turned to Fina as if asking for help.
"Yuna-onee-chan, let's wear it together." (Fina)
Fina said with a smile.
Sakura and Kagari-san looked at each other, but Sakura was smiling, and Kagari-san was yawning, looking uninterested.
There was no one on my side here.
Somebody, help me…….
Author's Note
Thank you to everyone who watched the anime.
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*Thank you to everyone who reports typos.
Please note that some kanji have been revised to match the book, so some may not have been revised.