Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear

Chapter 746

Chapter 746

Princess Honoka meets Bear-san

After the match with Shinobu and Jubei-san, I was speaking with Noa and the others when I noticed a girl coming towards our group.

She seemed around my age or older.

The girl’s clothes were different from those of bureaucrats, officials, and servants. She was wearing a kimono like those worn by higher-ups.

“Honoka-sama!” (Jubei)

Jubei-san was surprised to see the girl.

“Jubei, who are they?” (Honoka)

“They are guests of the King, Yuna, let me introduce you. This is Honoka, the King’s daughter.” (Jubei)

“If she is the King’s daughter, does that mean she’s a princess?” (Yuna)

“I’m Honoka.” (Honoka)

Clasping her hands together in front of her, she bowed her head slightly and introduced herself.

Was it alright to let someone like a princess introduce herself first?

That’s a no-no, right?

“Honoka-sama, these are Yuna and her friends, guests of the King.” (Jubei)

“Father’s guests...” (Honoka)

“Umm, I’m Yuna.” (Yuna)

After I introduced myself, Fina and the others nervously introduced themselves too.

“They are important guests of the King. Please don’t treat them rudely.” (Jubei)

Jubei-san uttered those words, but not to me, but to Princess Honoka.

Shouldn’t he have said to us, “Please don’t be rude to the princess”?

“The girl dressed as a bear...Jubei.” (Honoka)

Princess Honoka looked at Jubei-san for confirmation.

“I can’t speak of it, but I think it is as you have guessed.” (Jubei)

“So she was really as father described.” (Honoka)

Then she looked at me.

“Shinobu, what did the King say about me?” (Yuna)

“I don’t know what the king had revealed to Honoka-sama, but he might have told her just as much as I have told the King about you.” (Shinobu)

Well, there was a big fuss when the serpent was resurrected, so it would not be surprising if Honoka had heard something about me.

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Honoka’s POV

As I walked through the castle, I could hear the voices of the people working in the castle saying things like “bear”.

Because of curiosity, I asked one of the servants who was also saying something about “bear.”

“What bear?” (Honoka)

“Honoka-sama! Well, there is a person dressed as a bear in the castle right now, together with Sakura-sama.” (Servant)

“Sakura is here?” (Honoka)

Sakura was my cousin.

She was the only child of my father’s sister.

I adored her like she was my own sister.

Sakura came with someone dressed as a bear?

The servants had not been told the details. They had only been informed that if they saw someone like that, they should stay away from them.

But I had not received any such notice yet...

What, was I also not allowed to approach her?

“Whose instructions are those from?” (Honoka)

If a person’s name was mentioned in instructions, whether they were related to the military, commerce, or politics, I would most likely know who or what family they were related to.

“I have heard that the King himself has given such orders.” (Servant)

Father did?

“We have even been ordered to avoid Sakura’s House and were told to share these instructions with other workers about it.” (Servant)

Shinobu eventually lost.

How could she beat Shinobu so easily?

Unbelievable...

Next, they fought many times, but Shinobu never won.

In the end, Shinobu was knocked off her feet, and she couldn’t move because of exhaustion.

But the bear girl... She didn’t seem to be tired even after all those fights with Shinobu.

I had only seen Shinobu get beaten so one-sidedly in a match against Jubei.

That meant that the bear girl was one of the best in the castle, as strong as Jubei.

I tried to approach her to say hello as the match seemed to be over, but it seemed that Jubei and the bear girl were going to have a match this time, and both of them were holding their swords at the ready.

I missed the chance to call out to them, so I decided to spectate the match between Jubei and the girl.

And I wanted to see how far the bear girl, who had defeated Shinobu, could go against Jubei.

The match between Jubei and the bear girl began.

Weapons were moving so fast that my eyes couldn’t keep up.

Jubei was going for the jugular from the get go.

This was not a practice match to teach his subordinates.

It was a serious match.

Jubei moved left and right, trying to deliver a blow to the bear girl, but she blocked every attack.

...Amazing.

At one point, when I expected an exchange of blows to occur, Jubei lightly moved backward and readied his weapon.

I had seen that attack several times.

There were very few people in the castle who could defend against that attack.

Almost everyone who was hit by that attack was killed.

Even those who could defend themselves said it was 50-50.

That attack on that bear girl?

Jubei was serious.

Jubei moved.

A thrust!

It was a three-stage thrust.

My eyes couldn’t catch up with it.

In a flash, all three thrusts were delivered, but the bear girl blocked them all.

Just when I thought it was over.

Dirt rose from the ground before the girl.

I didn’t know what happened.

Even the three-stage thrust attack was already too fast for me.

But when I saw what happened after the melee exchange, I immediately understood.

Jubei had pulled out a different weapon from his left hand and was holding it in a back-handed grip from his waist.

It looked like the bear girl managed to block that attack with her earth magic.

Did she judge in that split second and used magic?

I was so caught up in Jubei’s thrust that I didn’t notice that his hand was reaching for his side.

But the bear girl not only noticed it but also blocked the attack.

I opened my hand, which I had been holding tightly, and it was wet with sweat.

It was the girl dressed as the bear that Sakura and Father had told me about.

She was the light of hope that had defeated the giant serpent of doom.

The match seemed to have ended in Jubei’s defeat.

I waited for the right moment to appear before everyone.

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