'Why didn't you come to see me?
　When I was in the lord's office, exhausted after finally finishing dealing with the visitors, Korok, who was in a super grumpy mode, came charging at me.

　No, it's my fault.

　There was a performance of a song on stage for the school Korok goes to, but...
You must come see this bear.
　That's right, in spite of Korok's repeated reminders, I didn't even get to see the festival, let alone go see Korok and his friends on stage, because I spent almost all of today's time dealing with visitors.

　The only time I've been out of this room was when I went to check out the streets early in the morning and went to the stage to give the opening remarks... Seriously, I haven't even gone to the bathroom today....

　However, I was the one who said I was still going.

"I'm really sorry, Korok.
　I lowered my own head, stroking the head of Korok, who was staring at me with his cheeks pouched and puffed out in front of me.
　Then.
　Although Korok still remained grumpy for a while.
　Ella walked up to me softly from behind and tapped me on the shoulder.
I know you've had a hard time with your job but that's a stretch.
　Korok says, and then turns back with a slumped shoulder.

　Ah, yes.

'Korok, if you don't mind, I'd like to hear the song you sang today in here.
　I'm exhausted from work, and I'd love to hear some cheerful songs from Korok.
　When I said that.

　Korok turned around, his face glowing with a flash of light.

If you insist, it's your call!
　Then he rushed to my side again.

　But.
　This time it wasn't an angry face, but a big smile.

　Just by smiling at her, I felt that my tiredness had been blown away.

　Then.
　Ela, who had followed Korok to the lord's office, also sang a song with him.

　It's apparently a folk song from this region, but it's a very cheerful and light song.
　They sang it with a big smile on their faces.

　The next thing you know.

　Erdena, Yorme, Unya and the others also heard this voice and gathered in the lord's room.

　Then Korok
'So many bears?　It's all right, I'll sing it again from the beginning.
　He seems to be in a good mood and starts to sing once more.
　Ella seems to be very happy to be singing, too.

　Before I knew it, we were all humming the song after Korok and the others.

　In the end, Korok sang the song five more times.


◇ ◇.

　After that, Korok was
Tiree and Rice Bear.
　As I said this, I left the lord's room.

　I decided to have dinner in the lord's room with everyone who had gathered in the room, since it was so important to me.

　Ela had joined the stage with Korok, but Erdena, Yome, Unya, and the others were supposed to have a hard time working in the morning to deal with the festival.

　Unya was there to deal with the visitors who came to visit me.
　I heard that Erdena and Yorme went around the city several times to inspect the city instead of me, who was stuck there because of the visitors.
I'll send you a report on the results of the inspection again.
　Erdena laughed at me as she said that.

　.........
　Erdena's reports have been filled out in so much detail since she was a student that it was difficult to read them, which is why she was famous for them, I thought...

Don't worry. I'll go easy on you this time.
　So Eldena, who said that and smiled again, felt somewhat scared, yes.

　Talking about that.
Here you go, ladies and gentlemen.
　And then Unja came back into the room with a tray in her arms.

　We all put the plates of that meal on the table.
Okay, everybody, good luck on your first day.
　And then he toasted with a glass of cold water.

　Perhaps because of the festival, the food was quite sumptuous.
　According to Una.
The town hall is open to the public today, so that's why.
　I tried it out.

　This opening of the cafeteria, which I tried out, seems to have been very popular since noon, and even now it seems to be crowded with customers who want to finish their dinner at the cafeteria.
　I'm really grateful for that.


　As I finished eating, one of the guards came to my room to ask for my room.
　Since it was a report on today's security situation, I asked Ela to go back to her room, and everyone who remained decided to listen.

　First of all, as for Urinacombe, which has become the biggest concern, I've heard that they've been developing their stalls as normal so far.
　Incidentally, they're asking for a meeting with me at the end of tomorrow's business day.
　As a representative of Urinacombe, I couldn't say no, so I decided to discuss with Unja later and see what time we would meet.

　Apparently, reports of drunken fights and pickpocketing have also been received.
None of the fights have been dealt with at an early stage, so they haven't been serious, but the number of pickpocketing incidents has been low, but intermittent, and we plan to step up our efforts to control them.
　Everyone, including me, nodded at the guard's report.

　After the guards left the room.
　We all discussed the day's events.

　For now, the festival seems to be going on with great success.
　........I just never dreamed that welcoming a festival as the lord of the host city would be such a difficult task.
　For example, Gelter of Batcombe, who used to hold a large martial arts party, was the organizer of the party, and on top of that, he himself participated in the martial arts party, so even after all this time, he was bowled over.

　According to Unja, Gelter was
I heard you were spending all day in the underground maze.
　He chuckled.

　The other day.
''In the underground labyrinth at your place, I still haven't been able to get the Dragon Scale Armor to drop.
　I was complaining about it, but I was a little curious about how today was going.

　We dodged the chatter about the festival in the lord's room for a while before we parted ways.
　After everyone left the room, I decided to lie down on the couch and take a nap.

　After sweating in the shower attached to the room, I collapsed on the couch and closed my eyes.

　I feel mentally quite tired from the fact that the inexperienced things are going on and on, including the meeting with the dark winning voice the other day.
　However, it was still only the first night of the festival, and
　Tomorrow night we are also waiting for the closing remarks and a dinner for all concerned.

　I can't dismiss the possibility that we will be inundated with requests for visitors tomorrow, as we have already had since the visits from Urinacombe.

　Anyway, I'm going to get some rest now, and when I wake up, I'm going to take a look around at the streets.

　My eyes are closed and I'm in a daze.
　In my ears.

Thank you for all your hard work, little one, and I always love you.

　Along with that voice, I felt something touch my lips.
　I fell asleep before I even opened my eyes to check it out, and so....

◇ ◇.

　After all, it wasn't until the dawn that I woke up.

...........................I woke up again at a very half-hour.

　I walked to the window, standing tall.
　Outside the window........the street was still deserted, as it was still before dawn.

　At this time yesterday, everyone preparing to open a stall was filling the street.
　Everyone has already finished setting up their stalls, so they are probably just resting up for the second day of business.

　There are guards standing at equal intervals in front of the stalls.
　In the meantime, although we're asking people to take responsibility for managing their own merchandise at the stall, we're going to have to provide a minimum level of security as the organizers.

　This was strongly requested by the representatives of some of the villages we met with yesterday, so I'm really glad we planned for this from the beginning.

　As I looked down at the street, I let out one big yawn.
　Just then, at the right moment, Unja walked into the room.
　
　I had fallen asleep, so the magic light was off.
　We were alone in a dimly lit room before dawn, me and Una alone.

'Hey, baby girl, can I get you something to drink?
　I pondered Unja's words for a while, then
Well, I think I'll have a cup of tea, please.
　I replied.
　Unya smiled and smiled.
Okay, I'm going to go get ready.
　With that, he leaves the room.

''Well come to think of it, Unja,''
Yeah?
Did you say something to me yesterday when I fell asleep?
　That's what I asked, and Unja said.
Well I don't remember.
　He laughed something like that, evilly, and walked out of the room.

　Whenever Una acts like that, she's usually up to something........

　I chuckled and decided to wait for Unja to come back.