We used the bear bus to get off the mountain and headed to Lise-san's house.
I decided to hand over the materials for the ice dragon at the Bollard-san's mansion, who was also the lord.
Everyone got off the bear bus and stood in front of Bollard-san's mansion.
"Kagari-chan. I'm sorry, but could you melt the ice on the gate?" (Lise)
At Lise-san's request, Kagari-san moved to the gate.
"The ice is starting to melt." (Yuna)
It had been about half a day since the ice dragon disappeared.
It seemed like the ice was starting to melt now that the ice dragon was gone.
Since the ice was already melting, the gate opened easily.
"It’s been a few years since I opened the door and walked through the gate." (Lise)
"That's right." (Bollard)
Lise-san and her father Bollard-san passed through the gate looking nostalgic, followed by me, Kagari-san, and the old men.
When we arrived at the mansion, Kagari-san melted the ice on the mansion's door.
"It'll open now." (Kagari)
When the door opened and I entered the mansion, the floor was starting to get wet.
"I won't be able to live here for a while."
"The ice is starting to melt faster than expected. If we clear out some of the rooms today, we'll have a place for everyone to sleep."
Since the Ice Dragon was gone and they would be active in the city from now on, they would move their base of operations to the city, and they would all live in Bollard-san's mansion.
"We need to find a place to sleep, but what about food?"
"I thought the city was frozen, but the food I got from the lady will spoil."
The old men asked Bollard-san.
"I have a refrigerator, but I don't know if we can use it." (Bollard)
"In that case, I'll leave some ice magic stones behind, so use them." (Yuna)
I gave the ice magic stone to the old men.
Since I defeated the snow golem, I had a lot of ice magic stones.
After that, we split up and cleaned up the room.
Kagari-san and I split up and melted the ice on the door in order to open it.
The ice on the doors was melting, and most of the doors opened easily.
Then, Lise-san and I returned to the first floor to take out the ice dragon materials.
"Are you done with that?" (Kagari)
When I came back to the floor, Kagari-san was there.
"It's finished. That's why I came to take out the ice dragon materials." (Yuna)
In a room, the corners were too big and it would be a problem to take them out, so I decided to take them out in the spacious first floor.
"Then, please come around here." (Lise)
At Lise-san's instructions, I took out the ice dragon's horns and scales from the bear box onto the floor.
By the way, the ice dragon's horn that was brought out was the one of the ice dragon's helper who was defeated by the ice dragon of the mountain peak.
After all, I wanted to keep the horn of the ice dragon that I defeated myself.
Rattle.
"Did you hear any noises from above just now?" (Lise)
"I'm sure I heard it from above." (Kagari)
Kagari-san looked towards the stairs.
"Is anyone upstairs now?" (Lise)
"I've been here for a while, but no one has used the stairs." (Kagari)
"Father and everyone else are cleaning up the first floor." (Lise)
"Well then……" (Kagari)
"A monster!?" (Lise)
Lise-san spoke up.
I should have summoned Kumayuru and Kumakyu.
I used my detection skill.
There was a reaction. But it wasn't a monster.
"Is someone there?" (Yuna)
"Who are you talking about?" (Kagari)
If you thought about it normally, there shouldn't be anyone.
"I’ll take a look." (Yuna)
"Let me go too" (Kagari)
"I'm going too." (Lise)
I walked first, followed by Kagari-san and Lise-san.
"That room." (Yuna)
I pointed from a little distance away. There were two reactions.
"That room is the room where my mother was." (Lise)
That's certainly true.
This was the room where Lise-san's mother and her older sister were.
When I looked at the door, it opened.
"..."
"..."
"..."
A woman stumbled out.
"Mother……" (Lise)
Lise-san slowly walked towards the woman.
"Mother!" (Lise)
A woman looked at me.
"Mother!" (Lise)
Lise-san hugged the woman.
"Um, who are you?" (Mother)
"Mother, it's me. Lise." (Lise)
"Lise?" (Mother)
The woman looked at Lise-san with a confused expression.
"Are you sure it’s Lise?" (Mother)
"Mother~~~~" (Lise)
Lise-san's voice spread throughout the mansion.
Bollard-san and others rushed to the voice.
"...Lindsay (リンセ)" (Bolllard)
"Dear?" (Mother, will now be Lindsay)
Bollard-san slowly walked out and hugged the woman he called Lindsay, along with Lise-san.
"What the hell is going on with you? This girl looks like Lise." (Bollard)
"Oh, it's definitely me and your daughter Lise." (Bollard)
"..." (Lindsay)
The woman looked at Lise-san in surprise.
"You've been frozen for three years." (Yuna)
"Frozen for three years..." (Lindsay)
The woman looked like she didn't understand.
I looked at Lise-san's face again.
"Really?" (Lindsay)
Perhaps she had no memory of the time she was frozen and felt like she just woke up after sleeping.
"So my room and I got flooded." (Lindsay)
Lise-san's mother's clothes were wet.
"Is your body okay?" (Yuna)
"Yeah, I'm a little tired." (Lindsay)
She's just tired, and even though she'd been in ice for three years, her body didn't seem to be affected much.
If you were bedridden for three years, your muscle strength would deteriorate, and you would be unable to walk. You would need rehabilitation.
Before that, if you got frozen, you wouldn't be able to survive.
