Extra Story: The Three Girls See the Capital Part Three

Extra Story:
The Three Girls See the Capital
Part Three

 

“HOW DID YOU MEET YUNA, NOA?” Lady Misa asked.

I asked about that when we were coming to the capital. Apparently, she saw Yuna in the town while she was fighting adventurers at the start. After that, I heard she called Yuna to her mansion and rode on Kumayuru and Kumakyu. Ever since then, Lady Noa has loved those bears. I understand how she feels. With the way their fur feels, you feel happy just hugging them.

“I’m jealous of both of you.”

Lady Misa listened to what Lady Noa said and acted a little like she was sulking.

“But, Fina is with Yuna a lot more than me, so I’m jealous too.”

“But that’s for work…”

When I explained it to them, I heard them say, “That’s so nice,” and, “That’s so unfair.”

Since I would go to Yuna’s house to butcher things and Yuna would come by when I was helping my mom, I would see her a lot, and she was also taking me places a lot because she said she was bored. She would tell me things like, “Lets go eat,” and, “Let’s go on a walk.” Just the other day, we rode on Kumayuru and Kumakyu and went to a far-off village.

I really was with Yuna a lot. I guess it made sense that they were jealous.

 

We were talking a lot about Yuna for a while, and the food that was on the table disappeared. I was full now. I think Lady Noa and Lady Misa were, too.

We worked our hardest to make sure the three of us didn’t leave anything behind. It would be a waste to throw it away. We prettied up the tabletop and rested.

“How about we go to the next place soon?” Lady Noa suddenly said.

I didn’t really mind, but I wondered where we would go. Lady Misa tried asking where we were heading, but Lady Noa wouldn’t tell us.

“It’s a secret, but I’m sure that there’s something great that’s been finished up there.”

Lady Noa smiled. I wondered what she meant when she said there was something great that was finished there? Lady Misa and I tilted our heads.

 

We were brought to the front of a store. There wasn’t anything that looked like a sign around. I wondered what kind of store this was? Lady Noa was going inside, so we went in too.

“Excuse me. I’m Noir Fochrosé.”

A man came over.

“Why, it’s Lady Noir. You came all the way out here? We are planning to bring it to your residence tonight, as promised.”

“I’m sorry. I wanted it a little earlier. Is it already done?”

“Yes, it is.”

The man went into the back and came back immediately. He was carrying something in his hand. It wasn’t that large. I wondered what it could be?

“This would be it. Please take a look at it.”

Lady Noa checked the thing that she took; she looked happy. She was holding a residence card, or maybe it was a guild card? But it seemed like there were a lot of them. I wondered how many there were?

“Thank you very much. They look exactly like I wanted.”

Lady Noa grabbed the cards and said thank you, then showed them to us. I looked at the cards and what they said.

 

Bear Fan Club Membership Card

Membership Number: 0000

Name:

Age:

 

I looked at the back.

 

Bear Fan Club Rules to Join

1. You must like bears.

2. Must have permission from the president and vice president.

3. Keep it strictly secret.

 

That was what was written on it.

“The Bear Fan Club?” Lady Misa asked.

“Yes, these are membership cards for the Bear Fan Club. I was thinking about it while I was coming to the capital, so I asked my mom to make these.”

Lady Noa looked happy when she told us.

“I was going to have them sent to my house, but I wanted them earlier.”

I wondered if Yuna would get mad. I could see Yuna with an angry face, even though she’s never been angry. It was scary.

“So then, these are for you two. And make sure to write your names in yourself too.”

Lady Noa handed us the membership cards.

When I looked at the card, it said my membership number was 0002.

Um, if there was a 0000 number, then that was Lady Noa, and so I supposed 0001 would be Lady Misa?

“I’m going to be member number one, Fina is number two, and Misa is number three.”

“What about number zero?”

“That’s Yuna, of course.”

Did I have to be number two? I wondered whether Lady Misa really should have been three when I was two. I tried to speak up.

“Since I’m president, I’ll be member one. And, Fina is two as vice president.”

“I’m the vice president?!”

Was a vice president the second most important person?

I didn’t know what to do. I needed to do something to say no.

“I think Lady Misa would be a better vice president…”

“Misa hasn’t been around Yuna enough, so she can’t.”

Lady Misa nodded at that. That really was true, but I couldn’t believe I would be vice president.

“And you’re the one who’s closest to Yuna, Fina. You need to report to us about all kinds of things as the vice president.”

What was I supposed to report about?

“Oh, of course, keep this a secret from Yuna. You can’t talk about it.”

Even though Yuna was member number 0000, apparently we had to keep her in the dark. Something bothered me more than that, though. Weren’t the numbers on the cards very large?

I asked about that.

“We’re aiming for ten thousand members, of course!”

Yuna, please save me. This looks like it will become a very big deal. I ended up becoming the vice president of the Bear Fan Club and member number 0002. I carefully put my card deep into my bottomless bag. Please, may Yuna never find it.

Apparently Lady Noa only made a hundred cards so far. Lady Ellelaura promised that once there were over a hundred members of the fan club, she would make another hundred.

Even a hundred people is too many.