Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear

Chapter 739

Bear-san, dressed in clothes of the Land of Wa

Each person chose a kimono, while Sakura and Suzuran helped them get changed.

“It’s difficult to put on, isn’t it?” (Noa)

“That’s not true. It’s easy once you get used to it. To me, it looks like Noa and the others’ clothes are more difficult to wear.” (Sakura)

Sakura assisted in dressing Noa, and Suzuran assisted in dressing Misa.

Fina and Shuri had already tried on the kimono, so they let Noa and Misa go first.

Me? I would be the last.

“Tie this with the string, and you’re done.” (Sakura)

It was a bright kimono with a beautiful floral pattern.

Suzuran also completed Misa’s change of clothes.

Here, too, her silver hair stood out against the floral patterned kimono, creating a beauty that was different from that of Fina and me.

“Noa-sama, Misa-sama. You look so beautiful.” (Fina)

“Thank you.” (Noa)

“I’m a little embarrassed.” (Misa)

Both Noa and Misa’s cheeks turned red.

“Sakura-sama, I think they look fine as they are, but since we’re here, let’s change their hairstyles too.” (Suzuran)

“That’s right.” (Sakura)

Sakura nodded at Suzuran’s words.

“Our hair?” (Noa)

“Yes, we’ll fix it, so please wait a little while.” (Sakura)

Sakura and Suzuran started to comb Noa and Misa’s hair with a comb.

“Noa-chan and Misa-chan, your hair is so long and nice.”

Shuri touched her own hair.

Fina and Shuri both have short hair.

“Both me and Shuri have been letting our hair grow without cutting it recently.” (Fina)

“Is that so?” (Yuna)

“I’m thinking of making it as long as Yuna Onee-chan’s…” (Fina)

Fina said, looking embarrassed.

She had told me before that she wanted to grow her hair long like mine, but I didn’t think she was doing it.

But it would be a while before her hair grew as long as mine.

While I was speaking with Fina and Shuri, Noa and Misa’s hair continued to be styled.

“Alright, it’s done.” (Sakura)

“This is also done.” (Suzuran)

Noa and Misa’s hair was finished.

Their hair was gathered at the back of their heads, and they were given hairpins.

They looked like different people.

“There’s a mirror here, so please check.” (Suzuran)

A full-length mirror was placed at the end of the room.

Noa and Misa moved over to look at their reflection.

“It doesn’t look like the usual me.” (Noa)

“Yes, even though it’s just a change of clothes and hairstyle…” (Misa)

Noa and Misa looked embarrassed in front of the full-length mirror, but their faces were smiling.

“Sakura, thank you.” (Noa)

“Thank you, Suzuran-san, too.” (Misa)

“I’m glad you’re happy.” (Sakura)

“Now, let’s get Fina, Shuri and Yuna-sama dressed.” (Suzuran)

“Have you decided what you’re going to wear?” (Sakura)

“I want to wear something like Shinobu-chan.” (Shuri)

Shuri said, looking at Shinobu.

“The same as mine?” (Shinobu)

Shinobu looked at her own clothes.

“Yes!” (Shuri)

“Do you think there’s anything here that Shuri could wear? Perhaps we could look in my house? But it’s too late now.” (Yuna)

“There is. Don’t you remember when Shinobu tried to make me wear that?” (Sakura)

“Oh, that did happen…” (Shinobu)

It looked like they had remembered something.

“…I think it’s in the back here…” (Sakura)

Sakura went to look for it in the back of the chest.

“That’s terrible, putting it away in the back like that.” (Shinobu)

“It’s not like it’s something I’ll be wearing, so there’s not much I can do about it. Besides, Shinobu probably forgot that she gave it to me in the first place.” (Sakura)

Sakura refuted Shinobu’s words.

Then, Sakura found a dress that looked like the one Shinobu was wearing.

It was definitely the kind of outfit Shinobu would wear.

“Then I’ll change Shuri’s clothes for her.” (Shinobu)

“Then I’ll change Fina’s clothes for her.” (Suzuran)

Suzuran put her hand on Fina’s shoulder.

