Having left the building, Mamoru bought a few pieces of berry bread from a stall along the road for his group to eat later. Given that he had absolutely zero clue how long the three of them would be out hunting bears, it was only natural that he'd bring along a little something for them for lunch. Besides... It was bears they were hunting. Maybe the smell would attract them?
...
No, that was silly. There was no way that'd be the case.

Quickly confirming all the goods on his person at the moment, Mamoru caught up to the other two who were planning to tag along with him, bread packed in a small bag tied to one side and his sword to the other. The merchant lady from earlier mentioned the preparation of a plan. That, of course, was a bit easier said than done. Luckily, the young swordsman had been on enough hunts to know (to some degree) what the usual process for this was.

"Well, most groups usually stake out a river or a cave and keep watch, but that only works about half of the time. Fanged bears have a sharp sense of smell after all, so they can tell something's looking for them just as well as they know where their food is. Luckily enough, though, there's another way to go about this--tracking. During this period of time, these bears usually go around the same path seeking their meals, so as long as we can find out where the creature's headed, we might be able to intercept and kill it. The hard part is the fighting, though, but it'll go better if we can catch them off guard. Are you two okay with that?"

The explanation was a tad lengthy, yes, but for someone who had just entered town for the first time this sort of exposition was fairly necessary. Otherwise, they could just as easily wait for nothing to happen and still get the same result.