Chapter 83 – Bear-san Climbs The Mountain

「Are you really going there?」

Terumi-san asked me with a worried look .

At the orphanage, I told Terumi-san and Fina that I would go to the sea by crossing the mountain range.

「I want to see the sea, after all. That’s why, I will leave the shop in your hands.」

Even if I didn’t specifically say it, the shop was already under Terumi-san’s and Morin-san’s care. Even if I wasn’t here, there wouldn’t be any problems.

To prove it, I gradually reduced the number of times I went to the store.

「That’s fine, but Erezento’s mountain range is steep, you know.」

「If I really find it dangerous, I will come back here. Not to mention, with Hugging Bear, Swaying Bear, and everything else, there won’t be any problems.」

「Big Sis Yuna…」

Fina also looked extremely worried.

「There will be no problems. When things calm down a little on the other side of the mountain, I will contact you.」

I took two palm-sized Bear Figurines from the Bear Box and gave one to Fina.

「This is?」

「It’s a Bear Phone that can call anywhere. It’s a magic tool that allows us to talk to each other, even if we are far apart .」

After I defeated more than 10,000 monsters near the capital, my level increased and I acquired two new skills.

The first skill let me use magic to create Bear Phones for communicating with others.

It was a communication device that used magic instead of electricity.

The second skill transformed my summoned beasts into their cub forms.

I got a really strange skill that just permitted me to transform my summoned beast to different sized versions.

How could I use Hugging Bear and Swaying Bear’s cub forms? Maybe I could to use them as watch dogs when I was at an inn? Or maybe as pillows?

However, if I wanted a pillow, their bigger versions would be better, right?

I tried the skill when I was in my house, but there was no way to make use of it.

Was it just a skill that allowed your tired heart to recover by looking at the cubs?

It was true that they were really cute though.

「If something happens or if you just want to talk to me, you just have to pour magic into it and it will connect to my Bear Phone, so you will be able to talk to me.」

As I was giving the explanation, with a serious look,

「…Big Sis Yuna. It’s just impossible to talk with people who are not in the same place. Even if you try to make me feel better by lying, I am not a young enough child to believe this.」

She showed her dissatisfaction by puffing her cheeks.

Hmm…was it possible that she didn’t trust me?

Also, ten years old was still a child, right?

「Yuna-chan, there might be those sort of tools in the capital, but well, maybe just one here and there…」

Was it such a rare item?

In the game though, there was a chat-like function.

「You will believe me once we use it. I will use the Bear Phone now.」

I said that, but it was also my first time using it.

I didn’t have anyone to test the Bear Phones with, and doing it by myself wasn’t really possible.

I didn’t know how the connection between the two bears worked.

Was there a phone ring melody?

We would find out by trying it, so I poured magic into the Bear Phone and prayed that it would connect to the one Fina had.

As I did that, the Bear Phone that Fina held started ringing.

「Kuun, Kuun, Kuun, Kuun, Kuun」

A bear’s crying voice?

That kind of calling voice?

Wasn’t it strange?

Couldn’t it be changed to a normal cellphone’s melody?

「B-Big Sis Yuna. What do I do about this!?」

Fina panicked while looking at the Bear Phone ringing in her hand.

「Try pouring magic into it. It uses magic power instead of a switch, after all.」

When Fina poured magic into it, the cries of the Bear Phone stopped.

「I will move away a bit, okay?」

I moved to about 10 meters away from Fina.

「Fina, can you hear me?」

I started talking, facing the Bear Phone.

『Big Sis Yuna?』

I could hear Fina’s voice coming from the Bear Phone’s mouth.

「Can you hear my voice?」

『Yes I can.』

「Then I will distance myself a little more.」

I moved away even more.

「Can you still hear me Fina?」

『I can hear you clearly.』

『Yuna-chan, is this really a magic tool that makes long distance communication possible?』

「I don’t know how far away we can communicate, but I think we can talk even if there is quite a distance between us.」

I thought so at least.

I had never used it before, so there was no way I could know how far away I could use it from.

「Then, I will cut the connection for now and this time Fina will be the one to call me.」

『Yes, I will try.』

When I cut the connection and waited for Fina’s call, the Bear Phone started ringing.

「Kuun, Kuun, Kuun, Kuun, Kuun」

As I thought, this crying voice was really unpleasant.

Of course, having a mechanical sound or a musical ring might be strange in this world, but if I could register voices, I would register Fina’s voice