“Oh, please do.” (Fina)

Fina bowed her head.

“Then I’ll take care of Yuna-sama.” (Sakura)

Sakura looked at me.

I couldn’t escape from Sakura.

I gave up and decided to change my clothes.

Then, I decided to choose a different outfit from last time.

Oh, of course, I summoned Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear in case of emergency.

Suzuran was surprised, but she said, “It’s cute” and patted the bear on the head.

“Fufu, I’m so happy to be spending such a fun time with Yuna-sama again.” (Sakura)

Sakura said as she helped me get dressed after I took off the bear suit.

“Isn’t this a little too much of a happy moment for you?” (Yuna)

“That’s not true. Even if I want to see Yuna-sama, I can’t go and see her. So… I’d be happy if you could come and see me when you come to the Land of Wa.” (Sakura)

“Of course, I’ll come and see you when I come to the Land of Wa.” (Yuna)

“Really? You promised.” (Sakura)

And then, our dress-up was finished.

“Yuna-san, you look beautiful.” (Fina)

“Fina-chan is also cute.” (Yuna)

“What about Shuri?” (Fina)

“What? Shuri is cute too. Shuri, hold this.” (Shinobu)

Shinobu had Shuri hold something.

“Do it like this.” (Shinobu)

Shinobu had Shuri hold a kunai and strike a pose.

“That’s cool!” (Shuri)

“Shinobu, you can’t let Shuri hold dangerous things.” (Sakura)

“Ugh, I’m sorry!” (Shinobu)

Sakura reprimanded Shinobu, who tried to get the kunai back from Shuri, but Shuri didn’t want to give it back because she liked it.

“This is cool. I want it.” (Shuri)

Shuri looked at the kunai with sparkling eyes.

“I don’t mind if you have one…” (Shinobu)

Shinobu looked at Sakura and me as if to confirm our intention.

“Yuna-chan.” (Shuri)

Shuri looked at me with a pleading look in her eyes.

“I won!” (Shinobu)

I should not be criticizing Shinobu when, at one point, I also bought Shuri a dismantling knife, but it was a subject for Tirumina-san to confirm.

For now, I will be keeping the kunai in my bear box.

After changing our clothes, we checked ourselves in front of the full-length mirror, but it was still a little embarrassing.

I know this sounds strange, but it was more embarrassing to wear this than the bear costume.

As I was looking at myself in the full-length mirror, I noticed that Sakura, who was reflected in the mirror, was looking at something.

I turned around and saw that Sakura was looking at the clothes that Noa and Misa had taken off.

“Are you interested in Noa’s clothes?” (Yuna)

“Is she?” (Noa)

Noa reacted to my words.

“No, that’s not it… I just found Noa and Misa’s clothes unusual just like how they found our clothes unusual.” (Sakura)

“That’s true. There is a lot of trade with other countries, so I’ve seen normal adult clothes before. But it’s rare for children the age of Noa and Misa to come to this country. I’ve seen clothes like Fina and Shuri’s before, but I’ve never seen children wearing clothes like Noa and Misa’s before.” (Shinobu)

There might be cases where the children of merchants or other ordinary children came to the Land of Wa, but I doubt that foreign noble ladies would come here.

“Would you like to try on my clothes?” (Noa)

They were about the same height so that Sakura could try them on.

“Is that okay?” (Sakura)

“Of course.” (Noa)

Now Sakura’s getting changed.

Noa skillfully helped Sakura get dressed.

“Noa, you’ve changed your clothes on your own, right?” (Yuna)

“Yuna-san, are you making fun of me?” (Noa)

“I’m not making fun of you, but I have an image of noblewomen having maids help them with things like changing clothes.” (Yuna)

I always imagined maids preparing and helping noblewomen to change into clothes while saying, “Let’s wear this outfit today, young lady”.

“What’s with that strange image? It’s true that I get help when I get dressed for parties and things like that, but I normally change my clothes by myself. And when we went out together, I changed my clothes by myself, didn’t I?” (Noa)

When she said that, I quickly realized that she was correct.

