@frungy We see the guard was more than enough for the bear, even though it was dangerous. Next is that this whole world and all its dangers need to sink in yet, which is shown in their thinking and behaviour. Still it is no reason to tie them down in such a way, because the guard is, like shown, enough to deal with dangers.
Maybe some other countries and the Avians (and even some other races in this series) should learn a thing or two from the dwarfs. Had they given the 2 girls 1-3 gurads openly and had let them travel with them without taking their freedom or contricting them without good reason, it would have been better than now.
Also these MCs are not stupid or overly reckless, they are simply inexperienced. They are not gamers, otakus, novel reader shut ins etc. therefore blaming them for not anticipating things outside of the things they know or can think of is useless and unfair. Besides the point that everyone can make a mistake in judgement on how dangerous a situation can turn out (because it is outside of their knowledge).