"Mother. Are father and Lise back?" (A girl)
A girl comes out of the room where Lise-san's mother came out.
"Sister!" (Lise)
Lise-san hugged a girl smaller than herself.
The girl looked like Lise-san.
"Eh, who?" (A girl)
"Sister~~~~~~" (Lise)
"Eh, Lise?" (A girl)
"Sister~~~~~~" (Lise)
"Are you really Lise?" (A girl)
"Yeah, it’s Lise." (Lise)
The old man who had been watching Lise-san and her family for a while now spoke to them.
"What does this mean?" (Old man)
"Bollard-san’s wife and daughter are still alive…"
"Maybe they were just frozen and not dead?" (Yuna)
"Then our family too?" (Old man)
The old man and the fisherman Baran-san and his wife began to move.
When I checked my detection skills again, I noticed people's reactions all over the place.
In other word, they were kept frozen, but did that mean they were still alive?
If you thought about it normally, this was impossible.
Were they alive because the ice dragon's mana was trapped in ice?
"Is Lua (ルーア) feeling okay?" (Lise)
"Um, I guess we're hungry."
Lise-san's sister said while touching her stomach.
"But I can't believe we've been frozen for three years." (Lindsay)
Lindsay-san looked at Lise-san while saying that.
"It's definitely Lise. You look a little older. Rather than old, maybe you look haggard?" (Lindsay)
"I lived in a mine for three years." (Lise)
"Is it really?" (Lindsay)
After talking that much, the servants who appeared to be working in this mansion arrived.
"Bollard-sama, what is the situation?" (Servant)
"Ice and waterlogged" (Bollard)
Bollard-san gathered people on the entrance floor and began talking about what had happened over the past three years.
An ice dragon appeared, laid an egg on the mountain peak, and took residence.
The city and people were frozen when an ice dragon settled on the mountain peak.
Three years have passed since then.
A baby was born from the egg and the ice dragon left.
As a result, the ice in the city melted.
"Bollard-sama, what was that in the front door?" (Servant)
"It's the ice dragon's horns and scales." (Bollard)
Everyone who heard the story looked incredulous, but when they saw the grown-up Lise-san and the ice dragon material, they became convinced, although they were skeptical.
Then, a person appears sneezing, and Bollard-san, who notices that he was wearing wet clothes, instructed him to change his clothes.
But most of their clothes were soaked in ice and were wet.
I used wind magic and fire magic to create a simple dryer and dry everyone's clothes.
Bollard-san said he would explain the details later, and gave instructions to clean up the flooded mansion and prepare food.
"Sorry. I'm going to check on the city. Ask Lise for more details." (Bollard)
Bollard-san felt sorry for his wife, Lindsay.
If it's true, he should want to be with his wife and daughter.
But Bollard-san, the lord of the city, had to check on the city.
"Yuna-san, Kagari-san. I'm sorry, but please stay at the mansion a little longer." (Bollard)
With that said, Bollard-san left the house.
"Um, what about you guys?" (Lindsay)
Once again, Lindsay-san looked at me and Kagari-san.
"The one dressed as a bear is Yuna-san, and the little girl is Kagari-chan. They saved us." (Lise)
Lise-san answered on my behalf.
"I see. Thank you for helping my daughter Lise. I am Lise's mother, Lindsay." (Lindsay)
"I'm Lua. I'm Lise's older sister."
It seemed like the opposite because she hadn't grown in three years.
For now, we left the cleaning up to the servants, and Lise-san showed us to the guest room on the second floor.
"Ugh, it's wet here too." (Lise)
"Everything in the room is frozen, and it looks like we're in the same situation." (Kagari)
"Everyone is cleaning up though." (Yuna)
It took time.
When Lise-san was in trouble, Kagari-san talked to her.
"I should do something about it." (Kagari)
"Kagari-chan?" (Lise)
"Even if it's not perfect, it should be a little better." (Kagari)
When Kagari-san spread her hands out, beads of water of various sizes emerged from the floor, walls, ceiling, sofa, and various other places.
"Sorry, but please open the window." (Kagari)
"Y-yes." (Lise)
Lise-san, who was looking at an indescribably strange scene, hurriedly opened the window.
Kagari-san threw out a ball of water from the open window.
"It's still a little damp, but it's okay." (Kagari)
"Small but amazing" (Lua)
Lua hugged Kagari-san.
"Goodness. Don't hug me."
Kagari-san pushed Lua away and sat on a chair that was now available.
Author's Note
As you might have imagined, everyone was alive.
Notice
March 1st is the release date of "Kumakuma Kuma Bear Gaiden ~Yuna's Yorimichi Techo~ Volume 2".
If you see it at a bookstore, please give it a try.
[Release schedule]
[Figure]
Fina, Nendoroid On sale January 20, 2024
KDcolle Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Punch! Yuna 1/7 scale March 31, 2024
[Book]
Volume 20 of the book was released on August 4, 2023. (Next volume, scheduled for volume 20.5, currently under construction)
Comicalized volume 11 released on December 1, 2023.
Comicalized Gaiden Volume 1 released on June 2, 2023. (Volume 2 scheduled to be released on March 1, 2023)
Paperback volume 9 released on December 1, 2023. (BIG acrylic stand giveaway campaign application deadline for Yuna and Luimin on the cover is March 20, 2024, 20 people will be chosen by lottery) (Volume 10, in progress)
*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.