Even when we went to the royal capital, and I was with Fina and Noa for the first time, Noa changed her clothes by herself, and the same also happened at the school festival when we visited Shea and when we were dealing with the fairy troubles.

“No, I didn’t forget, but I was thinking of a common image of a typical noble being dressed…” (Yuna)

It seemed that I had formed a bad preconception.

“Of course, I change my clothes by myself too.” (Misa)

When I glanced at Misa, she answered immediately.

And so Sakura finished changing her clothes.

“I’m embarrassed.” (Sakura)

Sakura, wearing Noa’s clothes, looked at herself and seemed embarrassed.

“It feels different.” (Yuna)

“You don’t look like Sakura-sama.” (Shinobu)

Shinobu let out a comment like that to Sakura, who was wearing Noa’s clothes.

“It suits you.” (Noa)

“Yes, it suits you.” (Misa)

“Doesn’t it suit her better than when Noa wears it?” (Yuna)

“Yuna-san, that’s cruel.” (Noa)

“I’m just joking. You both look good.” (Yuna)

“But everyone looks different depending on what they’re wearing.” (Fina)

Fina looked at everyone.

“I think so too. Especially Yuna-san.” (Sakura)

Everyone’s attention was focused on me.

“That’s right. She always wears a Bear costume.” (Noa)

When it came to that, didn’t everyone usually wear the same regular clothes every day?

I thought so in my mind, but I didn’t say it out loud.

“What is this? It doesn’t move. It’s heavy.” (Shinobu)

Suddenly Shinobu started making a fuss, so I looked in the direction of the noise and saw that she was trying to lift the bear costume I had taken off.

“What are you doing?” (Yuna)

“Well, I thought that it would get in the way if it remained here, so I was going to move it to the same place as Noa and the others’ clothes. But this one doesn’t move at all.” (Shinobu)

When Noa and the others heard this, they tried to move my clothes too, but it didn’t budge.

“It’s true. It doesn’t move at all.” (Sakura)

“It’s heavy.” (Noa)

“Maybe we haven’t trained enough to lift it?” (Fina)

I asked everyone to move away and lifted the bear’s clothes with ease.

“No way, I can’t believe it!” (Shinobu)

“Yuna-san, you’re outstanding!” (Sakura)

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However, since the bear equipment was non-transferable, no-one other than me could even carry it.

As an exception, Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear could carry it but of course, they couldn’t equip it.

“I had no idea Yuna was training like this.” (Shinobu)

“Training?” (Yuna)

What did she mean? 

“It’s a training in which you wear heavy things on your body. I do undergo such training too.”(Shinobu)

“Is that really a form of training?” (Yuna)

“You train by wearing heavy things on your body. When you get used to it, your body feels lighter when you take the heavy things off, and you can move faster than usual.” (Shinobu)

Ah, I’ve seen training scenes like that in manga.

Apparently, they actually practice with heavy bands attached to their ankles and arms.

I didn’t know much about it, though.

“So Yuna was training all the time wearing such heavy clothes. I think I’ve just found out a little bit about the secret to Yuna’s strength.” (Shinobu)

No, she didn’t understand anything at all. She got it entirely wrong.

“So, Yuna-san, you are always wearing that bear costume, right?” (Noa)

Now they were all starting to misunderstand.

I wear it all the time because I am at my weakest without my bear equipment.

“So that’s why you are so strong.” (Misa)

Well, it was true that I was strong thanks to my bear equipment, but that’s not how it works, Misa.

“Yuna-san, you’re the best!” (Noa)

I was not that amazing.

“You’ve become strong through the accumulation of your daily efforts, I see.” (Sakura)

No, I didn’t.

“It’s so frustrating. I’m going to put on something heavier too.” (Shinobu)

To begin with, the bear outfit was not heavy. In fact, it was quite light.

I’ve had enough of this nonsense, so I put the bear costume away in my bear box.

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