kuma Kuma Kuma Bear

Chapter 157

Bear-san Goes To Fetch Her Mithril Knives

Author’s note:

I’m sorry for causing you trouble in the previous chapter.

The pastry shop had more and more customers, but it was smooth sailing thanks to Rurina-san and Gil.

If I really had to point out a problem, it was that the popular cakes disappeared in an instant. More often than not, customers couldn’t buy the cakes they wanted since those cakes had already been sold out. We could just call it the customer’s fault for coming too late, but I would prefer if they could eat what they wanted, no matter when they came.

"Elena-san, could you please adjust which cakes you make more of, so that we don’t run out of the popular ones so quickly?"

"Can I really make that decision?!"

"Yes, of course. You also have popular foods at the inn, don’t you?"

"Yes. We make sure to stock up more ingredients for the foods that are ordered a lot. If we ran out of the ingredients, the customers would be dissatisfied. Most would probably just order something else, but some would surely decide to go to a different place, which would end up lowering our profit."

"Well, it’s similar with the cakes. You should make more of the popular cakes and less of the others. If you have any questions, you can always talk to Morin-san and Tirumina-san. Also, if you end up making too much of one cake, you can just tell the children to take it to the orphanage, where they will be happy to eat it."

Over time, it would become obvious which cakes to make the most of. Even now, we could already guess it by which ones were disappearing first, and which ones were left over in the end.

It would be great if we eventually made just the right number of each cake, and they all sold out right at the closing hour, but that might be a bit too much to hope for. Well, I would be happy if we came close to that goal at least. If we managed that, I could come to the shop to eat any cake at any time.

I decided to leave everything concerning the shop to Morin-san and Elena-san and went to do something I had neglected: fetching the mithril knives from the capital. While I was there, I could also bring some cake to Princess Flora.

Like the last time, I decided to invite Fina, but…

"Ehm, I will pass this time."

She declined my invitation.

This might be the first time Fina had ever refused me.

What was it, this pain piercing my heart? It was like the disappointing feeling I got when a pet ran away after I approached it.

I felt like crying.

"Big Sis Yuna?"

"Why? Did… Did I do something to make you hate me, Fina?"

"Y-you didn’t! I don’t hate you, Big Sis Yuna!"

"Why don’t you want to come with me, then? Is it because of my clothes?"

Did she finally reach the age where she found it embarrassing to walk around with me in my Bear Clothes?

"Big Sis Yuna, that’s not it, so please calm down."

Fina reassured me before giving me her real reason, clearly embarrassed.

"I don’t remember what happened after I met King-sama, and if I did something rude…"

Oh right, she had mentioned this before.

"Eleanora-san was with you, and she didn’t say anything about it, so shouldn’t it be okay?"